Wednesday, September 5, 2012

iPhone Software Glitch Puts Users at Risk for Scams




The software that powers Apple's popular iPhones may have a flaw that enables scammers to send users bogus messages asking for banking and other personal information.
The software glitch is said to allow scammers to send messages from impersonated accounts specifically to iPhone users. Because iPhones only display the "reply to" address of incoming text messages, iPhone users can potentially receive messages that look as though they're from friends or other trusted sources but are actually fraudulent, asking you to share passwords or to wire money.
The flaw was first noted by a security researcher who blogs under the name "pod2g." "The flaw (has) exist(ed) since the beginning of the implementation of SMS (text messages) in the iPhone, and is still there …" the researcher wrote.
Apple, meanwhile, urges customers to "be extremely careful" when receiving text messages, and recommends using its iMessage instant messaging service instead because it verifies the addresses of senders.
With business owners becoming increasingly dependent on their mobile devices for business communications, iPhone users should be on the lookout for any type of messages, including text, email, and messages over social media networks, that contain suspicious links or ask for personal information. Even if a link appears to be sent from someone you know, if it doesn't immediately appear legit, don't click on it. Contact the sender to find out what it is.
In addition to malicious links, some scammers will try "phishing,” which involves phony texts or emails that appear to have come from your bank asking to verify business or personal account numbers and passwords. If you receive a potentially suspicious message like this, contact your bank directly to alert them about it. While the message could be real, it might also be a sign that you've been hit by a scam. 

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Scientific harvesting to be adopted for the king of fruits


http://www.deccanherald.com/content/254322/scientific-harvesting-adopted-king-fruits.html
R Chowdareddy, Srinivaspur, June 3, 2012, DHNS:
Focus on quality at the Hopcoms purchase centre in Srinivaspur
Close on the heels of the setting up of mango purchase centre by Hopcoms, the growers in the taluk have adopted scientific methods to harvest the produce.

Acting on a direction from the High Court of Karnataka to provide market facilities for mango growers, the Agriculture Produce Market Committee has set up a mango purchase centre at its yard in the town. The guidelines governing the purchase of the produce emphasise on quality of the fruit.

Hitherto, the growers used to harvest the crop unscientifically and poor quality of the produce reflected on the price it fetched in the market. As the area under mango cultivation expanded, the farmers began to pluck the semi-ripened fruit and bring them to the market. The semi-ripened mangoes perished at the earliest, even by the time they were transported to the market and consequently, the traders rejected such fruits during purchase. Huge quantity of mango was wasted this way, to the detriment of the growers.

With the framing of guidelines for purchase of mangoes at the newly-set up purchase centres, the growers have taken to scientific methods of harvesting the ‘King of Fruits.’
The horticultural produce is now being plucked with the help of a basket, which prevents the mangoes from falling to the ground from a height. Earlier, the semi-ripened mangoes were made to fall from the free by hitting them repeatedly with a pole. The mangoes which hit the earth from a height damage and perish easily. Attention is also now being paid on the ripening stage of the mango.

While it is comparatively easy to adopt scientific method of harvesting in a small-size
farm, the task is an arduous one in large holdings. Acute shortage of labourers is a major problem faced during harvesting. The demand for workers goes up sharply during the harvest season. The growers are finding it difficult to get workers even if they offer higher wages. Leaving the mangoes for a long time in the tree will diminish their marketability.

“The mangoes grown in Srinivaspur enter the markets in neighbouring states and even foreign countries. Hence, scientific method of farming is imperative for the growers to fetch a good price for their produce. Rejection of the produce by traders will cause a huge loss to the growers,” said Sanaulla, a trader.

However, the awareness on the benefits of harvesting the crop scientifically, is yet to be created among the growers. Mechanisation of the harvesting could help tackle the labour shortage. The Agriculture Department, farmers and traders have to join hands to bring out a metamorphosis.

Monday, May 28, 2012

Oracle slammed for outdated approach to Java security

Oracle Openworld
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2179375/researcher-needles-oracle-java-security
Oracle has fallen dangerously behind the times with the security policies and practices it utilises on its Java platform, according to one of Kaspersky Lab's top researchers.
Roel Schouwenberg, a senior antivirus researcher with the Kaspersky Lab global research and analysis team told V3 that Oracle has not kept pace with the security advances made by other companies in recent years.
"You can see that Microsoft has gone to sandboxing for Office, Adobe has gone that way, Google has gone that way with Chrome," Schouwenberg noted.
"When you look at what Oracle has done, the sad reality is nothing. And I have to ask why we are letting Oracle get away with this?"
According to figures from Kaspersky, Java remains a top target for malware writers and cyber criminals. Along with Adobe Reader and Flash, Java vulnerabilities are the most popular for online exploits which lead to malware infections.
Adobe has extended the security protections on Reader and Flash. Oracle however has only recently installed basic security measures, says Schouwenberg.
"Two years ago I would have been slamming Adobe for its security," the researcher said.
"Adobe still makes its mistakes, but with Oracle we don't see anything that they are doing to change something."
Oracle did not respond to a request for comment on the matter.
While the Java maker was singled out for its practices, Oracle is far from the only vendor Schouwenberg sees ignoring security issues.
He noted that Google's loose oversight of its Play market has left Android devices vulnerable to malware, while Apple continues to ignore major security risks on the OS X platform in the wake of the Flashback malware outbreak.
Throughout the entire market, Schouwenberg sees the need for better security response time and policies should vendors wish to protect users from malware.
"Any program that can be directly accessed from a web browser should be checking for updates every other day, reasonably, and definitely not less than once a week," he said.
"A broken update system is an issue for a lot of programs still, even Adobe is still struggling on that a bit."

