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Tuesday, 25th April 2006

New Research: Why Phishing Works; World Development Indicators 2006 Released

Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text
Iraq
Source: U.S. Department of State
Section 1227 Report on Iraq
"The Department of State has released the first Presidential report to the United States Congress pursuant to the United States Policy in Iraq Act, section 1227 (c) of the National Defense Authorization Act, Section 1227 (c). The report covers current military, diplomatic, political, and economic measures that have been undertaken to successfully complete the mission in Iraq. The report offers an assessment of the current situation in Iraq -- paralleling the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq released by the White House in November 2005 -- and outlines goals and measures on the political, economic, and security progress."
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Phishing
Source: Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Dhamija, Tygar, Hearst)
Why Phishing Works (PDF; 827 KB)
"To build systems shielding users from fraudulent (or phishing) websites, designers need to know which attack strategies work and why. This paper provides the first empirical evidence about which malicious strategies are successful at deceiving general users. We first analyzed a large set of captured phishing attacks and developed a set of hypotheses about why these strategies might work. We then assessed these hypotheses with a usability study in which 22 participants were shown 20 web sites and asked to determine which ones were fraudulent. We found that 23% of the participants did not look at browser-based cues such as the address bar, status bar and the security indicators, leading to incorrect choices 40% of the time. We also found that some visual deception attacks can fool even the most sophisticated users. These results illustrate that standard security indicators are not effective for a substantial fraction of users, and suggest that alternative approaches are needed." (via DocuTicker.com)
See Also: Phishing and Crimeware Map
See Also: February Phishing Trends Report Available (via Anti-Phishing Working Group)
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Enron Trial
Documents in the News
Source: Houston Chronicle
Full Text: Enron Trial Transcripts
Most recent accessible in middle column. Other transcripts can be found here.
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Agriculture--Databases
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, UN
Updated: FAO GeoNet
From the announcement, "A new version of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's spatial data catalogue, FAO GeoNetwork, which provides agricultural information to decision-makers, allowing them to access satellite imagery, interactive maps, and spatial databases from FAO, WFP, CGIAR, and others..." Thanks to Adena S. for the news tip.
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Development--Global--Statistics
Source: World Bank
Just Released: World Development Indicators 2006
"The World Development Indicators, published annually by the World Bank, is the world's most authoritative set of development statistics. It draws on an underlying database of more than 600 indicators covering 206 countries and territories. The World Bank works closely with other international agencies to assemble the most reliable statistics for its publications."
Summary Direct to Full Text and Other Selected Stats
See Also: More Key Development Data & Statistics
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Pets--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: ASPCA (via Infoplease)
Top 30 Pet Names
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Television--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: TiVo
Most-Recorded Shows (with TiVo) For the Week Ending 4/23/2006

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