Forum on Risks to the Public in Computers and Related Systems
ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy, Peter G. Neumann, moderator
Index to Volume 26
Forum on Risks to the Public in Computers and Related Systems
ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy, Peter G. Neumann, moderator
Volume 26 Issue 00 ()
Volume 26 Issue 01 (Thursday 8 April 2010)- Taking Idol back (Avi Rubin)
- Microsoft to Transition Corporate IT to Google Apps (Lauren Weinstein)
- `Alarm fatigue' linked to patient's death (Liz Kowalczyk via PGN)
- Improving the Security and Privacy of Implantable Medical Devices (Kevin Fu)
- Derailment of London Dockland Light Railway train, 10 Mar 2009 (Bob Waixel)
- Canada's planned electronic passports easy to hack? (Vito Pilieci via Matthew Kruk)
- Watch your language (Eugene Miya via PGN)
- NASA will help probe Toyota accelerators (Crawley/Kim via PGN)
- Federal Judge Finds N.S.A. Wiretapping Program Illegal (Savage/Risen)
- YOUR SAT NAV IS WRONG - GO BACK! (jidanni)
- iPad Jailbroken (Joseph Lorenzo Hall)
- Self-driving cars (David Magda)
- 21 hidden tech threats and how to handle them (Dan Tynan via Gene Wirchenko)
- Google/YouTube refuses to Fix Longstanding Bug (Chris J Brady)
- Why are we still overloading fields in 2010? (Geoff Kuenning)
- Impossible to change account numbers (Geoff Kuenning)
- USPS allows an INTERNET Change of Address; what could go wrong? (FJohn Reinke)
- SSNs again—in Medicare (Paul Wexelblat)
- Spirit goes silent (Richard Cook)
- Framed for possession of c-porn in UK (David Hollman, Lauren Weinstein)
- DMV saga: I'm gay? (Rob Slade)
- The next escalation in the spam war: circumventing Bayesian filters (Jonathan Kamens)
- Re: FOSE 2010 (Paul Robinson)
Volume 26 Issue 02 (Sunday 18 April 2010)- BofA insider to plead guilty to hacking ATMs (Robert McMillan via PGN)
- RFID zapper made from a disposable camera! (Eurekalert)
- FDA Toughens Process for Radiation Equipment (Walt Bogdanich)
- Labour attacked over mailshot to cancer patients (via Ross Anderson)
- apache.org hacked (Jidanni)
- China disrupts the Internet again (Robert McMillan)
- Is your security policy smarter than a 3rd grader? (Jeremy Epstein)
- Small policy violations add up (Jeremy Epstein)
- Israel confiscates visiting iPads (via Monty Solomon)
- Re: Canada's planned electronic passports easy to hack? (Adam Laurie)
- EU project may monitor airline passengers' conversations (Lauren Weinstein)
- Is it risky to make Hannah Montana tickets expensive? (Jeremy Epstein)
- Unintended consequence of water conservation: bursting pipes (Danny Burstein)
- Re: ... circumventing Bayesian filters (John Levine, Jonathan Kamens)
- Re: YOUR SAT NAV IS WRONG - GO BACK! (Dag-Erling Smørgrav)
- GPS jamming - request for information (Martyn Thomas)
- Retracting my observation of the USPS CofA (FJohn Reinke)
- New Book: Cryptography Engineering (Bruce Schneier)
Volume 26 Issue 03 (Sunday 25 April 2010)- April Fools: 7,500 Online Shoppers Unknowingly Sold Their Souls (Sam Posten)
- Teens and Mobile Phones (Pew via Monty Solomon)
- Social Netting lets the mosquitos through (Renay San Miguel via PGN)
- Anti-malware backfires (Jeremy Epstein)
- Computer error affected West Virginia mine scrutiny (Sam Hananel via PGN)
- Software controlled Toyota roll-over (Jeremy Epstein)
- Bogus Jury Duty notices lead to identity theft (PGN)
- School Admin Takes Fifth Amendment in "Peeping Tom" Case (David Murphy via Monty Solomon)
- Barclay Card Rewards Advert Promotes PIN Insecurity (Chris J Brady)
- Penguin recalls cookbooks (Nick Rothwell)
- Re: RFID zapper made from a disposable camera! (Oliver Leistert)
- Re: Apache Bug tracker attack (Steve Loughran)
- Re: YOUR SAT NAV IS WRONG - GO BACK! (Dimitri Maziuk, Nick Brown)
- Re: Canada's planned electronic passports ... (James Cameron)
- Re: Incorrect software change to emergency ambulance call-handling (Chris D)
