Comment Re:How does a cube... (Score 2, Funny) 265
If you RTFA, you'd learn that it's actually each edge that measures about 2 inches. And some of us don't need a calculator to figure out that 2 * 2 * 2 = 2.
Submission + - The Advancement Of The Keylogger
wmhafiz writes: "keylogger is a program that runs in your computer's background secretly recording all your keystrokes. Once your keystrokes are logged, they are hidden away for later retrieval by the attacker. The attacker then carefully reviews the information in hopes of finding passwords or other information that would prove useful to them. For example, a keylogger can easily obtain confidential emails and reveal them to any interested outside party willing to pay for the information.
Keyloggers can be either software or hardware based. Software-based keyloggers are easy to distribute and infect, but at the same time are more easily detectable. Hardware-based keyloggers are more complex and harder to detect. For all that you know, your keyboard could have a keylogger chip attached and anything being typed is recorded into a flash memory sitting inside your keyboard. Keyloggers have become one of the most powerful applications used for gathering information in a world where encrypted traffic is becoming more and more common.
As keyloggers become more advanced, the ability to detect them becomes more difficult. They can violate a user's privacy for months, or even years, without being noticed. During that time frame, a keylogger can collect a lot of information about the user it is monitoring. A keylogger can potential obtain not only passwords and log-in names, but credit card numbers, bank account details, contacts, interests, web browsing habits, and much more. All this collected information can be used to steal user's personal documents, money, or even their identity.
A keylogger might be as simple as an .exe and a .dll that is placed in a computer and activated upon boot up via an entry in the registry. Or, the more sophisticated keyloggers, such as the Perfect Keylogger or ProBot Activity Monitor have developed a full line of nasty abilities including:
Undetectable in the process list and invisible in operation
A kernel keylogger driver that captures keystrokes even when the user is logged off
A remote deployment wizard
The ability to create text snapshots of active applications
The ability to capture http post data (including log-ins/passwords)
The ability to timestamp record workstation usage
HTML and text log file export
Automatic e-mail log file delivery
All keyloggers are not used for illegal purposes. A variety of other uses have surfaced. Keyloggers have been used to monitor web sites visited as a means of parental control over children. They have been actively used to prevent child pornography and avoid children coming in contact with dangerous elements on the web. Additionally, in December, 2001, a federal court ruled that the FBI did not need a special wiretap order to place a keystroke logging device on a suspect's computer. The judge allowed the FBI to keep details of its key logging device secret (citing national security concerns). The defendant in the case, Nicodemo Scarfo Jr., indicted for gambling and loan-sharking, used encryption to protect a file on his computer. The FBI used the keystroke logging device to capture Scarfo's password and gain access to the needed file.
About the Author
Wan Mohd Hafiz is the founder of ArticlesInside.com. This article is provided courtesy of http://www.articlesinside.com./ This article may be freely published on any website, as long as the links are live, and this notice is left intact."
Submission + - Energy Dept. to Expand Random Polygraph Screening
George Maschke writes: "Despite a 2003 finding by the National Academy of Sciences that "[polygraph testing's] accuracy in distinguishing actual or potential security violators from innocent test takers is insufficient to justify reliance on its use in employee security screening in federal agencies," an internal memorandum to employees at Los Alamos National Laboratory announces the implementation of a program of random polygraph screening encompassing over 5,000 LANL employees and some 3,800 employees at Sandia National Laboratories. Those who fail the polygraph will no longer be able to continue their present work.
Last year, AntiPolygraph.org News anticipated the possibility that DOE's publicly announced reduction in the number of employees subject to routine polygraph screening might result in a significant ramp up of its program of random polygraph screening as the Office of Counterintelligence attempts to ensure full employment for its complement of polygraph operators. This seems to be precisely what has happened."
Last year, AntiPolygraph.org News anticipated the possibility that DOE's publicly announced reduction in the number of employees subject to routine polygraph screening might result in a significant ramp up of its program of random polygraph screening as the Office of Counterintelligence attempts to ensure full employment for its complement of polygraph operators. This seems to be precisely what has happened."
Submission + - Rise of the social investment web
chrb writes: The BBC is running an article about the rise of social investment sites , such as Zopa, whilst specialises in peer-to-peer money lending, and Kiva (NY Times video), which helps lenders micro-loan to the self-employed in developing markets.
Submission + - Is brand name Ubuntu over hyped ?
