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967 days ago
I'm moving my blog to http://radi.r-n-d.org/ Although I'd still keep this as an archive, all new posts will be published there.
992 days ago
Over the past few months I heard plenty of fairy tales about how Bulgarian hackers are l33t. They break anything and everything. Well... that's the myth. Here is the reality. A few years back I registered to a web service, neterra.net, which was streaming Bulgarian television. The service required a name and an e-mail address. So far nothing wrong... except that a few months back I began receiving SPAM & newsletters that were intended for other people. Cool! I get behind enemy lines. :) To keep the story short: today I received a newsletter from Skype. I've had an account there before, so my initial thoughts were that the newsletter was associated with my account somehow. Negative -- somebody else registered their own Skype account using my e-mail address. Sweet! I have a new Skype account. :) Moral of the story: Don't be a dumbass registering yourself for different services using other people's e-mail addresses. This is extremely true especially if ...
1000 days ago
Recently Microsoft launched a charity campaign via its MSN Messenger. More details about it can be found at http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/. I encourage everyone who uses the service to participate.
1122 days ago
The Matrix owns us... officially. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO3iRKtMv5I
1134 days ago
Recent story that I ran into was talking about a phishing attempt where the victims were asked for their CC info. Nothing unusual until I started reading the comments where the following case popped up: A customer opens a personal banking account and receives a debit card from the bank. His contract expires and he cancels the card. Unfortunately, a bank employee does not pass the request and turns the card into a credit card... The rest is obvious. So aside from the legal actions that should be taken, I wonder what would be the technological meassures against such fraud.
