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4 hr, 4 min ago (slashdot.org)
How Allan Scherr Hacked Around the First Computer Password
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New submitter MikeatWired writes "If you're like most people, you're annoyed by passwords. So who's to blame? Who invented the computer password? They probably arrived at MIT in the mid-1960s, when researchers built a massive time-sharing computer called CTSS. Technology changes. But, then again, it doesn't, writes Bob McMillan. Twenty-five years after the fact, Allan Scherr, a Ph.D. researcher at MIT in the early '60s, came clean about the earliest documented case of password theft. In the spring of 1962, Scherr was looking for a way to bump up his usage time on CTSS. He had been allotted four hours per week, but it wasn't nearly enough time to run the detailed performance simulations he'd designed for the new computer system. So he simply printed out all of the passwords stored on the system. 'There was a way to request files to be printed offline by submitting a punched card,' he remembered in a pamphlet (PDF) written last year to commemorate the invention of the CTSS. 'Late one Friday night, I submitted a request to print the password files and very early Saturday morning went to the file cabinet where printouts were placed and took the listing.' To spread the guilt around, Scherr then handed the passwords over to other users. One of them — J.C.R. Licklieder — promptly started logging into the account of the computer lab's director Robert Fano, and leaving 'taunting messages' behind."
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8 hr, 44 min ago (wsj.com)
 Facebook Readies IPO Filing for Next Week
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Facebook Inc. could file papers for an initial public offering as early as next week and is close to picking Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter for its IPO, said people familiar with the matter. — Facebook could file papers for the IPO …
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721 dy ago (google.com)
An Apology To Our Readers
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On Monday evening I received a phone call from someone I trust who told me that one of our interns had asked for compensation in exchange for a blog post. Specifically, this intern had allegedly asked for a Macbook Air in exchange for a post about a startup. After an investigation we determined that the allegation was true. In fact, on at least one other occasion this intern was almost certainly given a computer in ...
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7 hr, 24 min ago (slashdot.org)
DARPA Funding a $50 Drone-Droppable Spy Computer
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Sparrowvsrevolution writes "At the Shmoocon security conference, researcher Brendan O'Connor plans to present the F-BOMB, or Falling or Ballistically-launched Object that Makes Backdoors. Built from just the disassembled hardware in a commercially-available PogoPlug mini-computer, a few tiny antennae, eight gigabytes of flash memory and some 3D-printed plastic casing, the F-BOMB serves as 3.5"-by-4"-by-1" spy computer. With a contract from DARPA, O'Connor has designed the cheap gadgets to be spy nodes, ready to be dropped from a drone, plugged inconspicuously into a wall socket, (one model impersonates a carbon monoxide detector) thrown over a barrier, or otherwise put into irretrievable positions to quietly collect data and send it back to the owner over any available Wi-Fi network. O'Connor built his prototypes with gear that added up to just $46 each, so sacrificing one for a single use is affordable."
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8 hr, 44 min ago (slashdot.org)
When Viruses Infect Worms
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An anonymous reader writes "Bitdefender reports that there exist viruses which, when they encounter other viruses, will merge and combine effects so that they create a new virus. 'A virus infects executable files; and a worm is an executable file. If the virus reaches a PC already compromised by a worm, the virus will infect the exe files on that PC — including the worm. When the worm spreads, it will carry the virus with it. Although this happens unintentionally, the combined features from both pieces of malware will inflict a lot more damage than the creators of either piece of malware intended. While most file infectors have inbuilt spreading mechanisms, just like Trojans and worms (spreading routines for RDP, USB, P2P, chat applications, or social networks), some cannot replicate or spread between computers. And it seems a great idea to “outsource” the transportation mechanism to a different piece of malware (i.e. by piggybacking a worm).'"
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10 hr, 14 min ago (slashdot.org)
FBI Building App To Scrape Social Media
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Trailrunner7 writes "The FBI is in the early stages of developing an application that would monitor sites such as Twitter and Facebook, as well as various news feeds, in order to find information on emerging threats and new events happening at the moment. The tool would give specialists the ability to pull the data into a dashboard that also would include classified information coming in at the same time. One of the key capabilities of the new application, for which the FBI has sent out a solicitation, would be to 'provide an automated search and scrape capability for social networking sites and open source news sites for breaking events, crisis and threats that meet the search parameters/keywords defined by FBI/SIOC.'"
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2 dy ago (slashdot.org)
Chromium-Based Spinoffs Worth Trying
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snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Serdar Yegulalp takes an in-depth look at six Chromium-based spinoffs that bring privacy, security, social networking, and other interesting twists to Google's Chrome browser. 'When is it worth ditching Chrome for a Chromium-based remix? Some of the spinoffs are little better than novelties. Some have good ideas implemented in an iffy way. But a few point toward some genuinely new directions for both Chrome and other browsers.'"
