Google’s Eric Schmidt apologizes for advising StreetView haters to ‘just move’
October 29, 2010
CNN is being called out for posting — and then two-days later deleting — the latest inflammatory remarks about privacy from the lips of Google CEO Eric Schmidt. It happened during this Oct. 22 interview with talk show host Kathleen Parker. Here’s what unfolded:
In a discussion about privacy, Schmidt told Parker people who don’t appreciate Google’s StreetView cars photographing their homes should find a new place to live.
Schmidt’s CNNÂ interview aired on …More
Critics call for hearings into why FTC gave Google a free pass on Wi-Fi spying
October 28, 2010
(UPDATE 29 Oct. 2010: LastWatchdog has just pieced this together: A couple of days before the FTC forgave Google, CEO Eric Schmidt told CNN’s Kathleen Parker that people who don’t like Google’s StreetView cars photographing their homes should just move. Here’s the video of that interview. A day later, Schmidt issued an apology, and CNN deleted Schmidt’s “just move” remarks from the video and the supporting transcripts …More
Broad, deep IT systems monitoring needed to slow Stuxnet worm
October 27, 2010
Stuxnet is a complex, seemingly unstoppable Windows worm, searching out vulnerable PCs in factory systems. It is also spreading to home and small business computers, as outlined in this FAQ. One of its distinctive functions is to set a Registry key with a value “19790509″ as an infection marker. On that day, May, 9 1979, a Jewish-Iranian businessman, Habib Elghanian , was executed …More
Was Stuxnet written by a government? F-Secure: Looks like, yes!
October 27, 2010
Finnish antivirus firm F-Secure does terrific summaries of milestone threats. Here is its Stuxnet FAQ:
Q: What is Stuxnet?
A: It’s a Windows worm, spreading via USB sticks. Once inside an organization, it can also spread by copying itself to network shares if they have weak passwords.
Q: Can it spread via other USB devices?
A: Sure, it can spread anything that you can mount as a drive. Like a …More
FTC forgives Google’s Wi-Fi spying, others not quite ready to do so just yet
October 27, 2010
Google CEO Schmidt
(UPDATE 29 Oct. 2010: LastWatchdog has just pieced this together: A couple of days before the FTC forgave Google, CEO Eric Schmidt told CNN’s Kathleen Parker that people who don’t like Google’s StreetView cars photographing their homes should just move. Here’s the video of that interview. A day later, Schmidt issued an apology, and CNN deleted Schmidt’s “just move” remarks …More
Google’s Wi-Fi spy cars collected medical info, other sensitive data
October 25, 2010
Wi-Fi spy car
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY, Page 3B, Oct. 25, 2010
Google is feeling rekindled heat over the private data it collected without permission in more than 30 nations.
The British Information Commissioner’s Office on Monday asked to take a closer look at the evidence Google made available earlier this year, after the company admitted that cars sent to take photos for its …More
What Congress must do to pass Lieberman-Collins cybersecurity bill
October 25, 2010
Kagan
It’s becoming increasingly likely that passage of “comprehensive†cybersecurity legislation will have to wait until the next session of Congress. So says Mark Kagan, Director of Research, Keane Inc. In this LastWatchdog guest post, Kagan explains why cybersecurity legislation derailed into gridlock.
By Mark Kagan
The Lieberman-Collins-Carper draft bill — the bill gaining momentum and attention in the media is — has been …More
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