[ECP] NetHappenings Nov 5th - Nov 8th

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Thursday, November 08, 2007
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/08/Encrypted+EMail+Company+Hushmail+Spills+To+Feds.aspx>Encrypted E-Mail Company Hushmail Spills to Feds Hushmail, a longtime provider of encrypted web-based email, markets itself by saying that "not even a Hushmail employee with access to our servers can read your encrypted e-mail, since each message is uniquely encoded before it leaves your computer."
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/08/Salesforce+Tightlipped+After+Phishing+Attack.aspx>Salesforce tight-lipped after phishing attack Salesforce.com is refusing to reveal details of a security breach caused when one of its employees surrendered their password in a phishing attack against the company.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/08/MSU+Reveals+Fourth+Personaldata+Security+Breach+In+One+Month.aspx>MSU reveals fourth personal-data security breach in one month Montana State University is sending letters to 271 students and MSU employees to warn them that their Social Security numbers might have been exposed because of three separate security breaches.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/08/Program+Automating+Online+Jihad+Found+In+The+Wild.aspx>Program automating online jihad found in the wild Security researchers say they have discovered a program that could be used by Islamic terrorists to launch data attacks against Western targets.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/08/Russian+Hacker+Gang+Goes+Dark+To+Relocate.aspx>Russian hacker gang goes dark to relocate; The Russian Business Network (RBN), a notorious hacker and malware hosting organization that operates out of St. Petersburg, Russia, has gone off the air, security researchers said today.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/08/Verizon+Business+Joins+Interent+11.aspx>Verizon Business Joins Interent 11 Internet2 has today announced that Verizon Business has joined Internet2 as a corporate member. The company plans to engage the consortium in several innovative ways, including collaboration with the Internet2 community on projects involving advanced optical networking as well as in important areas of next-generation content delivery and network security.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/08/Another+Amazing+Video+About+Teaching+And+Learning.aspx>Another amazing video about teaching and learning The piece is called, ?A Vision of Students Today,? and features a very large class of college students, sharing short notes about their personal and education learning experiences, and the vast gap that exists between the one that they have created (one that many of us remain ignorant of) and the one that we inflict on them. 

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/08/CyberSquatting.aspx>CyberSquatting
Cybersquatting Legislation Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) definition of cybersquatting 

