http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/ Alonewolf's Blog with some latest internet news en-us Nucleus CMS v3.24 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus//nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/ http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=72 Webmasters Beware of this Hacker's IP Address 202.75.33.130. Just thought I would spread the word to ban this ip address, whether it helps or not.
They tried to alter some of my site files, actually succeeded to change some of them. ]]> General http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=72 Sun, 3 Jun 2007 20:44:30 -0200 http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=67
There is updates on the progress of this issue on the website: Thomas F_ Lennon, Inc

This information is free to view and download by Investors as well as the general public. Check it out!

This is one of the biggest internet cases to date!]]> General http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=67 Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:05:23 -0200 http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=65 Hackers Get Windows XP on Apple Computers

By MAY WONG, AP Technology Writer
Fri Mar 17, 9:28 PM ET

SAN JOSE, Calif. - As expected, hackers have found a way to run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system on new Macintosh computers, winning an ad hoc contest and a $13,854 cash prize to boot.

Or, make that dual-boot — the way to make a computer switch between two operating systems.

Some users of Apple Computer Inc.'s Macs have clamored for such a solution since Apple said it would be switching its computers to Intel Corp.'s chips, putting the feat within reach.

Their reasons vary, but a common denominator is that they would like to run Windows-based programs on their Macs.

Colin Nederkoorn, a shipping broker in Houston, says he just wants to streamline his work: instead of using his Apple PowerBook computer for some programs and a Windows PC for other tasks, he'd like to just use one machine.

That's why Nederkoorn, 23, started a contest back in January to goad programmers, soliciting donations for a cash prize for anyone who came up with a hack.

Late Thursday, the prize went to two San Francisco Bay Area software developers, Jesus Lopez, 33, of Alameda, and Eric Wasserman, 41, of Berkeley.

Lopez said he did most of the technical work — spending late nights and weekends on the challenge — while Wasserman, a devoted Mac user, introduced him to the contest in February and supported him in the process.

Lopez, who never even owned a Mac computer until he had to get one to assume the challenge, said in an interview Friday his previous tinkering projects were all personal.

"But this is something that I feel a lot of people could use, and that the tech community will benefit from this," he said.

On Friday, Nederkoorn's Web site was busy with collaboration between developers working to improve upon Lopez' work. Nederkoorn said the so-called "Windows on Mac" project is open-sourced, meaning anyone can build on it.

The hack, which is downloadable from the Web site, still takes some tedious labor and technical know-how, but Nederkoorn predicts an easier version for mainstream computer users might be available within a year.

"It should be as easy as two clicks at some stage," he said.

When Apple introduced its first Intel-based computer in January, company officials said Apple has no intention of selling or supporting Windows on its machines, though it has not done anything to preclude people from doing it themselves.

"If there are people who love our hardware but are forced to put up with a Windows world, then that's OK," senior vice president Phil Schiller said at the time.

]]> General http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=65 Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:00:57 -0300 http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=64 EMO Corp. and officers cannot account for $2.4 million in customer cash

AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has obtained an asset freeze and emergency approval for a court-appointed receiver to take over the operations of unlicensed Austin-based online payment service EMO Corp.

The company and its officers, Todd L. Tredeau, Tracey Jones and Nancy C. Humphries cannot fully account for more than $5.4 million that consumers placed into their accounts. The company’s books show they have only $3 million cash on hand, which means EMO cannot account for $2.4 million belonging to its customers. The officers failed to register with the Texas Banking Department and obtain a license as a “money services business,” as required by law.

“These officers must account for their outrageous mismanagement of consumers’ money, which they promised would be secure,” said Attorney General Abbott. “The court’s appointment of a receiver to seize control of this company’s assets will provide an opportunity to determine where this money has gone.”

The company’s Web site, www.emocorp.com, touts the service as a safe way to conduct financial transactions online, as a service to assist consumers who are recent victims of fraud and businesses that handle payrolls.

Consumers who open accounts with online payment services can deposit money into their accounts via credit cards or bank transfers and expect instant access to their accounts. The consumer uses the service to send or receive money to and from other members via electronic transfers. According to information given to the Department of Banking by EMO Corp., the company has a current customer base of 17,000 nationwide, with 6,000 of these in Texas.

