¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤,¸¸,ø¤º Please link to the Educational CyberPlayGround http://www.edu-cyberpg.com Add your SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT URL http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/schools/ Please Share and Add Your Song http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ncfr/ Educational CyberPlayGround NetHappenings Mailing List ©1993 ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤,¸¸,ø¤º Greetings everyone, happy reading for today. <Karen> 1) Streaming video of several angles of the dig site were seen on Israel's Antiquities Authority's Web site. English http://www.antiquities.org.il/home_eng.asp Israel has installed webcams Internet cameras near an archaeological excavation close to a Jerusalem shrine that had sparked Muslim protests, in a bid to show the work does not harm the holy site. 2) Jury awards fired Sandia analyst $4.3 million http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/56982.html ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A state district court jury has awarded $4.3 million in punitive damages to a fired Sandia National Laboratories cybersecurity analyst who went to federal authorities with information about national security breaches. 3) Make vendors liable for bad code - Make Code Safer http://tinyurl.com/34yhkr the ultimate economic responsibility for better software should be moved directly to software makers, who can directly influence the creation of more secure applications, he said. "If there is liability, we'll pay more [for software], but at least we'll get better software out of it and things will improve," Schneier said. A penalty system will ultimately result in a more secure global IT system through better-built and better-maintained products. "That's what I want to affect, and liabilities have a way of doing that," Schneier said. 4) U.K. company fined over laptop theft http://tinyurl.com/34ndq3 Nationwide Building Society, a U.K. financial services provider, has been fined $1.9 million after a laptop containing sensitive customer data was stolen from an employee. 5) MS malware engine vulnerable to malware http://tinyurl.com/3b9359 Microsoft Defender user security package. According to security bulletin CVE-2006-5270 - Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Vulnerability, Integer overflow in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll), as used by Windows Live OneCare, Antigen, Defender, and Forefront Security, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file. All the following are at risk of remote code execution: 6) UK smoking ban opens doors for hackers http://tinyurl.com/346kng Security experts today warned that the impending total ban on smoking in UK workplaces could be used by social engineering hackers to steal sensitive corporate data. In a recent exercise undertaken by security consultancy NTA Monitor, a tester was able to gain access to a corporate building through a back door that was left open for smokers. 7) ISO 27001 certification shows that a business has taken proactive and preventative measures to protect clients' confidential data. http://tinyurl.com/2lsy4g Do all companies need to comply with these rules? ISO 27001 is not required by law or a regulation; it is voluntary. However, as information technology governance is increasingly recognized as a specific area for board and corporate attention, international standards related to information security have become one of the cornerstones of an effective IT governance framework. According to a November 2005 Forrester Research report, "Businesses Can Now Get an ISO Security Certification," ISO 27001 is being used by organizations to validate the security of a business partner, with some global organizations even requiring it before doing business with a company. 8) Hack lets intruders sneak into home routers http://tinyurl.com/39vltb Chang the default password on your home router. Attackers could change the configuration of home routers using JavaScript code, security researchers at Indiana University and Symantec have discovered. The researchers found that it is possible to change the DNS, or Domain Name System, settings of a router if the owner uses a connected PC to view a Web page with the JavaScript code. This DNS change lets the attacker divert all the Net traffic going through the router. "I have been able to get this to work on Linksys, D-Link and Netgear routers," Symantec researcher Zulfikar Ramzan said. "You can create one Web site that is able to attack all routers. My feeling is that it is just a matter of time before phishers start using this." 9) Ex high school student faces felony charge http://tinyurl.com/2lb5fz A former Clay High School student was charged yesterday with a felony after police said he hacked into school personnel and student files, downloading sensitive information onto his iPod. The junior, who has since withdrawn from the school, was charged with unauthorized use of a computer, a felony. He was also charged with possessing a criminal tool - the iPod - since it was used in the crime, said Oregon Police Detective Janet Zale. After staff confiscated the iPod later that day, the school's technical engineer found the sensitive information on it, police said. ************************************************************************** National Children's Folksong Repository Project http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/ Adults and Kids are invited to participate: An historic electronic online archive of children's folk songs. A public folklore project built by the citizens of the United States and territories. Watch the streaming video. Pick up the Phone and SING OR CHANT (SAY) YOUR SONG. ************************************************************************** 10) Fair Use - Copyright Owners Exaggerate Their Rights http://tinyurl.com/36s2p8 Fair Use Rights in the Classroom http://tinyurl.com/2nnj6v 11) Computer project recovers stolen laptop, affirms couple's love thanks to SETI http://tinyurl.com/2l4prp 12) GetHuman Find People http://tinyurl.com/38ymqc features a list of consumer service telephone numbers and tips for how to get to speak to a person. The company lists also include a letter grade and are browsable by category, such as automotive, credit, finance, insurance, products, and travel. The site includes a description of how grades are assigned, a blog, and discussion forums. From a consumer advocate and other volunteers. 13) "The Basics of Saving and Investing: Investor Education 2020," http://www.investorprotection.org which was designed as a curriculum resource for high school teachers. 14) Women's History Month http://tinyurl.com/3cv2ox Find The Book of Household Management 1859-1861. "information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house-maids, lady's-maid, maid-of-all-work, laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda; with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort." 15) Daylight Savings Time Bug Looms Changing in 2007 http://tinyurl.com/2vglnb The Energy Policy Act of 2005 was passed by Congress and then signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005. Under the new law, Daylight Saving Time begins three weeks earlier than previously, on the second Sunday in March. DST is extended by one week to the first Sunday in November. T he new start and stop period begins March 2007. Start DST on the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November. 16) Seth Godin's free eBook Flipping the Funnel http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/files/FlippingNOpro.pdfThree stages of fundraising (or marketing, if you want to look at other editions of the eBook): (1) Turning strangers into friends. (2) Turning friends into donors.
(3) Turning donors into fundraisers. 17) Sounds of the Metropolitan Opera http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/ 18) FTC Wants 'More Facts' On 'Network Neutrality' http://tinyurl.com/2o2e8m The head of the government's chief consumer-protection agency said she wants to hear "more facts and less rhetoric" on the hot-button issue of network neutrality, the term for a mandate of equal treatment for high-speed Internet content. 19) Freedom to Tinker http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1121 AACS: A Tale of Three Keys This week brings further developments in the gradual meltdown of AACS (the encryption scheme used for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs). ********************************************************************* PLEASE ADD YOUR K12 SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE MASTER DIRECTORY OF SCHOOLS ONLINE http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/schools/ The registry is organized by state and by grade level. The registry also includes sites for charter Schools, virtual schools, school districts, state and regional education organizations, state departments of education, state standards and state administrators. ********************************************************************* <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> Educational CyberPlayGround NetHappenings Mailing List ©1993NetHappenings: the largest and oldest K12 Education Mailing List Email Preferences -- Subscribe - Unsubscribe - Digest
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