CAUCE NORTH AMERICA NEWS, Vol 14, No 1, 16 2013

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CAUCE News, Volume 14, Number 1
January 16, 2013


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What happens when people respond to pharma spam?

NPR's Planet Money did a remarkable piece yesterday, based on research
by reporter Brian Krebs and UCSD professor Stefan Savage, looking at
pharma spam (black market pharmacies selling prescription drugs), who
sends it, and what happens when people respond.

The most surprising discovery was that, for the most part, people
actually get the drugs they order. Listen to the [2]Planet
Money episode for the full story.
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Are You Donating to a Real Charity?

Please share this post. After a tragedy, many of us want to donate to
funds and charities to show our support for a community. However, scam
charities immediately pop up, looking to steal your well intentioned
donations. There are at least 30 newly-registered domains created in
the past 48 hours related to the tragic shootings at the Sandy Hook
elementary school in Connecticut: Most, probably all are scams and
rip-offs. How then, to donate so that your funds make it to the
deserving victims? Check out Charity Navigator, an online database that
assesses charities based upon revenues, operating costs, and...

Read more: [3]Are You Donating to a Real Charity?
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TEN STEPS : What To Do if Your Data is Being Held for Ransom

We have your data. Fork over the money! For the past few months,
so-called 'Ransomware' has been very popular among online criminal
gangs. A computer is infected with malware which encrypts some or all
of the data on the computer, and the criminals demand a payment to
restore the machine to normal. This ofen comes with a fake warning from
the national law enforcement agency of the location of the computer,
such as the FBI in the US, and geo-locates the payment to dollars or
Euros as appropriate. Sometimes the warning claims pirated content or
illegal pornography has been found...

Read more: [4]TEN STEPS : What To Do if Your Data is Being Held for
Ransom

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References

1. http://www.cauce.org/
2. http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/01/15/169424047/episode-430-black-market-pharmacies-and-the-spam-empire-behind-them
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