The Banking Department denied EMO a license for failure to meet minimum net worth requirements of $500,000 and other statutory requirements. Furthermore, according to the company’s own financial statements presented to the Department of Banking, the company is insolvent.

Upon investigation following the asset freeze, the Attorney General will seek restitution to any consumer harmed by these transactions, as well as civil penalties and attorneys’ fees.

For More Information
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagnews/release.php?id=1493

Attorney General's lawsuit against EMO
Temporary restraining order against EMO
Court Stamped copies of above (10 MB)]]> General http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=64 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:04:20 -0300 http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=62 The scam has hit national banks like Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Washington Mutual, as well as smaller banks, all of which have re-issued debit cards in recent weeks, says a Gartner research vice president.

The unfolding debit card scam that rocked Citibank this week is far from over, an analyst said Thursday as she called this first-time-ever mass theft of PINs "the worst consumer scam to date."

Wednesday, Citibank confirmed that an ongoing fraud had forced it to reissue debit cards and block PIN-based transactions for users in Canada, Russia, and the U.K.

But Citibank is only the tip of the iceberg, said Avivah Litan, a Gartner research vice president. The scam -- and scandal -- has hit national banks like Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Washington Mutual, as well as smaller banks, including ones in Oregon, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, all of which have re-issued debit cards in recent weeks.
"This is the worst hack ever," Litan maintained. "It's significant because not only is it a really wide-spread breach, but it affects debit cards, which everyone thought were immune to these kinds of things."

Unlike credit cards, debit cards offer an additional level of security: the password-like Personal Identification Number, or PIN.

"That's the irony, the PIN was supposed to make debit cards secure," Litan said. "Up until this breach, everyone thought ATMS and PINs could never be compromised."

Litan's sources in the financial industry have told her that thieves hacked into a as-yet-unknown system, and made off with data stored on debit cards' magnetic stripes, the associated "PIN blocks," or encrypted PIN data, and the key for that encrypted data.

The problem, she continued, is that retailers improperly store PIN numbers after they've been entered, rather than erase them at the PIN-entering pad. Worse, the keys to decrypt the PIN blocks are often stored on the same network as the PINs themselves, making a single successful hack a potential goldmine for criminals: they get the PIN data and the key to read it.

In this case, Litan said, the thieves used the information to crank out counterfeit debit cards, then emptied accounts at ATMs. She estimated that they absconded with "at least a couple of thousand records, maybe more" and have cashed out to the tune of "millions already."

The victim of the hack attack isn't yet known, although some banks have pointed fingers at OfficeMax, which has denied that its system was penetrated.

Litan believes it much more likely that a third-party processor or terminal supplier was involved; the silence about the victim could point to a processor, she said, because they have the most to lose by the negative publicity.

Last summer, credit card processor CardSystems was hit with a massive breach that involved millions of accounts; CardSystems essentially sank under the publicity, and was later bought by Pay By Touch. In February 2006, the FTC reached a settlement with CardSystems that require it to adopt more stringent security measures, but the company remains open to consumer lawsuits that could mean millions in payouts.

No matter who is to blame, the bank industry is only about halfway through cleaning up the breach, said Litan. And more of the same is on the way.

"This will become a trend with criminals," she bet. "Hackers will do this as much as they can" because it's far easier to empty checking accounts at ATMs than to buy goods with purloined credit cards, then sell the goods to generate cash.

So what's a consumer to do?

"Security is tight at the ATM, but point-of-sale is a whole other story," said Litan. "Look at your [debit card] account on a regular basis, and don't use a PIN-based debit card at point-of-sale," she recommended. "I never do."

By Gregg Keizer
TechWeb News

Mar 9, 2006 04:35 PM]]> General http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=62 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:25:08 -0300 http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=61 To help ease their minds about what exactly is on all those corporate PCs, administrators can download a utility at Bit9's Web site to tap into the firm's 4-terabyte database.

Bit9 Inc. on Monday will launch a free search engine to identify unfamiliar software applications and executables found on any computer running the Windows operating system.

