Domain hijack fears over Gmail exploit

A Gmail exploit, which might be abused to allow domain hijacking, has reared its ugly head once more, reports The Register.

The reported vulnerability revolves around the potential ability for hackers to create a malicious filter without needing to obtain the login credentials for a Gmail account. A flaw of this type hit Web designer David Airey in December 2007. Security watchers thought Google had a handle on the problem, but now it seems this confidence might have been misplaced.

The exploit kicks off by tricking surfers into visiting a maliciously constructed Web site. This site uses cross-site request forgery trickery to set up a filter on a targeted Gmail account, which forwards e-mail to a hacker's account, while deleting it from a victim's inbox.

UK law enforcement agencies are stepping up the use of data matching to trap money launderers and terrorist finance operations using information gleaned from the Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), which banks and other financial institutions are required to file, says Computing.co.uk.

The development is revealed in the latest report on SARs activity from the Serious Organised Crime Agency. The report said the acquisition of further data matching tools by the UK Financial Intelligence Unit will enable the bulk export and import of data, and "allow a better, more timely and proactive service to be provided to law enforcement".

The annual report issued on behalf of the SARs Regime Committee insisted the activity meets the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

Ninety percent of the young people who seek treatment for compulsive computer gaming are not addicted, reports The BBC.

So says Keith Bakker, founder and head of Europe's first and only clinic to treat gaming addicts.

The Smith & Jones Centre, in Amsterdam, has treated hundreds of young gamers since the clinic opened in 2006.

A teenager lay dying in bed after swallowing a lethal dose of narcotics while his suicide attempt was broadcast to the Web. A group of concerned viewers attempted to save his life by alerting the authorities. Others, however, prodded the teen to take his own life with messages such as "do it", reports CNet.

Authorities are now trying to determine whether any of the people who sent messages to the teen via the Web violated Florida law, according to several reports.

The incident began last week when the 19-year-old man began Webcasting on Justin.TV and posted a message at a Web site dedicated to body building that he intended to kill himself. About 12 hours later, police found him dead in his Hollywood home.