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Posted on 07/02/2004 10:22:06 AM PDT by JustPiper
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"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat"
FBI urges vigilance for July 4
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A constant stream of intelligence indicating that al Qaeda wants to strike the United States this summer or fall has led federal officials to urge increased vigilance during the Independence Day weekend, but there is no specific threat of an attack timed to the holiday.
We are the "Stotters" who make ourselves aware of the enemy who wishes to do us harm
Meet It!
Greet It!
Defeat It!
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
"Ping to you jerseygirl and anyone else to go immediately to StillProud2BeFree's post #1864 if you have not already.
BUMP"
LOL! Good point!
And after the spankings...
I already mentioned that in 1,979. Beat ya to it!
You don't need to explain it or be sorry. Clinton should be sorry, but he's not (except that he got caught numerous times). Presidential behavior is part of the office. GWB has restored class to the office of the presidency IMHO. Hipshot, so glad you're here with us! Your insight is needed and appreciated!
I second that thanks to JR! Wowser!
Is IE emptying your bank account?
Microsoft's Internet Explorer is broken, and criminal hackers (crackers) know it. Within the last few weeks, these evildoers have staged several well-orchestrated Internet Explorer attacks designed to steal your banking and credit card information. The result has been that you can't trust Internet Explorer--how will you know if a secure site is truly safe? Here's a look at what's wrong with Internet Explorer and what you can do to keep your data under lock and key.
At issue are not one, but several flaws within Internet Explorer, some well known and some not so well known (so-called zero day attacks). All of the serious attacks also use tiny apps called keystroke-logging Trojan horses, which capture IDs, passwords, and credit card information as you type them. And all of the attacks so far happen without users even suspecting there's anything wrong. Note: Only Windows users are at risk; Mac and Linux folks, you're safe for now.
Let the attacks begin!
Two weeks ago, elements of the Russian mafia coordinated a brilliant attack that turned the Internet into millions of points of digital infection. First, the Russians (or their hired crackers) managed to secure malicious code on vulnerable Microsoft IIS Web servers worldwide. Then, using flaws within Internet Explorer, malicious JavaScript automatically downloaded whenever a user visited an infected site (which included popular search and auction destinations). That JavaScript in turn downloaded a keystroke-logging Trojan horse from another server located in Russia. The attack ended once the Russian server was taken offline.
Last week, a second attack targeted accounts with major financial institutions, such as Citibank and Deutsche Bank. Spread by pop-up advertising, which in turn loaded malicious code, this attack uses a Browser Helper Object (BHO), a type of file that developers frequently use to monitor Internet Explorer sessions. In this case, whenever a user visits a banking site, just before the encrypted secure socket layer (SSL) session starts between user and bank, the Trojan records all the POST and GET information before it is encrypted. The Trojan then starts its own encrypted session, sending your personal banking data to a remote server.
Buggy, buggy Internet Explorer
How could this happen? Blame monopolies. When Microsoft launched its browser war against Netscape a few years ago, we all lost. By encouraging Web site developers to "optimize for Internet Explorer," Microsoft killed off the competition by offering Web surfers flashing images and pretty sounds. Internet Explorer now holds a commanding 95 percent of the Internet browser market. Because of that market dominance, however, Internet Explorer engineers have been lax about browser innovations and battening down its hatches.
In the wake of these serious security events, the software giant posted instructions to secure your Internet Explorer.
In a nutshell, the instructions say to increase the security settings within Internet Explorer, turn off JavaScript and ActiveX, and start reading e-mail in plain text (because Outlook uses Internet Explorer to render HTML). In other words, we should turn off everything Web developers have been told to optimize for. No more flashing images, no more cute sounds, just bland old, flat Web pages. And if you do follow these instructions, many Web sites you use every day simply will not work properly. Thanks a lot, Microsoft.
Here's the best part: there's one flaw that Microsoft fixed six years ago in Internet Explorer 3.0 and 4.0 that has resurfaced in versions 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0. And there are a few new bugaboos within Internet Explorer that even the software giant in Redmond, Washington, didn't know existed, despite its own efforts, a.k.a. Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing campaign. To its credit, Microsoft has since posted a patch for one of the new Internet Explorer flaws, but it waited a week to do so, and this patch still doesn't resolve all the problems.
Bail on Internet Explorer--now
The crisis with Internet Explorer is so bad that the U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) now recommends that you move away from Microsoft Internet Explorer. You have Netscape 7.1, Mozilla 1.7, and Opera 7.5 to choose from, however, there is much excitement surrounding Mozilla's new Firefox browser, currently in beta, if only because Firefox reunites several original Netscape developers.
Short of bailing from Internet Explorer, you can also stop remote-access Trojan horses with a good personal desktop firewall such as ZoneAlarm or those included within Norton Internet Security and McAfee Internet Security. Finally, several of the banking Trojans can be removed with apps such as Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad-aware, as well as your favorite antivirus app. If you aren't currently checking for spyware, you should be. And if you aren't running antivirus protection, well, now's a really good time, don't you think?
http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/AnchorDesk/4520-7297_16-5142452.html
Do you know if this was on video or audio?
One of my favorite parts of that movie is when Arthur runs into to Anarcho-Communist hippie peasant.
Is that your dog? Sure is cute.
Wasn't there another statement, I think something
Cindy posted, that told Muslins in America to go
North to Canada?
No problem at all...I have some creative typing fingers at times, too.
I appreciate your understanding, I really do. "Honor" is not just a word. GWB inherited a horribly broken system for dealing with the worst possible problem. In spite of that, he executes his duty with an alacrity that I haven't seen since President Reagan was in office, (No offense to GHWB). He has no need to rise to any occasion; he's already there.
Well I fell better now! NOT
University Aims to Thwart Terrorist Threats to Food Supply
The University of Minnesota will help keep the nation's food supply safe from terrorist attacks.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman were at the University of Minnesota Tuesday to officially launch a new Center for Food Protection and Defense.
The center will work with food producers and distributors to help keep the nation's food supply safe from terrorist attacks.
http://www.kare11.com/news/news-article.asp?NEWS_ID=66235
Not my dog. I did a GIS for a birthday pic. My dogs are APBT's.
I remember "north" being mentioned before. Lemme find it.
Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
Drudge has "Blackout threat in Phoenix," but it links back to itself. Anyone?!
Gas Station Owners Arrested, Charged With Money Laundering, Human Smuggling
By Lauren DeFranco
(Central Islip-WABC, July 6, 2004) Several gas station owners on Long Island are no longer behind the pumps, but behind bars......snip
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_070604_gasstations.html
LOS ANGELES, July 6 (Reuters) - Phoenix faces the threat of rolling blackouts on Wednesday after a fire at a major power substation reduced the amount of electricity that could be moved into the city, a utility spokesman said.
"So far, we have managed to avoid any involuntary curtailments but we are in a very tight situation and tomorrow (Wednesday) will be even tighter," Alan Bunnell, a spokesman for utility Arizona Public Service, said on Tuesday.
Bunnell said the utility was "having an aggressive conservation push" in a bid to avert rolling blackouts with temperatures in Phoenix seen climbing to around 109 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday.
I believe this was from a letter.
Where's granny? She'd know.
Thanks
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