Users will be able to download a utility at Bit9's Web site to tap into the firm's 4-terabyte database at http://fileadvisor.bit9.com. The database holds approximately 25 million unique files and 250 million records to source and identify the software. Bit9 expects to triple the data the end of the year.


To keep up to date Bit9 collects and catalogs file data on commercial software and drivers from the Web, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)the National Software Reference Library (NSRL), IBM Corp., and other resources.

Unknown applications or executables are identified in the database by a "cryptographic hash, a mathematical algorithm that runs across the content of the file," said Bit9 Inc. vice president and co-founder John Hanratty, who also co-founded Synernetics, acquired by 3Com, and Agile Networks, scooped up by 3Com. "Any virus worth its chops will come in and rename itself as a legitimate name, for example, a file system."

FileAdvisor provides details on the file originator and the commercial software package it's contained in. Hanratty said the utility uses the cryptographic hash because it's common for malicious code to change its name so it appears harmless to the users.

Bit9 also will introduce the ParityCenter service to integrate with Bit9 Parity. The software provides network visibility to closely monitor unknown files as they are downloaded onto machines in an enterprise before they affect computers.

The problem is that "bad" always changes, said Hanratty. ParityCenter relies on identifying malware, spyware, worms, and viruses by identifying signatures and behavioral patterns.

While it's important to monitor unwanted software, IT professionals also "want the ability to control unauthorized and unlicensed software," he said. "They're spending as much money in virus and worm protection, as they are to clean up unauthorized utilities."

By Laurie Sullivan
TechWeb News

Mar 10, 2006 10:07 AM]]> General http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=61 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:17:47 -0300 http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=60 A new chip architecture, WiMax cards for notebooks, and new devices called Ultra Mobile PCs highlight the Intel Developers Forum.

Intel cranked up its marketing machine last week, responding to criticism that it has lagged in delivering the highest-performing and most power-efficient processors over the past two years. The company showed off a new chip architecture that will serve as the engine for its future desktop, mobile, and server offerings, touted WiMax as the next-generation wireless data technology, and displayed so-called Ultra Mobile PCs, which could evolve into a new mass-market computing device.
A key focus for the company is mobile computing. Intel's mobile business skyrocketed with the introduction of the Centrino platform in 2003 and the proliferation of Wi-Fi hot-spots. It scored another success early this year when it beat rival Advanced Micro Devices to market with the first dual-core mobile processor, Core Duo. That helped Intel win Apple Computer as a customer for the first time.

Sean Maloney, executive VP and general manager of Intel's mobility group, leaned against a WiMax-enabled electric scooter on the stage at the Intel Developer Forum last week and described how the company plans to build on those gains with a processor that uses Intel's new Core architecture to deliver a 20% performance increase over the Core Duo without needing more power. Mobile computer makers will be able to offer customers a performance boost with a drop-in processor replacement, he said. It also will move Intel's mobile platform from the 32-bit Core Duo to 64 bits.


Intel also is pushing WiMax, a next-generation wireless data technology that provides greater range and faster data speeds than Wi-Fi. In the second half of the year, Intel will introduce a WiMax card for notebooks, even though WiMax standards have only recently been finalized and almost no public hot-spots offer it as a service. Still, Maloney demonstrated concept PCs that feature integrated WiMax and Wi-Fi, a future direction for mainstream Intel mobile platforms.


In the first half of 2007, Intel will revamp its mobile computing platform with the addition of a chipset that will use NAND flash memory to facilitate faster boot-ups, and a chipset supporting new wireless LAN standards like 802.11n.


Shrinking The PC
Intel also believes there's room for new kinds of mobile computing devices, those that "shrink the PC" into handheld systems. One approach was unveiled last week under the Microsoft Origami umbrella (see story, p. 15), and Intel demonstrated some prototype devices of its own. The market for these handheld devices, which will have touch-sensitive screens that range in size from 4 inches to 8 inches, can grow to millions of units a year, said Mooly Eden, VP of the mobile platforms group. That market will get a boost when Intel delivers an ultralow-power processor that can deliver a full day of battery life.