India steps up battle against rising cyber crime wave



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17950502 

Surfing internet
As the number of people coming online in
India rises so could the victims of hackers




As Ankit Fadia, 28, works on his laptop, his fingers furiously tapping away, there is silence in the packed auditorium in central Delhi. 

His projector throws images of codes and symbols onto a white wall, and then suddenly, the crowd bursts into spontaneous applause.

Another website has been successfully hacked and unlocked.

But rather than doing something illegal, Mr Fadia, who describes himself as an ethical hacker, says he is trying to protect people and businesses from a rising wave of cyber crime.

"The difficulty about tackling cyber crime is that it's increasing all the time," says Mr Fadia.

"If we control one set of attacks there are hundreds more the next minute. That's why we need our systems, policing, the law, prepared for this kind of cyber onslaught."



Spam manager


“Though India has laws aimed at tackling cyber crime, it isn't used effectively”
  --- Ankit Fadia ,Ethical hacker



The BBC's Shilpa Kannan reports on what companies
 are doing to protect themselves from cyber attacks
 

According to a recent report by global research and accounting firm Ernst and Young, data or information theft was the most committed fraud in India last year.
That data can be anything from personal details, to bank accounts, to company contacts and secrets.
Ernst and Young warns that it could cost companies as much as 5% of their profits if they are targeted by cyber criminals.
At the same time, there has been an increase in nuisance internet issues such as spamming, with India recently overtaking the US to become the 
top global contributor of junk messages. And while this jams an inbox and is a headache for the consumer, for the government there are also more serious issues, such as national security and trying to avoid a potential cyber attack by a terrorist group.
According to the Minister of State for Communications and IT, Sachin Pilot, more than 100 Indian government websites were hacked in the first three months of 2012.
It is no surprise then that the government has been trying to step up its policing of cyberspace, and is mulling plans to build a National Cyber Coordination Centre, which will detect malicious cyber attacks and issue early warning alerts.
The IT industry lobby group Nasscom has also recommended establishing a cyber command centre which would sit within the defence forces. They argue the cyber command should be equipped with defensive and offensive cyber weapons and staff trained in cyber warfare.


Cyber crime facts:

Number of people subjected to cyber crimes globally in 2011 : 431 million
Number of cyber crime victims in India: 29.9 million
Cost of cyber fraud globally: up to $388bn a year
Cost of cyber fraud in India: $7.6bn a year - $4bn worth of direct losses and an additional $3.6bn in time spent resolving the crime
Source: Norton Cybercrime Report 2011


Grey men
But for observers such as hacker and author Mr Fadia, India already has some firepower in place with its Information Technology Act that was passed in 2000.
The issue, however, is not with the law, rather the implementation of it.
"Though India has laws aimed at tackling cyber crime, it isn't used effectively," explains Mr Fadia, who has tied up with the national police academy in Hyderabad and helps train police officers in understanding cyber crime.
"Even when arrests are made, very few people actually get convicted."
Experts say that even if you go after the criminals it is not always easy to catch them because they usually operate behind the wall of anonymity that the internet offers.
According to Arpinder Singh, head of Ernst and Young's Fraud Investigation and Dispute Services, the company recently tried to identify the profile of an Indian cyber fraudster.
What they found was that the fraudster had changed significantly.
Now, typically, they are a male middle-management employee in his 30's who is very ambitious and tech savvy. He can work anonymously from a remote location.
This makes it harder to trace any wrongdoer, a task that will only get harder as India's internet population grows from its current level of about 120 million, or about 10% of the current population.
Mr Singh warns that as more people come online the risks to companies both big and small will increase.

Safe practice

One small firm that is already taking defensive measures is UC Infosystems.
In a busy office in west Delhi, the company's technicians are breaking down electronic equipment and consumer gadgets so they can service their parts.
As well as being full of computers and keyboards, the office is also brimming with confidential information such as client orders and addresses, payment methods and other financial data.
In an increasingly competitive business, the founder of the firm wants to make sure nothing can be lost or stolen.
"Though we are a small business, all our data is online," explains Sanjeev Sharma.
"My accounts department processes financial data; the service staff can access client addresses and phone numbers.
"I have to consider the possibility that my competition can steal the data. That puts not just my business at risk, but all my valuable client data at risk."





Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Norton Scientific Reviews: Facebook Admits ‘material impact’ from Yahoo Lawsuit




Facebook may have downplayed it in the face of the general public but its IPO filing has now included a caution regarding Yahoo’s lawsuit. And because the litigation battle can have a major impact on its business, Facebook warns investors of the possibility of an unfavorable result.

Also in the new filing, Facebook emphasized that it could be in jeopardy if the many lawsuits filed against them all turn up to be unfavorable. It also noted that the class action cases against the company are all claiming huge monetary damages even though the actual harm done, if proven, is hardly considerable.

In a statement from Facebook, it says that it’s too early for the litigation stage to show what will be the result so everything is still not certain. In addition, if it will come to an unfavorable result, Facebook admitted that the impact would be “material” to their finances, operations and overall business.

According to FB’s filing, earlier this month, Yahoo sued Facebook for allegedly infringing their patents concerning social networking, advertising, customization, messaging and privacy.

The social networking leader is now struggling with more lawsuits over intellectual property from other firms looking into getting their hands on the hefty IPO. Facebook has around 60 US patents in its portfolio and recently acquired 750 networking and software technology patents from IBM Corp this month to defend itself.

Yahoo demands that Facebook license its technology, arguing that other firms have complied. Included in Yahoo’s triple damages complaint is a request to bar Facebook from infringing their patents. Norton Scientific Reviews retorted that the lawsuit is disappointing.

Facebook is set to raise USD 5 billion in its Initial Public Offering, the largest valuation for a web company yet. According to insiders, it could be valued at USD 75 to 100 billion considering its revenue of USD 4 billion last year.

