黑莓iPhone易成恐襲目標

星島日報

在英國政府內統領保安事務的韋斯特勛爵 （Lord West）發出警告，指現時已經漸漸普及成為人類生活一部分的電子通訊產品例如「黑莓」（Blackberry）和iPhone手機等，很容易被間諜、犯 罪分子甚至恐怖分子襲擊。事實上，拉登領導的恐怖組織「基地」正意圖向英國發動電子及網絡戰，英國決定成立一個電子及網絡保安部門，加強防衛能力，應付這 方面的威脅，包括來自中國和俄羅斯的威脅。

　　韋斯特形容這是一場「電子及網絡冷戰」，黑客會利用他們所掌握的科技，襲擊英國的電腦系統，從而令電力、供水、航空交通、政府部門和金融市場陷入癱瘓。

　　他強調，英國一定要提高警覺，加強防範，尤其是大受消費者歡迎的「黑莓」和iPhone等電子產品，最容易成為襲擊目標。

　　他說：「當你擁有一部新電話，即時要面對所有與互聯網有關的問題。突然，人人都可以取得各式各樣的資料和數據。我們知道，恐怖分子也正在利用互聯網，進行他們的激進活動。他們運用互聯網的能力不斷增強，意味著他們發動襲擊的機會也不斷增加。」

　　英國官員拒絕具體透露政府的電腦系統受過多少襲擊，但他們承認，單是英國電訊（BT）的電腦系統，平均每天便要面對1000次襲擊。

　　韋斯特指出，他個人拒絕使用現時在市場內熱賣的新式智能電話，寧可使用「石器時代」的電話。

高科技與政治

近來發覺政治已滲入高科技團體; 本來以為自己在参與高科技活動, 但週圍的人都在講政治, 覺得自已入錯了空間 !

政治是一個多面貌的動物, 可以好單純, 也可以好奸惑 ! 權利會使人失去理性 !
外面的權勢你又知幾多 ?

八國聯軍的教訓, 我們要永遠記住 !

所以政治, 唔好預我 !

內地新電腦下月起須裝過濾軟件

裝有過濾軟件的電腦你會買嗎 ?

文匯報

【本報北京新聞中心記者李雪穎9日電】內地即將開始一場大規模的「攔網」行動。中國工業和信息化部發文要求，7月1日後出廠和銷售的電腦將預裝一款名為「綠壩-花季護航」(簡稱「綠壩」)的綠色上網過濾軟件。據悉，該款軟件具備攔截色情內容、過濾不良網站、控制上網時間、查看上網記錄等功能，保護青少年健康上網。據悉，中央財政將為此投入逾4,000萬元(人民幣，下同)。

　來自工業和信息化部《關於計算機預裝綠色上網過濾軟件的通知》稱，這款被稱為「綠壩」的綠色上網過濾軟件，旨在「有效過濾互聯網不良文字和圖像內容」，進一步鞏固整治互聯網低俗之風專項行動成果，堅持懲防結合，切實保護未成年人健康成長，推動互聯網健康有序發展。

專家指行政命令方式不妥

　「綠壩－花季護航」是一款圖形過濾軟件，全稱為「金惠堵截黃色圖像及不良信息專家系統」，具有通過技術手段為用戶過濾掉不良互聯網信息、控制上網時間、管理電腦遊戲等功能，並且還可以查看此前的上網記錄，上述功能便於父母了解子女的上網情況，並免於互聯網不良信息的影響。

　中國人民大學新聞學院副院長喻國明對本報表示，品牌電腦預裝這款過濾軟件適合在特定的環境下，如有未成年人的家庭或者未成年人使用較多的場合，這樣能夠保護他們免受不良網站影響。但是，預裝軟件應該是民眾自願的，政府可以倡導企業和用戶安裝這種軟件，但不應採取行政命令型的手段。喻國明認為，如果民眾反應較為強烈，不排除官方修正這個規定的可能。

多家廠商稱正研新規細節

　對於此次規定，電腦廠商的表態也不盡相同。方正科技新聞發言人表示，支持工信部的這一政策，保護青少年健康上網也是方正應盡的社會責任，他預計7月起銷售的電腦將全部安裝綠壩－花季護航軟件。

　海爾電腦相關負責人表示，海爾電腦支持工信部的這一政策，由於只是前兩天剛接到這一通知，且無實施細則，目前內部正在研究如何落實政策。

　聯想集團相關負責人表示，目前無法就此事發表評論。

　中國惠普公司相關負責人表示，惠普公司正在與美國信息技術行業協會密切合作，以獲得進一步的信息，並對一些問題進行確認，同時監測相關進程。

　戴爾中國公司新聞發言人表示，戴爾已經接到有關這一方面的通知，目前已經在評估和研究具體的實施細節。

Facebook Username

tech.blorge.com

Get your thinking caps on because you have just a few days to figure out the vanity URL you want to have associated with your Facebook page. They’re coming, not just for celebrities and well-known people, but for us ordinary people who Facebook has finally decided are deserving of a name rather than a number.

The rumors that have been doing the rounds for a couple of weeks have proved true - Facebook is introducing vanity URLs this Saturday (June 13). From 12:01 a.m. EDT on that day you’ll be given the option to choose a username for your Facebook profile which will then form the URL. So it’ll go from Facebook.com/01010101 to Facebook.com/ilovevanityurls or whatever you want it to be.

There are multiple reasons Facebook is doing this, the first being that there’s been a demand for it, particularly in light of the popularity of Twitter and its vanity URLs. It will also help SEO, help people connect with other easier by simply giving out their Facebook username rather than instructing someone to search for them, and introduce the possibility for @myname type responses to be made. The last of which is likely to turn Facebook more into Twitter than it already is.

Facebook is setting some ground rules on the process. Most importantly, once chosen, the username cannot be changed. Ever. Which means you need to get it right the first time. Unless you fancy setting a new account up and rebuilding your friends list just to get a new username.

Not that you’ll be able to do that for a while. In an attempt to prevent username squatting, Facebook will initially not allow anyone who set an account up after 3 p.m. today to choose a vanity URL. At least for the time being. I suspect it’ll be at least a month or two until the situation changes.

There was early speculation that the vanity URLs would have to be paid for but it looks as though Facebook has decided against charging for the pleasure of being a name rather than a number. Probably because only a tiny minority would have bothered paying the asking price. So free it is, thankfully.
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# Rumor: Facebook preparing to roll out vanity URLs
# Forget domain squatting, now it’s username squatting
# Facebook plans to launch Facebook Connect
# Google targeting Facebook and MySpace
# Facebook working to take on iTunes Store, Amazon MP3 Service

New malware attack infecting Web sites

news.cnet.com

Security firm Websense has put out an advisory warning Web site owners about malicious code that redirects surfers to seemingly safe sites.

About 40,000 Web sites appear to have been compromised with rogue JavaScript code that redirects Web surfers to a fake Google Analytics site, after which they get passed onto a site that tries to exploit Internet Explorer or Firefox vulnerabilities to infect that PC with malware, according to a Websense researcher quoted by Computerworld. Just for good measure, if the site can't find a browser vulnerability, it tries to trick the user into downloading a Trojan.

It's not clear how the sites were compromised, but Computerworld reported the redirect sites are being hosted in the Ukraine, implying that the Russian Business Network is behind the threat.

This is a separate scam from the Gumblar attack that made the rounds last week, according to Websense.