Archive for 2012/02/13

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte Refuses To Condemn Freedom Party Complaint Center. Says He Won’t Close His Eyes To Problems Related To Free Movement Of Eastern Europeans

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte also stated that (technically) “it is not a website that belongs to the Cabinet or the government.”

Recently, the Prime Minister said that decisions to extend the Dutch military campaign in Afghanistan could also be taken without a majority of the votes in Dutch Parliament. Even the government’s PR and Communication Bureau rejected that view.

Geert Wilders, who launched the complaint center, used to be a member of Rutte’s political party, the VVD and is now supporting the current government coalition.

Dutch language articles:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/11507536/__Rutte_neemt_geen_afstand__.html
http://www.nu.nl/politiek/2737906/rutte-sluit-uitbreiding-kunduz-zonder-kamersteun-niet.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rutte
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_wilders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutte_cabinet

Previously:

EU Commissioner Viviane Reding: Complaint Center Of Dutch Freedom Party Is In Conflict With European Principles. Geert Wilders: Screw Brussels
http://vrritti.com/2012/02/10/eu-commissioner-viviane-reding-complaint-center-dutch-of-freedom-party-is-in-conflict-with-european-principles-geert-wilders-screw-brussels/

Dutch ‘Freedom Party’ Launches Complaint Center Asking For Information About Misconduct By Central And Eastern European Citizens In The Netherlands
http://vrritti.com/2012/02/09/dutch-freedom-party-launches-complaint-center-asking-for-information-about-misconduct-by-central-and-eastern-european-citizens-in-the-netherlands/

The ‘Chupa Cabra’ malware: attacks on payment devices

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness

http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193370/The_Chupa_Cabra_malware_attacks_on_payment_devices

When Supergeeks gather: Black Hats Session X In The Netherlands

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Education / Awareness, Network Security

Sponsored by Madison Ghurka. Speakers:

  •  Brenno de Winter – Hacker, reporter
  • Wim Verloop or Huub Roem – Managing Partners & Senior Forensic Analists, Digital Investigation B.V.
  • Walter Belgers – Partner and Principal Security Consultant, Madison Gurkha
  • Job de Haas – Director Embedded Technology, Riscure B.V.
  • Edwin van Buuren – Information Security Adviser National Cyber Security Center (NCSC)
  • Bert Hubert – Cybersecurity Architect NetScout, Founder PowerDNS
  • Alex de Joode – Security Officer, LeaseWeb BV
  • Roel Verdult – Public transport card hacker / researcher
  • Koen Martens – Spokesperson VNHO (United Dutch Hackerspaces and Organizations)
  • Frans Kollée and Stefan Castille – Senior en Medior Security Consultant, Madison Gurkha
Dutch language articles:

http://www.security.nl/artikel/40320/1/Security.nl_prijsvraag%3A_win_kaarten_voor_Black_Hats_Sessions_X.html

http://www.blackhatsessions.com/index.php

Cryptome Infected with Blackhole Toolkit Website 12

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection

http://cryptome.org/2012/01/cryptome-virus.htm

The Pirate Bay Says Goodbye to (Most) Torrents on February 29, Hope Magnet Links Will Save Them

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Illegal File Sharing, New Business Models, Tech Evolution

Is it illegal to put advertisements next to a bunch of links to illegally copied digital content?

http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-says-goodbye-to-most-torrents-on-february-29-120213/

Amazon Studios Branches Out Into Original TV for Web and Network

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/amazon-studios-tv-production/

The integration of tactical spying within JSOC is so thorough that it’s hard to distinguish “shooters” from analysts

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Public Policy

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/02/jsoc-ambinder/

An ever-growing disconnect between Americans’ privacy interests, and a Congress seemingly uncommitted to protecting those interests

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/congress-in-the-dark/

Anti-Piracy Organization BREIN Supports ACTA. Even Feels ACTA Could Use A Bit More Meat On The Bone

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Legislation, Public Policy

BREIN also states that in relation to ACTA, the internet has turned out to be a catalyst for misinformation. Sensible people should study ACTA and not blindly retweet just anything they come across.

Dutch language articles:
http://www.brein.info/artikelen.php?id=20
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2740026/acta-verandert-niets-europeanen.html

The Only Right Way To Deal With Anonymous’ Shenanigans, By The Boston Police

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement

More:
http://gizmodo.com/5884549/boston-police-departments-response-to-anonymous-is-hilarious

The Little Equation at the Heart of the Economic Collapse

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Education / Awareness

It was the holy grail of investors. The Black-Scholes equation, brainchild of economists Fischer Black and Myron Scholes, provided a rational way to price a financial contract when it still had time to run. It was like buying or selling a bet on a horse, halfway through the race. It opened up a new world of ever more complex investments, blossoming into a gigantic global industry. But when the sub-prime mortgage market turned sour, the darling of the financial markets became the Black Hole equation, sucking money out of the universe in an unending stream.

