WHOA Newsletter - January 15, 2007
WHO@ Newsletter
January 15, 2007
I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .I didn't know they were that hard up (pun intended)
More Internet sex please, we're Croatian
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070112/tc_afp/croatiasexinternet
A majority of Croatians say they find the Internet to be a useful tool in improving their sex lives, according to a survey.
Fifty-eight percent of Croatians who responded to a magazine questionaire said that they had ended up in bed with people they had met while surfing on match-making or pornographic websites.
More than 85 percent of Croatians who visit the sites said they had met up with their online friends, said the survey of 2,079 people published in the Drustvena istrazivanja magazine.
Sixty-two percent of women and 54 percent of men said they have had sexual relations with people they had met on such websites, it added.
According to the study, on average visitors to the websites are 30-year-old singles, have a university degree, and are satisfied with their sex lives.
The biggest number, or 44 percent, are aged between 25 and 34, followed by 30 percent of them aged between 12 and 24, and 19 percent between 35 and 44.
According to estimates in the local press, some 240,000 Croatians out of 1.2 million with Internet access are regular visitors of pornographic sites.
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NEWS TO USE AND PASS ALONG!
(DISCLAIMER: The following news items were found on the web and were not written or endorsed by WHO@; they are for informational purposes only)
Man banned in first case under anti-spam law - 01/15/07
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=WUV4PSUQIN1RLQFIQMGSFGGAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2007/01/15/nspam15.xml
A trader who encouraged "spammers" to send unwanted emails has received a High Court ban in what is thought to be the first case of its kind.
A touch of Internet 'street smarts' can protect you from hacker attacks - 01/15/07
http://origin.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_5016670
WITH COMPUTER viruses and phishing having evolved to organized crime practiced by well-paid hackers who siphon off and then sell your vital information, it's more necessary than ever to protect your computer from intrusion.
Universal Phishing Kit Selling Online - 01/15/07
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070115/tc_nf/49324
A phishing kit that EMC's security division first discovered last week is still being sold and used online by fraudsters. The software, known as the Universal Man-in-the-Middle Phishing Kit, is designed to help fraudsters capture victims' personal information in real-time, according to RSA, the security division of EMC.
Order to ban YouTube over steamy video of model ignites Brazil firestorm - 01/14/07
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003524395_youtube14.html
A time-honored Brazilian pastime getting frisky with a significant other on the beach has ignited a nationwide debate about Internet freedoms.
PayPal Adds Security To Fight Phishing - 01/13/07
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070114/tc_nf/49322
Online payment service PayPal is preparing to offer its users a new security weapon to help ward off data thieves and phishing scams with a password-generated key fob.
New law to curb cyber blasphemy takes effect - 01/13/07
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub-Continent&month=January2007&file=World_News2007011323935.xml
In Pakistan the act of using electronic system or device by words, either spoken or written or by visible representation or by any imputation, innuendo or insinuation, directly or indirectly, defiles the scared name of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), will be punished with death or imprisonment for life and shall be liable to fine.
MI5 terror alert blunder sends private data to US mailshot firm - 01/13/07
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=428657&in_page_id=1770
Confidential details sent to MI5 by thousands of individuals and businesses have ended up with an American company specialising in supermarket mailshots.
Death-threat e-mail jars local man - 01/13/07
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2007/01/14/area_news/news07.txt
Longview resident Robert Chace wasn't sure if he should take seriously an e-mail he received Jan. 6 threatening to kill him unless he paid the unknown sender $80,000.
Former jail guard admits threats against sheriff - 01/13/07
http://www.salemnews.com/local/local_story_013064624
A former Middleton Jail guard long at odds with Sheriff Frank Cousins admitted yesterday to posting racially charged threats against the sheriff on an Internet forum.
Blog wields power in restaurant world - 01/12/07
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070113/ap_on_hi_te/dining_wars
Ben Leventhal and Lockhart Steele are a pair of bloggers fighting a guerrilla war against the city's publicists. Nearly every day, the two provide restaurant information on their popular Web site, Eater.com., posting tidbits that publicists aren't ready to release and traditional journalists haven't managed to print.
Apartment scammer on Craigslist catches FBI attention - 01/12/07
http://business.bostonherald.com/realestateNews/view.bg?articleid=176838
Beth Ann Bovino was baffled when she suddenly faced a lineup of would-be renters at her Manhattan apartment door. There was just one problem: Her place wasn’t for rent.
