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All Dogs Go to Heaven
Metro Active (CA)
by Vrinda Normand
December 21, 2005

The story of the San Jose police raid on Hell's Angels has gone from gruesome tragedy to civil rights victory.

For Bob and Lori Vieira, 1998 started with a bang-literally. Twenty-one days into the year, at a chilly 7am, they awoke to gunshots outside of their home on Monterey Highway in San Jose. Lori hopped out of bed, threw on some clothes and ran out the front door yelling, "Don't kill my dogs!" She yelled it over and over, but it was too late. A squad of San Jose police officers lined up, guns poised, outside of the chain-link fence that enclosed the Vieira property.

Retiree claims privacy invasion
Lawrence Journal-World
by Joel Mathis
December 20, 2005

A retired Kansas University professor says the federal government has been poking into the mail he receives from abroad.

Grant Goodman on Monday showed the Journal-World a recent letter he had received from a friend in the Philippines; it apparently had been opened, then re-closed with green tape bearing the seal of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a message that it had been opened "by Border Protection."

Through His Webcam, a Boy Joins a Sordid Online World
The New York Times
by Kurt Eichenwald
December 19, 2005

A 13-year-old was drawn into performing sex acts for an online audience in a tale of the dark collateral effects of technology.

The 13-year-old boy sat in his California home, eyes fixed on a computer screen. Weeks before, Justin had hooked up a Web camera to his computer, hoping to use it to meet other teenagers online. Instead, he heard only from men who chatted with him by instant message as they watched his image on the Internet. To Justin, they seemed just like friends, ready with compliments and always offering gifts.

Hackers Break Into Computer-Security Firm's Customer Database
Washington Post
by Brian Krebs
December 19, 2005

Guidance Software -- the leading provider of software used to diagnose hacker break-ins -- has itself been hacked, resulting in the exposure of financial and personal data connected to thousands of law enforcement officials and network-security profession

Guidance alerted customers to the incident in a letter sent last week, saying it discovered on Dec. 7 that hackers had broken into a company database and made off with approximately 3,800 customer credit card numbers. The Pasadena, Calif.-based company said the incident occurred sometime in November and that it is working with the U.S. Secret Service on a more detailed investigation. Michael G. Kessler, president of New York City-based computer-forensics investigative firm Kessler International, received a letter notifying him that the company's American Express card was among those compromised by the attackers. Kessler received the notice from Guidance at the same time that a company credit-bill arrived with what he said were $20,000 in unauthorized charges for pay-per-click advertising at Google.com.

MS Research: Typo-Squatters Are Gaming Google
e Week
December 19, 2005

Researchers at Microsoft Corp. have blown the lid off a large-scale, typo-squatting scheme that uses multi-layer URL redirection to game Google's AdSense for domains program.

The scheme was uncovered when Redmond lab rats decided to extend its HoneyMonkey exploit detection system, a project that runs automatic and systematic Web scans to investigate the seedier side of the Internet. With the new Strider Typo-Patrol System, the Microsoft Research Systems Management Research Group was able to track down a ring of typo-squatters registering misspelled domain names and generating traffic to serve advertising from Google.

Bush, NSA & Wiretaps - Hot Off The Biased, Leaky Press
Magic City Morning Star (ME)
by Doug Wrenn
December 18, 2005

'Tis a complex web which we weave, when 'tis the American people we try to deceive, exacerbated still, and against our will, just after the Patriot Act's demise on the previous eve! Yeah, I know. Poetry just isn't my gig. Sorry.

But the point, nevertheless is still well taken. As I write this article, President Bush's public mea culpa to the American people is still only about two or three hours old. We now know, first by the New York Times story of December 16th, and now by President Bush's confirmation of that story today, that he authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to conduct allegedly warrantless wiretaps on several American citizens deemed to be a threat to our national security.

Microsoft warns of 'critical' flaw
Daily Times (Pakistan)
December 18, 2005

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday warned users of its Windows operating system of a "critical" security flaw in its software that could allow attackers to take complete control of a computer.

The world's largest software maker issued a patch to fix the problem as part of its monthly security bulletin. The problem mainly affects the Windows operating system and Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser. Computer security experts and Microsoft urged users to download and install the available security patch.

Bush Secretly Lifted Some Limits on Spying in U.S. After 9/11, Officials Say
New York Times
by James Risen and Eric Lichtblau
December 15, 2005

WASHINGTON -- Months after the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States.

While many details about the program remain secret, officials familiar with it said the N.S.A. eavesdropped without warrants on up to 500 people in the United States at any given time. The list changes as some names are added and others dropped, so the number monitored in this country may have reached into the thousands over the past three years, several officials said. Overseas, about 5,000 to 7,000 people suspected of terrorist ties are monitored at one time, according to those officials.

Hackers grab donor info from U.K. charity | CNET News.com
CNet News
by Andy McCue
December 12, 2005

Hackers have stolen the personal details of thousands of donors to a Christian charity Web site and tried to extort money from the victims.

U.K. charity Aid to the Church in Need admitted Monday that its online security systems had been breached by hackers. The charity does not yet know how much money the criminals have stolen, but the addresses of more than 2,000 online donors have been compromised, and the hackers have used these details to contact the benefactors directly to try and extract more money.

School officials to meet Monday on privacy breach
Salem News Online (MA)
by Ben Casselman
December 4, 2005

SALEM -- Salem school administrators will meet on Monday to plan their response to a privacy breach that allowed the public to view dozens of confidential student files on the Internet.

Superintendent Lawrence Callahan said he received calls from a handful of concerned parents after a report on the incident appeared in yesterday's Salem News. Parents wanted to know if their children were among the dozens of students whose psychological profiles were inadvertently posted online for several months.

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