| Elaborate 'pharming' attack targeted 50 banks
An attack this week that targeted online customers of at least 50 financial institutions in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific has been shut down, a security expert said Thursday. The attack was notable for the extra effort put into it by the hackers, who constructed a separate look-alike Web site for each financial institution they targeted, said Henry Gonzalez, senior security researcher for Websense. To be infected, a user had to be lured to a Web site that hosted malicious code exploiting a critical vulnerability revealed last year in Microsoft's software, Websense said. The vulnerability, for which Microsoft had issued a patch, is particularly dangerous since it requires a user merely to visit a Web site rigged with the malicious code. Once lured to the Web site, an unpatched computer would download a Trojan horse in a file called "iexplorer.exe," which then downloads five additional files from a server in Russia.
New ‘home game’ format lacks playoff feeling
The officials weren't local. I believe one said he was from Augusta. The state game I saw last year at Eastman involved Valdosta Association refs. Dodge's opposition was a team that used the Valdosta Association. Dodge won handily, though, and the officials did a good job. It's much more convenient to have one site. Some fans are having to travel to two distant locations. Stephens County is going to Carrollton and Cartersville. Another advantage of eight in two days is the scorebook situation. There's more pressure to find a reliable bookkeeper. The book would neutral for at least six of the eight games. It's not neutral in the current situation. While the vast majority of bookpeople try to do their best, they're still rooting for the home team. A neutral book would negate that and the issue of an opposing book being inept, a pain in the posterior, or both (as a neutral book can legally kick both home and away books off the table).
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Compared to other nations we are young, not even middle-aged, but as a culture we have become tired and sclerotic, slow to respond and slower still to act. Evidence is everywhere around us. It can be seen in our failure to keep pace with the rest of the world in everything from environmental policy to self-governance. The most recent example was the unseemly rush at Queen's Park to dismiss the report prepared by Trent University economist Harry Kitchen. Provincial politicians lined up to dump on a document that essentially proposes that those who use Ontario highways should pay for the privilege. Public transit riders have been familiar with the concept since the beginning; they're called fares, and everyone who rides the rails pays them. In Toronto, fares on the much-unfunded TTC rank among the highest in North America.
Serbs refuse to accept Kosovo's declaration of independence
Bush for supporting Kosovo's independence bid, saying the U.S. leader's name would go down in black letters in Serbian history. In Kosovo, Serbs in Kosovska Mitrovica defiantly flew the Serbian flag as they tried to ignore ethnic Albanians' raucous celebrations just hundreds of meters away. The Serbian government _ which steadfastly opposed full statehood for Kosovo during internationally mediated talks last year _ said it has a secret action plan for Kosovo. It says the plan does not include military action, though officials have said Serbia will seek to retain control of areas in northern Kosovo inhabited by Serbs. Serbia also warned that it will downgrade relations with any foreign government that recognizes Kosovo's independence. Tadic urged international organizations to immediately annul this act, which violates the basic principles of international law.
Whatcom County Jail report for Feb. 20
Al Norman Noland Jr., booked by the Bellingham Police Department for failure to appear for second-degree driving with a suspended license and first-degree negligent driving. Shawn Anthony Wilson, booked by the Whatcom County Sheriffs Office for fourth-degree assault. Dana Lynn Bidlake, booked by the Whatcom County Sheriffs Office for a Department of Corrections secretarys warrant. Michael James Zilonka, booked by the Bellingham Police Department for investigation of first-degree theft and unlawful issuance of blank checks. Todd Allen Rasmussen, booked by the Whatcom County Sheriffs Office for third-degree driving with a suspended license. Randall Bruce Wick, booked by the Whatcom County Sheriffs Office for investigation of unlawful possession of a firearm and a no contact order violation.