The Pirate Bay plans to buy island - 01/12/07
http://www.thelocal.se/6076/20070112/
Swedish file-sharing website The Pirate Bay is planning to buy its own nation in an attempt to circumvent international copyright laws.
Felony Charges Against Trooper In Nude Pics Posting Tossed - 01/12/07
http://www.wgal.com/news/10734835/detail.html
A judge dismissed felony charges
Cybersquatters score after Beckham reveals US move - 01/12/07
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1122067.0.cybersquatters_score_after_beckham_reveals_us_move.php
INTERNET CHANCERS looking to make easy money out of David Beckham's multi-million dollar entrance into US football struck within minutes of the announcement that he would join Los Angeles Galaxy.
Doctor charged with illegal prescribing over Internet - 01/11/07
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070111/tc_infoworld/85087
An Illinois doctor was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in prison for illegally prescribing drugs over the Internet, the U.S.
Department of Justice said.
FBI warns public about 'hit man' email scam - 01/11/07
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=5920805&nav=9Tai
An email scam is trying to frighten unwitting victims into forking over large amounts of cash to criminals. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has a warning for everyone as it looks into the messages.
The rise of the cyber-stalker - 01/10/07
http://society.guardian.co.uk/crimeandpunishment/story/0,,1986908,00.html
When Karen Allison ended her marriage she knew her husband wouldn't let her go quietly. "He had been abusive," she says, "so I expected him to punish me for leaving."
Career can implode from e-mail bomb - 01/09/07
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070108-115827-5079r.htm
Scattered throughout tens of thousands of U.S. government offices, from Suitland to Singapore, are weapons of personal destruction just waiting to wreck the careers of unwitting civil servants. The main weapon is e-mail. When used improperly, e-mail can ensure the professional demise of a longtime fed.
Is this Britain's most gullible town? - 01/09/07
http://www.metro.co.uk/money/article.html?in_article_id=32222&in_page_id=36Residents of Oldham have staked their claim as the most gullible people in Britain - after losing £13m to marketing scams last year.
Facing jail, 'dying millionairess' who cheated her lovers out of £100,000 - 01/09/07
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23381064-details/Facing+jail,+'dying+millionairess'+who+cheated+her+lovers+out+of+%C2%A3100,000/article.do
To the men she seduced, Emma Golightly was a wealthy businesswoman who liked nothing more than to shower her lovers with top-of-the-range cars and exotic holidays.
January 15, 2007
I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .I didn't know they were that hard up (pun intended)
More Internet sex please, we're Croatian
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070112/tc_afp/croatiasexinternet
A majority of Croatians say they find the Internet to be a useful tool in improving their sex lives, according to a survey.
Fifty-eight percent of Croatians who responded to a magazine questionaire said that they had ended up in bed with people they had met while surfing on match-making or pornographic websites.
More than 85 percent of Croatians who visit the sites said they had met up with their online friends, said the survey of 2,079 people published in the Drustvena istrazivanja magazine.
Sixty-two percent of women and 54 percent of men said they have had sexual relations with people they had met on such websites, it added.
According to the study, on average visitors to the websites are 30-year-old singles, have a university degree, and are satisfied with their sex lives.
The biggest number, or 44 percent, are aged between 25 and 34, followed by 30 percent of them aged between 12 and 24, and 19 percent between 35 and 44.
According to estimates in the local press, some 240,000 Croatians out of 1.2 million with Internet access are regular visitors of pornographic sites.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
NEWS TO USE AND PASS ALONG!
(DISCLAIMER: The following news items were found on the web and were not written or endorsed by WHO@; they are for informational purposes only)
Man banned in first case under anti-spam law - 01/15/07
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=WUV4PSUQIN1RLQFIQMGSFGGAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2007/01/15/nspam15.xml
A trader who encouraged "spammers" to send unwanted emails has received a High Court ban in what is thought to be the first case of its kind.
A touch of Internet 'street smarts' can protect you from hacker attacks - 01/15/07
http://origin.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_5016670
WITH COMPUTER viruses and phishing having evolved to organized crime practiced by well-paid hackers who siphon off and then sell your vital information, it's more necessary than ever to protect your computer from intrusion.
Universal Phishing Kit Selling Online - 01/15/07
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070115/tc_nf/49324
A phishing kit that EMC's security division first discovered last week is still being sold and used online by fraudsters. The software, known as the Universal Man-in-the-Middle Phishing Kit, is designed to help fraudsters capture victims' personal information in real-time, according to RSA, the security division of EMC.
Order to ban YouTube over steamy video of model ignites Brazil firestorm - 01/14/07
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003524395_youtube14.html
A time-honored Brazilian pastime getting frisky with a significant other on the beach has ignited a nationwide debate about Internet freedoms.
