MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hacker'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5078037&cid=t_143967_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FzlP6m6NMZek%2F Last week, the Pfizer Facebook page was hacked by ScriptKiddies, setting off a flurry of chatter about not just hacking, but the extent to which this episode would affect the way drugmakers view the virtues of Facebook and, beyond that, social media (back story). This happened just as Facebook changes it rules so that drugmakers will no longer be allowed to disable comments, prompting some to consider walking away from Facebook (see this and this). We spoke with Rich Meyer, a former Eli Lilly marketer who worked on the Prozac and Cialis brand teams, and now runs Online Strategic Solutions and the World of DTC Marketing blog, for his thoughts on the implications… Pharmalot: How bad was the hacking incident? Meyer: For consumers and patients, I don’t think it was that bad. They know ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5078037 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:23:23 +0100 5078037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4245595&cid=t_143967_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fdistributed-denial-of-service-attacks.html I think it was an American journalist (A.J. Liebling) who said "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one." I was reminded of this after Senator Joe Lieberman pressured Amazon.com to remove WikiLeaks docs from its cloud servers and Amazon complied.This concerns me. But of even greater concern to me is the spate of hacker attacks against Wikileaks and counter-attacks against Amazon and other web sites like Mastercard and Paypal that have also ceased doing business with WikiLeaks (see, for example, "Hackers Give Web Companies a Test of Free Speech").Who's next?Perhaps pharmaceutical companies are next. What's to prevent some hacker from deciding that the Lyrica.com web site should be shut down because he/she took issue with print ads that may be in violation of FDA regulat... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4245595 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:53:00 +0100 4245595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4139294&cid=t_143967_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2F06%2Fthe-political-situation-of-the-economic-inequality%2F In Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer – And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class, Jacob S. Hacker of Yale and Paul Pierson of Berkeley argue that America’s money-addicted and change-resistant political system is at the heart of the enormous and rapidly growing income inequality that they say is undermining America’s economic and political stability. (Source: The Situationist) The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4139294 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 04:05:05 +0100 4139294 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3387008&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fhacker-aspergers-sentenced%2F Computer hacker Albert Gonzalez who has Aspergers Syndrome is to be sentenced this week to 17-25 years in prison for his role in stealing over 130 million credit card numbers from various retail chains. Like Pentagon Hacker Gary McKinnon the defense is trying to use the diagnosis of Aspergers Syndrome to get a lighter sentence [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3387008 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:28:25 +0100 3387008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3201760&cid=t_143967_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F23%2Fchange-your-password%2F Humans are creatures of habit. We eat the same foods at the same times nearly every day. Cereal for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, maybe we change it up for dinner. Look at us, we’re living on the edge! But because humans are so predictable, we’re also pretty lousy at protecting ourselves from the pitfalls of predictability. We tend to choose things like passwords based upon easily-memorized components — the word “password” or some combination of characters that a 4-year old would pick (abc or 123). So as a public service, I have to mention a study released last week of 32 million breached password accounts. You’d like to think that people aren’t really that obvious. And you’d be wrong. If your password is one of the below, please change it... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3201760 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:47:53 +0100 3201760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2902925&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fmckinnon-extradition-halted-for-review%2F UK based hacker with Autism, Gary McKinnon has had his extradition to the United States halted for review.  The UK Home Secretary halted McKinnon’s extradition to review new medical evidence on McKinnon’s mental health.  McKinnon has admitted to and is charged with hacking into US Military Computer Systems.  According to McKinnon’s mother her son is [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2902925 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:45:41 +0100 2902925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2881304&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fmckinnon-pentagon-hacker-extradition-aspergers%2F The autistic hacker who hacked into the US Military, NASA and other goverment agencies will most likely be extradited to the United States for his crimes withing 14 days.  Gary McKinnon is suicidal according to his mother, who claims that the extradition of his son would be a cruel and excessive punishment.  