Friday, August 26, 2005

[LinkedinBlogger] Two arrested in Zotob worm probe

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050826/ap_on_hi_te/computer_worm

Two Arrested in U.S. Computer Worm Probe

By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer

Authorities in Morocco and Turkey have arrested two
people believed responsible for a computer worm that
infected networks at U.S. companies and government
agencies earlier this month.

Farid Essebar, 18, was arrested in Morocco, while
Atilla Ekici, 21, was arrested in Turkey on Thursday,
Louis M. Riegel, the FBI's assistant director for
cyber crimes, said Friday. They will be prosecuted in
those countries, Riegel said.

Essebar wrote the code that attacked computers that
run Miscrosoft Corp. operating systems and Ekici paid
him for it, Riegel said. It's unclear they ever met,
"but they certainly knew each other via the Internet,"
he said.

Riegel said he does not know how much money changed
hands. Miscrosoft and FBI officials also declined to
estimate the monetary damage done by the Zotob worm
and its variations.

The pair also is believed responsible for an earlier
worm, Mytob, that first showed up in February, Riegel
said.

The Zotob worm and its variations targeted computers
that run Microsoft Corp. operating systems, with
Windows 2000 users most seriously affected.

The worm disrupted computer operations in mid-August
at several large news organizations, including The
Associated Press, ABC, CNN, and The New York Times;
such companies as heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar
Inc.; and the federal Immigration and Customs
Enforcement bureau.

Microsoft played a large role in locating the
suspects, said Riegel and Microsoft general counsel
Brad Smith.

The worm emerged just a week after the software giant
had warned of a security flaw and released a
"critical" patch for it, which is most severe on
Windows 2000 systems. Those computers can be accessed
remotely through the operating system's "Plug and
Play" hardware
detection feature.

Protective patches, plus instructions for cleansing
infected systems, are available on the company's Web
site.

Zotob and its variations can attack a computer without
needing to open any software, so some users would be
infected without knowing it.

Experts said the damage probably wouldn't be
substantial because most companies made the necessary
software fixes quickly.

Windows 2000 also is more than five years old, and
Microsoft has released several new versions of its
operating system and security overhauls since then,
further limiting the exposure.

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[LinkedinBlogger] Congratulations to David Martin for Being MLPF Member 2,000! https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/3012862

As an expression of our appreciation, we wish to
invite you to join us in congratulating David Martin
for being  the newest member of the MLPF Hall of Fame
as a result of his being MLPF's 2,000th member!!

In our book, being MLPF Member Number 2,000 makes you
Number One with us!!

To see, David's recognition award please visit:

Files -> MLPF Hall of Fame ->David Martin

To find out more about David and to help distinguish
him from other David Martin's both here on MLPF and on
Linkedin, please visit his profile at:

https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/3012862 

CONGRATULATIONS, David!

Vincent Wright
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August 25, 2005

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Thursday, August 25, 2005

[LinkedinBlogger] MLPF: Your Linkedin Business Community Now Has 2,000 Members!!

Hi, Everyone,
I'm happy to announce that My Linkedin Power Forum
became a business community of 2,000 members today,
August 25, 2005.

That means that you now have access to a couple
thousand people who might just be able to help you to
use Linkedin to grow your business better, solve a
business problem quicker, find the right
consultant/expert faster.  

Over the past 6 1/2 months, we've worked to the best
of our ability to bring our 2,000 members together to
help answer each other's questions and to share in
each other's successes.

In addition to having 2,000 members to discuss
Linkedin, networking, business, and communication
issues, those of you who are members of the MLPF group
on Linkedin Groups also have 643 members through whom
you can get additional business help directly on
Linkedin.com.

I sincerely and deeply appreciate that you've chosen
to be active members of MLPF.  I hope that you'll
continue to receive value from the communications
taking place here.

Finally, I wish to thank the MLPF Co-moderators,
Arnnei Speiser and Paul Dube, for their exemplary
support in helping to shape, nurture, and strengthen
MLPF as a business tool for you. 

Thank you!
Vincent Wright
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8.25.2005

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Monday, August 22, 2005

[LinkedinBlogger] Cause Marketing & MLPF's First "Cause of the Day"

Because I'm against spam but FOR good causes, I've
decided to use a little of MLPF's real estate for the
MLPF Cause of the Day.

And because this decision was prompted by someone who
felt compelled to send a message about breast cancer
to the group and because I've lost too many relatives
and friends to cancer, I've decided to network with
him to help bring attention to the breast cancer
initiative. 

Thus, the FIRST MLPF Cause of the Day is the one
prompted by his aborted post to MLPF: Breast Cancer
awareness. ( http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/home )


Of course, this reminds me that there are innumerable
other good causes for us to pitch in a little of
ourselves to address.   Thus, if you have a cause
you'd like for us to consider as an MLPF Cause of the
Day, please send a message to me describing your cause
and a link to its web site at Linkedin @
MyLinkedinPowerForum.com

Thanks!
Vincent  Wright
8.22.2005

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