Monday, May 14, 2012

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Norton Scientific Reviews: Scammers’ Valentine Treat

A global security company issued a scam warning against spam messages with catchy subject lines for Internet users this Valentine’s season.

Users must be extra careful in opening messages in their email accounts especially during the holidays as they can receive spam mails meant to get their attention and steal their personal data.

One such scam warning issued by an antivirus company describes email messages that invites users to buy a gift for his/her loved one for Valentine’s using an attached discount coupon from Groupon.

Even though the proliferation of coupon services is not totally an illegal method, their popularity comes with the risk of being used in phishing attacks.

Phishing can be done by sending a massive amount of email messages asking people to enter their details on a bogus website — one that looks very similar to the popular auction sites, social networking sites and online payment sites. They are designed to obtain personal details like passwords, credit card information, etc.....

Norton Scientific Reviews: Symantec source code leaked by hackers

A group of hackers who call themselves the Lords of  Dharmaraja, (and is associated with Anonymous) have published the source code of Symantec, a digital security firm know for the Norton antivirus program and pcAnywhere, raising concerns that others could exploit the security holes and try to control the users computer.

The release of the source code came after the ‘extortion’ attempt failed as Symantec did not comply with their numerous deadlines.

Negotiations through email messages between a representative of the hacker group, YamaTough, and someone from Symantec were also released online. The exchange of messages are about Symantec’s offer to pay USD 50,000 for the hackers to stop disclosing the source code and announce to the public that the whole Symantec hack was a fake, which made them a subject of mockery for appearing to buy protection.

Both sides admitted that their participation was just a trick......



Tuesday, May 8, 2012

The Norton Group



Check fraud and forgery are two of the biggest security problems faced by banks. In fact, according to a recent Ernst & Young study reported by the National Check Fraud Center, over 500 million checks are forged annually, with losses totaling more than $12 billion, not counting those incurred by other types of document forgery.



Check fraud law is governed by Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). As a result, check fraud law has moved toward reflecting contemporary banking practices.



This memorandum generally addresses check fraud litigation resulting from: (i) alterations to the check, (ii) forgeries of the maker's signature on either the face of the check or the payee's endorsement on the back of the check, or (iii) counterfeit checks created by a dishonest third party. If there is a policy implicit in the UCC's rules for allocation of losses due to fraud, it surely is that the loss be placed on the party in the best position to prevent it.



The revisions to the law will likely result in three significant changes to the causes of action available in check fraud litigation. First, they may provide a new cause of action for contribution based solely on shared culpability. Second, they may expand conversion as a cause of action in check fraud cases. Third, they allow a drawee bank to recover from upstream banks for encoding errors that may result in shifting liability in some counterfeit check cases.



Check Fraud Law



Before addressing the law, it is important to know the relationships between parties typically involved in check fraud litigations. A customer is a person with an account at a bank. A drawer or maker is a person writing a check and is typically a customer of the drawee bank. A drawee is a party, typically a bank, required to pay out money when a check or draft is presented. A payee is the party entitled, by the creation of the check by the drawer, to receive funds from the payor bank, usually the drawee. Presentment is the delivery of a check or draft to the drawee or the drawer for payment .



A check written by the drawer moves downstream from the drawer to the payee, and then moves to the drawee bank that pays the amount shown. Several other parties, however, may enter the stream between the payee and the drawee. Typically, the check moves downstream from the payee to the depository bank. Continuing downstream, the check moves from the depository bank to the collecting bank (most often the Federal Reserve Bank for depository institutions), then perhaps to a presenting bank, and finally to the drawee bank.

The essential element of most check fraud claims is an unauthorized or forged signature or endorsement. The offender may enter the stream at any point in the sequence. Since the person committing the fraud often has disappeared with the money or is judgment proof most check fraud litigation involves a claim by an injured party against a drawee bank that paid over a forged signature, or a depository bank that accepted and processed an item bearing a forged endorsement.



Generally, a drawee bank is liable for claims involving the drawer's signature on the face of a check, and a depository bank is liable for claims involving the payee's endorsement on the back of the check.



A drawee bank's liability for forged signatures of the drawer arises because the drawee bank maintains the drawer's signature card on file and is held responsible for verifying the signature.



The depository bank's liability for forged endorsement of the payee arises because the depository bank has direct contact with the individual presenting the fraudulent endorsement. Thus, the depository bank is in the best position to verify the endorsement. In double forgery situations, when both the drawer's signature and the endorsement are forged or unauthorized, the case is treated as forged check and the drawee bank is generally liable.



Counterfeit items are usually the responsibility of the bank, that pays the item since the check was not authorized by the account holder.



Banks do however have an obligation to pursue a remedy against all parties who were in a position to know or should have known of any wrong doing (forged endorsement/signature or counterfeit, etc.).



Most State laws say that a bank may only charge a customer's account for checks that are "properly payable." This provision creates a cause of action against a bank that charges its customer's account for a check not properly payable. Such a claim is like a customer's breach of contract claim against the bank based on the theory that the drawee bank breached the terms of the deposit agreement by paying an item not "properly payable."



A bank and its customer may alter the relationship subject to the limitations imposed by the law that provides that the parties cannot disclaim a bank's responsibility for its lack of good faith or failure to exercise ordinary care or limit the measure of damages for the lack or failure.



However, the parties may decide by agreement the standards by which the bank's responsibility is to be measured if those standards are not manifestly unreasonable.



The terms of the deposit agreement between the drawee bank and the drawer may provide the basis for a cause of action under the law. The terms of the agreement may supersede the law as long as the terms do not disclaim a bank's liability for its own lack of good faith or failure to exercise ordinary care not withstanding any such agreement.



