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From the who gives a shit files, apparently “Tom” Anderson the cofounder of MySpace has set a precedence for lying about ones age on the site. According to his profile, he is 32 but records have uncovered that he is actually 37. Michael Arrington from Techcrunch was outraged “If you can’t trust the founders to be truthful in their profiles, how can you trust what anyone says on the site.”

Rumor has it that Google and Verizon are in talks to offer the long-speculated GPhone system. Could it be that Verizon are kicking themselves by not agreeing to Apple’s stipulations over the iPhone? This may their way at getting some form of redemption. Verizon are well known for their restrictions on phones so this rumor may be a signal that they are willing to open things up - it’s tough to imagine. http://techdirt.com/articles/20071031/093942.shtml

Meanwhile Google are looking to roll out Gmail 2.0 which adds some interesting new features. Proported to be faster and more convenient…we wonder if it will finally be out of beta.

Schmidt Faced
Schmidt’s cheap

irus on the virus

Mac porn trojan
(URL: http://www.theregister.com/2007/10/31/in_the_wild_osx_trojan/)
OSX.RSPlug.A
A new trojan for the Mac is out. This one uses social engineering to accomplish it’s goal as it requires the admin password in order to install.
Users on a dubious site are prompted to view a video. The video appears to be a quicktime mov, but is actually a link to a trojan installer. The user when attempting to view the mov, are informed that they will require a special codec to play the movie file, and are provided a link to download the “codec”. What the user is actually installing is a virus known as OSX.RSPlug.A which is a DNSChanger. The site hijacks web requests made to EBay, PayPal, and a few banking sites. So later when a user goes to login to his EBay account, he is unknowingly providing his login credentials to a phishing site. The main thing here is that Macs have been targeted by h4×0rz. As Apple begins to increase their market share, this will become more common. Much of Apples security reputation comes from the fact that almost no one writes virus that work on Mac. Apple has not made any statement about the virus.

Virtual Stripper trojan tricks pervs to aid hackers
(URL: http://www.theregister.com/2007/10/31/captcha-busting_trojan/)
Users play a “game” where a stripper removes clothing when users successfully enter distorted text into text box. The distorted text is provided by the hackers and is coming from bots that are trying to create online accounts at various websites. The bot encounters a CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) image and sends it to a server which sends to an active game session. The user types the letters in plain text for a glimpse of more skin, and the bot is provided the text bypassing the CAPTCHA check. Evil Genius.

Tech it Out
From the Kick me in the Ass for not buying stock files. Google shares are now sitting nicly above the $700 per share mark
Hulu have launched a private beta for those who bothered to sign up and the others who are considered special people.

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