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2 dy ago (slashdot.org)
Corporate Boardrooms Open To Eavesdropping
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cweditor writes "One afternoon this month, a hacker toured a dozen corporate conference rooms via equipment that most every company has in those rooms: videoconferencing. Rapid7 says they could 'easily read a six-digit password from a sticky note over 20 feet away from the camera' and 'clearly hear conversations down the hallway from the video conferencing system.' With some systems, they could even capture keystrokes being typed in the room. Teleconferencing vendors defended their security, saying the auto-answer feature that left those system vulnerable was an effort to strike the right balance between security and usability."
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3 dy ago (slashdot.org)
Microsoft Names Reputed Head of Kelihos Botnet
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wiredmikey writes with an update on Microsoft's takedown of the Kelihos botnet. From the article: "Microsoft is not just taking down botnets; it is taking them down and naming names. In an amended complaint [PDF] filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Microsoft named a man from St. Petersburg, Russia, as the alleged head of the notorious Kelihos botnet. Naming names can be a risky business. Previously, Microsoft alleged Dominique Alexander Piatti, dotFREE Group SRO and several unnamed 'John Does' owned a domain cz.cc and used cz.cc to register other subdomains used to operate and control the Kelihos botnet. However, the company later absolved Piatti of responsibility when investigators found neither he nor his business was controlling the subdomains used to host Kelihos. Whether naming Sabelnikov – who, according to Krebs on Security, once worked as a senior system developer and project manager for Russian antivirus vendor Agnitum, will have the same effect as naming the Koobface gang remains to be seen. Though Kelihos has remained defunct since the takedown last year, the malware is still on thousands of computers."
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18 hr, 34 min ago (twitter.com)
Tweets still must flow
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One year ago, we posted “The Tweets Must Flow,” in which we said, … As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression. Some differ so much from our ideas that we will not be able to exist there.
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2 dy ago (techcrunch.com)
Apple's Massive Numbers And Some Context
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Simply looking over the numbers, it might be hard to wrap your head around what Apple just announced for their Q1 2012 results. A company this big is not supposed to be able to nearly double revenue year-to-year. Nor are they supposed to more than double profit.
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170 dy ago (digg.com)
Perceptive Pixel Outs 82" 1080p Multi-Touch Display
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What if you mix multi-touch in with that massive size? That's what Perceptive Pixel has done, and they've just introduced the world's largest projected capacitive display at the SIGGRAPH 2011 conference.
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170 dy ago (digg.com)
The Best Free VPN Clients
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VPN not only helps you to access your work machine back in the office, it can also provide consumers more secure Internet browsing or virtual LANs. Best of all, there are some good free choices available, too.
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170 dy ago (digg.com)
MovieClips brings your favorite movie moments to YouTube
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Movieclips has partnered with YouTube to launch a channel on the site with tens of thousands of short-form video clips from popular Hollywood movies. It will also provide additional clips on YouTube's Movies channel to entice users to rent films through the streaming VOD service.
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170 dy ago (digg.com)
Cablevision brings live cable TV to the iPhone and iPod touch
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Cablevision subscribers can now watch cable TV on their iPhone or iPod touch, thanks to the company extending the functionality of its iPad app to all iOS devices. However, viewing is restricted to a subscriber's home, and some cable channels still don't like the functionality.
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170 dy ago (digg.com)
Kingston Wi-Drive: Add Storage To iOS Devices Via WiFi
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Although the iPad, iPod touch, and iPhone may not have memory expansion card slots, you can expand the memory of your favorite iOS devices by connecting a Wi-Fi enabled hard drive such as the Kingston Wi-Drive. Here, we'll take a hands-on look at the Wi-Drive in this review.
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218 dy ago (yahoo.com)
55-foot 'Sea Monster' Washes Up In China (LiveScience.com)
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LiveScience.com - A massive sea creature has washed up on a beach in Guangdong, China. So badly decayed it cannot be positively identified, the "sea monster" is 55 feet long and weights approximately 4.5 tons, according to The Sun.
