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Microsoft: Thank You For Buying Pirated Vista

2007-07-24 22:21:34 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...Genuine Advantage, the copy protection in Windows) . People who bought the pirated copies tried to activate them and failed. They called up Microsoft to find out what happened and sent in their disks as part of the process. Forensics using this information helped to find the pirates. So the blog also expresses gratitude to these users who...
 
Tags: windows, windows genuine advantage, copies, microsoft, blog entry, free genuine copies, blog, windows vista, counterfeit software
 
 
 
 
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Another stolen Pennsylvania DPW computer, more victims

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2007-12-12 15:10:53 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...genuine to me The information on the computers was password protected. The information contained the names and Social Security numbers of approximately 14 clients and the names and addresses only of another 72 clients Evan] You know my thoughts on password protection. If this breach is indicative of other computers and data-at-rest locations...
 
Tags: dpw computer, dpw, pennsylvania, pennsylvania dpw computers, dpw clients, pennsylvania department, sensitive personal information, personal information, department
 
 
 
 
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MySpace Phishers Now Targeting Facebook

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2008-01-07 19:20:52 by HASH0x898bea0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...genuine Facebook link. But the link leads to a fake Facebook login page hosted on a Chinese .cn domain. The fake page actually logs the victims into Facebook, but also keeps a copy of their user names and passwords Compared to their previous MySpace phishing campaign that was also serving malware in between, this was was purely done for...
 
Tags: facebook, site facebook, facebook users, genuine facebook link, login details, login, myspace, facebook-login, malware
 
 
 
 
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Passport Fraud

2008-01-08 13:59:13 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...genuine passports issued under false names. For a few thousand dollars, an undercover investigator was able to purchase several entirely new identities from organized criminal networks with access to corrupt government employees. The investigator obtained passports from Spain, Peru, and Venezuela and used the Peruvian and Venezuelan passports...
 
Tags: passports, fraudulent passports, genuine passports, venezuelan passports, investigator, corrupt government employees, undercover investigator, passport fraud worldwide, travel widely
 
 
 
 
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Downloading Free Spyware Adware Removal Programs

2007-08-01 19:25:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...genuine installed windows operating systems can download Windows Defender for free. The system will scan for potential problems and get rid of it, product updates will be downloaded automatically and problems incurred will be reported back to Microsoft so a solution can be made to fix the problem 3. Those who feel more comfortable after...
 
Tags: free, free program courtesy, free program, free spyware, spyware, adware, adware programs, spyware guard, program
 
 
 
 
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Beware of scams!

2008-01-31 06:06:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...genuine as fake readers can be placed over the regular card reader. Those cards are worth a lot of money on the black market Visit Sexton Executive Security at www.sextonsecurity.com
 
Tags: customers credit card, credit card, credit card information, con artists, card reader, television con artists, regular card reader, information, real eye opener
 
 
 
 
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Thoughts on Super Tuesday

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2008-02-06 06:44:05 by HASH0x8bc5b54 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...genuine war hero, but independent enough to stand for what he believes in and has the record and stature to stand up for it. He makes no bones that he is all about the traditional Republican argument of being strong in foreign policy and probably a bit less involved in economic matters. Finally, you have Mitt Romney who represents, to me...
 
Tags: vote republican, vote, republican, republican presidential majority, traditional republican argument, traditional republican, super tuesday, vote primarily, party
 
 
 
 
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Thoughts on Super Tuesday

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2008-02-06 00:59:36 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...genuine war hero, but independent enough to stand for what he believes in and has the record and stature to stand up for it. He makes no bones that he is all about the traditional Republican argument of being strong in foreign policy and probably a bit less involved in economic matters. Finally, you have Mitt Romney who represents, to me...
 
Tags: vote republican, vote, republican, republican presidential majority, traditional republican argument, traditional republican, super tuesday, vote primarily, party
 
 
 
 
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Laptop bought on eBay contained "highly confidential" Home Office disk

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2008-02-28 16:10:38 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...genuine and said it was investigating the incident A Home Office spokesman said: "Both the laptop and the disk were encrypted, thus safeguarding any information that might be stored on them Investigations are now under way. It would be inappropriate to comment further while they are ongoing Staff at Leapfrog are being finger-printed and...
 
Tags: home office, disk, laptop, source home office, home office spokesman, director lee bevan, lee bevan, highly confidential, leapfrog computers
 
 
 
 
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Mike Rothman - The 419

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2008-02-08 06:31:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog