By the Shores of seafsee

Charlies Web forums

It has come to my attention that the forums here:
http://www.phpbb88.com/across50kc/
have been flagged as serving up malware (by Google) and are being blocked.

Due to the nature of free forums and free forum hosting, if one site engages in this behaviour, all sites in the domain(?) [http://www.phpbb88.com] will be affected. My apologies for the inconvenience.

Anyone interested can follow the discussions on their FaceBook page.
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I've earned 28 Achievements so far...

My latest from SocialVibe are:

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from SocialVibe | The Vibe - The World According to SocialVibe

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from SocialVibe | The Vibe - The World According to SocialVibe.

Another fun fact: Guiness and other dark Irish stouts contain antioxidants and, according to The American Heart Association, researchers say that it "may be as effective as daily aspirin in reducing the blood clots that cause heart attacks." So if you're over 21 (or are lucky enough to be in a place where the drinking age is 18), enjoy a toast to your health tonight!
Slainté!

Twitter Deploys New Anti-Phishing Service | threatpost

The new Twiiter anti-phishing service, which launched Tuesday, essentially serves as a proxy between users and whatever sites the links are pointing them toward. When a user clicks on a shortened URL in a Twitter messages, he first will be routed through the new Twitter service, which will inspect the link and prevent the user from visiting the page if it looks malicious.

via threatpost.com

Also, tinyurl gives a preview option as shown in this tweet:

seafsee Dubai tower exporting 10 times more renewable energy than needed (preview) http://preview.tinyurl.com/yeqyomr / http://tinyurl.com/yeqyomr

If you click the preview link, tinyurl will show you what the real link is.

Diet Twitter Spam (on the) Run

Spam about diet or weight loss plans has been around for ages now, mostly spreading through email. However, it has recently made its rounds on Twitter, compromising unknowing accounts and spreading itself via those it has infected.

Compromised Twitter accounts post a tweet message that tells their followers to click on the shortened link to try out a new diet/weight loss plan:

via blog.trendmicro.com

NASA launches Solar Dynamics Observatory - CNN.com

STORY HIGHLIGHTSLaunch of rocket carrying probe had been delayed because of high windsSolar observatory aims to provide better understanding of sun's role in space weatherObservatory to deliver images with resolution 10 times better than high-def TVFive-year mission will examine sun's magnetic field and violent solar events

via www.cnn.com

IBM Press room - 2010-01-29 IBM Works with Walt Disney Imagineering to Create a New Smarter Planet Exhibit - United States

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - 29 Jan 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled a new experiential exhibit at INNOVENTIONS at Epcot® at the Walt Disney World® Resort, which invites guests to discover the possibilities of building a smarter planet.  The exhibit is powered by a new Smarter Data Center, providing a real-life demonstration of optimized computing that reduces energy costs by up to 25 percent.

via www-03.ibm.com

ArcaMax.com - WISE spots its first near-Earth asteroid

PASADENA, Calif. (UPI) -- NASA says its wide-field infrared survey explorer, called WISE, has spotted its first never-before-seen near-Earth asteroid. Officials said the object is the first of hundreds WISE is expected to find during its mission to map the whole sky in infrared light. The asteroid, discovered Jan. 12 and named 2010 AB78, is about 0.6 miles in diameter and located approximately 98 million miles from Earth. The spacecraft's discovery was confirmed with the University of Hawaii's 2.2-meter (88-inch) visible-light telescope. "The asteroid … circles the sun in an elliptical orbit tilted to the plane of our solar system," NASA said. "The object comes as close to the sun as Earth, but because of its tilted orbit, it is not thought to pass near our planet. This asteroid does not pose any foreseeable impact threat to Earth, but scientists will continue to monitor it." WISE began its all-sky survey Jan. 14 and NASA said it expects the space telescope to find about 100,000 previously undiscovered asteroids in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, as well as millions of new stars and galaxies. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., manages the WISE mission.

via www.arcamax.com

Haiti Spam Leads to New Malware | Malware Blog | Trend Micro

Haiti Spam Leads to New Malware | Malware Blog | Trend Micro.

This is a good reminder of how spammers will do anything to make their spammed messages appear legitimate. It is thus important to check for data consistency so as not to fall into their trap. In this case, if the video truly contains photos of the aftermath, then there is no need to download or execute an .EXE file. Users are thus advised to exercise caution when opening messages, particularly those that come from unknown senders.

Read more: http://blog.trendmicro.com/haiti-spam-leads-to-new-malware/#ixzz0duP3C6ew

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Texas Bank Sues Customer Hit by $800,000 Cyber Heist

Texas Bank Sues Customer Hit by $800,000 Cyber Heist.

The bank’s memo states that on Nov. 8, secure access code e-mails were sent to a Hillary e-mail address, but that the request came from a computer with an Internet address in Italy. The memo further states that the actual wire transfer requests were made from computers with Internet addresses in Romania.