Archive for October, 2008
Friday, October 31st, 2008
CNET Technology voter guide 2008 - Analysis Highest-scoring Republican: Rep. Ron Paul (TX): 88.24% Unfortunately, neither Obama nor McCain received a passing grade. Obama was in office for six votes, skipped half of them, and received an overall score of 33 percent. McCain was in office for all of the votes, skipped four of them, and received an overall score of 38.5 percent. Not helping Obama was his flip-flopping on retroactive immunity related to the National Security Agency's wiretapping
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
October 31, 2008 at 8:49 pm (Uncategorized) Albert Woodfox Thanks to Tory Pegram, Campaign Director of the Angola 3 Project (and Friends of Justice board member), for providing these handy links to three compelling pieces that aired this week on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. Advocates of the Angola 3 get their say along with the folks who are trying to keep Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox in prison. You can’t listen to these well-produced stories withou
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
Yesterday’s Daily Telegraph brings news that even a GCHQ security expert doubts the supposed benefits of ID cards:“Speaking at an IT security conference in Wales, he rubbished ministers’ claims that the multi-billion pound scheme would enhance national security … Mr Mattinson is not the first figure from Britain’s intelligence community to reject Government claims for ID cards. Dame Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5 has also questioned their value in fighting terrorism.” You can read th
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
Security at the MIG Club, where MNS chief Raj Thackeray's press conference was held, made entering the place on Friday akin to entering the Vidhan Sabha.
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
RFID chips in U.S. passport cards and some driver's licenses are at risk of being counterfeited or tracked, researchers say.
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
RG mail National Post Election chaos feared in U.S. Perfect storm brewing as record voter turnout predicted Peter Goodspeed, National Post The ghost of Floridas hanging chads may return to haunt U. S. voters. The pending presidential election, just days away, is already filled with allegations of voter fraud, intimidation and flawed voting machines. Widespread complaints of incompetence, manipulation and theft threaten to snarl the Nov. 4 vote count, and some say it could even turn e
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
About 400 D.C. residents were recently notified by the State Department that their passport applications were stolen by thieves seeking to use the sensitive information to commit credit card fraud. According to the Washington Post, on March 25, D.C. police officers stopped a car on suspicion of "excessively tinted" windows, which is against the law there. The officers searched the car after they smelled marijuana and found 21 credit cards not in the driver's name and printouts of eight passport
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
A sophisticated cybercrime group that's maintained an especially devious Trojan horse for nearly three years has stolen the log-ons to more than 300,000 online bank accounts and almost as many credit cards during that time, a security company said today.
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
The State Department has notified approximately 400 passport applicants in the D.C. area of a breach in its database security that allowed a ring of thieves to obtain confidential information so they could fraudulently use credit cards stolen from the mail, officials said.
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
A computer virus has stolen the bank account and credit card details of around 500,000 financial institutions. The Sinowal trojan has been around for about two and half years and has been tracked by security solutions provider, RSA.
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
he details of around 500,000 online bank accounts and credit and debit cards have been stolen by a virus described as "one of the most advanced pieces of crimeware ever created". The Sinowal trojan has been tracked by RSA, which provides security solutions for Fortune 500 companies.
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
U.S. officials at Detroit border crossings are preparing early for the start of tougher identification requirements in June, hoping for a smooth transition.
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
[source: noscamnc.gov] Guard Your Personal Information Protect Your Social Security Number Don’t carry your Social Security card in your wallet. Give your Social Security Number (SSN) only when absolutely necessary. Ask why a SSN is needed, who has access to it, and how it is kept confidentia. Don’t print your SSN or driver’s license number on your checks. Shred old bank statements, insurance forms, credit applications, etc. Finances Limit the number of credit cards you carry. Watch billi
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
pamela geller pamela geller Bombshell: Obama Malcom X Love Child? [Scandal] . Pamela “Atlas” Geller Oshry is a conservative blogger previously notable only for having vlogged in a bikini, once, and for being totally obsessed with mustachioed former UN ambassador John Bolton. pamela geller hillbuzz.com… Obama’s Views on Iran are ‘Utterly Immature,’ Says French President . The next American president will face an increasingl
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
A woman poses with her a New Haven Municipal ID card. In a move San Francisco plans to emulate, New Haven offers such IDs to all residents, including illegal immigrants. The cards allow people to open bank accounts, use the library and other services.
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
MOREHEAD CITY - Anyone going through the gate at the Morehead City Port after today must present a Transportation Security Administration security clearance card or be escorted to his destination.
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
K. this is gonna be quick! Geeklawyer is uber busy. You see, the thing about a financial collapse is that accountants & lawyers make money. Isn’t that great? Geeklawyer is raping clients & saving up to go skiing in Japan & Toronto this/next year. Writing blog posts takes up valuable billable hours but, let me kiss up to you dear reader, you’re worth it. Of course when Geeklawyer say that the Bar is doing well he does, of course, mean the Chancery or Commercial Bar: those poor pleb
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
ID Superstore is a leader in providing identification products, smart cards, and security solutions, including a variety of plastic cards, lanyards, badge holders and plastic card printers
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
LaserCard Corporation (NASDAQ:LCRD), a leading provider of secure ID solutions, today announced receipt of purchase orders totaling $11.6 million for optical memory cards, personalization systems and consumables for the Angola National Citizen ID Card program.
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
MP Sent 1984 as ID Cards Rubbished and Addresses to be made secret. A little bit of serendipity… Harvey Mattinson is a former Consultant at GCHQ, the Government’s central ‘electronic surveillance’ location) and has said that Ministers claims that the ID card and National Database would enhance national security are rubbish. All they will be good for is Government Departments sharing information between themselves, on issues such as tax, unemployment, benefits and immigration. Meanwhile, L
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
PCI (Payment Card Industry) Compliance standards was created by major credit card issuers to protect personal information and ensure security when transactions are processed using a payment card. Members of the Payment Card Industry (financial institutions, credit card companies and merchants) must comply with these standards.
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Today Bell ID announced that it will be providing its smart card management software to ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank, to manage ...
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
NEW YORK----Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Credit Cards industry is available in its catalogue.
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
First on the Iowa Independent: Federal prosecutors have arrested Sholom Rubashkin, former chief executive officer and vice president at Agriprocessors and son of company founder Aaron Rubashkin, on a criminal complaint that alleges the man conspired in immigration-related offenses. The criminal complaint is the first against any high-level member of Agriprocessors management and comes in the wake of a massive May 12 immigration raid at the plant. In all, 389 workers — nearly half the plant’s
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