Friday 27 February 2009
Orkut Guy to be the Richest Person by 2009?
Who Is Orkut???? A guy lost his girlfriend in a train accident....but the gal's name nowhere appeared in the dead list. This guy grew up n became IT technical architect in his late 20's, achievement in itself!!He hired developers from the whole globe and plan to make a software where he could search for his gf through the web..Things went as planned...n he found her, after losing millions of
Thursday 26 February 2009
Freida Pinto sizzles on Maxim cover (Image)
Maxim India's March 2009 issue is all set to hit newsstands, and the lovely Ms Pinto's covershot is a picture of bliss. Get all our blog postings delivered in your inbox.Type your email address HereFor more Click Teentweensblog
Hilary Duff Dignity Best of Photoshoot (15 Exclusive Images)
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Miley Cyrus Hacker Used Celebrity MySpace Accounts for Spamming -- Update
A Tennessee teenager who was raided last October for hacking the Gmail account of teen star Miley Cyrus cracked multiple celebrity accounts for a spamming scheme that netted him at least $100,000, according to an affidavit filed by an FBI agent who questioned the teen. The affidavit was obtained by WTVF Channel 5 in Tennessee.
Josh Holly, 19, told Threat Level last October that he obtained access to Cyrus's Gmail account and stole personal photos from it, which he posted on the web. He also said he obtained access to MySpace's administrative panel by social engineering an employee, then reset account passwords for a number of MySpace users. He used the accounts for a spamming scheme that netted him about $50,000. Holly didn't provide details at the time.
But the newly released affidavit (.pdf) provides a few more hints about this activity. According to the document, Holly admitted to the FBI agent that since 2005 he had hijacked numerous celebrity internet accounts, which he used to conduct spamming. The affidavit doesn't mention MySpace specifically in connection with this activity. An investigation of Holly's bank records showed that between November 2007 and July 2008, Holly received more than $110,000 from companies for spamming on their behalf.
The affidavit also reveals that Holly spilled the names of associates to the FBI.
Additionally, Holly corresponded with MySpace's director of security over the course of several months and provided the company with information regarding "MySpace system weaknesses and potential intrustions," according to the document. In exchange for this information, Holly asked the security director to reactivate his MySpace account, which had been suspended for "suspicious or inappropriate behavior."
Holly made no attempt to hide his identity from MySpace. He gave the MySpace security director a Gmail address with his real name, and the MySpace account he wanted re-activated was under his real name. MySpace also had a photo of him, which he had used when he opened the account.
UPDATE: Holly called Threat Level and provided some clarification and additional details about the affidavit and the discrepancy regarding the amount of money he told me he earned from spamming and the amount the affidavit said he earned.
He said he received about $110,000 total, but half of that went to an accomplice in Israel who goes by the online nickname elul21 (which stands for the accomplice's birthdate -- Elul is the Hebrew name of a month on the Jewish calendar). The accomplice mostly provided Holly with marketing ideas.
Holly said the celebrity MySpace accounts he accessed to conduct his spamming activity belonged mainly to recording artists and groups -- Chris Brown, Rihanna, Linkin Park, Fall Out Boy. He accessed about 20 accounts but can't remember all of them. Once he had the password to the account -- which he obtained through the MySpace admin panel (the admin panel stored the passwords in cleartext) -- he used the accounts to send bulletins to all of the friends on a MySpace account advertising a ringtone or call service for the recording artist. For example, he'd send out a bulletin from Fall Out Boy's MySpace account telling fans that the band would call their phone and send them a ringtone if they clicked on a link and entered their details.
Holly says the advertising affiliates he worked for paid him between $5 and $12 per person who responded to the ad. The affiliates didn't know he was spamming customers, and when they found out he said they terminated their work with him and refused to pay him outstanding earnings.
Although Holly was raided last October, during which FBI agents seized his phone and computers, authorities only sought a search warrant last month to conduct a forensic examination of his hardware. I asked Holly if he's concerned that the investigation was heating up.
"A little bit," he said. "Once I go to court I can’t say 'not guilty'. There’s no way I can get out of this at all. Not even OJ's lawyers or Michael Jackson's lawyers can get me out of this. To be blunt, I was an idiot and I didn’t delete any of my [hard drives]. I never thought they would raid me. They’re going to get full proof evidence of everything that I’ve said I’ve done."
He said he's left Tennessee and has been lying low, trying to find a legitimate job to earn money.
Josh Holly, 19, told Threat Level last October that he obtained access to Cyrus's Gmail account and stole personal photos from it, which he posted on the web. He also said he obtained access to MySpace's administrative panel by social engineering an employee, then reset account passwords for a number of MySpace users. He used the accounts for a spamming scheme that netted him about $50,000. Holly didn't provide details at the time.
