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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[With Anonymous and LulzSec, is anyone believable]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>michaleshi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In a tweet, LulzSec denies that the arrested U.K. man was part of the hacker group.For several months, hackers have been having a heyday taking down Web sites and leaking data from compromised servers with victims ranging from the CIA and U.S. Senate to Sony, Citigroup and the Turkish government. (A growing list of attacks is here).  A 19-year-old identified as Ryan Cleary was arrested Tuesday in the U.K. on hacking charges, but it's unclear whether he was involved with either of the two main hacker groups that have been taking responsibility for and organizing some of the attacks--Anonymous and LulzSec.  In the game of disinformation and occasional real information surrounding the recent flurry of hacks, this sort of confusion is par for the course. With the odd jousting between hackers and feds, you can't trust anything until you see the proof, and even then how do you know it's legitimate Hacker groups are hotbeds of egos seeking bragging rights, in-fighting, revenge attacks, mischief, and outright lies.  &quot;Ryan Cleary is not part of LulzSec' we house one of our many legitimate chatrooms on his IRC server, but that's it,&quot; LulzSec tweeted. &quot;Clearly the UK police are so desperate to catch us that they've gone and arrested someone who is, at best, mildly associated with us. Lame.&quot;  Meanwhile, the group outed two hackers whom it claims provided information to authorities that led to Cleary's arrest. LulzSec published contact information for two hackers identified as &quot;m_nerva&quot; and &quot;hann&quot; in a public message to the FBI. They also accused &quot;m_nerva&quot; of hacking the game Deus Ex and said he was trying to flee the U.S. &quot;These goons begged us for mercy after they apologized to us all night for leaking some of our affiliates' logs,&quot; the statement says. &quot;There is no mercy on The Lulz Boat.&quot; Later, a Twitter account associated with LulzSec and Anonymous posted a message that said: &quot;RIP Ryan. Narced by m_nerva aka cimx aka rq42 and hann. Ryan hosted IRC for ED and other chans. Had nothing to do with lulzsec.&quot;  &quot;If he was involved with these groups, the question is who does he know What does he know And what does he have on his computer&quot; said Jennifer Granick, an attorney with the law firm of Zwillinger Genetski who specializes in hacking cases. &quot;They've got his computers. That investigation is going to take some time.&quot;  The first big arrest in a case can be crucial. Law enforcement usually will try to nab a key operative or someone who can name others and provide evidence. &quot;If [Cleary] is involved, that is a crack in the door and [investigators] may or may not be able to ferret out other people,&quot; Granick said.  The attacks have not only exposed consumer data but have been designed to embarrass big companies and government agencies. No doubt, officials are anxious to put a stop to the headlines.  LulzSec has been particularly adept at public relations with its audacious targets and humorous messages on Twitter and other antics. For instance, their latest campaign has been promoted in graffiti at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. They also managed to get hundreds of people to automatically join one of their operations servers Tuesday on Internet Relay Chat by tweeting a shortened URL.Related links:&amp;149' Who is behind the hacks (FAQ)&amp;149' Keeping up with the hackers (chart)&amp;149' LulzSec hackers--just having a laugh&amp;149' LulzSec, Anonymous announce hacking campaign They have their detractors too. A blog called LulzSec Exposed says it is providing information to authorities. And members of an organization called Backtrace Security claim to be researching the hacking groups too.  &quot;I believe that with all the media attention surrounding (the attacks) that law enforcement will make a concerted effort to saturate the media with the message of 'yes, we're doing our jobs. We're on top of this,' to try to take away some of the impact of the LulzSec press,&quot; said Jericho, a security professional who asked to be identified by his hacker name. He founded the Attrition.org site more than a decade ago to catalog and share information on hacking activities.  The hackers are a slippery lot, making it difficult to really pin them down. Both Anonymous and LulzSec are de-centralized groups, without formal structures and relying on low-level participants and sympathizers to carry out some of the larger campaigns. LulzSec is believed to be a spin-off of Anonymous, and there is certainly some overlap. The groups joined forces in an &quot;Anti-Sec&quot; (anti-security) campaign earlier this week aimed at government, financial, and other high-profile targets.  The attacks may seem innocent enough, aiming to send a message or prove that a particular site is insecure. So far, they have been mostly distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks designed to temporarily shut down a site, some Web site defacements, and quite a few compromises of servers that exposed data that was then leaked to the Web. The exposed data was primarily customers e-mail addresses and passwords.  These attacks are not financially motivated, but that doesn't mean victims and prosecutors won't come up with large monetary amounts to justify damage claims. For consumers, there is the fear that others could use their leaked data to target them with phishing attacks and other methods of stealing from their bank and credit card accounts. &quot;If someone posts my e-mail address and someone else uses it, are [the original posters] responsible for a subsequent hack,&quot; Granick wondered.  &quot;Even though the group isn't financially motivated they're leaking data that has financial value to it,&quot; Jericho said.  Under U.S. federal law, first time offenders face up to five years in prison, but sentences depend on damages, and damages can be aggregated over the course of conduct, according to Granick. Cases are based on technical evidence and testimony from accomplices and others. &quot;Prosecutors don't have to prove you caused the damage beyond a reasonable doubt,&quot; she said. &quot;A defendant can be sentenced on related conduct too.&quot;  The more data and people affected, the more opportunity for prosecutors to inflate the damages. With the Sony breaches alone, data from more than 100 million accounts were exposed. &quot;They only need to find a few people who suffered harm and they can aggregate that,&quot; Granick said. And who exactly is at risk in hacking campaigns that have few organizers but thousands of sympathizers who allow their computers to be used in DDoS attacks  Prosecutors would have to show that a defendant was actively involved in an incident and this would include downloading a tool that lets your computer take part in a DDoS attack, according to Granick.  &quot;If you downloaded the tool and made yourself part of the network that DDoSed a site you are going to be held responsible even though you weren't the organizer,&quot; she said. &quot;The question will be, to what degree&quot; <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Windows 8 leaks reveal alleged app-store details]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 07:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>michaleshi</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The latest batch of rumors regarding a Windows app store has cropped up.They include a different name than previously rumored, a logo, and the ability to deliver software directly to a person's desktop, according to Windows enthusiast site WinRumors and other sources.The alleged logo for Microsoft&amp;39's upcoming app store(Credit:Geek.com)WinRumors reports that the new shop is likely to be dubbed the Windows Store--not the Windows App Store. It apparently will offer consumers a variety of free and paid apps for PCs that they can download much in the same way that Apple users can download apps from theMac App Store. Its release is tied to that of Windows 8, the next version of the Windows operating system.The store will also allegedly kick off with a new logo that, like much of Windows 8, borrows some of its look and feel from Microsoft'sWindows Phone 7 Metro UI.The new store will most likely be based on HTML5 and will send apps to PCs from Microsoft's cloud-based Azure service, according to Windows enthusiast site MSWin (Google Translate version), which apparently peeked under the hood of the recent Windows 8 Milestone 3 Build. The site also found subtle entries pointing to a Windows Store deep within the bowels of the Windows Registry.Tech enthusiast site Geek.com reports that pointers to the store were uncovered by some Russian users who were checking out system folders in the Milestone 3 Build. According to them, the store will be comprised of a runtime module, a service, and a licensing client.Reports of a Windows app store have long been floating about, suggesting that such a shop could allow Microsoft to mimic the success that Apple has achieved with its own app stores. Unfortunately, screenshots released a few weeks ago purporting to be of the upcoming Windows store have since been revealed to be fake, according to Windows enthusiast site Windows 8 Center and other sources. Instead of being legit images from an actual Windows 8 build, the shots were instead the handiwork of third-party software from Chinese developers.So as always, rumors and screenshots that appear to be coming from Windows 8 builds should be taken with grains of salt until the actual product is revealed. Though no release dates have yet been revealed for Windows 8, reports from tech news site Boy Genius Report and other sources say that Microsoft is set to unveil an early copy of the new OS at its annual Professional Developers Conference in September.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is the iPhone taking secret pictures of FaceTime users]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>michaleshi</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A small number of FaceTime users have complained of a &quot;creepy&quot; glitch with Apple's FaceTime video-conferencing platform.According to a posting on the Apple discussion forums,iPhone users are seeing photos of themselves that they claim they had never taken show up on FaceTime when they try to place a video call to another user. One person said that her boyfriend saw a picture of himself at work displayed in FaceTime, even though he has never used the service in the office.&quot;When one of us is calling the other via FaceTime, an old picture freezes on our screen, while the person receiving the call only sees a black screen,&quot; a person using the name &quot;kar0786&quot; wrote on Apple's discussion forums. &quot;It's kind of creepy, because it brought up photos of both of us at work, where I have used FaceTime a few times but he never has.&quot;Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment. However, in my tests with the two iPhone 4s in my home, I wasn't able to replicate the issue some users report having.Even so, several people responded in the Apple forums saying that they have experienced the same problem. One person said that it was &quot;very creepy for my phone to be taking pictures of me when I haven't told it to.&quot; The person was told by Apple support to restore the iPhone to factory settings. After that didn't work, the person claims, Apple support said to bring it back to the store and get a new device. The same problem occurred on the new iPhone, the person says.This isn't the first time FaceTime has been the subject of user complaints. Last month,iPad 2 and iPhone 4 owners complained that FaceTime was freezing in the middle of their video calls. After restoring the devices, the issue continued to occur, causing some to speculate that it was a problem with the recently launched iOS 4.3 and not the hardware itself.Based on the information provided in the Apple forums on this latest reported glitch, iOS 4.3 might also be the culprit in this situation. If so, hopefully Apple will address it in upcoming updates to its mobile operating system.Here's a video from a person claiming to be experiencing the latest FaceTime glitch:<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rumor: New MobileMe to cost $20/year, include music 'Locker']]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>michaleshi</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Apple)According to sources from music news site The Music Void, Apple is pushing hard for labels to get on board with Apple's new MobileMe service for music storage and streaming called &quot;Locker.&quot; The service, the site reports, will cost $20/year and be ready for launch sometime in April.&quot;Informed sources say that Apple has sealed its deal with Warner and has been using that agreement to leverage the other labels to get the deals done in time for the April launch ... These same sources tell me that although Universal Music and EMI are more or less pushovers, Apple may actually get some pushback from Sony.&quot;This news comes just weeks after rumors had spread that Apple would announce a revamped MobileMe strategy alongside theiPad 2.Most of those rumors thought Apple would make MobileMe a free service, attaching it to any sale of aniPhone, iPad, oriPod. Parts of MobileMe, like Find My iPhone/iPad, are already free. Since this rumor comes from the music industry side, it is surprising that the &quot;Locker&quot; product would be attached to MobileMe and not a cloud-based iTunes concept as many analysts have been predicting for years. Would you sign up for a $20/year MobileMe service that included a &quot;Locker&quot; to store and stream your music Let me know in the comments! <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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