Google admits collecting Wi-Fi data through Street View cars
Posted On Monday, August 23, 2010 at at 10:14 AM by OwnerAs well as systematically photographing streets and gathering 3D images of cities and towns around the world, Google's Street View cars are fitted with antennas that scan local wifi networks and use the data for its location services.
"It is now clear that we have been mistakenly collecting samples of payload data from open wifi networks, even though we never used that data in any Google products."
Google said the discovery highlighted the vulnerability of data in open wifi networks. It has previously said other companies, including Skyhook and Microsoft, already scan wifi networks and gather information in this way.
Google Street View has been introduced in more than 20 countries, and has also been extended outside the initial 21 major UK cities.
Source : Jemima Kiss, The Guardian
Child Control Internet Filtering
Posted On Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at at 9:47 AM by OwnerProvePakistan announces a to control the children from pornography over the internet and computer usage.
Features :
Just a few things Child Control lets you do:
*NEW: Blocking of file sharing programs and sites
*NEW: 1,000,000 undesirable sites can now be selected for restriction
*NEW: Adult-content filtering provided by main authorities
*NEW: Email reports of on- and off-times and daily statistics
*NEW: additional configuration options
*Works with all versions of Windows from 95 to Vista
*Limit time on the computer for each day of the week
*Limit use of the Internet for the day and the week
*Set PC off-limits times (e.g. after 11 p.m.)
*Set Internet off-limits times (e.g. after 11 p.m.)
*Easily extend time with passwords or TAN’s
Define “unwelcome” web content using keywords
Download it from here...
Verizon Data Breach Investigation: The numbers say PCI IS important
Posted On Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at at 1:23 PM by OwnerThe 2009 Data Breach Investigation by Verizon is out, and I have to be honest, all I’ve had time to read so far has been pages 41-43. Why those pages? Because they’re the pages that specifically call out the statistics surrounding breaches affecting merchants who are (or should be) complying with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). Not at all surprising, at least to me, is that the study found that PCI compliance is important and that 81% of the companies researched in this report weren’t PCI compliant at the time of the breach. Of course, that also means that 19% of the companies breached had either self-assessed or been assessed by a QSA and were thought to be compliant at the time of the breach.
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