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"Crimeserver" Full of Personal/Business Data Found
Presto Vivace sends news of a server found by security firm Finjan that contained a 1.4-GB cache of stolen data, accumulated over a period of less than a month from compromised PCs around the world. The "crimeserver," as Finjan dubs it, "provided command and control functions for malware attacks in addition to being a drop site for data harvested from compromised computers. ... The stolen data consisted of 5,388 unique log files including 1,037 from Turkey, 621 from Germany, 571 from the United States, 322 from France, 308 from India and 232 from Britain." Oddly enough, the data was stored in the open, with not even basic auth to protect it. Finjan notes in their press release that this huge trove of data gathered over a short period of time indicates that the crimeware problem is far larger than most observers have been assuming. Update: 05/08 12:29 GMT by T : Note, the security firm involved is spelled "Finjan," not "Finjin" as originally shown.
Waiting for the headline:
"Thief robs liquor store in 255 lines of Haiku; no weapons involved. Story at 11."
Previously: "Linux... Toward the Sunrise..." Now: "Linux... Toward the-- No, now, part of Every Sunrise"
A 9mm is easy???
You realize that those things have SAFETY SWITCHES?!?!
What are you supposed to do with that thing? I'm no gun expert....does the orange dot mean it's on or off?!?! And does on mean the gun is on or the safetey is on? Ahhh!!! I really don't want that kind of confusion in a deadly weapon! I'll stick with a sword. No buttons, switches, or triggers. Pointy end goes into human. Done.
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