Category: NewsFeed

Netcraft: Phishers Use Wildcard DNS to Build Convincing Bait URLs
“The phishers use a wildcard DNS setting at a third-party redirection service (kickme.to) to construct the URLS. The wildcard allows the display of URLs beginning with “barclays.co.uk,” which is followed by a portion of the URL which is encoded to obscure the actual destination domain.

The redirector at kickme.to/has.it forwards to a Barclays spoof site hosted at Pochta.ru in Moscow. The spoof loads a page from the actual Barclays site, and then launches a data collection form in a pop-up window from the Russian server.“

This is bad and I’m sure we’ll see more of this in the weeks to come. The downside here is that phishers may drive legitimate business from the web.

Slashdot | Red Hat Exec Takes Over Open Source Initiative
“CNet reports that Michael Tiemann, vice president of open-source affairs at Linux seller Red Hat and an OSI board member, has taken over from Russell Nelson as president pro tem. ‘We thought that Michael would be a better president’ Nelson said of the change, declining to share further details. Nelson will remain a board member and active in the group, he said.“

Microsoft-centric Podcasts…
“Stick this stuff in your portable media player and play it!

Mike Hall is doing a series of audio shows interviewing employees at Microsoft (all around Mobile and Embedded. First is with Balz Weiss, talking about voice over IP (VoIP).“

Channel 9 has been using enclosures to pump out lots of good video, but until now everything has been in Windows video. Now we’re seeing MP3s.

excited utterances
“Welcome to the blogosphere Dan Hunter’s Open Access Law Reviews, which continues Dan’s mission of extending open access norms to legal scholarhip.“

I remember Dan from way back. I think it is worth noting that he continues his crusade for open access to legal information from Wharton, a business school.

JURIST – Paper Chase: California judge says journalist shield laws don’t apply to bloggers
“Judge James Kleinberg of the Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County [official website] issued a preliminary ruling Thursday holding that three computer industry blogs – PowerPage, Apple Insider, and Think Secret – could not claim the same First Amendment {Cornell LII backgrounder] and California Shield Law [First Amendment Project overview] protections that allow journalists to refuse to reveal their sources. The weblogs had published alleged trade secrets about upcoming product releases from Apple Computer [corporate website].“

Well, this oughta get ’em riled up…