 Wednesday, November 07, 2007
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/07/White+House+Officials+Ask+For+154+Million+In+New+Cybersecurity+Spending.aspx>White House officials ask for $154 million in new cybersecurity spending Bush said $386 million of the new spending would be offset by reductions in previously requested funding and cancellation of unobligated balances, and $50 million would come from funds appropriated in U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans Care, Hurricane Katrina Recovery and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/07/20+Years+In+Jail+The+Price+For+Hacking+A+University+Computer.aspx>20 Years in Jail: The Price for Hacking a University Computer Two men, one of whom worked on the computer help desk at the California State University at Fresno, could be sentenced to 20 years of jail time if convicted of breaking into the university system to change their grades.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/07/Standing+In+The+Shadows+Of+Motown+Who+Are+The+Funk+Brothers+WEBQUEST.aspx>Standing In The Shadows of Motown - Who are the Funk Brothers WEBQUEST Meet my friends The Funk Brothers ~ Karen Ellis MORE #1 HITS THAN The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones and Elvis Combined HOW ALLAN SLUTSKY GET THE IDEA FOR THE MOVIE? This film is based on a book of the same title by Mr. Allan Slutsky that won the 1989 Rolling Stone/BMI Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award. Mr. Slutsky a New Jersey-based musician, author, and movie producer who worked for 14 years in putting together the movie, told me that after a theatrical run, the film will go to cable and then be released on tape and DVD. The documentary movie has already played in Los Angeles for a week in December 2001 in order to qualify for next year's Academy Awards, but that its official world premiere will be in Detroit in January or February of 2002. Produced by Paul Elliott and David Scott, Executive Producers Allan Slutsky, Paul Justman, Sandy Passman and Karen Ellis Founder and CEO of the Educational CyberPlayGround, Honorary Funk Sister
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/07/How+To+Build+A+Web+Page+How+To+Build+A+Web+Site.aspx>How to Build a Web Page, How to Build a Web Site 
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<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/07/Danny+Schechter+Of+News+Dissector+Blog+REVIEW+Cassidy+In+Hells+Kitchen.aspx>Danny Schechter of News Dissector Blog REVIEW: Cassidy in Hell's Kitchen HE WAS SWELL (PUN) Finally, I was at the Irish Arts Center in New York tonight to hear my pal Danny Cassidy talk about and read from his brilliant book on How the Irish Invented Slang­The Secret Language of the Crossroads (CounterPunch). He could and should turn his rap into stage show. He was mesmerizing. inspiring and inspired.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/06/Network+Neutrality+Squad+NNSquad.aspx>---> "Network Neutrality Squad" - NNSquad <----- We invite individual, commercial, nonprofit, government, and all other Internet users and stakeholders (including ISPs) to participate in the Network Neutrality Squad.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/06/Verizon+Wireless+Acknowledging+That+Theres+A+Specific+Threshold.aspx>Verizon Wireless acknowledging that there's a specific threshold I commend Verizon Wireless for taking a big step in the right direction by acknowledging that there's a specific threshold for "too much," to wit, 5GB in any billing period. In addition, I am glad that Verizon Wireless is now specifying the throttling speed, 200 Kbps, max. It is a Very Good Thing that Verizon Wireless is acknowledging the specific parameters it is actually using!
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/06/Panel+Must+Narrow+Cybersecurity+Scope.aspx>Panel must narrow cybersecurity scope A new blue-ribbon panel that will develop cybersecurity recommendations for the next president faces a compressed schedule and the challenge of agreeing on a cybersecurity agenda that it wants the next administration to address.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/06/Grand+Jury+Indicts+ExFresno+State+Students+In+Gradesforcash+Hack.aspx>Grand jury indicts ex-Fresno State students in grades-for-cash hack According to the indictment, Escalera worked at Fresno State's computer help desk and used his access to a PeopleSoft management system program to hack the password of a supervisor, then used that to obtain full administrative privileges. Armed with root rights, Escalera was able to access the usernames and passwords of several people authorized to change student grades, including the school's registrar and its academic records coordinator.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/06/Dutch+Press+Agency+Hacked+By+Civil+Servants.aspx>Dutch press agency hacked by civil servants Apparently the civil servants gained access using passwords and codes belonging to a former GPD employee and a journalist still working at the agency. For over a year, government staff were snooping around in the newsroom computers of GPD and its associated newspapers.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/06/Finding+Old+Web+Pages.aspx>Finding Old Web Pages The Web changes constantly, and sometimes that page that had just the information you needed yesterday (or last month or two years ago) is not available today. At other times you may want to see how a page's content or design has changed. There are several sources for finding Web pages as they used to exist.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/06/Boomer+Social+Networking+Sites.aspx>Boomer Social Networking Sites 
You need to be 49+ to join these social networking sites.

 Monday, November 05, 2007
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/This+Is+Why+The+Google+Hacking+Books+Are+So+Popular.aspx>This is why the Google Hacking books are so popular. He can profile you or your company and Google you and find out all kinds of things out about you -- especially scary banking information.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Public+Safety+Data+Not+Secure+Audit+Finds.aspx>Public Safety data not secure, audit finds A report from the Legislative Auditor released Thursday showed that as late as May of this year, nearly 950 of the department's laptops were not encrypted, despite specific state policy requiring it. In addition, about 300 of the department's laptops had no physical security, such as cable locks.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Masked+Thieves+Storm+Into+Chicago+Colocation+Again.aspx>Masked thieves storm into Chicago colocation (again!) The recent armed robbery of a Chicago-based co-location facility has customers hopping mad after learning it was at least the fourth forced intrusion in two years. They want to know how C I Host [1], an operator that vaunts the security of its data centers, could allow the same one to be penetrated so many times.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Handling+Goofs+Cause+Many+Data+Leaks.aspx>Handling Goofs Cause Many Data Leaks Loss or theft of a physical object forms by far the largest hole in data security. According to an analysis (PDF) done recently by David Litchfield of Next Generation Security Software, based in Surrey, England, 43 percent of records lost since Jan. 1 slipped out of organizations on paper, computers, laptops, disks or backup media.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Dont+Laugh+At+Estonia+It+Could+Happen+To+You.aspx>Don't laugh at Estonia -- it could happen to you Today's Internet is so screwed up, security-wise, that there is absolutely nothing any country has that would stop a massive distributed DDoS (denial of service) attack.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/NSSE+Annual+Report+2007+Available+Experiences+That+Matter+Enhancing+Student+Learning+And+Success.aspx>NSSE Annual Report 2007 available Experiences That Matter: Enhancing Student Learning and Success. NSSE is pleased to present the online edition of the NSSE Annual Report 2007: Experiences That Matter: Enhancing Student Learning and Success. The 2007 report examines NSSE findings and general themes, national benchmarks, and how schools and stakeholders are using NSSE results. Our online edition contains both the Annual Report 2007 and technical reports related to the 2007 survey.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Music+Is+Free+Accept+It+And+Deal+With+It.aspx>Music Is Free - Accept it and Deal with it. Bob Lefsetz quotes Don Passman and author Richard Greenfield. The RIAA can b**ch. Songwriters in Nashville can ask how they're going to get paid. No one's paying attention anymore. They had EIGHT YEARS to make a move, to fix things, and they didn't accomplish a damn thing. Mainstream media is now with the public. The record companies f***** up. Music is free. Accept it and deal with it. 