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722 dy ago (kenengba.com)
小技巧：不翻墙上Youtube的方法
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中国互联网是开放自由的，但Youtube上有太多伤害未成年人的视频了，于是我国依法将其屏蔽。 在写这篇文章时我很矛盾，到底要不要将方法从小圈子里公开到较大的圈子里，因为这样做可能会加速解决方案被相关部门取缔。但后来我想，即使只是在小圈子传播，相关部门也必须为了年终奖金做点什么，不然真的对不起5毛钱的工资。 所以，与其在小圈子里传播，倒不如让所有人都用上，起码能用上好一段时间。这篇文章分别介绍3个不翻墙上Youtube的方法，从简单到复杂。 一、山寨Youtube 山寨Youtube的网址是 www.youtubecn.com ，它利用Youtube的API，获取视频的地址后将其替换成一个还未被墙的地址，并使用第三方播放器播放。 事实上原理我们不需要知道，仅仅知道在这里能观看Youtube视频即可。 二、TubeWall脚本 TubeWall脚本是本文的重点推荐。 仅仅解决了主动观看Youtube视频是不足够的，很多网站、博客都嵌入了Youtube的视频，在不用代理的情况下，网页上就出现了一个又一个的“洞”。 于是很容易想到，能否用和山寨Youtube同样的原理，将网页上嵌入式Youtube视频的地址替换成还没被依法取缔的呢？ 答案是可以的。推友 @darasion 编写了TubeWall脚本，安装这个脚本后，网页上嵌入式Youtube播放器会被替换成第三方播放器，无需翻墙即可播放。同时，你还可以直接下载视频。 TubeWall脚本可以安装在Firefox（需要先安装Greasemonkey）、Chrome、Opera。点击这里直接安装。 安装TubeWall脚本后，如果网页上出现了Youtube的视频地址，点击后会弹出一个视频播放器直接播放。你可以在安装脚本后点击下面链接： http://www.youtub... 三、搭建一个TubeWall客户端 如果山寨Youtube也被依法取缔了，在不使用代理的情况下，我们如何主动观看Youtube的视频呢？ 这时我们或许会想，要是山寨Youtube开放源代码多好啊，我们自己就可以搭建一个。 实际上它没有开放源代码。但TubeWall的作者 @darasion 除了写了脚本外，还做了一个TubeWall网页版，并且将其开源。 只要你有一个PHP空间，就能在这里下载TubeWall网页版的源代码，上传到空间里你就能拥有另一个山寨版Youtube了。 相关文章： 【视频】胡紫薇大闹CCTV5改名发布会-家丑怎能如此外扬？ 小学生的成人行为 中文Twitter用户群抽样调查 因为在中国，所以有话题 一位Google员工及韩寒对Google退出中国的看法 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全-为Google喝彩 © 可能吧 | 查看原文 | 进行评论
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722 dy ago (lifehacker - gawker.com)
Become a Gmail Master Redux [Hack Attack]
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Gmail is easily the most popular email application among power users, and with good reason: It's an excellent app. But if you haven't gotten to know its best shortcuts, tricks, Labs features, and add-ons, it's time you made Gmail sing.Photo remixed from Google's own Become a Gmail ninja page. Way back in 2006, I showed you my favorite tips, tricks, and tools for making the most of Gmail. A lot has changed in the Gmail ...
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722 dy ago (google.com)
Man Resigns On Twitter In Haiku. Happens To Be Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz.
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When you’re on your way out of a job, there’s a lot of fun ways to exit. Some choose to take all the staplers in the office, some show up to the last day in shorts, some pull a Jerry Maguire. And some tweet out a haiku. That’s exactly what Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz did tonight. Here’s his tweet: Today’s my last day at Sun. I’ll miss it. Seems only fitting to end on ...
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722 dy ago (twitter.com)
Twitter Blog: Flying Around With Hovercards
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Because many of you use twitter.com to read and write tweets, we've been spending some time focusing on ways to improve your experience on the site. Today, we're introducing a feature called Hovercards that will be a handy way to interact with the folks behind each tweet.On any timeline, as its namesake suggests, Hovercards are cards which appear when you hover over a username or avatar. The cards display additional information about the person and ...
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722 dy ago (google.com)
Kwedit Launches: The First Completely Unreliable Payment Network
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Something tells me Kwedit, which launches today, is going to be a hit. It’s a new payment service that absolutely doesn’t guarantee payments. In fact, its unreliability is what makes it so attractive to social game publishers and other people selling virtual goods. It’s also a great way to let the unbanked masses out there pay for stuff without getting sucked in to scamville-type scams. The product is called Kwedit Promise. Here’s how Kwedit works: ...
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722 dy ago (stevenf.com)
Shut Up
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Steven Frank: shutup.css is a custom user stylesheet that can be applied to your browser to hide comments on many popular web sites without user intervention. ★
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723 dy ago (lifehacker - gawker.com)
Dummy Image Generator Is the Lorem Ipsum of Images [Design]
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Lorem ipsum is a block of dummy text in Latin often used in design and publishing to fill space in a mockup. The brilliant Dummy Image Generator is like "lorem ipsum" for images.Like "lorem ipsum", the Dynamic Dummy Image Generator offers a glimpse at what content might look like in a layout, but instead of placeholder text, it creates a placeholder image. Using the service is dead simple: Sometimes you just need a placeholder image ...
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Twitter Now Able To Censor Tweets, If Required By Law, On A Country-By-Country Basis
Tim Cook responds to claims of factory worker mistreatment: “We care about every worker in our supply chain”
Techmeme has redesigned. Drudge Report is now indisputably the web's ugliest news site
The iEconomy: Apple's iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China