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It appears I'm getting some sort of interference with the Boxee Box IR or something is on the fritz.
I have no batteries in any remote controls yet the box randomly turns on, fast-forwards, changes volume etc.
Anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot?
Seems to be a recent phenomenon.


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Learning From A Pro
Former UK stars Cousins, Sheppard wow young campers at Rocky Hollow
- Local News
Somerset Firefighters converged on the Economy Inn on Monticello Street on Monday for a controlled burn. The property was recently acquired by the City of Somerset and was going to be razed — so the fire department used the building as training ground for some of the county's young firefighters.
Firefighters use Economy Inn as a practice field
It didn't take long for the City of Somerset to begin taking unusual advantage of its latest property acquisition, the Economy Inn—formerly Somerset Court—at 422 Monticello Street south of Oak Hill Road.
Recycling will be done on a weekly basis in City of Somerset
Good news for recycling fans — the city will be coming to collect more often.
At Monday's Somerset City Council meeting, Mayor Eddie Girdler made the decision to make recycling pick-ups a weekly thing in the city, starting immediately. -
Rodney Dick files to run for jailer
Rodney Dick, an employee of the Pulaski County Road Department for 25 years and a farmer in the Nancy community, is the third candidate to file for jailer, hoping to unseat incumbent Mike Harris.
Firefighters use Economy Inn as a practice field
- Local Sports
Somerset High School sophomore Brynlee Bigelow (left) and Southwestern High School junior Adison Corder (center) fight for possession of the basketball, as Somerset sophomore Topanga Brown (right) looks on. The Lady Warriors won the cross-town game on Monday night by a score of 61-51.
Lady Warriors hold off Somerset, 61-51
Southwestern looked as if they would cruise to a victory over Somerset after they opened Monday night's game at the Wigwam with a 14-0 run.
Somerset, however, would roar all the way back from that early deficit and even take the lead at one point in the game. -
Pulaski ends 14-1 season as 5A state runner-ups
The 2013 high school football season was a magical one indeed for Johnny Hines and the Pulaski County Maroons.
Stephens resigns as Warriors' coach
After only 2 1/2 years at the helm of the Southwestern High School football program, Andy Stephens has resigned his position.
Lady Warriors hold off Somerset, 61-51
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A copy of the Ashland Daily Independent's front page on November 23, 1963, shows typical coverage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. A sister newspaper of The Commonwealth Journal, the Ashland newspaper at the time was published by Robert McCullough Sr., grandfather of Rob McCullough, publisher of the Commonwealth Journal.
JFK assassination remembered
Pulaski countians are joining millions today as they pause to remember one of the blackest moments in this nation's history. This is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States.
'Faith Cakes' a non-profit project with a real sweet tooth
Baking, for April Adams, is a labor of love — and faith.
If you ask Adams what her plans are on any random day of the month, she's likely to be preparing to make cakes and cupcakes from scratch as part of her baking business — but don't think this is just any local baked goods operation.
Adams fills orders for around four cakes and around 15 dozen cupcakes a month, all in a variety of flavors. Her prices are tailored to the smallest of orders and to the largest of requests. -
Beavers making comeback in Pulaski
"Beavers are all over the place ... in all parts of Pulaski County."
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Scientists briefly revive extinct frog from dead cells
The Rheobatrachus silus frog has been extinct since 1983. This unusual Australian creature was known for swallowing its eggs and then releasing the young from its mouth. That's way too awesome to just let the animal be resigned to the biological history books.
Australian researchers have spent five years conducting experiments using somatic-cell nuclear transfer, a technique for creating a cloned embryo. Appropriately enough, it's called the Lazarus Project. The scientists took donor eggs from a related frog and replaced the nuclei with dead nuclei from the extinct frog. Some of the eggs then began to grow.… Read more


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Social engineering (security)
Computer security |
Computer insecurity |
Social engineering, in the context of information security, refers to psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. A type of confidence trick for the purpose of information gathering, fraud, or system access, it differs from a traditional "con" in that it is often one of many steps in a more complex fraud scheme.
The term "social engineering" as an act of psychological manipulation is also associated with the social sciences, but its usage has caught on among computer and information security professionals.1
Techniques and terms
All social engineering techniques are based on specific attributes of human decision-making known as cognitive biases.2 These biases, sometimes called "bugs in the human hardware," are exploited in various combinations to create attack techniques, some of which are listed here:
Pretexting (adj. pretextual), also known in the UK as blagging or bohoing, is the act of creating and using an invented scenario (the pretext) to engage a targeted victim in a manner that increases the chance the victim will divulge information or perform actions that would be unlikely in ordinary circumstances.3 An elaborate lie, it most often involves some prior research or setup and the use of this information for impersonation (e.g., date of birth, Social Security number, last bill amount) to establish legitimacy in the mind of the target.4
This technique can be used to fool a business into disclosing customer information as well as by private investigators to obtain telephone records, utility records, banking records and other information directly from company service representatives. The information can then be used to establish even greater legitimacy under tougher questioning with a manager, e.g., to make account changes, get specific balances, etc.
