2007 August

Last week at PodCamp Pittsburgh 2 “bacn” was coined to describe email that you want but don’t want to read right now. This can include social network notices from Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, email newsletters, and more.
‘Bacn’ is an emerging Web 2 term already being widely used. Putting it bluntly, ‘bacn’ is: “Notifications you want. But […]

While privacy advocates applaud private domain name registration services, which hide personal information and even the name of the domain name’s owner, some are questioning if it aides criminals and even terrorists.
The Canadian The Globe and Mail implies that these private domain name registration services impede law enforcement and provide shelter to terrorists as it’s […]

Amazon is offering some great deals and rebates on the new Apple MacBook Pros.

Apple MacBook Pro 15″ (2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive): $150 Rebate & Free Super Saver Shipping!

Apple MacBook Pro 15″ Notebook PC (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, […]

Vnunet reports that SoftScan is predicting a 40% surge in spam mail this September. The increase will supposedly target students returning to school after this summer break.
“It is a pattern we have seen in previous years, but this September looks as if it will be the largest increase yet,” said Diego d’Ambra, chief technology officer […]

Thanks for your emails expressing concern. Everything is okay! I’ve just been completely swamped.
Between photo shoots and weddings and all the post processing I’ve been very busy keeping an eye on the renovations on my property for Dollar General and another tenant. By the way, it’s an excellent development opportunity and income producing property.
I hope […]

McAfee Avert Labs is reporting that it has uncovered a new zero-day exploit in Yahoo! Messenger Webcam. It is advising that Yahoo! Messenger users stop accepting invites from anyone that they don’t know and trust until a patch has been released.
The bug consists of a “classic heap overflow” that may be triggered when a […]

InfoWorld is reporting a new worm that spreads via removable flash drives deletes MP3 files on infected machines.
Security companies say the worm is only low risk, although its unusual payload could give a nasty surprise to an ardent music fan. The motivation of the hackers who created it are unclear.
“The authors of this worm are […]

US-CERT is warning that a recent surge of phishing email messages are claiming to be from the United States National Medical Association.
The emails contain a link to a malicious web site and if visited can install malicious software and/or collect personal information to be used to perform identity theft. These email messages were not sent […]

Craig Joseph Mills, age 45, of Baltimore was sentenced to 78 months in Federal Prison followed by three years of supervised released for bank robbery. He was also ordered to pay restitution of $31,066.
According to his guilty plea, from April 2005 to February 15, 2007, Mills robbed 15 banks, in each instance approaching the teller, […]

Yahoo! Widgets engine versions prior to 4.0.5 for Microsoft Windows have a critical vulnerability.
The vulnerability is reported to be present in an ActiveX control buffer overflow. A malicious web page could trigger it and allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Yahoo! has confirmed an update is available that closes this vulnerability.
[ July 24, 2007 Security […]

This report has me more scared than all the other China food scares lately because I eat about 1 pound of fresh ginger every week.
Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), today warned consumers not to eat fresh ginger imported from China after the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s residue […]