Under the law an instrument is converted if it is taken by transfer, other than a negotiation, from a person not entitled to enforce the instrument or a bank makes or obtains payment with respect to the instrument for a person not entitled to enforce the instrument or receive payment. For example, a thief takes A check payable to Mary Dow, forges her endorsement, and pockets the proceeds. Dow may assert a claim for conversion against either the depository bank that cashes the check, or the drawee bank that pays the forged endorsement. The law provides that the measure of damages in a conversation action is presumed to be the face value of the instrument. The payee, however, may only sue for conversion against the drawer if the instrument is a draft payable by the drawer, and not a check payable by the payor bank. A "draft" is a negotiable instrument that is an order. A "check" is a negotiable instrument drawn on a bank and payable on demand.



Generally, a drawer may not sue for conversion, because in many States the courts have ruled that a drawer has not a cause of action for conversion against the depository bank which cashed checks for an individual who forged the payee's endorsement when the check has never been delivered to the payee.



In a check fraud litigation, a plaintiff who maintains an individual account may sue his or her drawee bank or another bank in the collection process under Section 9.



Besides the rights established by the UCC, there are several common law bases to recover losses resulting from check fraud schemes. The most frequently used are conversion, indemnification, negligence, and money had and received. The availability of any common law cause of action for check fraud depends on if the cause of action is displaced by specific provisions of the UCC.



In cases with joint payees, where one payee forges the signature of another payee, the nonforging payee may file a contract claim against the drawer of the check based on the underlying obligation.



Defenses



The revised UCC continues most defenses to claims based on check fraud, but provides significant changes where an employer of a forger was negligent. The revised UCC shifts liability to the employer where the employer is in the best position to prevent the underlying embezzlement.



One of the most significant changes in the revised UCC is the introduction of comparative negligence concepts. The revised law precludes a party who substantially contributes to the making of a forged signature from asserting an unauthorized signature. Under the old code, a bank is generally liable for the total loss if the bank is negligent in most embezzlement cases. Under the revised law, however, if both the drawer and the bank are negligent, the court will apportion the loss between the two according to their respective fault. The comparative negligence language may also provide the drawer with a new cause of action against the drawee bank. The drawer may assert that, while it contributed to the forged endorsements, it should not be hold liable for the total loss.



The revised law introduces a comparative negligence scheme into the bank/customer relationship.



It provides a bank with a defense to a customer's claim for reimbursement for payment of an item not properly payable, and the revisions introduce comparative negligence as a loss allocation system to the extent each bears responsibility for causing the loss.



The revised law covers situations where an impostor impersonates either a payee or an agent of the payee. Under the old code, this section applied only to cases in which the impostor impersonated the payee and not false agent cases. The revision shifts liability from the bank to the drawer in "bad bookkeeper" cases and other situations in which an impostor-agent endorses a check made out to the principal by the drawer.



The revised law incorporates a comparative negligence standard into impostor and fictitious payee situations. Under it, a bank that fails to exercise ordinary care may be liable for part of the loss from an impostor or fictitious payee situation to the extent that the failure to exercise ordinary care contributed to the loss. It is impossible to predict what the practical result of the comparative negligence standard will be.



Under the revised UCC, double forgery cases will be treated as forged check and not forged endorsement cases. This revision does not result in changes in most States since double forgeries were already generally treated as forged drawer's signature cases.



Under the revised law an employer is liable for theft by an individual with authority to write checks and who draws a check to the order of a payee, intending the payee to have an interest in the check, but who subsequently forms the intent to steal the instrument and does so.



The law provides the drawee bank with several time based defenses stemming from the drawer's failure to comply with a duty to review its statements to discover and report unauthorized signatures or alterations. A drawer who fails to discover and notify the bank of a forged endorsement or alteration within thirty days after the bank makes the statement and items in question available to the customer is precluded from asserting additional forgeries or alterations by the same wrongdoer. If, however, the drawer establishes negligence by the bank paying the item or items in question, then the preclusions are limited.



The customer's duty to inspect statements and discover and report any problems remains largely unchanged from the old code. The subsection defining such duty, however, has been redrafted to help truncation by banks. The revised UCC says that the statement of account provides sufficient information if the item is described by item number, amount, and date of payment. This allows banks to destroy paper checks at some point early in the collection process, retaining instead a photographic or electronic image of the check.



The UCC extends from fourteen to thirty days the time within which a customer must report the unauthorized signature or alteration of a given wrongdoer. The law maintains an absolute bar on the assertion of an unauthorized signature or alteration after one year, mirroring the one year rule under the code.



Under the revised law, the burden of proof shifts back and forth between the party asserting the preclusion and the party asserting the unauthorized signatures. If the bank pays a check over an unauthorized drawer's signature or endorsement, and the customer fails to notify the bank of the error within a reasonable time after the date of the receipt of his bank statement, the burden-shifting begins.



First, the party asserting the preclusion, generally the drawee bank, must prove that the drawer failed to review his statements with "reasonable promptness." If the bank can prove that the drawer failed to satisfy his duty to review statements and notify the bank of any errors, then the liability for the items in question shifts to the customer asserting the unauthorized signatures. The customer will then be precluded from challenging the effectiveness of such signature placed on any other item altered or forged by the same wrongdoer unless he can prove that the bank failed to exercise ordinary care in paying the items in question. If the party asserting the forged signatures can prove that the bank failed to exercise ordinary care in paying the items in question, then liability reverts to the bank on a comparative negligence basis.



A drawer may ratify an unauthorized signature or forgery, thereby foregoing the right to assert the unauthorized signature against another party. Whether a party ratified an unauthorized signature or forgery is a question of fact. Furthermore in order for a court to find that a particular factual pattern is ratification, the facts must not be susceptible to any other interpretation.



Counterclaims



The 1990 revisions added an encoding warranty, by which a party who encodes information on the face of a check is held strictly liable for such encoding. Banks have traditionally encoded checks by employing Magnetic Ink Character Recognition technology (MICR), and they are increasingly shifting to Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology.



