Archive for 2011/10/18

As the European Commission considers new rules to achieve its digital agenda targets, the European Competitive Telecommunications Authority (ECTA)’s annual conference will explore how different regulatory approaches and business models have shaped European and global telecoms markets. Between 28 and 30 November 2011, ECTA will convene a meeting in Brussels that might shape the EU regulatory framework of the online world for the years to come.

Notable speakers and moderators include Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for the Digital Agenda; Ian Livingston, CEO of British Telecom Group; Gunnar Hökmark, MEP and Vice-Chair of the European People’s Party group; Chris Fonteijn, BEREC 2011 Chair and Chairman of Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa), Ed Richards, Chief Executive at Ofcom, Didier Casas of Bouygues Telecom, Marie-Françoise Marais, President of Hadopi and many more high level guests representing government agencies, IT companies and public interest groups.

More:
http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2011/10/18/high-level-event-on-the-future-of-eu-regulation-of-online-world-coming-up.html

Produced in partnership with the Citizens Advice Bureau in the U.K., the website and ads provide easy to use tips and advice on online security, help on understanding the data users share and tools they can use to manage their data.

http://www.google.co.uk/goodtoknow/campaign/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/18/gartner_recession/

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/10/google-search-https/

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/10/18/uk-isp-talktalk-claims-the-moral-high-ground-in-proactive-stance-on-net-safety.html

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/10/18/students-responsible-for-deciding-which-adult-websites-uk-isps-block.html

http://gizmodo.com/5851020/kinect-realizes-millions-of-fantasies-by-putting-kids-inside-sesame-street

http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-1110.html#1

http://countermeasures.trendmicro.eu/over-10000-facebook-account-details-hacked-and-published/

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/10/us-considered-hacking-libya/

With a few clicks, users of the social networking site can get information about medium- and high-risk sex offenders living in their neighborhoods

http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/pio/press_releases/2011-10-17_pressrelease.html

New guidelines from the SEC aim to help companies determine when they need to disclose cyber attacks

http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/us-companies-pushed-disclose-cyber-attacks-176226

Dutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/108262/om–gebruik-spyware-door-politie-is-legaal.html

Dutch language report:
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/77472/nederlanders-verstoken-32000gb-mobiele-data-per-dag.html

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20111018006048/en/Dropbox-Raises-250-Million-Series-Funding

A negative ruling against their operators seemed unlikely as Spanish courts have continually acquitted defendants running similar sites.

It therefore comes as a quite shock to hear that the Provincial Court of Vizcaya has sentenced the operators of both sites not only to fines, but a year in jail.

http://torrentfreak.com/file-sharing-admins-jailed-for-linking-to-copyright-works-111018/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/18/anonymous_threatens_scada/

See also:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/10/hacking-industrial-systems/

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/10/18/42m_us_and_european_homes_watch_internet_streamed_content_on_their_tv/

BT said it had prioritised real-time traffic – Skype, online gaming traffic and video streaming, for example – on the night to prevent iOS download demand hindering other, more time-sensitive traffic types

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/10/18/bt_says_apple_ios_5_downloads_set_record_uk_net_traffic/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/18/riaa_biggest_threat_innovation_senator/

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111016/21385416376/british-historian-porn-internet-censorship-north-korea-is-right-internet-is-our-enemy.shtml

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111017/04061516383/youtube-now-helping-artists-sell-scarce.shtml

The findings include:

  • Examples of hacker communications, collaboration, recruitment, commerce and social interaction activities.
  • Attack discussions on this forum increased over the four-year period of analysis, growing an average of 157% year over year between 2007 and 2010.
  • The most discussed topics in this forum from June 2010 to June 2011 were Dos/DDoS attacks, with 22% of discussions, followed by SQL injections, which comprised 19% of all discussions.
  • 25% of discussions from June 2010 to June 2011 focused on “beginning” hacking, with members devoting 6% of their time sharing “how-to” tutorials and discussing basic methodologies, indicating a strong, steady interest from new talent.
  • Mobile hacking has seen very strong growth in this forum from 2007 to 2010, with iPhone hacking leading the way.

More:
http://gawker.com/5850054/
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2011/10/mole-occupy-wall-street/43736/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/17/thomas-ryan-occupy-wall-street_n_1016125.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eYyczR1BSS4#t=193s

Previously:

http://rabble.ca/columnists/2011/10/occupy-movement-has-sleeping-radical-giant-finally-been-awakened

http://theconversation.edu.au/expert-views-of-occupy-wall-street-3891