The ability to combine high-performance processors and the latest wireless technologies into new form factors will be increasingly important as the Internet plays an even bigger role in business and personal lives, Maloney said. It's "the place where we go for news, entertainment, education, and to extend our social lives," he said. "The next stage of Internet growth is to make this mobile."


While Intel still dominates the mobile chip market, it has lost ground to AMD. The much smaller rival increased its share of mobile processor market revenue from 8% in 2004 to 12% in the fourth quarter of 2005, according to Gartner. AMD also grew its share of mobile processor units sold from 12.2% in 2004 to 15.1% in the fourth quarter of 2005, Mercury Research says. AMD plans to keep the pressure on by introducing in the second quarter its first dual-core mobile processor, the Turion 64X2. The processor will include DDR2 memory and hardware virtualization.

By Darrell Dunn
InformationWeek

Mar 13, 2006 12:00 AM]]> General http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=60 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:07:27 -0300 http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=59
Protecting your children on the internet is the concern of most technology savvy parents today. You child is exposed to the internet in a variety of places and fashions including home, school, laptops, PDAs, and even cell phones. As the volume of the exposure of the internet increases, so does the need for adequate protection against inappropriate content.
The primary focus of most parents' concern while protecting your children on the internet should be related to their home pc based use of the internet. Web browsing generally mostly takes place here and it is here that you must worry about the online clutter of pornography, adult websites, offensive material, and even violence. Your child is not likely to own a wireless device where browsing is easily or comfortably done and they are not likely to attempt such activities in a supervised classroom, so the home pc becomes the battlefield of choice.
Protecting your child on the internet is not an easy task. There are an unlimited amount of interested parties out there who are just waiting to lure your child into inappropriate online activities. This is why it is so important to protect your child with preventative measures such as kid safe browsers. These childproof browsers are designed specifically with your child's safety in mind. The ideal web filtering tool is one that allows you to limit internet usage to activates that are agreeable to your child's needs. Monitoring the internet this way is a key to protecting your child from content that could potentially harm them.
Web site blocking of those sites that are deemed explicit or unsafe for kid's viewing is an important aspect of protecting your children on the internet as well. Most internet browsers offer no protection at all to offensive material and those that do can be easily manipulated. Blocking software that has been built around these areas are normally kid's browsers that specifically cater to this need rather then trying to 'patch the hole' as do most general browsers. Protecting your children on the internet means that you, as a parent, are willing to take the time to read about and learn the pros and cons of these type of software and use your best judgment in purchasing the correct software for your children's situation.

KidSplorer is parental control software that offers you a web browser that has been built specifically for kids with an underlying safe list of urls that are child friendly. It prevents access to the Start button, Desktop items, and other keys that allow you to switch to other programs-thus preventing your child from taking any measures to disable the software's screening capability. This prevents the running of programs such as Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer that do not offer child-safe browsing capabilities. This type of software offers great advantages when protecting your children on the internet.

You may not consider everything you just read to be crucial information about children, internet. But don't be surprised if you find yourself recalling and using this very information in the next few days.

KidSplorer also offers you the unique ability to regulate the amount of time spent on the internet. This feature is in addition to the wonderful screening features offered by the children's web browser internet safety protection. This is the only software that I am familiar with that offers both of these advantages and is truly a good form of internet protection for children. There are many other great software programs out there that offer good protection as well. KidSplorer is just one terrific program out of many that you can purchase in order to ensure your child's safety on the internet.

Knowing enough about children, internet to make solid, informed choices cuts down on the fear factor. If you apply what you've just learned about children, internet, you should have nothing to worry about.

About the Author
Devicode Technology provides parental control solutions to aid in providing a safe and secure browsing environment for kids. http://www.devicode.com]]> General http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=59 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:58:42 -0300 http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=58 Robert Young

Despite the many concerns, some now argue that it is actually safer to buy online than buying over the phone or handing your credit card over to someone in a shop. This is because if the online payment is handled properly, your banking details will be "encrypted", which means they cannot be viewed by anyone other than those handling the transaction - usually the banks.

