links of the day 12/18/2013 (a.m.)

• ICSR Insight: Up to 11,000 foreign fighters in Syria; steep rise among Western Europeans / ICSR

• What Are Chinese Domain Name Scams? – Video

• Data, data everywhere! Where it comes from, nobody really knows? | DataLossDB

  While there are still a few weeks left in 2013, it has already been the most severe in terms of data breaches in the last 10 years with over 705 million records lost. In addition, 4 of the top 10 data breaches of all time happened in 2013, with the top spot now belonging to Adobe (at least for the moment).

• What a successful exploit of a Linux server looks like | Ars Technica

• Release of offshore records draws worldwide response | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

• NDP urge investigation of privacy breaches at Canada Revenue Agency

• NSA speaks out on Snowden, spying - CBS News

• IBM sued for cooperating with NSA for spy program | ZDNet

• Attackers Exploited Coldfusion Vulnerability to Install Microsoft IIS Malware - CIO.com

• Rogue:Win32/Winwebsec

• Android Botnet Stole SMSes From South Korea, Emailed Them to China - CIO.com

• Data Breaches have Eroded Consumer Faith in Security, Fujitsu Finds - CIO.com

• Have I been pwned? Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach

• Blue Cross: 840,000 Healthcare Records at Risk After Laptop Theft - CIO.com

• JPMorgan to Notify 500,000 Due to Data Breach, But Will Not Offer Replacement Cards - CIO.com

• Bogus Antivirus Program Uses a Dozen Stolen Signing Certificates - CIO.com

• View From the Precipice - Mobile Financial Malware | NSS Labs

• Weak Security In Most Mobile Banking Apps -- Dark Reading

• Gamers attacked 11.7 million times in 2013

• DDoS attacks escalate, businesses still unprepared

• Kabinet versnelt onderzoek naar eigen cloud voor vitale ict - Webwereld

• 'Rotterdammer die 2.000 pc's infecteerde deed het voor de kick' - Security.NL

• Insight: Libya’s training honeypot | DefenceWeb

• Congo's army accused of abuse as rebels regroup in Rwanda | DefenceWeb

• African migrants abandon Israeli detention center in protest march | DefenceWeb

• World watching, will act on Central African Republic crimes: U.N. | DefenceWeb

• U.N. peacekeepers find arsenal of weapons left by Congo M23 rebels | DefenceWeb

• NSA goes on 60 Minutes: the definitive facts behind CBS's flawed report | World news | theguardian.com

• MPs try hard with a vengeance | Politics | The Guardian

• Snowden offers to help Brazil investigate US spying in exchange for asylum – live | World news | theguardian.com

• Edward Snowden offers to help Brazil over US spying in return for asylum | World news | theguardian.com

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.