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Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:18:24 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: In Framingham, ring helps man find his stolen iPhone
Message-ID: <p0624086cca4769d4adb9@[10.0.1.4]>
In Framingham, ring helps man find his stolen iPhone
By Scott O'Connell/Daily News staff
MetroWest Daily News
Posted Jul 16, 2011 @ 12:14 AM
Last update Jul 16, 2011 @ 12:55 AM
FRAMINGHAM -
A truck driver made the right call after discovering his phone had
been stolen Thursday morning. He quickly used another phone to dial
his own number, which led him to the suspected thief just a few feet
away.
Police said they arrested Ronald B. Horne, 26, of 17B Thompson St.,
after he broke into a truck parked outside Dunkin' Donuts on Concord
Street at 11:50 a.m. and took a cellphone, GPS unit, cigarettes and
about $450 in cash.
After taking the items, police said, Horne went inside the shop,
where the truck's driver was getting his order.
When the driver went back to his company truck, he noticed that his
iPhone and GPS were gone. He went back into Dunkin' Donuts and asked
to use the phone, which he used to call his iPhone, Lt. Victor
Pereira said.
"When he did this, he heard his ring tone coming from Mr. Horne's
pocket," Pereira said.
Horne admitted he took the phone and GPS, police said.
...
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/highlight/x633527300/Police-say-ringing-phone-gives-away-thief-in-Framingham
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:25:54 -0700
From: Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Tracing Calls w/Spoofed Numbers?
Message-ID: <r6qdnfU34P6-p7_TnZ2dnUVZ_tWdnZ2d@giganews.com>
Robert Bonomi wrote:
r-all problem.
>
> Now, if -you- can identify who the caller is, and establish that
> they're inside the U.S.A., such a complaint to the AG has a much
> better chance of action. In fact, you can also sue them directly.
>
Exactly. But, you better be prepared to pay your attorney up-front. A
retainer of $20,000 would be a good starting place.
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:06:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lisa or Jeff <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: area code named beer
Message-ID: <22e621f4-e7f0-4a34-9895-fbabb90e777f@l18g2000yql.googlegroups.com>
It seems that Budweiser will market beer named for the primary area
code of a city. For instance, Philadelphia will soon have "215 beer"
and there's a 312 for Chicago.
for full article please see:
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/homepage/20110716_Budweiser_trademarks__215___plans_challenge_to_local_brews.html
Actually, this isn't as strange as it seems. Years ago, in the days
of exchange names, some local businesses named themselves after the
local exchange name. For instance, we had a small chain of pharmacies
named Hyatt, Windsor, and Cypress, all exchanges of the towns they
were in.
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:38:37 -0400
From: Matt Simpson <net-news69@jmatt.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Tracing Calls w/Spoofed Numbers?
Message-ID: <net-news69-CC93D2.12383715072011@news.toast.net>
In article <gmqt17lk33s4khd1mfgtjudeet1v33o37t@4ax.com>,
"\(PeteCresswell\)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote:
> Is this even possible - given the resources of a government?
>
> I keep getting these lame-sounding letters from the Pennsylvania
> (USA) AG's office explaining why they can't do anything about
> telephone solicitors calling my cell phone.
>
Tracing the calls is probably difficult. But they don't need to trace
them. All they need to do is follow the money.
The solicitors calling your cell phone (or your home phone) want money
from you, probably via credit card. If the AG's office gave a crap,
they could figure out where the money went and bust the callers that way.
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:28:19 +0000 (UTC)
From: tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon)
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Most cellphone voice mail is vulnerable to hackers
Message-ID: <ivqbdj$oh4$2@reader1.panix.com>
In article <MPG.28893710b5a45b30989d43@news.eternal-september.org>,
T <kd1s.nospam@cox.nospam.net> wrote:
>In article <p06240834ca434104e51d@[10.0.1.4]>, monty@roscom.com says...
>>
>> Most cellphone voice mail is vulnerable to hackers
>> Online services guide the way
>>
>> By Hiawatha Bray
>> Globe Staff / July 13, 2011
>>
>> Breaking into someone's voice mailbox - in the style of the hackers
>> at the British tabloid News of the World - can be as easy in the
>> United States as it is on the other side of the Atlantic.
>>
>> It is done using a readily available online service known as "caller
>> ID spoofing,'' which can make a call appear to be coming from any
>> phone number. Hackers can use it to access someone else's voice mail
>> messages by fooling the system into thinking the call is coming from
>> the owner's cellphone.
>>
>> If the mailbox is not protected by a password, as is often the case,
>> the attacker can hear and even delete messages in the target's voice
>> mailbox.
>>
>> There are numerous spoofing services in the United States; all you
>> need to do is Google them. Although these services are used by
>> hackers to commit crimes, they're also used legitimately by, for
>> example, battered women who do not want their calls traced, or law
>> enforcement agents operating undercover.
>>
>> ...
>>
>>
>http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2011/07/13/most_cellphone_voice_mail_is_vulnerable/
>
>This was the case with Sprint phones some time ago. Actually assisted
>someone in hacking their SO's voicemail using a MagicJack adapter and a
>PERL script that allowed you to set your outbound CLID to anything your
>heart desired.
This means one of two things. Either:
1) Sprint's voicemail system is ignoring the "customer-provided" bit on
calling number identification, or
2) Whoever is currently providing SS7 interconnect to Magic Jack should
be forced to disconnect them post-haste, or use gateway screening to
mark all calling party name and number fields received from Magic Jack
as "customer provided" no matter what Magic Jack tells them.
--
Thor Lancelot Simon tls@panix.com
"All of my opinions are consistent, but I cannot present them all
at once." -Jean-Jacques Rousseau, On The Social Contract
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 02:10:38 -0400
From: T <kd1s.nospam@cox.nospam.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Neighbour from hell hacker gets 18 years in jail
Message-ID: <MPG.288c46eb96335e60989d49@news.eternal-september.org>
In article <pan.2011.07.16.13.19.35.724765@yahoo.com.au>, dcstarbox-
usenet@yahoo.com.au says...
> 'I'm going to kill you': neighbour from hell hacker gets 18 years jail
> Asher Moses
> July 14, 2011
>
> A US man has been jailed for 18 years for waging a "campaign of terror"
> against his neighbours, using their Wi-Fi to frame them for child
> pornography, sexual harassment and other misconduct.
>
> Barry Ardolf, 46, repeatedly hacked into the Wi-Fi network of his
> neighbours, Matt and Bethany Kostolnik, as part of an elaborate revenge
> scheme after they reported him to police for kissing their four-year-old
> son.
>
>
Wow, seriously off his rocker. If you're going to crack all the WEP
passwords in your neighborhood only use them for safe things, like
downloading music and copyrighed videos.
***** Moderator's Note *****
We don't know that his neighbors were using WEP: the story said he
used "password cracking software", and that could include dictionary
attacks on WPA nodes.
This story, although clearly so far out of the norm that the risk of
it happening to anyone else can be discounted, is still a great
starting point for a discussion about identity in the digital age. If
you are what people think you are, then anyone who can influence what
they think can decide what you are.
Bill
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