The MICR and OCR line on the bottom portion of the check contains three fields. The first field contains the routing number of the payor bank, which tells the depository and collecting banks where to send the check. The second field contains the drawer's account and check numbers, which tells the payor bank which account to debit. The first and second fields are generally encoded by the drawee bank before the preprinted check form is given to its customer. The third field shows the amount of the check. The third field is generally encoded manually by the depository institution.



Definition of Ordinary Care



The definition of negligence standards used in the law were standardized in the revision. Ordinary care with respect to persons engaged in business, such as banks, means the observance of reasonable commercial standards, prevailing in the area in which the person is located, with respect to the business in which the person is engaged. The definition further specifies that in the case of a bank that takes an instrument for processing for collection or payment by automated means, reasonable commercial standards do not require the bank to examine the instrument if the failure to examine does not violate the bank's prescribed procedures and the bank's procedures do not unreasonably vary from general banking usage not disapproved by the law. This endorses the procedure of not verifying signatures on checks below a certain dollar amount (within reasonable limits).



Conclusion



The bottom line from these developments is that employers and businesses are now likely to be responsible for part of the loss incurred in check fraud cases.



They should be put on notice that they need to implement policies under which (1.) banks they deal with are kept current on who is authorized to issue and sign checks, (2.) limit the number of people so authorized and (3.) adequately review canceled checks and statements as quickly as possible after they are received, to ensure they have been properly issued and paid.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Norton Scientific Reviews: The Innovative Norton 360 Antivirus





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Norton Antivirus can instantly checks where files came from and how long they’ve been around to identify and stop new crime ware faster than other, less sophisticated software.  The Norton Protection system uses several overlapping layers of protection that work together to stop viruses, spyware, scams, frauds, phishing and other malicious threats. Norton pulse updates provides up-to-the-minute updates that protect against the latest threats without slowing the performance of your computer. With the use of Sonar4 Behavioral Protection, it monitors your computer for suspicious behavior in order to easily and quickly detects new online threats. Norton Antivirus also uses worm protection to safeguards your computer against the fast- spreading internet worms and prevents you from accidentally passing them to others. In addition, through the use of root kit detector it helps you to finds and removes deeply buried crime ware that can hide other types of threats and allow cyber criminals to take control of your computer. This security software helps you to block the automated programs use by the cybercriminals to take control of your computer, access your private information, and use your computer to send out spam and launch attacks on other computers.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

A family home for a stress free life in the country




Published on Monday 16 April 2012 17:20

BUYING a house in the Western Isles without even seeing the property might be too risky a move for many people, but it’s one that paid off for Ness residents Iain and June McInnes and family.

Admitting that it was ‘the craziest thing we’ve ever done’, the McInnes first set eyes on their new home in 2010 upon return to the UK from their farm-stead in Canada for family business.

“It was very interesting when we first arrived,” laughed June, “But it’s a nice location and a lovely house and it suited us fine as we’re rural living people.”

Since moving into the Eoropie property, Iain and June have redecorated extensively, with new flooring through as well as stripping off five layers of wallpaper from the upstairs bedrooms to reveal the original wooden boards.

“We found that the wallpaper was keeping the damp in and now it’s back to the boards the house breaths as it was supposed to and we’ve had no more problems with damp,” said Iain.

The house is also kept nice and cosy through the brand new central heating system installed throughout, including an outside combi-boiler that Iain revealed uses half the amount of oil the family home previously took to heat.

Loft insulation has helped keep out the cold and a stylish and efficient stove in the living room provides not only warmth, but a place to cook during a power cut!

Iain said: “The house has done us really well. We were told it’s made of blue stone, a local stone, and we’ve had no trouble at all, even in the gales – we’ve not even lost a tile from the roof since we moved here.”

And with six young children the Eoropie property has proved an ideal family home as June said: “It’s been great for the kids, the beach is just five minutes away and there’s an excellent playpark just over the road.

“The people in the community are lovely, really friendly and there’s always something going on, a car-boot sale, a ceilidh or an event at the nearby social club.”

Along with two upstairs bedrooms, the house contains a third bedroom downstairs, bathroom, living room and kitchen, as well as a lovely ‘Garden Room’ with hardwood glazed windows delivering wonderful views. Iain and June also highlight that there’s ‘still room for improvement’ and point to a blocked up door in the kitchen which could be freed to lead into a conservatory, taking full advantage of the back vista which looks out onto the shore.

Selling up in order to return to Canada where the couple’s four eldest children still live Iain, June and family are looking forward to another adventure as June added with a chuckle: “We’re going back to the wilds!”

The house at 16 Eoropie, Ness, is for sale at offers over £95,000. For more information or to book a viewing, contact Ken Macdonald & Co Lawyers and Estate Agents on 01851 704040.

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(Reuters) - Lawyer John Mountain watched with frustration last year as the shares of Sino-Forest (TRE.TO: Quote) fell through the floor after short-seller Carson Block accused the China-focused forestry company of fraudulently exaggerating its assets.
It took six days before Canadian-listed Sino-Forest confirmed that regulators were probing the matter. But it was more than two months before the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), Canada's chief regulator, halted trading in the stock.

Bing Press Release - Norton Scientific Signs Up Shoko Scientific To Boost Sales In Japan

THOROLD, ON, CANADA, September 09, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Norton Scientific continues to accelerate extending its sales distribution network across Asia. As part of this strategic objective, the Company recently inked a deal with Shoko Scientific Co Ltd of Yokohama City, Japan. Shoko have Sales Offices in Osaka, Tsukuba and Fukuoka as well as China and the US West Coast (Shoko America). They are involved with many scientific instruments including analytical products, chemical synthesis related products, purification and separation products and sample preparation equipment for liquid chromatography.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

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Monday, April 16, 2012

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Friday, April 13, 2012

Blogspot: NORTON SCIENTIFIC SCAM-Detection and Prevention of Clinical Research Fraud - FC2 Knowhow


Scheduled as Needed based on Student Demand. Email us atonlinetrain@nortonaudits.com if you are interested in this course.

