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* Who's Who harvesting attempt *
Here's another new scam: Sign up for this flattering write-up and lose your identity!
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Ask the Bargain-hunter: Your paranoia could be justified *
You're already familiar with spam, viruses, spyware, worms, Trojans, phishing and pharming. So what's next? Believe it or not, power sockets can now be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer!
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Avoid identity theft with common-sense habits *
Financial fraud is out of control. Security can't keep up with the criminals and people add to the problem because they are too trusting and casual in their use of this technology. Stop, look and listen are words you must live by if you want to protect yourself, your money and your family.
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Black Hat, Lynn Settle with Cisco, ISS *
At the conclusion of the Black Hat Briefings yesterday, embattled security researcher Michael Lynn disclosed the agreement he and the conference made with Cisco Systems and Internet Security Systems concerning his presentation on Cisco software vulnerabilities.
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Brin says Google compromised principles *
China deal "wasn't the right move," co-founder says.
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Canadian record companies seek names in piracy battle *
Shaw to fight legal action that would force disclosure of information about customers.
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Consumer advocate battles 'spy-chips' *
Consumer-privacy expert Katherine Albrecht has a thing or two to say about spy-chips. . .
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Controversial U.S. research continues *
The U.S. government is still financing research to create powerful tools that could mine millions of public and private records for information about terrorists despite an uproar last year over fears it might ensnare innocent Americans.
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Family Feature Films scam *
Enjoy talking to a machine? Being interrupted during your busy day? Not being able to hang-up on these guys? We thought not!
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Hacking sparks need for complex passwords *
As more websites demand passwords, scammers are getting more clever about stealing them. Hence the need for such "passwords-plus" systems.
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Identity theft -- and what you can do about it *
Identity theft is all over the news these days as one of the fastest-growing forms of crime in the World. Estimations have been that more than 10 million US citizens (along with three million Canadians) become victims of identity fraud every year. Info session: August 2, 2005, Surrey, BC.
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ISPs should name uploaders, lawyers say *
A federal judge heard arguments Friday about why Internet service providers should be forced to hand over the names and addresses of 29 so-called music uploaders to the Canadian recording industry.
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Music industry appeals ruling *
The Canadian Recording Industry Association has filed an appeal of the recent court decision denying CRIA's request for Internet Service Providers to reveal the identities of alleged uploaders of digital music.
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Music piracy case tests Net free speech *
Message to chat room orators and e-mail addicts: Legal experts say a record industry campaign to ferret out those who share songs on the Internet may yield the first definite signs of how Canada's courts will approach wider questions of on-line anonymity.
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My new phone number is a fax number! *
I live in Burnaby. I just applied for a new private phone number from TELUS two week ago. From the first day I used this new phone number, I always receive faxes. Sometimes the phone rings at midnight. I don't know what's wrong.
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Net song swappers identities' seen as hard to track *
Identifying the alleged song swappers at the centre of the music industry's legal battle with the Internet community may be near impossible, sources say.
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Phishing on rise: Study *
New research published Tuesday by Gartner indicates that illegal access to chequing accounts, often gained via technology-borne schemes such as "phishing," is now the fastest growing form of consumer theft in the United States.
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Preventing Identity Theft *
There are thieves on the Internet who will try to steal your sensitive information. Don't make it easy for them.
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Privacy: Buying your own island *
Prices for private islands are on the rise as celebrity buyers with big bankrolls snap up secluded getaways -- which they may never visit.
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Program teaches children Internet safety *
A new interactive computer program offers kids a way to protect themselves from Internet predators.
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Push to change piracy laws is unwise *
Not only are Canadian music file-sharers terrified -- so is the Canadian recording industry, which went to court on Monday seeking to force 29 digital music "uploaders" to face the legal music.
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Shopping online safely *
Good deals, convenience and choices abound on the Internet. But before you use all the Internet has to offer, be cyber-smart and make your online experience safe.
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SOCIAL STUDIES -- Monday, February 23, 2004 *
A DAILY MISCELLANY OF INFORMATION BY MICHAEL KESTERTON
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Surfers beware: surveillance ahead *
Bell Sympatico says Federal government expected to revive Internet monitoring bill -- e-mail privacy at issue.
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Tech Tips and Tricks: Identity theft FAQs (American focus) *
A 2003 U.S. Federal Trade Commission survey showed that over a one-year period, nearly 10 million people -- or 4.6 per cent of the adult population -- had discovered they were victims of some form of identity theft.
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Tech Tips and Tricks: Protect Your Identity From Theft (American resources and fixes) *
It only takes a few seconds to become a victim of financial fraud. But it often takes months to recover.
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Tech Tips and Tricks: What is Phishing? *
Phishing involves the use of e-mail messages that appear to come from your bank or another trusted business, but are actually from impostors.
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The man with the ink-stained past *
He was once a rising star at the United Nations, writes PAUL WALDIE. Now, Cheickh Bangoura is fighting to clear his name in a legal battle that could change how courts view Internet publishing.
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The war on credit card fraud *
An increased industry focus on fraud prevention has reduced 2005 fraud losses for Visa, MasterCard and American Express by 10 per cent from $223 million in 2004, but the good-guy, bad-guy battle in security one-up-man-ship continues.
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Up north, anonymous reviewers revealed *
'Reviewers' who sign their critiques only as “a reader from (fill in the city)” lost their anonymity this week when their identities were revealed on Amazon.com's Canadian website, Amazon.ca. (At least the reviews are genuine and unbiased on evalu8.org!
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Wi-Fi hot, security's not *
With a laptop perched in the passenger seat of his Toyota 4Runner and a special antenna on the roof, Mike Outmesguine ventured off to sniff out wireless networks between Los Angeles and San Francisco. He got a big whiff of insecurity.
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Winter Olympics digital dark side: A Warning *
How safe will your personal information be when you attend the Winter Olympics? Noted security authority David Gewirtz tells you how to protect yourself from cyber attack.
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Wireless Internet inspires signal theft *
Although we were delighted to find that our Paris hotel last year was a wireless hot-spot, we've long suspected that wireless was not the answer to our globe-trotting prayers. It seems that our worries were well-founded.
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Wireless World Up for Grabs (5): Pudding Media ***
Will people be as willing to let a company listen in on their phone conversations as they are about Gmail running Google AdSense ads in their e-mail accounts? (We have some concerns about privacy with this one.)
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Wound disclosure a bad idea, journal says *
Requiring hospitals to report all gunshot and knife wounds to police could cause patients to endanger themselves by not giving doctors enough information, an article in today's Canadian Medical Association Journal says.
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Yes, but who's monitoring the MONITORS? *
The world of consumers is increasingly being invaded by monitoring devices -- can implants in humans be far behind?
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Your online life is even LESS private than you thought *
AOL is once again in hot water regarding its online consumers' rights policies.
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