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Why+Free+Music.aspx>Why Free Music
The framers of the US Constitution intended to "promote the progress of science and useful arts" by granting creative people temporary monopolies. But I feel that of greater benefit to society than copyright is that computers and the Internet enable digital media formats to be copied completely faithfully anywhere on Earth, and with near-zero cost.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/HOW+TO+Get+NetHappenings+K12+Newsletters+Network+Newsletters+And+General+Resources+IN+YOUR+EMAIL.aspx>HOW TO Get NetHappenings, K-12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters, and general resources IN YOUR EMAIL LEARN HOW TO GET NetHappenings, K -12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters delivered TO YOU IN YOUR EMAIL.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Leopard+Upgrade+Woes.aspx>Leopard upgrade woes TIPS: Apple's upgrades have been flawless for so many years that I've grown to expect smooth sailing. Not this time.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Internet2National+LambdaRail+Merger+Discussions+Terminated.aspx>Internet2-National LambdaRail Merger: Discussions Terminated Yesterday the NLR Board of Directors considered a motion to approve the proposed Definitive Agreement relative to the proposed merger with Internet2. For the second time the motion failed to pass, ending eight months of discussion.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Is+US+Stuck+In+Internets+Slow+Lane.aspx>Is U.S. stuck in Internet's slow lane? 'We're now in the middle of the pack of developed countries' says expert. The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet. Examples abound of countries that have faster and cheaper broadband connections, and more of their population connected to them.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Metasearch+Engine+Ixquick.aspx>Metasearch engine Ixquick 
Ixquick has teamed up with Blinx to offer this new facet of their service.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/New+Jersey+Starts+Prescription+Drug+Web+Site.aspx>New Jersey Starts Prescription Drug Web Site To search, you'll need to specify a medication type (the 150 most-prescribed drugs are available), its strength, and a city or zip code.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Annonymouse+Edits+To+English+Watch+WikipediaVision+Beta+Google+Map+That+Shows+Where+And+What+They+Are+Editing+Around+The+World.aspx>Annonymouse Edits to english Watch WikipediaVision (beta) Google Map that shows where and what they are editing around the world WikipediaVision (beta). See Anonymous edits to English Wikipedia (almost) in real-time. Read FAQ.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Databases+Databanks+OvidSP.aspx>Databases: Databanks OvidSP Ovid licenses its scholarly and health-related databases to medical schools, academic libraries, large hospitals and healthcare systems, and pharmaceutical, engineering, and biotechnology companies.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/Scholarpedia+The+Free+Peer+Reviewed+Encyclopedia+Written+By+Scholars.aspx>Scholarpedia the free peer reviewed encyclopedia written by scholars Scholarpedia the free peer reviewed encyclopedia written by scholars from all around the world.
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2007/11/05/U+Of+Oregon+Says+No+To+John+Doe+Fighting+The+Recording+Industrys+Antipiracy+Lawsuits.aspx>U. of Oregon Says No to John Doe fighting the recording industry's antipiracy lawsuits College librarians are leading a charge against measures in the House and Senate that would grant federal intelligence agencies great latitude in gathering data on library patrons. 


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