Description - This is an advanced-level class that takes an in-depth examination of severe noncompliance, clinical data fabrication and falsification, scientific misconduct and fraud cases. The course focus is on developing skills for preventing fraud and misconduct and preparing clinical research professionals to better handle severe noncompliance.

Class Agenda/Modules - Instructors Make a Difference

Defining Clinical Research Fraud and Misconduct

Evaluation of Case History

R.E.S.E.A.R.C.H. TM Skills Program

Advanced Auditing and Monitoring Skills for Prevention

Case Development

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Contract Research Organization Auditors

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

School Report 2012 News Day

Prime Minister, David Cameron, and School Reporters gather around the table in The Cabinet Room, to discuss gang-crime, unemployment and Angry Birds


0800: Good morning everyone and welcome to the day everyone's been waiting for: News Day is here and we're all ready to go here at School Report HQ.
More than 1000 schools across the UK and 30,000 School Reporters are taking part today and this is where you can follow what they're up to!
0807: It's barely gone eight o'clock and School Report has already been on the airwaves several times this morning, with the first report about an egg-selling schoolgirl from Sidford School in Oxfordshire featuring on Farming Today.
0814: BBC Breakfast business presenter Stephanie McGovern is at Oakfield Community College in Middlesbrough, reporting on budding entrepreneurs involved in recycling and the development of a computer application that helps students revise.
0824: As you should be able to see on the right-hand side of the page - the video stream is up and running. We're kicking off with some highlights of the year so far before we go live from our studio in Salford at 0900!
At 1015 we'll go to our radio studio until 1400 - coincidently the big deadline everyone is working towards today - with our Millbank studio taking th reins until 1600. So stay tuned!
0830: "From the daily sport, to the historic politics, we cover everything, and it requires a lot of work. We are especially proud to put our names on each and every piece of work," says a teacher from Rutlish School in Merton. Dominic, a student taking part says: "It is an amazing experience because of all the opportunities it presents."
0835: The team at Tarporley High School in Cheshire will give us a behind-the-scenes experience as they interview Olympic torchbearers from their school and give a report on body image with a plus-size model as a guest. They'll also be exploring what it's like to work in television with CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell.
0847: Arnold Academy in Bedfordshire are reporting on the departure of their long seriving headmistress and scrutinising the prospective candidates hoping to replace her. Sounds interesting!
0848: Chipping Campden School in Gloucester are gearing up for the 400th local Dover's games as well as reporting on the Chipping Campden Literature Festival.
0853: Ashfield School in Nottingham are interviewing a local Olympic hopeful and reporting on Sports Relief fundraising activities as well as introducing the local community to their new members of staff.
0854: The Sir John Gleed School in Spalding have been reporting on the closing of a wildlife sanctuary, hit by the recession after 25 years. Students have also been talking to one of the last surviving victims of the holocaust about the experience, and to one of their teachers who has been given a place on the National Space Centre team.
0855: Queen Elizabeth's School in Lincolnshire have been preparing their stories for the news day on a wide range of topics including carbon neutral schools and their local traveller community. The students have also been investigating the real cost of free range eggs and why so many students choose to leave the area after finishing sixth form or college. We're also looking forward to their report on travel difficulties experienced by the county orchestra as they make their way across the rural landscape.
0855: Wickham School and Sports College have been busy preparing reports about events in their local area such as a Zumbathon World Record attempt! Students have also been producing a podcast dedicated to PC Rathband who recently passed away, "the podcast will focus on the positive relationship the school had with Mr Rathband and how he inspired students during his visits over the last year" says Learning Co-ordinator Aaron Day.
0856: Adams' Grammar School in Newport have interviewed a student who plays football for England U16s - could he be the next Beckham?! The students have also been reporting on changes in their local area such as a new high speed rail link and Jaguar Land Rover plant which could change the landscape, as well as asking council leaders what they are doing to help local shops struggling to survive.
0856: Sixth formers at De Aston School in Lincolnshire are holding a Masterchef competition which students will be reporting from live throughout News Day. Keep an eye out for their interview with a local Paralympic athlete as well as other breaking-news stories!
Students at Mayville High School in Southsea have planned a 30-minute programme for today's News Day, jam-packed with Olympic and Paralympic news and interviews, reports on the issue of racism in football, the travelling culture behind funfairs, and how the school celebrated International Women's Day, all topped off with a ukulele playing vicar collaborating with the school's singing star!
0901: Abraham Darby Academy in Telford will be giving their local community a sneak peak at their new academy building and leisure centre whilst questioning the manager and local people about what they think will be brought to the community.
0901: Malbank School and Sixth Form Centre in Cheshire have the whole community on board! They've invited their local radio station, councillors and local people to take part in their News Day.
0902: The team at Heathfield School in Middlesex are investigating the art of tattoos and piercings as well as questioning what the increase in tuition fees will mean for young people planning where to go for University.
0902: One student at The Harefield Academy has been telling the reporters about their chance to compete at the Olympics this summer. As well as this, students have been reporting on the opening of a new boarding house at their Academy.
0919: School Reporters from Thornton Grammar School in Bradford have already started shooting their piece about make-up in schools.
0926: Twickenham Academy have made a 10-minute radio news bulletin for BBC News School Report covering subjects such as mobile phones in school, changes in teaching practices, fashion, lost property and sport.
0927: There's great excitement and a real buzz in the air at Theale Green Community School in West Berkshire, as the School Reporters collect their press passes.
0928: Filming begins at Theale Green Community School as a local MP is put on the spot over university tuition fees.
0940: Walton High in Milton Keynes are off to a busy start, covering stories about job cuts, sport relief and local football team MK Dons.
0943: Students from Tarporley High and Bury Grammar Boys School on School Report Live, have been speaking to plus-size model Jenna Herlingshaw and Cbeebies Presenter Cerrie Burnell. Jenna told students that plus-size models have opened up the fashion world and thinks that they are making a difference.
0946: Here's the Prime Minister David Cameron and some School Reporters gathered around the table in the Cabinet Room in Downing Street. They discussed gang-crime, unemployment and Angry Birds.