It is, of course, impossible to blame an equation for the state of our economy: that has to lie at the feet of those that were using the mathematics. But it is fair to say that without the Black-Scholes equation, the last five years would have been entirely different. Quite how different, we’ll never know.

Much more:
http://gizmodo.com/5884603/the-little-equation-at-the-heart-of-the-economic-collapse
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/12/black-scholes-equation-credit-crunch
http://vrritti.com/?s=algorithm

ACTAs future in danger due to protests in many European cities

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Legislation

http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/13/actas-future-in-danger-due-to-protests-in-many-european-cities.html

Warner Music: streaming services generated turnover of $15 million in 2011

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Stats / reports

http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/13/warner-music-group-streaming-services-generated-turnover-of-15-million-in-2011.html

After KNP Hack, Now Personal Data Of 100,000 Bavaria Customers Compromised

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy

In The Netherlands, Dutch internet provider KPN has been confronted with a major security breach. Although it was believed that hackers were able to access customer details, the evidence for that turned out to be false.

Instead, hackers had accessed customer data of online store ‘Baby Dump’ which contained KPN e-mail addresses. They pretended it had been obtained by hacking KPN.

Further research into the KPN Hack and the Baby Dump Hack, has now revealed yet another security breach, this time at marketing bureau Creation Point. That hack has exposed 100,000 customer details related to one of Creation Point’s clients, namely Bavaria.

Creation Point has gone and filed a criminal complaint with the Dutch police.

Time and again security experts and hackers are arguing that these activities are only aimed at showing how poorly secured the facilities of these companies and providers really are.

Then again, if everyone agrees that 100% security does not exist, nor sufficient protection against zero day exploits, one can wonder what exactly the hacking community is hoping to prove. The non-existent government communication and non-deterrent legal sanctions in The Netherlands regarding hacking activities are most likely adding to the problems. Better security is one part of the solution, better enforcement is another.

Dozens of other clients of Creation Point will be affected by this hack.

It is also still uncertain just what the full impact and damage will be in relation to the KPN hack.

Dutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/109505/priv-data-van-ruim-100-000-bavaria-klanten-gehackt.html

 

 

 

 

780 new malicious programs designed to steal users’ online banking data detected every day

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2012/Number_of_the_week_780_new_malicious_programs

Pirate Bay Doesn’t Really Care About Your Privacy Says Privacyscore.com

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reports

The higher the score, the better that website is treating your right to privacy

  • Wikipedia 100
  • Privacyscore 100
  • Dropbox 95
  • Twitter 95
  • Tumblr 95
  • Facebook 94
  • TripAdvisor 93
  • Apple 90
  • YouTube 90
  • Google.com 85
  • Amazon 84
  • CNET/Download.com 82
  • Microsoft.com 78
  • Live.com 77
  • Skype 77
  • Bing 74
  • ZDNet 73
  • MSN 72
  • New York Times 71
  • Huffington Post 69
  • Gizmodo 68
  • CNN 43
  • PC World 35
  • The Pirate Bay 30

Dutch language news article:
http://www.security.nl/artikel/40310/1/Grootste_online_privacyschenders_ontmaskerd.html

After KNP Hack, Another Provider May Follow. Hacker/reporter Brenno De Winter Says Data From Hundreds Of Thousands Of Users Exposed

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness

He is not mentioning the name of the provider as he wants to allow that company some time to take appropriate measures

Dutch language news article:

http://nos.nl/artikel/340368-nieuw-internetlek-ontdekt.html

Microsoft Store India has been hacked by Anonymous

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness

http://www.wpsauce.com/2012/02/breaking-microsoft-store-india-hacked.html

ACTA Anti-Piracy Treaty Criticized by EU Parliament President

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Legislation, Public Policy

http://torrentfreak.com/eu-parliament-president-criticizes-acta-anti-piracy-treaty-120212/

Result Of KPN Hack? KPN Will Speed Up Implementation Of Security Measures, Increase Budget

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection

2 million e-mail users are back online again

http://www.nu.nl/internet/2739523/kpn-neemt-versneld-veiligheidsmaatregelen-hack.html

Anonymous to CIA: Sorry, one of us screwed up, but intentions were good though

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness

DDoSsing for humanity in the fight against child pornography

http://gizmodo.com/5884346/anonymous-explains-cia-takedown

Litigation lunacy: Silicon Valley’s lost its collective mind. Nobody complains about threats to innovation

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Education / Awareness, Litigation

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-57374941-87/litigation-lunacy-silicon-valleys-lost-its-collective-mind/

Reddit bans sexually suggestive images of children

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Filtering

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57376256-93/reddit-bans-sexually-suggestive-images-of-children/

Is Google planning to offer IP video to Kansas City?

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/kansas-google-fiber-you-want-ip-video-with-that.ars

World’s Unluckiest BitTorrent Pirate Fined But Avoids Jail

Posted: 2012/02/13 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing

http://torrentfreak.com/worlds-unluckiest-bittorrent-pirate-fined-but-avoids-jail-120212/