Gary McKinnon [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2881304 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:54:31 +0100 2881304 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2730146&cid=t_143967_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F25%2Fto-be-or-not-to-be-my-kids-friend-on-facebook%2F Or… Whether ’tis nobler to be an invasive parent or trust your teenager? That is the question. The fastest growing segment of people on Facebook (FB) are those over thirty-five years old. A lot of them are parents. It won’t be long before some very clever hacker will produce Facebook G2: ‘Where your mom can’t find you.’ Why? Because even in the Internet-cell phone- GPS age, a developing young adult wants his or her privacy. Is that so bad? This question came to my attention when I first joined Facebook about a year ago. Being a newbie, I did everything Facebook instructed me to do, including invite everyone in my email address book to be my ‘friend’. That included my teenage son, M. One day M. passed by me in the kitchen and we did a stop and chat. “Hey, you never... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2730146 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:01:39 +0100 2730146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2719914&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Faspergers-hacker-sentenced-mckinnon%2F A hacker who compromised a US Department of Transportation website in order to to profit approximately 2.7 million dollars has been sentenced to 55 months in federal prison.  There are some important factors in this sentence for Gary McKinnon, another hacker with Aspergers who will most likely be extradited from the UK to the US. Viachelav [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2719914 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:30:23 +0100 2719914 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2660875&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fmckinnon-extradited-hacker-aspergers-pentagon%2F Briton’s High Court rejected Gary McKinnon’s lawyers appeal for a judicial review.  Gary McKinnon who claims to have Aspergers Syndrome hacked into US Military and NASA computers. According to the Strait Times his mother whined, “We are heartbroken. If the law says it’s fair to destroy someone’s life in this way then it’s a bad law.”  [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2660875 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:55:59 +0100 2660875 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512445&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fpentagon-uk-aspergers-autism-hacker-computer%2F The UK based computer hacker that successfully disabled several national security systems at the Pentagon, Gary McKinnon is claiming that Aspergers Syndrome - a form of autism will result in him harming himself if extradited to the United States. Gary McKinnon is a British Hacker who took down several national security systems at the Pentagon.  McKinnonon’s [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512445 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:04:49 +0100 2512445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2223689&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspieweb%2F%7E3%2FFncLHgg6N2g%2F In a huge victory for Autism Rights, Autistic Hacker Gary McKinnon will be extradited to the United States for his attack on United States military computer systems according to UK’s Crown Prosecution Service. In a statement the Crown Prosecution Service said the trial would be best held in the United States, where the bulk of the [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2223689 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:07:12 +0100 2223689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2211939&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspieweb%2F%7E3%2F6MFanKehzRc%2F Two separate influential people have spoken out against the extradition of terrorist Gary McKinnon from the United Kingdom to the United States after he attacked a United States defense computer network in the United States causing it to go down for three days.Autistic hacker, terrorist and moron Gary McKinnon has been throwing a temper tantrum [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2211939 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:18:56 +0100 2211939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2125987&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspieweb%2F%7E3%2FdUoaES_23Ow%2F Gary McKinnon, a UK based hacker who may have Aspergers Syndrome has through his lawyers states that extraditing him to the United States for hacking into a disrupting United States national security systems - to which he has admitted “could be suicidal”. According to the Enfield Independent Mr. McKinnons lawyers in a last ditch effort to help [...] This is an excerpt from an article on AspieWeb.net, A blog writen by an Autistic Blogger. (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2125987 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:25:04 +0100 2125987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1921562&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fopen-letter-to-free-gary-movement%2F To The Free Gary McKinnon Movement, As someone who has Aspergers in the United States I am appaled by your behavior. Your attempt at making Gary McKinnon get away scott free with the crimes that he has admitted too by saying that he has Aspergers he should not be held just as accountable as previous hackers [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1921562 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:49:01 +0100 1921562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1908841&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FZrDI9K1oEL0%2F Shortly after 9/11, Gary McKinnon—a “UFO-obsessed computer hacker”—allegedly hacked his way into 97 computers belonging to NASA, the Department of Defense and several branches of the US military. The European Court of Human Rights has cleared the way for McKinnon, who is British, to be extradited to the US where he would face eight charges of computer fraud. McKinnon appealed this decision and lost, and autism experts, politicians, lawyers and civil rights campaigners have been urging home secretary Jacqui Smith to intervene so McKinnon can be tried in Britain rather than being extradited to the US. Experts including Simon Baron-Cohen, professor of developmental psychopathology at Cambridge University, were commissioned to access McKinnon, who has been recently diag... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1908841 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:09:32 +0100 1908841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1908049&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Faspies-have-a-mental-age-of-10%2F So I have been looking around the news latley for references of Aspergers and I found another person using Aspergers as an excuse for criminal behavior.  Many people are well aware of the story of Gary McKinnon - The Pentagon Hacker.  Well now there is a mother of a child who bombed a cafe in [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1908049 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:52:37 +0100 1908049 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1833705&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Faspergers-does-not-make-computer-hacking-acceptable%2F Gary McKinnon is a hacker from Britain who is set to be extradited the United States.  McKinnon Allegedly hacked into the Pentagon’s computer system disabling and/or interrupting several national security systems while looking for info on UFO’s.  McKinnon’s defense is that the reason he hacked the United States Military was “as a direct result of [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1833705 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:24:44 +0100 1833705 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1742804&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F-s4socx25m0%2F Gary McKinnon allegedly hacked his way into 97 computers belonging to NASA, the Department of Defense and several branches of the military, shortly after 9/11 occurred. The Associated Press says that the European Court of Human Rights has cleared the way for McKinnon, who is British, to be extradited to the US where he would face eight charges of computer fraud. McKinnon allegedly shut down the U.S. Army district responsible for protecting Washington, D.C., and cleared logs from computers at the Naval Weapons Station Earle in New Jersey, which “tracks the location and battle-readiness of U.S. Navy ships.” McKinnon was recently diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. According to the July 30th Wired, McKinnon’s hacking activity was “a search for evidence of a milit... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1742804 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:30:19 +0100 1742804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1634975&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F338544279%2F 18-year-old Owen Thor Walker of Hamilton, New Zealand, was the “mastermind”—-of a computer hacker sort—behind a worldwide group of criminals calling themselves the ‘A-Team’ and running a “sophisticated operation” that caused more than $20 million (£10 million) in damages to computer systems, the July 16th Telegraph reports. Walker has Aspeger Syndrome and designed software that enabled a criminal gang to steal user names and passwords and credit card information. In court on Tuesday, he was ordered by a judge to pay pay damages and costs of £5,000, but was not given a conviction and, indeed, looks like he’s going to have a job out of this: New Zealand police are interested in Walker working for them on the “‘right side of ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1634975 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:00:55 +0100 1634975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1064889&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F194012733%2F A child is now able to attend school in the same grade as his same-aged peers—without an aide or any special services; his academic skills are at grade level or above; he plays video games. The above description equals “recovery from autism,” in the words of two parents I recently encountered. This “recovery” was attributed strictly to biomedical methods including various intravenous treatments, injections, detoxifying processes, and so forth. (Whether or not the child was receiving any educational services—if not ABA,perhaps speech therapy—-or occupational therapy to address sensory processing needs—or assistance with social skills, was not mentioned.) Many questions enter my mind on hearing of this as a definition of “recovery from a... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1064889 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:16:20 +0100 1064889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=830019&cid=t_143967_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F149860743%2F LifeHack offers a post with tips on How to Live Mini-Adventures. For a most excellent mini-adventure (or just plain old adventure), a few hours with Charlie—in the grocery store walking down the street, swimming in the ocean, discovering a lose tooth (the 3rd in a week)—-does the trick for me, and provides ample material for yet another story. 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