- Re: Is your security policy smarter than a 3rd grader? (David-Sarah Hopwood)
- Re: ... circumventing Bayesian filters (Raj Mathur)
- Broadband survivability and certification (Charles Jackson)
Volume 26 Issue 04 (Wednesday 28 April 2010)- We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint (Elisabeth Bumiller)
- "Software Error" sends out wrong ballots for the UK general election (Steve Loughran)
- PG&E details technical problems with SmartMeters (Dana Hull via Paul Saffo)
- The Eyes Have It? (PGN)
- Dnt Txt N Drv (Oprah Winfrey via Monty Solomon)
- 3D TV: A Bad View? (Nestor E. Arellano via Gene Wirchenko)
- More on the McAfee SNAFU (Chris J Brady)
- Cloud Risks and McAfee's blunder (Gene Wirchenko)
- More Virus Protection Woes (Chris J Brady)
- Speech recognition and phone banking: not a very good idea (Tim Bradshaw)
- Risks of RFID car keys (Ron Garret)
- Re: YOUR SAT NAV IS WRONG - GO BACK! (Fredric L. Rice, Arthur Flatau)
- Re: Broadband survivability and certification (Michael D. Sullivan)
- Re: Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous to Your Health (Jeff Grigg)
Volume 26 Issue 05 (Tuesday 4 May 2010)- India EVM susceptible to tampering (Raj Mathur)
- Security Analysis of India's Electronic Voting Machines (Halderman et al.)
- Risks of trusting a sensor, off by 20x (Michael Rosa)
- Ars Technica's old provider hacked. Data loss. (S. Keeling)
- Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook (Dan Yoder on Gizmodo)
- U.S. Treasury Department dangerously redirecting users (Dan Goodin)
- Pay attention to Windows 7 update KB980408 (Lauren Weinstein)
- Chip and not bother with the pin (Celine Read)
- Fingerprinting Paper with Laser (Gadi Evron)
- A socio-psychological analysis of the first Internet war: Estonia (Gadi Evron)
- Your Phone Is Locked. Just Drive (David Pogue via Monty Solomon)
- Don't forget to back up the car before reloading the software (Roy Smith)
- Clouds and Phones and Untrustworthiness (Bill Gunshannon)
- Re: Speech recognition and phone banking: not a very good idea (Joe Thompson)
- Re: The Eyes Have It: Car Steered With Driver's Eyes (Marc Wilson)
- Re: USPS allows an INTERNET Change of Address (Edward Reid)
- Re: SSNs again—in Medicare (Edward Reid)
- Re: Risks of RFID car keys (Bob Schuchman)
- Re: We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint (Bob Frankston, John Levine, Gary Borba, Harry Crowther)
- Re: YOUR SAT NAV IS WRONG - GO BACK! (Leonard Finegold)
Volume 26 Issue 06 (Saturday 8 May 2010)- The Stock Market Fiasco of 6 May 2010 (PGN)
- "Dead-man control" works as planned in NYC subway (Danny Burstein)
- 100 people not really killed on French train (Mark Brader)
- Surgical Robot Examined in Injuries (Steven J Klein)
- Cell Phone IDs owner by heart rhythm (Steven J Klein)
- Anatomical ridicule raises body-scanning concerns (Marnie Hunter via Paul Saffo)
- Facebook's Gone Rogue (Ryan Singel via Lauren Weinstein)
- Facebook Security Gaffe Reveals /Unauthorized/ Live Chat Contents (Lauren Weinstein)
- Fingerprinting Paper with Laser (Fred Cohen)
- Re: Clouds and Phones and Untrustworthiness (Patrick Kobly)
- Re: Don't forget to back up the car before reloading the software (Doug Hosking)
- Wikipedia risks to personal reputation: In the Matter of Herb Schildt (Edward G. Nilges)
Volume 26 Issue 07 (Saturday 29 May 2010)- Drilling for Certainty (David Brooks via PGN)
- US Navy's Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System software problem (Bruce Horrocks)
- It's not just the camera in the laptop (Jeremy Epstein)
- Caller ID Spoofing Puts Innocent Man In Jail (Joe Shortsleeve via Monty Solomon)
- Pre-canned GSM eavesdropping (David Magda)
- Video eye to scan for Newton parking lapsesm, will speed ticketing (Peter Schworm via Monty Solomon)
- Trafficking in Human Data (Jason Roberson via PGN)
- 4000 echocardiograms lost on a computer read by technicians (DKRoss via PGN)
- Measuring crisis response time (Peter Houppermans)
