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Cybercrime: Online world at risk from casino cheats
One of the
world elite of casino cheats – during a 25-year reign he and a small team
took casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, London and Monte Carlo for a
reported $5m – has warned that the online world is far more at risk from
cheating than the casinos in which he made millions, reports Silicon.com. Richard Marcus claims
the boom in Internet gambling, which has come along since he went into
early retirement, offers even more rich pickings for the criminally-minded
who no longer even have to show their faces to claim their ill-gotten gains.
In another Silicon.com
report, Marcus noted that many of the technologies used at real world casinos
as anti-cheating measures are doomed to expensive failure. He criticised the
effectiveness of controversial solutions such as RFID and facial recognition
and warned the casinos that they were making the wrong bet by backing
technology, saying that ‘most people only get caught because they get too
much exposure’. Marcus said that the greatest value casinos would get out of
high-profile security rollouts is the deterrent factor.First full
report on Silicon.com http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/gambling/0,3800010160,39153953,00.htm
Second
full report on Silicon.com http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/gambling/0,3800010160,39153954,00.htm
Security: Sudden surge in number of viruses
The has been a record increase in the number of viruses loose world-wide with
anti-virus software vendors Sophos and Kaspersky Labs saying that October
saw the largest number of new viruses reported in a single month since their
records began. ITWeb
reports that according to both vendors, the Mytob worm and its variants were
among the most prevalent viruses last month, with Kaspersky saying: ‘It's
highly likely that this worm (Mytob.c) will turn out to be the most
widespread malicious program of 2005.’ However, local Sophos distributor Netxactics
says Netsky-P, the worm written by convicted German teenager Sven Jaschan,
still heads its list of the worst viruses for the month. Full ITWeb report http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/Internet/2005/0511021032.asp?A=SEC&S=Security&O=FPIN
Software: ‘Choose and Book’ system behind schedule
The
rollout of the NHS' £64m electronic 'Choose and Book' appointment booking
system is a year behind schedule, the UK Government has admitted. The
system is a key part of the NHS IT programme and would allow patients to
choose from at least four hospitals when booking an outpatient appointment
through their GP surgery, reports Silicon.com.
Although the technology behind the system is up and running, NHS chief
executive Sir Nigel Crisp said that rollout to GPs and primary care trusts is
‘running about 12 months late’.Full Silicon.com report http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39153855,00.htm
Domains: Lance
Armstrong wins two domain names
Cycling hero Lance Armstrong has won control of two Internet domain names
that contained the name of his fund-raising LiveStrong bracelets, under a
ruling issued by arbitrators for the World Intellectual Property
Organisation, reports News24.
WIPO ordered the transfer of the domains www.livestrongbracelets.net and
www.talk-livestrong.com to the American cyclist, who had complained that
it infringed his trademark rights and that they had been registered in bad
faith. The names had been registered by Chris Angeles of California, who had been given several
opportunities to assert a right or a legitimate interest in the domain names
but had failed to do so.
Full
News24 report http://www.news24.com/News24/Sport/More_Sport/0,,2-9-32_1827391,00.html
Software: Open Source Software risks considered..
’Risk perception has diverged from
risk reality’, says Columbia University Law School professor and prominent open
source software lawyer, Eben Moglen. He says that many of the potential
risks to users of free and open source software are misplaced, as they
have been addressed over the years in the General Public License, which is
used in many products, including Linux Free Software Foundation. In addition,
CNET News reports that Moglen
railed against the US patent system, saying it was a
‘sin and a shame,’ with little chance of reform because of reluctance from
vested interests. He said too many patents are granted for software
inventions, causing legal risk for software users, and some bad patents ‘need
to be blown up from time to time.’
Full
CNET News report http://news.com.com/Lawyer+Open-source+risks+overblown/2100-7344_3-5929015.html?tag=nefd.top
General: Sony's under fire for anti-piracy measures
Sony is facing severe criticism over its latest anti-piracy measures, which
is being rolled out on some of its audio CDs and which includes a
self-installing rootkit. A researcher at F-Secure has charged that the
digital rights management technology could cause user systems to malfunction,
according to Vnunet. The
software limits the number of copies that a user can make, and regulates
which file formats can be used when ripping the music. The rootkit renders
the DRM technology invisible to the user and the system, including to
antivirus tools. Users who have tried to change the settings and remove
the software have rendered the CD drive useless because data streams inside
the system are interrupted. And, security experts claim that the technology
can easily be exploited by worms, spyware and other malicious software, which
could use the rootkit to dodge detection by antivirus tools. While Sony
maintains that there are no security risks involved with its technology, the
company has released a patch that allows virus and spyware filtering software
to remove the technology.
Full Vnunet
report http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2145617/sony-cd-rootkit-spell-doom
Cybercrime: UK man jailed over eBay
swindle
A British
man was has been jailed for four years for
masterminding an eBay auction swindle which stole computer account
details from users and assumed their identities. Silicon.com reports that David Levi led
six others in a gang which scooped almost $355 000 through a phishing fraud –
the practice of stealing goods after tricking computer users into revealing
their personal details.
Full
report on the Silicon.com site http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39153860,00.htm
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