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The attackers are using brute-force tactics to break into user accounts for WordPress and Joomla sites. The top five user names being targeted are “admin,” “test,” “administrator,” “Admin,” and “root.” In a brute-force attack, the perpetrators systematically try out all possible combinations until they successfully login to the account. It is easier to guess and figure out simple passwords such as number sequences and dictionary words, and a botnet automates the entire process . The top five passwords being attempted in this attack happen to be “admin,” “123456,” “111111,” “666666,” and “12345678.
— WordPress, Joomla Sites Under Brute-Force Password Attack
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Last month, Facebook Security discovered that our systems had been targeted in a sophisticated attack. This attack occurred when a handful of employees visited a mobile developer website that was compromised. The compromised website hosted an exploit which then allowed malware to be installed on these employee laptops. The laptops were fully-patched and running up-to-date anti-virus software. As soon as we discovered the presence of the malware, we remediated all infected machines, informed law enforcement, and began a significant investigation that continues to this day.
— Protecting People On Facebook | Facebook
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N. Korea video shows US city under attack (by AFP)

wouldn’t copying Gangnam have had more success?!? I feel sorry for the millions having to live under this demented regime.

  • Oh, North Korea. You crazy peninsula of propaganda. Usually, when the isolated nation wants attention, it talks smack about or threatens destruction of the United States. The North Korean leadership is also fond of firing off missiles to scare the bejeezus out of its prosperous South Korean neighbors. Over the weekend, North Korean state-controlled media posted a comical video on YouTube of a man who dreams of blowing up Manhattan. The cheesy instrumental version of “We Are the World” is suitably surreal.

  • Here’s a translation of the story told by those screen captions, courtesy of the New York Times.

    “I had a dream last night, a dream of soaring into space on board our Unha-9 rocket. Our Kwangmyongsong-21 spacecraft got separated from the rocket and traveled through space. I see stars and the green Earth. I also see a unified Korea. Meanwhile, I see black smoke rising somewhere in America,” the dreaming man says. “It appears that the headquarters of evil, which has had a habit of using force and unilateralism and committing wars of aggression, is going up in flames it itself has ignited. Just imagine riding in a Korean spaceship. One day, my dream will come true.  No matter how hard the imperialists try to isolate and stifle us, they will not stop our people’s path toward our final victory of achieving a unified, strong and prosperous Korea.” 
  • Maybe this is all part an wacky ruse to get us to forget December’s unicorndebacle. I mean, we’ve got Saturday cartoons that have higher production values than the latest from Pyongyang. But the visual qualities of Kim Jong Eun’s latest bit of saber-rattling are minor, given all the chatter of aforthcoming nuclear test.
  • North Korea doesn’t stand a chance of hitting New York City, let alone the United States, with a missile. And we all know it already has nukes. So a third test will prove only that it has nothing better to do. One of those elaborate military parades with rolling tanks and goose-stepping troops would have been a much better use of time. It certainly would have been more entertaining.

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