0947: Students from Waldegrave School for Girls in Richmond upon Thames are picking last-minute stories that have made the headlines overnight. Scarlet and Amelia are also going to interview one lucky pupil who went to the Hunger Games film premiere last night.
0953: More on that body image story we saw on School Report Live earlier: Cbeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell, who spoke to students from Flixton Girls School and Bury Grammar Boys School, suggested young people should be confident in their own skins. Everyone has their own insecurities and the more we learn to accept our differences things can get better, she added.
1011: Students from Flixton Girls School and Bury Grammar Boys School, appearing on School Report Live, have been putting questions to ex-footballer Robbie Savage. Asked about the Premier League, Robbie thinks that Manchester United might have the edge over their rivals Manchester City for the remainder of this season.
1013: School Reporters at Woodhey High School, Bury, have been investigating the different sports in which children are involved in the forthcoming London Olympic Games. One pupil is interviewing international gymnast Theo Seager.
1016: Remember that School Report isn't just on television and online - it's on the radio too. Everyone in St Marylebone CE School in Westminster is preparing audio for their radio reports today. The reporters are all quite calm and are working on stories on the future of technology for teenagers, girl guides, the Cultural Olympiad, International Women's Day and the possibility of the end of the world in 281 days!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Norton Scientific Reviews: Scammers’ Valentine Treat



A global security company issued a scam warning against spam messages with catchy subject lines for Internet users this Valentine’s season.
Users must be extra careful in opening messages in their email accounts especially during the holidays as they can receive spam mails meant to get their attention and steal their personal data.
One such scam warning issued by an antivirus company describes email messages that invites users to buy a gift for his/her loved one for Valentine’s using an attached discount coupon from Groupon.
Even though the proliferation of coupon services is not totally an illegal method, their popularity comes with the risk of being used in phishing attacks.
Phishing can be done by sending a massive amount of email messages asking people to enter their details on a bogus website — one that looks very similar to the popular auction sites, social networking sites and online payment sites. They are designed to obtain personal details like passwords, credit card information, etc.
Through including links in email messages, scammers trick users into visiting malicious sites and online stores, obtaining personal data along the way. Most of the time, the website the link points to is not even connected to the email message but only shows the user promotional content. This is the scammer’s illegal way of earning money called click fraud — they earn for every user they have redirected to a certain website.
There is also scam making the rounds in Germany involving gift coupons, distributed through Facebook, purporting to be from Amazon.
Spywares and malwares are malicious programs that install themselves on a computer unit to record a user’s activity. Eventually, they will send the logs they have collected back to the scammer who plans on pilfering the data for online crimes.
Scammers are freely exploiting different online platforms like Orkut, Myspace, Google+ and Twitter to cast their net on millions of users.
Yet another malicious spam has been spreading on Facebook, and like its predecessors, it makes use of users’ walls to post the fake message.
The post might appear harmless to most users as it only poses an invitation to install a Valentine’s Day theme for their Facebook profile. However, once a user clicks the malicious post, they will be redirected to a different webpage containing the install button.
Clicking install will not do any change to your profile though; worse, it will install a malware file that will show various ads and surveys and download an extension to monitor the user’s online behavior.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