Pretexting can also be used to impersonate co-workers, police, bank, tax authorities, clergy, insurance investigators — or any other individual who could have perceived authority or right-to-know in the mind of the targeted victim. The pretexter must simply prepare answers to questions that might be asked by the victim. In some cases, all that is needed is a voice that sounds authoritative, an earnest tone, and an ability to think on one's feet to create a pretextual scenario.
Diversion theft
Diversion theft, also known as the "Corner Game"5 or "Round the Corner Game", originated in the East End of London.
In summary, diversion theft is a "con" exercised by professional thieves, normally against a transport or courier company. The objective is to persuade the persons responsible for a legitimate delivery that the consignment is requested elsewhere — hence, "round the corner".
Phishing is a technique of fraudulently obtaining private information. Typically, the phisher sends an e-mail that appears to come from a legitimate business—a bank, or credit card company—requesting "verification" of information and warning of some dire consequence if it is not provided. The e-mail usually contains a link to a fraudulent web page that seems legitimate—with company logos and content—and has a form requesting everything from a home address to an ATM card's PIN.
For example, 2003 saw the proliferation of a phishing scam in which users received e-mails supposedly from eBay claiming that the user's account was about to be suspended unless a link provided was clicked to update a credit card (information that the genuine eBay already had). Because it is relatively simple to make a Web site resemble a legitimate organization's site by mimicking the HTML code, the scam counted on people being tricked into thinking they were being contacted by eBay and subsequently, were going to eBay's site to update their account information. By spamming large groups of people, the "phisher" counted on the e-mail being read by a percentage of people who already had listed credit card numbers with eBay legitimately, who might respond.
IVR or phone phishing
Phone phishing (or "vishing") uses a rogue interactive voice response (IVR) system to recreate a legitimate-sounding copy of a bank or other institution's IVR system. The victim is prompted (typically via a phishing e-mail) to call in to the "bank" via a (ideally toll free) number provided in order to "verify" information. A typical system will reject log-ins continually, ensuring the victim enters PINs or passwords multiple times, often disclosing several different passwords. More advanced systems transfer the victim to the attacker posing as a customer service agent for further questioning.
Baiting is like the real-world Trojan Horse that uses physical media and relies on the curiosity or greed of the victim.6
In this attack, the attacker leaves a malware infected floppy disk, CD-ROM, or USB flash drive in a location sure to be found (bathroom, elevator, sidewalk, parking lot), gives it a legitimate looking and curiosity-piquing label, and simply waits for the victim to use the device.
For example, an attacker might create a disk featuring a corporate logo, readily available from the target's web site, and write "Executive Salary Summary Q2 2012" on the front. The attacker would then leave the disk on the floor of an elevator or somewhere in the lobby of the targeted company. An unknowing employee might find it and subsequently insert the disk into a computer to satisfy their curiosity, or a good samaritan might find it and turn it in to the company.
In either case, as a consequence of merely inserting the disk into a computer to see the contents, the user would unknowingly install malware on it, likely giving an attacker unfettered access to the victim's PC and, perhaps, the targeted company's internal computer network.
Unless computer controls block the infection, PCs set to "auto-run" inserted media may be compromised as soon as a rogue disk is inserted.
Hostile devices, more attractive than simple memory, can also be used.7 For instance, a "lucky winner" is sent a free digital audio player that actually compromises any computer it is plugged to.
Quid pro quo
Quid pro quo means something for something:
- An attacker calls random numbers at a company, claiming to be calling back from technical support. Eventually this person will hit someone with a legitimate problem, grateful that someone is calling back to help them. The attacker will "help" solve the problem and, in the process, have the user type commands that give the attacker access or launch malware.
- In a 2003 information security survey, 90% of office workers gave researchers what they claimed was their password in answer to a survey question in exchange for a cheap pen.8 Similar surveys in later years obtained similar results using chocolates and other cheap lures, although they made no attempt to validate the passwords.9
An attacker, seeking entry to a restricted area secured by unattended, electronic access control, e.g. by RFID card, simply walks in behind a person who has legitimate access. Following common courtesy, the legitimate person will usually hold the door open for the attacker. The legitimate person may fail to ask for identification for any of several reasons, or may accept an assertion that the attacker has forgotten or lost the appropriate identity token. The attacker may also fake the action of presenting an identity token.