If you're still unsure, Card Watch, a banking group that works with the police and retailers to stop credit card fraud, offer the following "top ten tips" when buying online:
1. Make sure your web-browser (that's the software that you use to view websites, most commonly Internet Explorer or Netscape) is set to the highest level of security notification and monitoring. These options are not always automatically activated when your computer is set-up, so check your manual or the "Help" option.

2. Check that you are using a recent version of your web-browser, as they often include better security features. Up to date versions can be downloaded free from the Microsoft or Netscape websites. If you have a different browser or use on-line services such as AOL or CompuServe, contact your ISP (Internet Service Provider) or software supplier to find out how to activate their security features.

3. Before purchasing from a website, make a record of the retailer's contact details, including a street address and landline phone number. If these details are not available on the website, consider going elsewhere to buy. Do not rely on the e-mail address alone.

4. Do not enter personal details unless the security icon is displayed (this is a small padlock that normally appears at the bottom of your browser when you begin your transaction over the internet). You can click on the padlock to see if the retailer has an encryption certificate. This should explain the type and extent of security and encryption it uses. Only use companies that have an encryption certificate and use secure transaction technology. The address of the page where you enter personal details should also start https://.

5. If you have and queries or concerns, telephone the company before giving them your card details to reassure yourself that it is legitimate.

6. Print out your order and consider keeping copies of the retailer's terms and conditions and return policy. Be aware that there may well be additional charges such as postage and shipping. When buying from overseas, always err on the side of caution and remember that it may be difficult to seek redress if problems arise.

7. Check statements from your bank or card issuer carefully as soon as you receive them. Raise any discrepancies with the retailer concerned in the first instance. If you find any transaction on your statement that you are certain you did not make, contact your card issuer immediately.

8. Ensure that you are fully aware of any payment commitments your are entering into, including whether you are instructing a single payment, or a series of payments.

9. Never disclose your card's PIN number to anyone, inlcluding people claiming to be from your bank or the police, and never write it down or send it over the internet.

10. If you have any doubts about using your card, find another method of payment.

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About The Author


Robert Young is the owner and operator of Urban Safety Supplies and Hi-Tech Hidden Cameras. Stay safe! Visit www.urbansafetysupplies.com for all your security item needs. Stun guns, pepper spray, personal alarms, and more! Also visit www.hittechhiddencameras.com and see our hidden cameras, spy, and surveillance equipment.

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]]> General http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=58 Thu, 9 Mar 2006 13:25:30 -0300 http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=57 People keep asking me for easy work from home ideas, so I have decided to gather some of the high income business opportunities. It hasn't been an easy task because of the variety of different business opportunities from home



1. Affiliate marketing - maybe not the easy home business opportunity but one of the best work from home jobs. Affiliate marketing is simply connecting between sellers and buyers of online products. I personally know people who are making huge money using simple affiliate marketing techniques.

2. Websites design - Website designing is the easiest programming task available. You should know basic computer programming and have creative ideas. Just start playing with one of the website designing software programs and then offer your services to little businesses.

3. Content writing - Unique content is the online king. People all over the world write blogs or unique content sites, place google adsense in them and make money while they sleep. Certainly one of the easy work from home ideas.

4. Herbalife work at home - Herbalife is the leading MLM community and herbalife marketers make lots of money selling herbalife health nutrition products from home. 5. Filling online surveys - Maybe the easy home business opportunity is just filling online surveys about any subject and making money out of it.

6. Selling product on EBay - Millions of people make money on EBay selling and buying products. Selling anything on EBay is a worthy and easy work from idea.

7. Trading domains - Locating free or expanding good domains, buying them in low cost and selling them on online auctions could be a great easy home business opportunity.

8. Stocks and commodities trading - Anyone can be a trader today. All data is available online. Just start trading with small amount and learn methods like technical analysis.

9. Online casinos - I am not sure business opportunities from home is a right definition for online casinos but the fact is that online expert gamblers have made millions.

10. Other online services - The possibilities are endless. Just try any easy work from home idea and you will find the best work from home job for you.

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Our team has executed a research to find the best work from home job . Check it out on Best work from home job. Find more valuable info about working at home on http://www.tigilet.com]]> General http://alonewolf.biz/nucleus/index.php?itemid=57 Thu, 9 Mar 2006 13:12:10 -0300