Woomail Wants To Woo You Away from Spam
The recipient gets an e-mail saying, "I only read secure e-mail" and a link that takes the recipient to a reply page on the Woomail server , so that no part of the communication travels through cyberspace. Putting Users in Control John Halloran, a Puerto Rico-based precious-metals dealer, created Woomail after struggling with the huge amount of spam his brokers and office staff were dealing with. He said that his goal was to put users in charge of their communications, inbound and outbound. "The problem was that anyone in the world can send you communication from anywhere, and I can't stop them from sending it to my servers," he said. "If I can get them to come to me by typing in a URL or Woo to Woo message, then I can control communications on my server and so I can prevent fraudulent use." (A "Woo to Woo" message is one in which both parties have Woomail accounts.) Sending a message from within the site cannot be done without a challenge-and-response question, putting the kibosh on automated spammers.
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Huckabee, Obama Win in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Mike Huckabee turned out evangelical voters and Barack Obama captured black and young voters as both won Alabama's presidential primaries Tuesday. Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas, defeated Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who ran third. Huckabee, with strong appeal to fellow Southern Baptists, earlier won his home state and Georgia. "It's hard for this old Razorback to say 'Roll Tide Roll,' but I'm saying it tonight," Huckabee said. Obama, the Illinois senator, defeated New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who did not visit Alabama during the closing days of the primary. With more than 90 percent of Alabama's precincts reporting, Huckabee had 41 percent, McCain 38 percent, Romney 18 percent and Ron Paul 3 percent.
Liberal Tolerance Update: Lefty YouTubers Attack
I'll be checking in later today with a few choice examples of today's dose of liberal peace and love but in the mean time, have a look at the comments yourself. Notice also how many of these left-wingers blindly rate us "one-star" just because NewsBusted is conservative. .
Migrating birds fill the skies in annual rite of spring
The eagle nesting season begins in late January and early February with eaglets hatching in April. Wildlife experts do not encourage the public to observe eagle nests because this could scare the birds off.The eagle migration begins when the ice on major waterways begins melting in mid to late March, Klebe said.Other larger birds that pass through or return to this area in the spring include wading species of blue herons, American bitterns and snowy egrets and birds of prey, osprey and cormorants.Reporter contact informationCynthia Beaudette 563-262-0527cynthia.beaudette@muscatinejournal.comOnline: Learn more about the Iowa Audubon Society at —http://www.iowaaudubon.org/main/default.aspIowa Birds —http://www.iowabirds.org/Important Birding Sites in Muscatine County, compiled by the Iowa Audubon SocietyWhat: White Oak Swamp Preserve Where: From Muscatine, at the intersection of Iowa Highway 38 and the U.S.
Archives for: January 2008
We have become a family of chargers. Not the credit card variety, but the cell phone, digital camera battery, ipod kind of chargers. That's why one of my favorite Christmas presents not only helped me organize those electric items, but also made a corner of my kitchen look better. The multi-charging unit, painted white, just like my woodwork, fits neatly in a space on the counter and hides a power strip inside. I plug in the unsightly chargers and all I can see are the tiny plug-ins. At night, we line up our electronic neccessities and know right where they are every morning, charged up and ready to go. It makes me feel so twenty-first century. .
Profile: Palo Altans for Government Effectiveness
Civic engagement didn't just pop onto the city's 2008 priority list. Since 2003, a group known as PAGE (Palo Altans for Government Effectiveness) -- created by current Mayor Larry Klein, architect John Northway and a core of other well-known locals -- has been working to promote respectful involvement with local government. The group emerged during a rancorous period in Palo Alto's political history, motivated by a divisiveness that had overcome civil civic processes, Klein and Northway said at the time. The group founders believed that effective engagement and dialogue would help the community address critical issues. In addition, PAGE has espoused a particular interest in involving and respecting staff members of local public agencies. In 2004, through a series of community meetings, the group developed a list of 13 "Guiding Principles for Palo Alto." Available as an appendix on PAGE's Web site, the principles include: "Be willing to compromise," "Build relationships ..." and "Once a solution is reached, support it and move on." In the spring of 2007, PAGE released the paper, "Building Civic Engagement and Social Capital in Palo Alto: Making a Good Community Better." It hosted two forums that spring on community building and interacting with the government.
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