PayPal Adds Security To Fight Phishing - 01/13/07
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070114/tc_nf/49322
Online payment service PayPal is preparing to offer its users a new security weapon to help ward off data thieves and phishing scams with a password-generated key fob.
New law to curb cyber blasphemy takes effect - 01/13/07
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub-Continent&month=January2007&file=World_News2007011323935.xml
In Pakistan the act of using electronic system or device by words, either spoken or written or by visible representation or by any imputation, innuendo or insinuation, directly or indirectly, defiles the scared name of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), will be punished with death or imprisonment for life and shall be liable to fine.
MI5 terror alert blunder sends private data to US mailshot firm - 01/13/07
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=428657&in_page_id=1770
Confidential details sent to MI5 by thousands of individuals and businesses have ended up with an American company specialising in supermarket mailshots.
Death-threat e-mail jars local man - 01/13/07
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2007/01/14/area_news/news07.txt
Longview resident Robert Chace wasn't sure if he should take seriously an e-mail he received Jan. 6 threatening to kill him unless he paid the unknown sender $80,000.
Former jail guard admits threats against sheriff - 01/13/07
http://www.salemnews.com/local/local_story_013064624
A former Middleton Jail guard long at odds with Sheriff Frank Cousins admitted yesterday to posting racially charged threats against the sheriff on an Internet forum.
Blog wields power in restaurant world - 01/12/07
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070113/ap_on_hi_te/dining_wars
Ben Leventhal and Lockhart Steele are a pair of bloggers fighting a guerrilla war against the city's publicists. Nearly every day, the two provide restaurant information on their popular Web site, Eater.com., posting tidbits that publicists aren't ready to release and traditional journalists haven't managed to print.
Apartment scammer on Craigslist catches FBI attention - 01/12/07
http://business.bostonherald.com/realestateNews/view.bg?articleid=176838
Beth Ann Bovino was baffled when she suddenly faced a lineup of would-be renters at her Manhattan apartment door. There was just one problem: Her place wasn’t for rent.
The Pirate Bay plans to buy island - 01/12/07
http://www.thelocal.se/6076/20070112/
Swedish file-sharing website The Pirate Bay is planning to buy its own nation in an attempt to circumvent international copyright laws.
Felony Charges Against Trooper In Nude Pics Posting Tossed - 01/12/07
http://www.wgal.com/news/10734835/detail.html
A judge dismissed felony charges
Cybersquatters score after Beckham reveals US move - 01/12/07
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1122067.0.cybersquatters_score_after_beckham_reveals_us_move.php
INTERNET CHANCERS looking to make easy money out of David Beckham's multi-million dollar entrance into US football struck within minutes of the announcement that he would join Los Angeles Galaxy.
Doctor charged with illegal prescribing over Internet - 01/11/07
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070111/tc_infoworld/85087
An Illinois doctor was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in prison for illegally prescribing drugs over the Internet, the U.S.
Department of Justice said.
FBI warns public about 'hit man' email scam - 01/11/07
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=5920805&nav=9Tai
An email scam is trying to frighten unwitting victims into forking over large amounts of cash to criminals. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has a warning for everyone as it looks into the messages.
The rise of the cyber-stalker - 01/10/07
http://society.guardian.co.uk/crimeandpunishment/story/0,,1986908,00.html
When Karen Allison ended her marriage she knew her husband wouldn't let her go quietly. "He had been abusive," she says, "so I expected him to punish me for leaving."
Career can implode from e-mail bomb - 01/09/07
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070108-115827-5079r.htm
Scattered throughout tens of thousands of U.S. government offices, from Suitland to Singapore, are weapons of personal destruction just waiting to wreck the careers of unwitting civil servants. The main weapon is e-mail. When used improperly, e-mail can ensure the professional demise of a longtime fed.
Is this Britain's most gullible town? - 01/09/07
http://www.metro.co.uk/money/article.html?in_article_id=32222&in_page_id=36Residents of Oldham have staked their claim as the most gullible people in Britain - after losing £13m to marketing scams last year.
Facing jail, 'dying millionairess' who cheated her lovers out of £100,000 - 01/09/07
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23381064-details/Facing+jail,+'dying+millionairess'+who+cheated+her+lovers+out+of+%C2%A3100,000/article.do
To the men she seduced, Emma Golightly was a wealthy businesswoman who liked nothing more than to shower her lovers with top-of-the-range cars and exotic holidays.
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