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style="">OPLIN 4Cast #106: <br>
Spear phishing, .info, playing around, tech TV</b><b style=""><br>
</b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">June 11, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b>1. Reel 'em in</b><br>
The scammers know who you are when it comes to spear phishing. Instead
of
pumping out millions of emails to anybody and everybody, spear phishers
send
out their scams only to people they know will be susceptible to the
scam. For
example, if you normally trade stocks online, you may see something for
a bank
you normally use. (Of course, it's not <i>really </i>the bank, just
someone
trying to get your account info.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://http:/arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080606-spear-phishers-land-15000-sucker-fish.html"
mce_href="http://http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080606-spear-phishers-land-15000-sucker-fish.html">"Spear
Phishers" land 15,000 sucker fish</a> (Ars Technica)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/20/0132249&from=rss"
mce_href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/20/0132249&from=rss">Online
Crime Seen as Growing Threat to Business, Politics</a> (Slashdot)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/phishing/spear.mspx"
mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/phishing/spear.mspx">Spear
phishing: Highly targeted scams</a> (Microsoft)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.allspammedup.com/"
mce_href="http://www.allspammedup.com/">Recipe for the perfect SPAM
message</a> (All Spammed Up)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><b>2. Do you have a .info domain?</b><br>
If so, it may be flagged by antivirus software as dangerous or
potentially
dangerous to visitors. According to McAfee, it flagged 11.7 percent of
.info
sites that way. A little more than 5 percent of the sites under the
.com domain
— the world's most popular — were identified as dangerous."<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.propeller.com/viewstory/2008/04/30/godaddy-stops-selling-info-domains/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ezmoneyon.net%2Fgodaddy-stops-selling-info-domains%2F&frame=true"
mce_href="http://www.propeller.com/viewstory/2008/04/30/godaddy-stops-selling-info-domains/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ezmoneyon.net%2Fgodaddy-stops-selling-info-domains%2F&frame=true">GoDaddy
no longer selling .info domains</a> (Propeller)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/T/TEC_DANGEROUS_DOMAINS?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-06-04-07-09-48"
mce_href="http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/T/TEC_DANGEROUS_DOMAINS?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-06-04-07-09-48">New
report identifies dangerous Web domains</a> (Wired)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/info-domains-are-not-worthless/6574/"
mce_href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/info-domains-are-not-worthless/6574/">.info
Domains are Not Worthless!</a> (Search Engine Journal)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.alledia.com/blog/domain-names/10-reasons-to-love-.info-domains/"
mce_href="http://www.alledia.com/blog/domain-names/10-reasons-to-love-.info-domains/">10
Reasons to Love .info Domains</a> (Alledia)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><b>3. Let's play!</b><br>
Back in the day, games were outside and computer screens were for top
secret
government agents. Not any more! Whole body gaming technologies are
getting
more realistic and the creator <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Simm</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
has created a new
game that will be released this month, which will surely bring people
inside.
Barbies are even going tech. Hey! Want to save the Orlando Public
Library
materials stolen by aliens?<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9928751-7.html"
mce_href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9928751-7.html">'Spore
Creature Creator' to see light of day in June</a> (c|net)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.ocls.info/citricon/default.asp?bhcp=1"
mce_href="http://www.ocls.info/citricon/default.asp?bhcp=1">CITRICON
Library Defender</a> (<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Orange
County PL</st1:address></st1:Street>)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20717/?a=f"
mce_href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20717/?a=f">Whole-Body
Gaming</a> (Technology Review)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://gigaom.com/2008/06/08/will-parents-pay-72-a-year-for-virtual-barbies/"
mce_href="http://gigaom.com/2008/06/08/will-parents-pay-72-a-year-for-virtual-barbies/">Will
Parents Pay $72 a Year for Virtual Barbies?</a> (Gigaom)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><b>4. TV news</b><br>
Sometimes it's difficult to know where your TV ends and your computer
begins.
The convergence of the two technologies is becoming more and more
evident as
inventors, production crews and software companies work together to
bring more
to your screens. Libraries need to make sure that they have enough
workstations
and bandwidth to support the merge.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/07/ashton-kutchers-katalyst-media-to-preview-blah-blah-blah-next-week/"
mce_href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/07/ashton-kutchers-katalyst-media-to-preview-blah-blah-blah-next-week/">Ashton
Kutcher’s Katalyst Media To Preview Blah Blah Blah</a> (Tech Crunch)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://beta.tidaltv.com/index2.php"
mce_href="http://beta.tidaltv.com/index2.php">Tidal TV</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://mashable.com/2007/11/27/userplane/"
mce_href="http://mashable.com/2007/11/27/userplane/">Userplane Goes
the Meebo Route: 4 New Online TV Partners</a> (Mashable)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20881/?a=f"
mce_href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20881/?a=f">Every
TV an Internet TV</a> (Technology Review)<o:p></o:p></li>
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