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| Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 22:13:31 -0700
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Hacked French network exposed its own passwords during TV interview
Message-ID: <A16D9941-613E-48BC-BAEE-FC6B7C8368AA@roscom.com>
Hacked French network exposed its own passwords during TV interview
Post-it note on wall revealed network's passwords for YouTube,
Instagram.
by Sam Machkovech
Apr 9, 2015
Ars Technica
While French authorities continued investigating how the TV5Monde
network had 11 of its stations' signals interrupted the night before,
one of its staffers proved just how likely a basic password theft
might have led to the incident.
In an interview about the satellite hack with French news program 13
Heures, TV5Monde reporter David Delos unwittingly revealed at least
one password for the station's social media presence. That's because
he was filmed in front of a staffer's desk - which was smothered
in sticky notes and taped index cards that were covered in account
usernames and passwords.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/04/hacked-french-network-exposed-its-own-passwords-during-tv-interview/
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http://goo.gl/CCLIhI
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| Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 22:12:32 -0700
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Eighth-grader charged with felony for shoulder-surfing teacher's password
Message-ID: <63A830A6-0CEB-4950-8324-8C22FF29C54C@roscom.com>
Eighth-grader charged with felony for shoulder-surfing teacher's
password: the larger crime may be school administrators' poor op sec.
by Dan Goodin
Apr 10, 2015
Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/04/eighth-grader-charged-with-felony-for-shoulder-surfing-teachers-password/
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http://goo.gl/Zx2xHV
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| Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 01:23:39 -0400
From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Los Angeles Streetlights to Be Controlled via Cellular Network
Message-ID: <barmar-2C48C7.01233919042015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>
In article <a3f16dc2-19a6-4215-9cae-6dc3323e8718@googlegroups.com>,
Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 11:41:36 AM UTC-5, danny burstein wrote:
>
> > I guess the GPS is needed to keep track of all
> > those fugitive streetlights as they pull up
> > roots and try escaping...
>
> So how would you identify them?
If they're controlling them via the cellular network, they'll each
have a unique phone number. That's how you identify them.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
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| Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 20:16:13 -0700
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: FrankenNokia
Message-ID: <34227877-9A16-4053-B565-CF8F52DBC3A3@roscom.com>
FrankenNokia
Monday Note
by Jean-Louis Gassée
Apr 19, 2015
Stitching together the disparate body parts - and cultures - that make
up Nokia-Alcatel-Lucent is not a task for the faint of heart. This
week we look at what Rajeev Suri, the CEO of the combined companies,
is up against.
April 15th 2015: Nokia "agrees" to the $16.6B takeover of
Alcatel-Lucent. On the surface, the acqui-merger makes sense. Both
companies make networking gear and they're of similar size, each with
2014 revenues of about $16B. (Nokia's latest financials;
Alcatel-Lucent's 2014 annual report.)
It's a financially complex transaction involving two complicated and
venerable companies. Debt is assumed, debt is exchanged for shares,
new debt is issued - there are a lot of ifs and buts.
http://www.mondaynote.com/2015/04/19/frankennokia/
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| Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 10:11:39 -0500
From: Doug McIntyre <merlyn@dork.geeks.org>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Los Angeles Streetlights to Be Controlled via Cellular Network
Message-ID: <uaCdnbdNZPk2WK7InZ2dnUU7-V2dnZ2d@giganews.com>
danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> writes:
> In <mgrq83$n9e$1@dont-email.me> Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> writes:
>> The City of Los Angeles, California recently announced a plan to monitor
>> and control all of its streetlights via a cellular network, allowing
>> city workers to control the lights remotely from a Web browser, CNNMoney
>> reports.
>> The system will identify each streetlight's location via GPS, and will
>> allow workers to turn lights on or off and to dim them or brighten them
>> as needed.
> I guess the GPS is needed to keep track of all those fugitive
> streetlights as they pull up roots and try escaping...
I don't think its all that absurd a thing, I've been in deployments of
a few hundred sensors/networkable devices, and keeping track of their
locations 100% accurately is quite a chore, with at least half a dozen
audits to make sure it is all 100% accurate.
Also, if you need to repair/replace said thing, making sure it is all
updated in the database correctly can be easily overlooked. Having
them self-monitor their location and report back isn't all that bad a
thing I think.
--
Doug McIntyre
doug@themcintyres.us
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