NORTON SCIENTIFIC: Articles - Online Security - Zimbio











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NORTON SCIENTIFIC-ZIMBIO-Norton: Donald Roberts, "Scientific Fraud", and DDT By perrybanks on October 16, 2011 h​t​t​p​:​/​/​o​n​e​c​l​i​c​k​.​i​n​d​i​a​t​i​m​e​s​.​c​o​m​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​0​5​Z​v​g​V​k​2​2​C​0​P​b​?​q​=​G​u​a​t​e​m​a​l​a​&​n​b​s​p​;​I​n​h​t​t​p​:​/​/​w​w​w​.​a​e​i​.​o​r​g​/​o​u​t​l​o​o​k​/​1​0​1​0​1​9​"​&​g​t​;​t​h​i​s​&​n​b​s​p​;​p​i​e​c​e Roger Bate, Donald Roberts and Richard Tren accuse the UN of "Scientific Fraud against DDT". Their Accusation is based on an Opinion paper b​y​h​t​t​p​:​/​/​w​w​w​.​d​o​v​e​p​r​e​s​s​.​c​o​m​/​i​n​t​e​r​n​a​t​i​o​n​a​l​-​a​d​v​o​c​a​c​y​-​a​g​a​i​n​s​t​-​d​d​t​-​a​n​d​-​o​t​h​e​r​-​p​u​b​l​i​c​-​h​e​a​l​t​h​-​i​n​s​e​c​t​i​c​i​d​e​-​p​e​e​r​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​e​d​-​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​-​R​R​T​M​"​&​g​t​;​R​o​b​e​r​t​s​&​n​b​s​p​;​a​n​d Tren published in Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine. So let's look at their paper and see where...Read Full Story
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Bogus Windows Firewall and Security Center Update Email Links To Malware By racquathink on October 13, 2011 | From hoax-slayer.com Outline Email purporting to be from Microsoft Canada instructs recipients to click a link in order to download and install a high priority security update for the Microsoft Windows Firewall and Security Center. Brief Analysis The email is not from Microsoft and the link does not point to a security update. Instead, following the instructions in the message will download and install malware. Microsoft will never send security updates via an email. Detailed analysis and references below...Read Full Story
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Fraud Prevention | NORTON SCIENTIFIC PLANNING APPLICATION - West Oxfordshire District Council - (From The Oxford Times) By isabelhawthorne on November 2, 2011 h​t​t​p​:​/​/​w​w​w​.​y​o​u​s​a​y​t​o​o​.​c​o​m​/​n​o​r​t​o​n​-​s​c​i​e​n​t​i​f​i​c​-​p​l​a​n​n​i​n​g​-​a​p​p​l​i​c​a​t​i​o​n​-​w​e​s​t​-​o​x​f​o​r​d​s​h​i​r​e​-​d​i​s​t​r​i​c​t​-​c​o​u​n​c​i​/​1​3​2​5​6​3​9​&​n​b​s​p​;​W​E​S​T OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACTS PLANNING APPLICATIONS RECEIVED PERIOD ENDING: 04/08/2011 11/1138/P/FP COMBE (AL) Combe Mill Blenheim Palace Sawmills East End Combe Alterations and erection of new store/kiosk building and boiler room . 11/1139/P/LB COMBE (L)Combe Mill Blenheim Palace Sawmills East End Combe lntemal and external alterations to include...Read Full Story
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The Acts of an Oedipus: Power, Language, and Sacrifice in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man By athennamisty on October 24, 2011 h​t​t​p​:​/​/​w​w​w​.​a​n​t​h​r​o​p​o​e​t​i​c​s​.​u​c​l​a​.​e​d​u​/​a​p​0​7​0​1​/​n​e​l​l​i​s​.​h​t​m​&​n​b​s​p​;​d​a​c​t​y​l​i​c​@​e​a​r​t​h​l​i​n​k​.​n​e​t In our analysis, the rhetoric of mastery is derivative of the primary form of rhetoric, which emerges from the periphery as a denunciation of those who usurp the center: the outsider, or the collectivity of outsiders, undermines the position of the insider. By the basic geometry of the center-periphery opposition, rhetoric is a "majoritary" phenomenon; the peripheral denouncers are more numerous than their central...Read Full Story
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The Acts of an Oedipus: Power, Language, and Sacrifice in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man By jammyleila on October 24, 2011 h​t​t​p​:​/​/​w​w​w​.​a​n​t​h​r​o​p​o​e​t​i​c​s​.​u​c​l​a​.​e​d​u​/​a​p​0​7​0​1​/​n​e​l​l​i​s​.​h​t​m​&​n​b​s​p​;​d​a​c​t​y​l​i​c​@​e​a​r​t​h​l​i​n​k​.​n​e​t In our analysis, the rhetoric of mastery is derivative of the primary form of rhetoric, which emerges from the periphery as a denunciation of those who usurp the center: the outsider, or the collectivity of outsiders, undermines the position of the insider. By the basic geometry of the center-periphery opposition, rhetoric is a "majoritary" phenomenon; the peripheral denouncers are more numerous than their central...Read Full Story
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Facebook Prayer: Request For Baby Found in the Bin By racquathink on October 12, 2011 | From hoax-slayer.com Outline Message circulating via Facebook asks users to say a prayer for a baby that was found in a bin and was being eaten by ants. Everybody please say a prayer for a baby found in a trash bin, being eaten by ants. Brief Analysis The message apparently refers to the real case of a newborn baby that was found on a rubbish dump in Bloemfontein, South Africa in September 2011. The baby was bitten by ants while lying at the dump. A subsequent news report indicates that the baby was recovering...Read Full Story
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What is a Facebook Survey Scam? - Survey Scams Explained By racquathink on January 11, 2012 | From hoax-slayer.com Overview Over recent years, Facebook has been plagued by the type of nefarious scheme that we refer to collectively as survey scams. The tactics used by these survey scammers vary between incarnations of the scam. But, scratch the surface, and you will find that they are all basically the same old con. This article describes in general terms how these scams work, how to avoid them and how you can help combat them. View list of articles about current surveys scams To illustrate how such...Read Full Story
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This System Tool 2011 removal guide includes 2 System Tool 2011 Videos and a Manual Guide. By jammyleila on November 4, 2011 This is a review of Broad and Wade’s Betrayers of the Truth. The author uses a subtitle which is revealing: the loyalist responds to heresy not by seeing that something might be wrong, that there may be some merit to this sort of reassessment, but by defending the ideology. Zinder has managed to misread Broad and Wade in several places. There is sufficient misrepresentation to mean that he read the book very selectively. “The authors continually confound science with scientists. And the book...Read Full Story
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NORTON SCIENTIFIC SCAM-Detection and Prevention of Clinical Research Fraud and Misconduct A Norton By monethkylie on October 18, 2011 h​t​t​p​:​/​/​w​w​w​.​y​o​u​s​a​y​t​o​o​.​c​o​m​/​n​o​r​t​o​n​-​s​c​i​e​n​t​i​f​i​c​-​s​c​a​m​-​d​e​t​e​c​t​i​o​n​-​a​n​d​-​p​r​e​v​e​n​t​i​o​n​-​o​f​-​c​l​i​n​i​c​a​l​-​r​e​s​e​a​r​c​h​-​f​r​/​1​2​9​5​8​8​3​&​n​b​s​p​;​C​u​r​r​e​n​t Class Dates (subject to change): Scheduled as Needed based on Student Demand. Email us at onlinetrain@nortonaudits.com if you are interested in this course. Description - This is an advanced-level class that takes an in-depth examination of severe noncompliance, clinical data fabrication and falsification, scientific misconduct and fraud cases. The course focus is on...Read Full Story