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Submission + - Hackers Trick Email Systems Into Wiring Them Large Sums (wsj.com) 1

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: Cybercriminals are exploiting publicly available information and weaknesses in corporate email systems to trick small businesses into transferring large sums of money into fraudulent bank accounts, in schemes known as "corporate account takeover" or "business email fraud."

Companies across the globe lost more than $1 billion from October 2013 through June 2015 as a result of such schemes, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The estimates include complaints from businesses in 64 countries, though most come from U.S. firms. Both "organized crime groups from overseas and domestic-based actors" are typical perpetrators, said Patrick Fallon, a section chief in the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division.

Comment Re:It seemed too good to be true... (Score 2) 485

Neither of those OS's, by default, farm you for information. Google does offer you lots of services you really want in exchange for letting them farm you... But there are alternatives and you're free to chose them.

It sounds like here, Microsoft is doing the farming at the OS level. I don't know if that's true or not, I'll wait to hear more. But if it's true, this version of Windows is DOA. It could have been the one toehold MSFT could have had to fend off Google and they're throwing it all away.

Comment um no (Score 1) 170

by Charliemopps (#50213875) Attached to: Windows 10 App For Xbox One Could Render Steam Machines Useless

The point of Steam Machines is to get rid of Windows and MS... so how does Windows 10 help with that?
Also... you can already plug your video card into your TV. You've been able to do that for over 10 years with a $10 extra long HDMI or Display port cable.
If you want it wireless, there are devices that do that for about $100
If you want a real "Stream" or shared desktop, Chrome Cast can do games now and the dongles $29

Also... this story hit a day or two ago... on pretty much every "Pay to play" tech website out there at the same time. In other words, this is a paid Microsoft commercial we've been duped into reading. Thanks Slashdot, you're really going down the tubes.

Submission + - CISA: the dirty deal between Google and the NSA that no one is talking about (thehill.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: It's hard to find a more perfect example of this collusion than in a bill that's headed for a vote soon in the U.S. Senate: the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, or CISA.

CISA is an out and out surveillance bill masquerading as a cybersecurity bill. It won't stop hackers. Instead, it essentially legalizes all forms of government and corporate spying.

Here's how it works. Companies would be given new authority to monitor their users — on their own systems as well as those of any other entity — and then, in order to get immunity from virtually all existing surveillance laws, they would be encouraged to share vaguely defined "cyber threat indicators" with the government. This could be anything from email content, to passwords, IP addresses, or personal information associated with an account. The language of the bill is written to encourage companies to share liberally and include as many personal details as possible.

That information could then be used to further exploit a loophole in surveillance laws that gives the government legal authority for their holy grail — "upstream" collection of domestic data directly from the cables and switches that make up the Internet.

Submission + - Big Brother is Watching You Squat (t-nation.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes:
  1. If you're a coach or personal trainer, your state government may soon force you to get licensed and operate within their "Standards of Practice."
  2. Certain organizations are lobbying state governments to make their certification and license mandatory for everyone who trains clients.
  3. Approval will be determined by a board, which may not approve of the way you train clients, i.e. using deadlifts or full squats.
  4. Don't think your state government will leave you alone to coach the way you know best. They'll try to make you train your clients the way the NSCA and the ACSM tell them you should.
  5. There are good and bad professionals within every profession that requires a license, and a license doesn't guarantee competence.

Submission + - The Evidence Supports Artificial Sweeteners Over Sugar (nytimes.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: In the last few years, I've watched a continuing battle among my friends about which is worse for you: artificial sweeteners or sugar. Unless you want to forgo all beverages that are sweet, you're going to run into one of these. Rather than rely on anecdote or myth, we can inform this debate with research.

The available evidence points to the fact that there appears to be a correlation between sugar consumption and health problems; none can be detected with artificial sweeteners.

Comment Re:What the fuck Slashdot, where is the LINUX OPTI (Score 1) 272

by OrangeTide (#50209207) Attached to: Will You Be Installing Windows 10?

Sounds like you bought the wrong device. If Linux was a requirement for you personally, you would not have bought a Surface Pro 2. But you bought one, so I think it's fair to say that Linux isn't a priority, at least not at the time of purchase.

I'm partial to the Yogo 2 if I'm doing x86. Or the Acer Chromebook 13 if I'm doing ARM. the 13 is a bit too big for my tastes, but it has my company's chip so I have my own reasons for choosing that one.

disclaimer: what's true for me, may not be true for you.

Comment Re:What the fuck Slashdot, where is the LINUX OPTI (Score 1) 272

by OrangeTide (#50207969) Attached to: Will You Be Installing Windows 10?

Linux is no longer an option.

but seriously, doesn't "Never" or "Only if I'm forced to" also cover people switching to Linux instead of upgrading?

PS - I made the switch to Linux instead of switching to Win95. It's been 20 years, I've given up waiting on the rest of the world, or caring too deeply on how they choose to waste their time. (because I've figured out how I'm going to waste my own time)

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