TELECOM Digest     Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:15:00 EST    Volume 24 : Issue 531

Inside This Issue:                             Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Zombies Boost New Sober Variant (Paul F. Roberts)
    Bogus Email Contains New Sober Worm (Associated Press News Wire)
    Spammers/Scammers/Phishermen do Not Take Holidays (Jonathan Stempel)
    Change of rslade@sprint.ca Email Address (Rob Slade)
    Re: Showdown with USA Over Internet Control (C.W.)
    Old Teletype Machine (Richard Mogford)
    VoicePulse Owns Your Number (Fred Atkinson)
    Cellular-News for Wednesday 23rd November 2005 (Cellular-News)
    Cisco Teams With ZTE (USTelecom dailyLead)
    I am Beginner (vigneswaranj@gmail.com)
    CSTA Protocol stack (Hemal.Shah@MatrixTeleSol.com)
    Re: Hollywood and BitTorrent Reach Agreement (Paul Vader)

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From: Paul F. Roberts <eWeek@telecom-digest.org> 
Subject: Zombies Boost New Sober Variant
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:42:34 -0600


Paul F. Roberts - eWEEKTue Nov 22, 1:23 PM ET

Anti-virus and e-mail security companies warned Internet users Tuesday
about a new variant of the Sober worm that was flooding e-mail servers
around the world, with help from zombie machines infected by earlier
editions of the same worm.

Sober.AG is the latest in a long line of mass e-mail worms.

It appeared Monday, after machines infected with older variants began
spamming out the new version in a massive e-mail flood.

The e-mail messages use a variety of subterfuges to trick recipients
into opening the virus attachment, including messages that pretend to
come from the FBI and CIA, security firms said Tuesday.

E-mail security vendor MessageLabs of New York City said it blocked
more than 2.7 million e-mail messages with the new Sober variant since
around 7 p.m. GMT on Monday in what it called a "major offensive."

Symantec Corp. rated the worm, which it dubbed "Sober.X," a "Level 3"
threat on a scale of one to five.

The company has received more than 1,600 samples of the worm from
corporations and 300 from consumers, Symantec said in an e-mail
statement.

For advice on how to secure your network and applications, as well as
the latest security news, visit Ziff Davis Internet's Security IT Hub.

Sober worms are nothing new, but the latest variant is much more
widely distributed than other recent versions because it is being sent
out, simultaneously, from countless other Sober-infected machines, or
"bots," said Symantec.

The new worm also uses a variety of enticing messages, in both German
and English, to trick users.

Messages that appear to come from the FBI or CIA tell users that their
IP address has been logged on "more than 30 illegal Websites," and
asks them to open an attached file containing a "list of questions."

Opening the file launches the Sober worm and infects the computer,
anti-virus vendors said.

Other e-mail campaigns containing the Sober.AG worm promise recipients
a glimpse of videos of jet-setters Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie if
they open the file, according to an e-mail alert from Computer
Associates International Inc.

The FBI issued a statement Tuesday warning the public to avoid falling
for the scam.

Anti-virus vendors advised customers to update their anti-virus
signatures and to be wary of scam e-mail messages.

Check out eWEEK.com's Security Center for the latest security news,
reviews and analysis. And for insights on security coverage around the
Web, take a look at eWEEK.com Security Center Editor Larry Seltzer's
Weblog.

Copyright 2005 Ziff Davis Inc. 

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copyrighted property of Ziff Davis Media.

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From: Associated Press News Wire <ap@telecom-digest.org> 
Subject: Bogus Emails Contain New Sober Worm
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:41:22 -0600


Austria's equivalent of the FBI said Tuesday that it is investigating
a flurry of bogus e-mails sent in its name to people in Austria,
Germany and Switzerland.

The Federal Criminal Investigations Office said the e-mails warn
recipients that they are illegally in possession of pirated software,
and that the messages contain the computer-crippling "Sober" worm.

The agency warned people who receive the e-mails not to open the
attachments, and said it has nothing to do with their circulation.

An investigation is under way, the agency said.

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press.

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From: Jonathan Stempel <reuters@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Spammers/Scammers/Virus Writers Do Not Take Holidays
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:43:44 -0600


By Jonathan Stempel

Consumers who shop and bank online believe criminals have no plans to
take any holidays this season.

A survey released this week by computer maker Sun Microsystems
Inc. shows that while three-quarters of adult holiday shoppers who use
computers plan to buy some gifts online, 67 percent fear that
criminals are lurking to steal their personal identification
data. Eighty-three percent say ID theft poses a bigger threat around
the year-end holidays.

Yet these same consumers expect companies to protect them. Eighty
percent say they would switch or consider switching banks if they
learned their personal data were stolen, lost or shared without their
consent. About 90 percent say retailers that compromised data could
lose their business.

"Consumers are trying to move past the fear," Sara Gates, Sun's vice
president of identity management, said in an interview. "Awareness
about online identities is higher than we thought. The onus is on
companies to increase confidence."

The survey was conducted after a year of high-profile incidents in
which data for at least 50 million Americans, including U.S. senators
and Air Force officers, were stolen, lost or improperly accessed. Ten
million Americans a year are ID theft victims, the Federal Trade
Commission estimates.

Around the holidays, criminals have millions of potential targets.

The Conference Board on Tuesday said 34 percent of all consumers will
buy gifts on the Internet, up from 33 percent last year, with books,
clothing, shoes, toys, movie videos and DVDs, and music CDs the top
stocking-stuffers.

Meanwhile, an ABC News survey released on Wednesday estimates 31
percent of Americans will shop online, with higher income and
better-educated consumers the most likely to do so.

JupiterResearch, a unit of Jupitermedia Corp., expects U.S. holiday
online sales to rise 18 percent this year to $26 billion.

WHO'S TO BLAME?

Criminals hunting for credit card numbers and passwords are developing
more sophisticated means of thievery. Regulators are trying to fight
back, ordering banks by late 2006 to tighten online access, often by
requiring two forms of identification.

For some, fighting back is overdue.

According to the Sun survey, just 30 percent of consumers say it is OK
for banks to use social security numbers as the main form of
identification.

One in three say they have been victims of ID theft, or know people
who have. On the other hand, 44 percent say most ID theft victims are
probably careless.

Some are. It is well-known that many criminals successfully "phish"
for victims by sending e-mails, often larded with grammar and spelling
mistakes, that encourage victims to dispense their personal data on
real-looking Web sites.

Translation: Consumers should not give out personal data when
contacted by strangers.

Protections on real Web sites vary. Citibank, Bank of America, Chase,
Wachovia and Wells Fargo, for example, post larger, more prominent
security notices on their home pages than Wal-Mart, Home Depot, eBay
and Amazon.com do.

Unfortunately, sophisticated criminals have graduated to keylogging,
where they monitor victims' Web use and keystrokes, and "pharming,"
where they silently redirect computer users to fake Web sites. This
activity can be tough to detect.

Many politicians have had enough. A handful of ID theft bills are
pending in Congress, though opponents say some would block many states
from enforcing even tougher laws.

The Sun survey was conducted by Harris Interactive, which polled 2,062
adults online between November 1 and 3. The ABC News survey was
conducted by TNS, which polled 1,003 adults by phone between November
16 and 20. The surveys' margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage
points.

Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited. 

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Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:51:33 -0800
From: Rob Slade <rMslade@shaw.ca>
Subject: Change of rslade@sprint.ca Email Address
Reply-To: rMslade@shaw.ca
Organization: Vancouver Institute for Research into User


After over a decade of dialup speeds, missed messages, no filtering
(in my line, that might have been a good thing), unreliable servers,
and tech support that answered every single query with, "Well, you'll
have to tell me your username and password for me to check that," I
have finally had enough.

I know it sometimes doesn't show it on the mailing list postings, but
my ISP address has been the world's most recognizable Sprint.ca
address, rslade@sprint.ca.  It's going bye-bye.  Almost immediately.
It will, in fact, be used as a spam/email virus honeytrap by a
security company.

I have Internet service through Shaw, now.  I did *NOT* manage to get
rslade@shaw.ca, which ticks me off no end.  I had to take
rMslade@shaw.ca.  (I have created a bunch of others, including
cissp@shaw.ca and also p-1@shaw.ca, which partially made up for not
getting rslade.)

So, now I have to go through the process of telling everyone.  (I also
have to go through the process of getting the change made on Yahoo,
and that is turning out to be not quite as easy as they let on.)


======================  (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer)
rslade@vcn.bc.ca      slade@victoria.tc.ca      rslade@sun.soci.niu.edu
The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it
                                     - John Gilmore
http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev    or    http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~rslade

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Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:07:40 -0600
From: C.W. <temp18@thewolfden.org>
Reply-To: temp18@thewolfden.org
Organization: TWD
Subject: Re: Showdown with USA Over Internet Control


TELECOM Digest Editor noted in response to a message:

> [*TELECOM Digest Editor's Note*: Well, to me it is sort of a toss-up. 
> Which to you is more opressive? Tons of spam and scam and phishing 
> each day via a coordinator (ICANN) who essentially turns a blind eye 
> to the mess that the internet has become in the past decade, or some 
> _other_ coordinator who *might or might not* attempt to exercise some 
> censorship on a few web sites here and there. Might or might not ... 
> but would most assuredly instruct registrars and ISPs under them to 
> clamp down HARD on spammers, etc. I always laugh when I hear people 
> complain that some other administrator would (gasp!) probably censor 
> users and sites, all the while going ho-hum and shrugging their 
> shoulders while scammers, scammers and phishermen have almost shut us 
> down now, so fearful are many users to sign their real email addresses 
> or participate in any real, meaningful way. I mean, even if it is true 
> that ICANN is sort of backed into a corner with the contracts they 
> have out on the net now, even asking them to give favorable 
> consideration to eventually phase out their existing contracts in 
> favor of differnet ones just gets a blank stare in return. Some of us 
> would just as soon take our chances with someone else running things. 
> That is why I feel the arguments about how 'some other organization in 
> charge might be censors, etc' are so bogus. PAT]

I'll ignore the ignorance behind what you're suggesting is the cause
of spam, and just include a quote that is applicable to you
personally:

    Those willing to give up a little liberty for a little security
    deserve neither security nor liberty.
        - Benjamin Franklin


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Like yourself, I will also excuse your
ignorance. Your old, tired, worn out quote from Benjamin Franklin is
very good, but not really applicable in this instance. It presumes (as
may have been true in BF's lifetime), that America is _absolutely free
and full of liberty and security_ and that other places are not, ergo,
if we don't do it "the American way" we will automatically lose at
least some of our security and some of our liberty, and by extension,
deserve to have neither. Aside from the fact that I am not sure at all
the citizens of England, Australia, Switzerland, Canada, and many
other countries would agree with your claims that people making my
suggestions about 'internet governance' are _ignorant_ ,it is also
true, I hope you would agree, that the good old US of A. is hardly the
place it was when Ben Franklin penned his thoughts. While it is also
true that USA does not directly, willfully or purposely, limit our
thoughts and speech (not that often, anyway, only when it suits their
purpose and political objectives), a number of former netizens have
bailed out over the years -- in effect been censored -- because of the
abundance of crime on the net. They won't speak up, at least in any
effective way by signing their names/email addresses since they do not
want to be victimized by spammers, scammers, etc. 

There are many users who would qualify for Ben Franklin's scorn by
their reliance upon _filtering techniques_; they'd rather tolerate
losing a few valid pieces of email rather than risk being terrorized
by a few other email 'writers', i.e. phishermen sticking their noses
into places where they do not belong, crackers who rape databases, and
would-be 'businesmen' who spam the hell out of them every day. Aside
 from the fact that email filtering is by and large quite ineffectual
in the long run, let's look at the present 'internet governance' who
makes such tactics necessary: You would probably blame the spammers,
the scammers, etc for 'making it necessary'. They no more make it
necessary than the animal welfare shelters make it necessary to
neuter dogs and cats. The animal's own nature and instincts make those
actions required. Ditto spammers, scammers, and phishermen. It is
their nature to behave as they do, they know no better. Groups such
as ICANN (to make an illustration) refuse to do a thorough abatement
of the insects plaguing us; I suggest that other 'governors' might
do better. If these other governors turn out to be as rotten and
ineffecient as ICANN has been, then we can replace them also, until
we find a governor we do like. 

You sir, seem to be making the arrogant assumption that the governor
we presently have is the only one who won't harm us by his actions. 
(And puh-leeze, no more wimpering about how ICANN is 'only involved
with technical standards and has no control otherwise'; that has been
discredited now so often it is no longer funny at all, if it ever
was.) One's actions can be by deliberate commission, as I suspect
you agree would be the case with certain countries in Asia or the
middle east. One's actions can also be by neglect. ICANN, by its
neglect has done as much to 'censor' internet as many countries in 
Asia could do it they tried. So I will be happy and blissful in my
ignorance and you can be happy and blissful in your arrogance. There
are no guarentees of liberty and freedom either way we go, so I will
go one direction while you toss about Franklin's quoto to your
heart's desire.   PAT]

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Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:13:56 -0800
From: Richard Mogford <rchrdm@earthlink.net>
Subject: Old Teletype Machine


Hi,

We have an old teletype machine that we are trying to give away.  It
is located in Walnut Creek, CA.

Attached is a picture of it.  It is a model MT-5 "Morse to Teletype Code 
Translator."

Can you help me locate someone who might be interested in taking it?
Is there some way to post an ad on your site or in your Digest?

Thanks,

Richard


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I was unable to get your .jpg to
translate corectly for this _text_ digest. If you would be so
kind to take a photo of the machine, put it on a link at your
site, and write again, mentioning the link, I will be happy to
mention your offer again. Or, send me a link to the .jpg and I
will 'right click it' and make a web page for you here.  Thanks.
PAT]

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From: Fred Atkinson <fatkinson@mishmash.com>
Subject: Voicepulse Owns Your Number
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:45:16 -0500


When I moved to NC, I wanted to use Vonage (as I was using them in SC
and I was pleased with the service).  Unfortunately, they did not
provide numbers to this area.

I found Voicepulse as an alternative VOIP provider.  I've had some
problems with their service and they've shown a complete lack of
interest in fixing them.  The one that annoys me the most is still not
fixed.  The first couple of problems I tried to escalate and was told
that there was no one to escalate to because the next level was the
CEO of the company and he wouldn't talk to me.  They only fixed that
problem because I wouldn't lay off demanding to speak with him unless
they did.

So, our friend Jason put me in touch with Carolina Net.  I've got
their phone installed and put in a request to report my NC number to
it.

Voicepulse says that they own the number.  Apparently they have some
legalese that says they won't release it to another carrier.  I went
to considerable trouble getting that number listed with Verizon's
directory assistance and I feel that number belongs to me.

I've sent Voicepulse notice that I expect them to release my number.
They say they will not.  In fact, they called me just a few minutes
ago and said that the porting request from Carolina Net would be
declined.

I'm looking for recourse and I'm not interested in hearing that there
is no recourse.  Can anyone here make some suggestions as to most
effective avenue to pursue?

Fred Atkinson

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Subject: Cellular-News for Wednesday 23rd November 2005
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:17:11 -0600
From: Cellular-News <dailydigest@cellular-news-mail.com>


Cellular-News - http://www.cellular-news.com

[[3G News]]

Vodafone's 3G Service Subscribers In Japan Top 2 Million
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14930.php

Vodafone Group PLC's Japanese unit said Tuesday the number of
subscribers to its third-generation mobile telephone services has
topped 2 million, about three years after the service's launch. ...

Thai NTC Says 3G Licence Criteria To Be Ready By End-Dec
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14931.php

Thailand's National Telecommunication Commission, or NTC, reiterated
Tuesday that the long-awaited criteria for licenses to provide third
generation telecom services will be set by the end of December. ...

3G the Trigger to Wider Consumer Smart Phone Adoption - report
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14938.php

According to IDC, the Western European mobile phone market (consisting
of traditional mobile phones and converged devices) maintained healthy
double digit growth in 3Q05 as shipments increased by 16% year on year
and 5% sequentially to reach 39.5 mil...

UMTS TD-CDMA Expansion in Indonesia
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14942.php

Indonesia's netZAP has awarded Alcatel a contract for commercial
expansion of its trial network in Jakarta. Alcatel will design and
roll-out the network with UMTS TD-CDMA equipment from IPWireless. The
network is scheduled for completion before year ...

[[Financial News]]

Russia's VimpelCom gets $250 million syndicated loan 
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14935.php

Russia's second-largest mobile operator VimpelCom signed an agreement
on November 18 to attract a U.S. $250 million 3-year syndicated loan,
the company's press office said Tuesday. ...

[[Handsets News]]

US Customers Not Happy with Phone Shops
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14937.php

According to a new report from The NPD Group, American consumer
satisfaction with the wireless retail shopping experience is low
across the board, with only 24% of recent mobile phone purchasers
stating that they had an excellent or good experience. ...

[[Legal News]]

Russian court rejects SMARTS claim against Duma deputy
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14934.php

The Moscow Arbitration Court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit filed by
Russian telecommunications operator SMARTS against Sergei Chaplinsky,
a deputy in Russia's State Duma. The State Duma is Russia's lower
house of parliament. ...

[[Messaging News]]

'Redberry' Flourishes: Push-Email Enters Chinese Market
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14940.php

Facio Software and Digital China have recently signed a long-term
agreement to market Facio's "Uni PushMail" service. The first wave of
Daxian CU-928 Pocket PC phones bundled with Uni PushMail software has
started pouring into the market....

Report Child Sickness by SMS
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14943.php

Parents in Sweden today want to communicate with their children's day
care centre and school through electronic channels, while
decision-makers in Swedish municipalities believe in sending
information through traditional channels such as letters. The...

[[Mobile Content News]]

Mobile Gambling to Hit Mass-Market Next Year
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14936.php

A new report from visiongain says that the mobile gambling market is
poised for rapid expansion as gambling operators develop their remote
operations. Companies in the m-gambling value chain are beginning to
position themselves and mobile gambling wi...

[[Network Contracts News]]

Huawei Signs Global Supplier Deal With Vodafone
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14932.php

Huawei Technologies, Tuesday said it has signed a global agreement
with U.K.-based mobile telecommunications giant Vodafone Group PLC for
the future supply of network infrastructure equipment. ...

[[Regulatory News]]

Russian official sees technical regulation for mobile networks soon
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14933.php

Russia's IT and Telecommunications Ministry is currently drafting
regulations on technical requirements for mobile telecommunication
networks, Deputy IT and Telecommunications Minister Boris Antonyuk
said at a roundtable arranged by the antimonopol...

Thai Handsets Disconnected
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14941.php

In Thailand, over 100,000 unregistered PrePay phones were disconnected
from their networks last week after their owners had failed to
register their ownership with the mobile network operators. The
requirement was imposed in the three Southern provin...

[[Statistics News]]

Infrastructure Market Posts Gains on Strong Sales of GSM and WCDMA Equipment
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14939.php

Dell'Oro Group has reported that the total mobility infrastructure
market grew 6% in the third quarter of 2005 compared to the same
quarter in 2004, on strong sales of GSM/GPRS/EDGE and WCDMA
equipment....

Motorola Handset Most Desired for Xmas Shopping
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14944.php

Smarter.com, the online shopping site has conducted a survey into what
US customers list as their most desired presents for this Holiday
Season. Identifying search and shopping patters from their network of
online shopping and coupon websites, the Sm...

[[Technology News]]

Vodafone Accelerates Operators' Onslaught on Fixed Voice Revenues
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14945.php

Vodafone's newly enhanced ZuHause home zone service in Germany is one
of a growing number of examples of mobile operators aggressively
targeting fixed voice revenue, according to a new report published by
Analysys. According to the report, the majori...

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Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:22:55 EST
From: USTelecom dailyLead <ustelecom@dailylead.com>
Subject: Cisco Teams With ZTE


USTelecom dailyLead
November 23, 2005
http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/yXqkatagCymvfBDevs

		TODAY'S HEADLINES
	
NEWS OF THE DAY
* Cisco teams with ZTE
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY WATCH
* RIM projects fewer subscriber additions
* Cablevision vs. Verizon: Battle intensifies over NYC suburbs
* SGO enlists Pannaway to roll out video service
* Japan's mobile phone market prepares for shake-up
USTELECOM SPOTLIGHT
* VoIP for Dummies
TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
* Verizon sees great promise in FTTH
* Media giants face competition in online video arena
* How IPTV will benefit telcos
REGULATORY & LEGISLATIVE
* BitTorrent to reduce access to illegal downloads
EDITOR'S NOTE
* The dailyLead will not be published Thursday or Friday

Follow the link below to read quick summaries of these stories and others.
http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/yXqkatagCymvfBDevs

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From: vigneswaranj@gmail.com
Subject: I am Beginner
Date: 22 Nov 2005 22:38:29 -0800
Organization: http://groups.google.com


Hi,

I am a beginner in intelligent networks , kindly anybody send me
tutorials of IN, I want to know the concept of charing in wireless
intelligent network (CDMA).

With regards,

vicky

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From: Hemal.Shah@MatrixTeleSol.com
Subject: CSTA Protocol Stack
Date: 23 Nov 2005 02:10:54 -0800
Organization: http://groups.google.com


Hello everyone,

Can anyone suggest me a vendor from whom I can get CSTA protocol
stack.

Thanking in advance ...

hemal shah

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From: pv+usenet@pobox.com (Paul Vader)
Subject: Re: Hollywood and BitTorrent Reach Agreement
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:00:41 -0000
Organization: Inline Software Creations


Gary Gentile <ap@telecom-digest.org>  writes:

> In a deal aimed at reducing illegal Internet traffic in pirated films,
> Hollywood reached an agreement Tuesday with the creator of the popular
> file-sharing software BitTorrent.

And Bram is laughing behind their back. What a bunch of nitwits.
 
> The agreement requires 30-year-old software designer Bram Cohen to prevent
> his Web site, bittorrent.com, from locating pirated versions of popular
> movies, effectively frustrating people who search for illegal copies of
> films.

Ineffectively, they mean! What gave them the idea that bittorrent.com
was the only place to get torrent files, or even a major place? *

* PV   something like badgers--something like lizards--and something
       like corkscrews.

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