fraudsource: May 2005

This week in phishing | CNET News.com

Workplace | Report: outsourcing worries Indian union leaders too | News.blog | CNET News.com

Workplace | Report: outsourcing worries Indian union leaders too | News.blog | CNET News.com

What goes around comes around

The Honeynet Project

The Honeynet Project

Learn about the tools used by the bad guys.

Techdirt:ID Theft On The Rise, So Are Misguided Reactions

Wired News: Database Hackers Reveal Tactics

Wired News: Database Hackers Reveal Tactics

Follow-up to the Lexis-Nexis data theft.

Underground showdown: defacers take on phishers | The Register

Underground showdown: defacers take on phishers | The Register

An interesting citizen solution.

UK banks hope to send phishing mules packing | The Register

Wired News: Feds Widen LexisNexis Probe

Wired News: Feds Widen LexisNexis Probe

This incident refuses to die...

Wired News: Uh, Folks, Your Data Was Swiped

Wired News: Uh, Folks, Your Data Was Swiped

Bank employees play fast and loose with customer data.

The Security Samurai

The Security Samurai

Very worthwhile read; covers many items including phishing.

Wired News: Tor Torches Online Tracking

Wired News: Tor Torches Online Tracking

Take a look to see if this is available to anyone.

Wired News: Porn Valley Goes Blogging

This is True - Politicians Suck!

This is True

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LEADING BY EXAMPLE: Florida state Sen. Mandy Dawson wanted to join fellow
legislators on a trip to Africa. The others paid their own ways, but
Dawson ordered an aide to solicit donations for the trip from
lobbyists. When her aide told her that was against the law, she ordered
the aide to do it anyway. Dawson was previously in trouble for altering
a prescription to get extra painkillers, but avoided prison by going to
drug rehab. This time, for soliciting and accepting cash, she was
reprimanded in public by the Senate -- and kicked off the Senate ethics
committee. "I hope you will accept my humble and sincere apology if my
actions have in any way compromised the integrity of this body," she
said. (Miami Herald) ..."If"?

FOR EXAMPLE II: The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has not
upgraded equipment at many airports because it can't afford it all. The
TSA says that's why its screeners sometimes miss guns, knives and other
items passengers carry through security checkpoints. Yet TSA employees
at a new operations center in Herndon, Va., spent $500,000 on artwork
and silk plants for their offices, a government auditor says. The
building and its furnishings, which houses just 79 employees, cost $19
million, including a $350,000 gym, seven kitchens with restaurant-grade
appliances, and $63,099 worth of cable-fed TVs. Even "low level"
employees have large private offices. David Stone, the center's
manager, says the new building and its decorations are "worth every
dollar spent." (Washington Post) ...To whom?

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GNASHED: When Jean Collop of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England, heard a
prowler outside her home late at night, she went to confront him
herself. "I politely told him not to move," she said, and "grabbed the
first thing that came to hand" to defend herself. Which was? "One of my
garden gnomes." The man apparently didn't hold still: she "hurled" the
gnome "and hit him," she said, then retreated inside. There she grabbed
another weapon -- a rolling pin -- which she preferred since she
"didn't want to break another gnome." (London Telegraph) ...Neither the
garden statue nor the burglar.

SHOCKING CRIME: A resident in Inverness, Fla., confronted a burglar who
was wearing only a sheet. The victim shot the man with a Taser, but the
burglar seemed to like it: he asked to be shocked some more. When that
wasn't forthcoming, witnesses say, the man grabbed a lamp off a table,
unscrewed the bulb and jammed his fingers in the socket. Sheriff's
deputies arrived as the man ran out of the house. Shyne Harris Phelps,
39, was booked on charges of kidnaping, burglary, aggravated assault on
a law enforcement officer with intent to commit a felony, resisting
arrest, battery and criminal mischief. (St. Petersburg Times) ...Well
sure he had to be charged with battery.

YEAH, RIGHT, LIKE ANYONE BELIEVES THAT: "Pessimism Raises Dementia Risk,
Study Finds" -- Reuters headline

New phishing attack uses real ID hooks | CNET News.com

Phishing, Malware Declining?

Fast Company Now

Fast Company Now

INteresting list of countries that beneft from outsourcing.

The New York Times > Technology > Big Online Brokers in Talks About Takeovers

The New York Times > Technology > Big Online Brokers in Talks About Takeovers

TD Waterhouse is mentioned in this article.

419ers seek project manager | The Register

419ers seek project manager | The Register

Very creative...

Phishers Using New Methods To Steal User Information - Yahoo! News

Phishers Dodge Shutdowns by Striking via 'Botnets'

Million resume madness in India | CNET News.com

Phishing attacks take a new twist | CNET News.com

Techdirt:Are People Catching On To Phishers?

In India, seeking avenues for growth | CNET News.com

Boom times in Bangalore | Perspectives | CNET News.com

Slashdot | Netcraft Releases Anti-Phishing Toolbar

Slashdot | Netcraft Releases Anti-Phishing Toolbar

Another toolbar for your browser. These will soon overtake the content.

Techdirt:How Not To Deal With Information Leaks

Techdirt:How Not To Deal With Information Leaks

Especially inportant when someone hacks your customer database.

Dell ready to go on India hiring binge | Channel Register

Outsourcing: prepare to renegotiate your deal, says Gartner | The Register

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