Archive for 2011/09/14
Dutch government could exclude Google and Microsoft from government contracts if they would allow other governments to access ‘Dutch data’
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Education / Awareness, Google, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, The CloudMeanwhile, Dutch government officials and parliamentarians are happily using iPads and iPhones
Dutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/107924/uitsluiting-microsoft-bij-aanbestedingen-overheid.html
FOX-IT: DigiNotar CA server for Qualified Certificates had a backdoor. And the backdoor has been used by a hacker
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reportsDutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/107927/hacker-cre–erde-backdoor-naar-diginotar-servers.html
Internet Troll Jailed In The UK For Being A Jerk Online
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Education / Awareness, EnforcementThere’s not much Google loves more than playing in other people’s sandboxes. Like a Walmart built entirely of zeros and ones, once the behemoth moves into your town, you’re officially f*cked. Here’s how they do it, and why it matters
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models, Stats / reportsUK cyber security plan delayed till October
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public PolicyThe EFF SSL Observatory – a project to investigate the certificates used to secure all of the sites encrypted with HTTPS on the Web
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data ProtectionWe have downloaded datasets of all of the publicly-visible SSL certificates on the IPv4 Internet, in order to search for vulnerabilities, document the practices of Certificate Authorities, and aid researchers interested the web’s encryption infrastructure.
We are particularly concerned about the role and practices of Certificate Authorities (CAs), which are the organizations that can sign cryptographic certificates trusted by browsers. These certificates can contain statements like, “this public key belongs to EFF.org”, “this public key belongs to yahoo.com, paypal.com and mozilla.com”, or “this public key should be trusted to also act as a CA, signing certificates for other domains”. Browsers trust a very large number of these CAs, and unfortunately, the security of HTTPS is only as strong as the practices of the least trustworthy/competent CA.
While Go Daddy may be the biggest domain registrar, they’re also the sleaziest. ICANN taking action
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Education / Awareness, New Business ModelsIt’s no secret that GoDaddy is a domain registrar and web hosting provider that uses sleazy marketing. It’s also no secret that they have come under attack for business practices that have angered many of their customers
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/dear-go-daddy-icann-haz-new-policy/18579
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/godaddy-still-violates-icann-policy-and-still-sleazy/18518
About the GoDaddy CEO:
GoDaddy CEO kills elephant, videotapes act
Bob Parsons says he shot pachyderm to protect crops; PETA outraged
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42356709/ns/business-us_business/t/godaddy-ceo-kills-elephant-videotapes-act/#.TnCQNXN3VZI
Being outrageous seems to work just fine for Bob Parsons. He’s the founder of Go Daddy, the world’s largest domain-name registrar, which manages more than 32 million domain names for some six million customers worldwide. He launched the company in 1997, three years after selling his first business, a software company, to Intuit for $64 million. Go Daddy, which has annual revenue of about $350 million, now employs more than 2,000, most of whom work near the company’s headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona. As the sole owner, Parsons, a 58-year-old former Marine who won a Purple Heart for his service in Vietnam, has the flexibility to do what he fancies. He typically spends his days traipsing around in motorcycle gear, shopping for rifles online, and brazenly stirring up controversy.
One of the things people say to me from time to time is, “You must feel very proud.” Well, the answer is, No, I don’t. That’s the last thing I think about. They say, “Well, look at what you’ve accomplished.” I say, “You know, the jury’s still out. Talk to me up in heaven; I’ll let you know how I did. If I make it there.”
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090101/the-way-i-work-bob-parsons-go-daddy.html
The operators of Usenet indexing site Newzbin2 have introduced measures to circumvent court-ordered web-blocking measures designed to render the site inoperable in the UK. Stand-alone software client defeats ISP BT’s Cleanfeed censorship system by using a handful of techniques including encryption
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech EvolutionExperts: “Do not use American Cloud Providers”
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, The CloudExperts argue that Patriot Act will always prevail. No guarantees that data in the EU will be safeguarded against the US legislator
Dutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/107904/-ga-niet-met-amerikaanse-cloudaanbieders-in-zee-.html
Update on child abuse scandals in The Netherlands. Secretary General accused of child abuse had gotten involved in prison regime of yet another person who is accusing him – 63% of Dutch population feels that he should step down during the investigation. More child abuse pictures and videos of Robert Mikelsons retrieved
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public PolicyA convicted criminal named Hüseyin Baybasin, who says he has got evidence against the the Secretary General of the Dutch Justice Department Mr. Joris Demmink in relation to child abuse accusations, appears to have been put in isolation during a visit by that same Secretary General to that prison facility in 2007. At the same time, a senior executive of the Dutch penitentiary system as well as an Attorney General who handled Mr. Baybasin’s criminal case were said to be present at that prison too.
