Microsoft is helping law enforcers hunt down criminals who try to steal bank account details on the internet and has initiated 129 lawsuits in Europe and the Middle East, the US software company said.
One court case in Turkey has already led to a two and a half year prison sentence for a so-called "phisher" in Turkey, and another four cases against teenagers have been settled out of court, Microsoft said on Wednesday, eight months after it announced the launch of a Global Phishing Enforcement Initiative in March. Read More
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Man charged after Internet chats with 'girl'
An Oshawa man faces luring and prostitution charges following online conversations with a police officer posing as a 12-year-old girl.
The investigation began Oct. 17 when an undercover York police officer became engaged in sexually explicit conversations with a man online.
During the conversations, which continued over a period of four days, police say the man expressed a desire to meet with the "girl" for sex.
The man also suggested that he would pay the girl money when they met, investigators said.
A suspect was arrested on Nov. 21 after a meeting was set up in Mississauga.
Jeffrey Totman, 28, has been charged with two counts of luring and one count of juvenile prostitution.
Anyone with information is asked to contact York police at 905-453-2121 ext. 3490 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. Read More
The investigation began Oct. 17 when an undercover York police officer became engaged in sexually explicit conversations with a man online.
During the conversations, which continued over a period of four days, police say the man expressed a desire to meet with the "girl" for sex.
The man also suggested that he would pay the girl money when they met, investigators said.
A suspect was arrested on Nov. 21 after a meeting was set up in Mississauga.
Jeffrey Totman, 28, has been charged with two counts of luring and one count of juvenile prostitution.
Anyone with information is asked to contact York police at 905-453-2121 ext. 3490 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. Read More
Pentagon stays the course with laser weapon
The threat of cancellation no longer looms over the Pentagon's Airborne Laser effort, but senior program officials say they are taking nothing for granted as they prepare for a missile-intercept demonstration in 2008.
Several clear test milestones have been laid out for the Airborne Laser in 2006 so that senior Missile Defense Agency officials will be able to measure its progress, according to Air Force Col. John Daniels, the effort's program director.
The Airborne Laser, or ABL, is a Boeing 747 aircraft being equipped with a high-powered chemical laser to destroy ballistic missiles in their boost phase. Chicago-based Boeing Co. is the prime contactor on the effort.
Several clear test milestones have been laid out for the Airborne Laser in 2006 so that senior Missile Defense Agency officials will be able to measure its progress, according to Air Force Col. John Daniels, the effort's program director.
The Airborne Laser, or ABL, is a Boeing 747 aircraft being equipped with a high-powered chemical laser to destroy ballistic missiles in their boost phase. Chicago-based Boeing Co. is the prime contactor on the effort.
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Firefox has a password flaw
The Internet browser Firefox 2 has a problem with its "password manager" that could allow a hacker to obtain usernames and passwords from Firefox users, Newsfactor.com reports.
The Mozilla Foundation, which maintains Firefox's code, has acknowledged the problem. It has an extensive discussion going on here about what it calls "bug #360 493."
According to Newsfactor, the same problem could affect Internet Explorer as well.
Newsfactor also reports that "neither Mozilla nor Microsoft has released a patch for the problem, but users can avoid (the) attacks simply by disabling their browsers' autosave features for usernames and passwords. In Firefox, the feature is found in the 'Options' window under the 'Tools' menu. read more
The Mozilla Foundation, which maintains Firefox's code, has acknowledged the problem. It has an extensive discussion going on here about what it calls "bug #360 493."
According to Newsfactor, the same problem could affect Internet Explorer as well.
Newsfactor also reports that "neither Mozilla nor Microsoft has released a patch for the problem, but users can avoid (the) attacks simply by disabling their browsers' autosave features for usernames and passwords. In Firefox, the feature is found in the 'Options' window under the 'Tools' menu. read more
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