An anonymous reader writes: When you go by the readings in diverse media, you are sure to find only eulogies of Ubuntu — a linux distribution which has been very popular as a neophytes Linux distribution. But this provocative article asks whether, after all is said and done, is not the brand name Ubuntu over hyped to the extent of over shadowing other Linux distributions including Ubuntu's parent distribution Debian? Because as this author has experienced, the succeeding Ubuntu releases after 6.06 has only gone down a gradual incline in the quality department.
Submission + - Fon Dumps Microsoft
An anonymous reader writes: FON founder and CEO, Martin Varsavsky sent a memo to his employees encouraging them to dump Microsoft in favor of Ubuntu.
" Dear All: As of today Fon will disengage from Microsoft and adopt Linux in the Ubuntu form as our operating system of choice. " read the blog entry from Steve Ross
" Dear All: As of today Fon will disengage from Microsoft and adopt Linux in the Ubuntu form as our operating system of choice. " read the blog entry from Steve Ross
Submission + - Google is removing results due to legal reasons
TinBromide writes: After doing a quick search for an xchat weather plugin, i noticed this line at the bottom of the page "In response to a legal request submitted to Google, we have removed 1 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read more about the request at ChillingEffects.org." After clicking the link, I was taken to this page. I didn't find any additional information, but it looks like all those lawsuits are now affecting our searches.
Journal Journal: What is your favorite 20th-century OS? 1
What is your favorite 20th-century OS version or distribution? Mainframe OSes are fair game.
The main rule is has to be officially unsupported as of January 1, 2000. Rule #2 is you had to actually USE it at least once. No "I heard the Amiga was cool."
I like the Commodore 64 and MacOS 2.0.
Submission + - Females Outnumber Males Online
westcoaster004 writes: In news which may surprise some Slashdot users, females have been found to outnumber males online in the U.S. according to a report, and for some time. The statistics for Canadians show a slightly greater number of male users.
Submission + - China Battles Online Porn
NotinMyTurF writes: The Chinese government is launching a new crackdown on online pornography, complaining it has "perverted China's young minds," a state news agency said Friday.
The Ministry of Public Security says the six-month campaign will target cyber strip shows and sexually explicit images, stories and audio and video clips, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
Submission + - In an email, Bill wanted ACPI to be Windows only
denis-The-menace writes: In an email, PDF'd in the link below, Bill Gates wanted to make the ACPI to work only with Windows.
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.o rg/011607/3000/PX03020.pdf
I wonder what those MS apologists have to say about their favorite company,now?
I wonder what those MS apologists have to say about their favorite company,now?
Submission + - Closest Look Ever of the "Face of Mars"
Riding with Robots writes: "The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned the sharpest view ever of the famous "Face of Mars." The formation's reputation as an alien artifact stemmed from a 1970s Viking image. In recent years, different lighting conditions and much, much higher resolution views have dispelled the illusion of an ancient Martian monument, but the new pictures give modern Mars explorers additional clues about the water ice that may lie just below the surface. You can download the full-resolution version, which the circumspect MRO team has labeled simply, "Popular Landform in Cydonia Region." Meanwhile, NASA has just released a report explaining the likely fate of the Mars Global Surveyor, which went suddenly silent last year after a decade of service."
Journal Journal: FTC official: Let's imprison spyware distributors 126
FTC official (William Kovacic) says "Let's imprison spyware distributors"
Steep fines are nice, but one of the best weapons against spyware purveyors is locking them up, a federal regulator told senators on Tuesday.
Submission + - Google Pushes Open Source OCR
SocialWorm writes: "Google has just announced work on OCRopus, which it says it hopes will "advance the state of the art in optical character recognition and related technologies." OCRopus will be available under the Apache 2.0 License. Obviously, there may be search and image search implications from OCRopus."
Submission + - Intel Launches Core 2 Extreme QX6800 Quad Core
TrackinYeti writes: Intel
officially
launched its next Extreme Edition quad-core desktop processor
today. The new
Core 2 Extreme QX6800 has frequency parity with its dual-core counterpart,
the Core 2 Extreme X6800 — sans the "Q". At 2.93GHz this makes the Core 2
Extreme QX6800 Intel's highest clocked quad-core desktop processor to date.
Due to its 2.93GHz clock speed, the QX6800 is as fast as the Core 2 Duo Extreme X6800
while running single-threaded applications. However,
running multi-threaded applications that can fully utilize the additional
processing resources afforded by the quad-core design of the QX6800, the
new Core 2 Extreme QX6800 shown here puts up significantly better performance
numbers than any other desktop PC processor currently available.