But the newly released affidavit (.pdf) provides a few more hints about this activity. According to the document, Holly admitted to the FBI agent that since 2005 he had hijacked numerous celebrity internet accounts, which he used to conduct spamming. The affidavit doesn't mention MySpace specifically in connection with this activity. An investigation of Holly's bank records showed that between November 2007 and July 2008, Holly received more than $110,000 from companies for spamming on their behalf.
The affidavit also reveals that Holly spilled the names of associates to the FBI.
Additionally, Holly corresponded with MySpace's director of security over the course of several months and provided the company with information regarding "MySpace system weaknesses and potential intrustions," according to the document. In exchange for this information, Holly asked the security director to reactivate his MySpace account, which had been suspended for "suspicious or inappropriate behavior."
Holly made no attempt to hide his identity from MySpace. He gave the MySpace security director a Gmail address with his real name, and the MySpace account he wanted re-activated was under his real name. MySpace also had a photo of him, which he had used when he opened the account.
UPDATE: Holly called Threat Level and provided some clarification and additional details about the affidavit and the discrepancy regarding the amount of money he told me he earned from spamming and the amount the affidavit said he earned.
He said he received about $110,000 total, but half of that went to an accomplice in Israel who goes by the online nickname elul21 (which stands for the accomplice's birthdate -- Elul is the Hebrew name of a month on the Jewish calendar). The accomplice mostly provided Holly with marketing ideas.
Holly said the celebrity MySpace accounts he accessed to conduct his spamming activity belonged mainly to recording artists and groups -- Chris Brown, Rihanna, Linkin Park, Fall Out Boy. He accessed about 20 accounts but can't remember all of them. Once he had the password to the account -- which he obtained through the MySpace admin panel (the admin panel stored the passwords in cleartext) -- he used the accounts to send bulletins to all of the friends on a MySpace account advertising a ringtone or call service for the recording artist. For example, he'd send out a bulletin from Fall Out Boy's MySpace account telling fans that the band would call their phone and send them a ringtone if they clicked on a link and entered their details.
Holly says the advertising affiliates he worked for paid him between $5 and $12 per person who responded to the ad. The affiliates didn't know he was spamming customers, and when they found out he said they terminated their work with him and refused to pay him outstanding earnings.
Although Holly was raided last October, during which FBI agents seized his phone and computers, authorities only sought a search warrant last month to conduct a forensic examination of his hardware. I asked Holly if he's concerned that the investigation was heating up.
"A little bit," he said. "Once I go to court I can’t say 'not guilty'. There’s no way I can get out of this at all. Not even OJ's lawyers or Michael Jackson's lawyers can get me out of this. To be blunt, I was an idiot and I didn’t delete any of my [hard drives]. I never thought they would raid me. They’re going to get full proof evidence of everything that I’ve said I’ve done."
He said he's left Tennessee and has been lying low, trying to find a legitimate job to earn money.
Top 10 worst internet outages
After Google's email service temporarily disappeared this week, Check out the worst examples of web sites and internet services crashing - here's the top 10:Google outageMillions of internet users worldwide sit up and take notice when Google goes down. The latest outage on Tuesday 24 February lasted for more than two hours, with the web giant attributing the unplanned downtime to
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Beautiful Nightviews of Japanese Industries (Pics)
Check some of the cool Japanese Industries photos in Night.Japan is a beautiful Country,even its industries look so beautiful at night.Get all our blog postings delivered in your inbox.Type your email address HereFor more Click Teentweensblog
Beyonce Wardrobe Malfunction | Oscar 2009 | Slideshow
Beyonce performed a medley of Oscar Show Tunes with Oscar 2009's host Hugh Jackman and had a little "wardrobe malfunction." Most people didn't even notice. But those 'seedy-sided' folks who notice such things were able to freeze-frame and zoom-in. Check out the last photo in the slideshow, below. You can pause to see if it was worth it.Tuesday 24 February 2009
Hugh Jackman's Opening Performance | Oscars 2009
Sexiest man alive Hugh Jackman is bringing some excitement and sexiness back to the Oscars with a musical opening that Mr. Oscar himself hasnt seen in the past 81 years.View the Video, below:
Jackman's opening act included his singing about the nominated films, Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, The Reader, The Wrestler and a surprise performance with Anne Hathaway for Frost/Nixon.
Hugh brought Anne Hathaway on stage as they performed a fun duet. Who knew Anne had those pipes? We were surely impressed.
Hugh also joked about the current economic crisis and how he must contractually mention Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at least five times throughout the show. Angie found that really funny!
It was definitely a great opening! The atmosphere was relaxed and fun as the stars that were probably nervous wrecks waiting to hear if they would be taking home an Oscar.
And what's Hollywood without some shameless promotion? Jackman managed to end his number promoting his upcoming flick Wolverine.
In the end, Hugh received a standing ovation.~source
Friday 20 February 2009
Rare Lara Dutta Photos in Bikini (Pics)
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