Secondly, the Secretary General is said to have pulled the records on Mr. Baybasin in 2007 and in 2008 it is claimed that the Ministry of Justice itself was responsible for Mr. Baybasin being subject to a more strict prison regime.
Finally, in March of this year, an official from a foreign country wanted to pay a visit to Mr. Baybasin. Not only was this visit said to be “not doable in practice” but explicit permission had to be asked to Mr. Demmink personally. The latter would later rejected a personal request by that same foreign official.
Dutch language news article:
http://www.crimesite.nl/justitie/21891-demmink-liet-baybasin-in-isolatie-zetten.html
63% of the Dutch population feels that the Secretary General should step down during the investigation into his conduct
Dutch language news article:
http://www.depers.nl/binnenland/595131/Topambtenaar-weg-tijdens-onderzoek.html
Meanwhile, Dutch law enforcement has retrieved a total of 46,775 pictures and 3,672 videos from the personal computer systems of Robert Mikelsons, the man who abused 87 very young children and professionally stored, distributed and exchanged those images online. At first, law enforcement had located 7,000 pictures and 600 videos as investigations were hampered due to security measures implemented by Mikelsons.
Dutch language news article:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/10545020/__Veel_meer_beelden_in_zedenzaak__.html?p=19,2
Previously:
Child abuse scandals in The Netherlands reach new height. Criminal complaints filed against Secretary General of Justice Department Mr. Joris Demmink in relation to the abuse of three Turkish teenagers
http://vrritti.com/2011/09/07/child-abuse-scandals-in-the-netherlands-reach-new-height-criminal-complaints-filed-against-secretary-general-of-justice-department-mr-joris-demmink-in-relation-to-the-abuse-of-three-turkish-teenager/
Dutch Law Enforcement Hacks Into Computer Systems Of Suspected Child Abusers, Finds 220,000 Child Abuse Images, Videos And Manuals On “How To Kidnap, Abuse And Kill Children” – All Tied To Robert Mikelsons Case Who Abused 87 Toddlers While Working At A DayCare Center in Amsterdam
http://vrritti.com/2011/08/31/dutch-law-enforcement-hacks-into-computer-systems-of-suspected-child-abusers-finds-220000-child-abuse-images-videos-and-manuals-on-how-to-kidnap-abuse-and-kill-children-all-tied-to-robert/
EU extends term of protection for music recordings to 70 years
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, LegislationFCC introduces net neutrality rules in the US
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Education / Awareness, Net Neutrality, Public PolicyClaimed that minority shareholder eBay took advantage of its membership on Craigslist’s board to gather sensitive information
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20105748-38/feds-investigating-craigslist-complaint-against-ebay/
UK Government Pressures Google to Block Piracy Facilitating Websites
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Google, Illegal File Sharing, Public PolicyThe government perhaps rightly suggests that any website ruled by a court to be essentially unlawful could see its search ranking penalised (i.e. site becomes harder to find or potentially even removed completely) and related advertising revenues choked.
Warner has made repeated, reckless and irresponsible misrepresentations to Hotfile falsely claiming to own copyrights in material from Hotfile.com…and continued to make these misrepresentations even after Hotfile explicitly brought this rampant abuse to Warner’s attention, ruling out any possibility that its wrongful actions were accidental or unknowing. Hotfile suspects that the overbroad takedowns were not only an attempt to prevent copyright infringement, but also a scheme to make profits
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Illegal File Sharing, LitigationWarner proposed to Hotfile an affiliate deal where content that was taken down would be replaced with links to movie stores where users could buy Warner movies. More takedowns thus means more potential revenue.
Summing up, Hotfile accuses Warner on three counts. Violation of the DMCA, intentional interference with a contractual or business relationship and negligence.
http://torrentfreak.com/hotfile-sues-warner-bros-for-copyright-fraud-and-abuse-110913/
The actor who played Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi is saying that Lucasfilm still isn’t paying residuals, claiming that the film is still not profitable
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Education / Awareness“I get these occasional letters from Lucasfilm saying that we regret to inform you that as Return of the Jedi has never gone into profit, we’ve got nothing to send you. Now here we’re talking about one of the biggest releases of all time,” said Prowse. “I don’t want to look like I’m bitching about it,” he said, “but on the other hand, if there’s a pot of gold somewhere that I ought to be having a share of, I would like to see it.”
Officials In The Philippines Want To Criminalize Downloading
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public PolicyGermany’s consumer protection minister Ilse Aigner is once again calling on her peers to ditch the use of Facebook by government officials, citing what she believes are valid “justified legal doubts” raised about the social network
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public PolicyGoogle bows to Dutch Data Protection Authority. Will destroy 3.6 million WiFi SSIDs and to build a global opt-out system
Posted: 2011/09/14 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models, Privacy / Data ProtectionDutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/107912/google-buigt-voor-cbp–vernietigt-gesnifte-wifi-data.html
