Next Gen Hackers – Just Copycats?

Are they really doing something new? I’ve been around computers and networks since the days before the www., back in the day when you were happy that your 800 bauds were flying.  So when I read something about malicious hacking being “more sophisticated than ever before”, I tend to take it with a grain of salt.

This article on Hackers Smarts seems to be just such a thing.

Why Hackers Don't Need to be Smart

Cyber criminals have used the same technologies and tactics for years, but companies keep failing to defend against them

Online, in print, on TV, and on the radio, report after report claims that malicious hacking is "more sophisticated than ever before." The media seemingly wants the world to believe it's besought by impossible-to-stop uberhackers with supersophisticated tools and skills.

read the entire article here.

With that info,

Safer Surfing!

Do I smell money?

AOL, Spotify, GigaOm, Etsy, KISSmetrics sued over undeletable tracking cookies

• By Sebastian Anthony on August 4, 2011

 

Over the last few days a story has been developing about an undeletable tracking cookie used by KISSmetrics, a website analytics company. This company and more than 20 of its clients have now had a class action lawsuit filed against them. The plaintiffs claim that the Privacy Act and Electronics Communications Privacy Act have been broken, that their personal property (chattel) has been trespassed on, and that the defendants have violated unfair competition law. Anyone who has visited one of the defendants’ sites is able to join the class action, and actual damages of up to $10,000 per member of the class are sought. If punitive damages are also awarded this lawsuit could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Read more here.