- Cyber attack 'could fell US within 15 minutes' (Matthew Kruk)
- Galaxy 15 satellite out of control, posing interference threat (Lauren Weinstein)
- $42.9 million slot jackpot should have been $20 (Jim Reisert)
- Affair outed by cellphone records (Gene Wirchenko)
- Risks of remote administration, especially with bad crypto (Alexander Klimov)
- Encrypted Google Web search (Google via Monty Solomon)
- Google Streetview inadvertently Captured Unencrypted Wi-Fi Data (Bob Gezelter)
- IBM distributes virus-laden USB keys at security conference (Matthew Kruk)
- Scientist Infects Himself With Computer Virus (Palmer/Maija)
- Re: More Virus Protection Woes (Jonathan de Boyne Pollard)
- Re: The Stock Market Fiasco of 6 May 2010 (Bob Frankston)
- KNX: "Think Before You Friend!"—How Facebook Can Seriously Bite (Lauren Weinstein)
- Re: Risks of RFID car keys (Jonathan de Boyne Pollard)
- Re: Wikipedia risks to personal reputation (RISKS-26.06)
Volume 26 Issue 08 (Thursday 10 June 2010)- System failures in offshore drilling processes (Steve Loughran)
- The costs of Electronic Device Adiction (Marv Schaefer)
- Software bug cuts off medical oxygen (David Lesher)
- Wood and computers don't mix in tracking trains (Mark Brader)
- Computers and Stupidity (Sarah Jacobsson via Gene Wirchenko)
- Expensive malware appears for Microsoft's Windows Mobile (Geoff Goodfellow)
- UK Scrapping National IDs (Sam Waltz)
- Protecting Internet Security (China Daily)
- The Internet in China - Fascinating Chinese white paper (Lauren Weinstein)
- North Korean hackers steal IDs to post Cheonan rumors (Paul Saffo)
- Computerized ticketing reduces ticket writing (Jeremy Epstein)
- Everyone's a food critic (Ike DeLorenzo via Monty Solomon)
- Re: Drilling for Certainty (Robert Searle)
- Re: $42.9 million slot jackpot should have been $20 (Mark Brader)
- Re: Scientist Infects Himself With Computer Virus (Steve King)
- Re: It's not just the camera in the laptop (Jerry Leichter)
Volume 26 Issue 09 (Saturday 3 July 2010)- Jumping the Walrus: When Risk Management Goes Bad (Robert Charette)
- NYC hospital and contractor/shipper lose PII on 130,495 (Danny Burstein)
- Death with Dignity depends on one IC card field (jidanni)
- Online banking risks (Ellen Messmer via Jeremy Epstein)
- Software auto--updaters (Mabry Tyson)
- AT&T e-mail address breach (Rob McCool)
- Best practices for smart grid privacy (David Magda)
- Location services: risks of oversharing (Paul F. Roberts via Gene Wirchenko)
- Previous user's data on my "new" GPS device (George Mannes)
- Re: Computers and Stupidity (Rob Seaman)
- GPS humor (Steven Bellovin)
- Mitchell & Webb Humour Clip on Identity Theft (Gene Wirchenko)
- Risks of too much emphasis on electronic security (Tony Lima)
- When you're on vacation, your cruise line knows (Jeremy Epstein)
- So you thought Linux was safe... (Mike Rechtman)
- Let Your Phone Do the Walking? (Gene Wirchenko)
- Re: System failures in offshore drilling processes (Rob Seaman)
Volume 26 Issue 10 (Saturday 10 July 2010)- Con-Ed Nerve Center Fights to Keep Lights On (Gabe Goldberg)
- Cal payroll data system cannot be changed to cut all employees' pay (Spinoza)
- Loophole May Have Aided Theft of Classified Data (Gabe Goldberg)
- What Does Microsoft Know About You? (Lee Pender via Monty Solomon)
- NY bank IT tech pleads guilty to data theft, fraud (Robert McMillan via Monty Solomon)
- To Stop Cheats, Colleges Learn Their Trickery (Trip Gabriel via Monty Solomon)
- Healthcare data risks (PGN)
- Bank fishes phishing (Diomidis Spinellis)
- Apple Acknowledges Flaw in iPhone Signal Meter (Miguel Helft via Monty Solomon)
- Re: Previous user's data on my "new" GPS device (Thomas Russ)
- Re: Software auto-updaters (Merlyn Kline, Paul Schreiber)
- REVIEW: "SSL and TLS: Theory and Practice", Rolf Oppliger (Rob Slade)
- Re: Jumping the Walrus: When Risk Management Goes Bad (Richard I. Cook)

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