Other types
Common confidence tricksters or fraudsters also could be considered "social engineers" in the wider sense, in that they deliberately deceive and manipulate people, exploiting human weaknesses to obtain personal benefit. They may, for example, use social engineering techniques as part of an IT fraud.
A very recent type of social engineering technique includes spoofing or cracking IDs of people having popular e-mail IDs such as Yahoo!, GMail, Hotmail, etc. Among the many motivations for deception are:
- Phishing credit-card account numbers and their passwords.
- Cracking private e-mails and chat histories, and manipulating them by using common editing techniques before using them to extort money and creating distrust among individuals.
- Cracking websites of companies or organizations and destroying their reputation.
- Computer virus hoaxes
Organizations reduce their security risks by:
- Establishing frameworks of trust on an employee/personnel level (i.e., specify and train personnel when/where/why/how sensitive information should be handled)
- Identifying which information is sensitive and evaluating its exposure to social engineering and breakdowns in security systems (building, computer system, etc.)
- Establishing security protocols, policies, and procedures for handling sensitive information.
- Training employees in security protocols relevant to their position. (e.g., in situations such as tailgating, if a person's identity cannot be verified, then employees must be trained to politely refuse.)
- Performing unannounced, periodic tests of the security framework.
- Reviewing the above steps regularly: no solutions to information integrity are perfect.10
- Using a waste management service that has dumpsters with locks on them, with keys to them limited only to the waste management company and the cleaning staff. Locating the dumpster either in view of employees such that trying to access it carries a risk of being seen or caught or behind a locked gate or fence where the person must trespass before they can attempt to access the dumpster.11
Notable social engineers
California police departments investigating red light violations
More than 30 California police departments mail out red light camera notices in an effort to enforce traffic laws and encourage registered owners to either accept responsibility for their violation or to reveal the identity of the person who was driving the vehicle at the time of the violation. It must be noted that these are not "fake tickets" as some12 may claim. These notices do not purport to be legal tickets and clearly state their intention. They have not been filed at court and carry no legal weight (in the US). The registered owner has the right to remain silent and is under no obligation to respond in any manner. In California, a ticket bears the name and address of the local branch of the Superior Court and directs the recipient to contact that Court, while notices generated by the police do not.13141516 Notices issued by police departments clearly state at the top "COURTESY NOTICE - THIS IS NOT A TICKET".17 Information regarding these courtesy notices can be found in the California Motor Vehicle Code section 21455.5. Additionally, California law dictates that only courtesy notices may be issued for 30 days following new installation of automated traffic enforcement systems.18 Therefore, no misrepresentation or scam is being perpetrated by the police departments.19non-primary source needed
Kevin Mitnick
Reformed computer criminal and later security consultant Kevin Mitnick points out that it is much easier to trick someone into giving a password for a system than to spend the effort to crack into the system.20
Christopher Hadnagy
Security professional that wrote the first framework.21 He is also the author of the book.22 He is the creator of the DEFCON Social Engineer Capture the Flag and the Social Engineer CTF for Kids.
Badir Brothers
Brothers Ramy, Muzher, and Shadde Badir—all of whom were blind from birth—managed to set up an extensive phone and computer fraud scheme in Israel in the 1990s using social engineering, voice impersonation, and Braille-display computers.23
The white hat hacker, computer security consultant, and writer for Phrack Magazine, Archangel (nicknamed "The Greatest Social Engineer of All Time") has demonstrated social engineering techniques to gain everything from passwords to pizza to automobiles to airline tickets.2425262728
Steve Stasiukonis
Security Consultant for Secure Network Technologies. Inventor of the USB thumb drive test where USB sticks contained exploits to test if employees would run them from within their business environments. This attack is now one of the most popular social engineering techniques in existence and is used to test the human element of security around the world.
JB Snyder
Principal Consultant for Bancsec, Inc., and one of the world's top experts in banking cybersecurity, developed and proved in over 50 U.S. bank locations "the most efficient social engineering attack in history." This attack vector, primarily utilizing email, allows a social engineer to make unauthenticated, unauthorized, large cash withdrawals from bank branches 29 with an extraordinarily high success rate (over 90%) while enjoying low probabilities of immediate detection or subsequent incarceration. Among his other successful bank social engineering test accomplishments is wire transfer through a combination of emails and telephone pretexting.
Mike Ridpath
Security consultant for IOActive, published author, and speaker. Emphasizes techniques and tactics for social engineering cold calling. Became notable after his talks where he would play recorded calls and explain his thought process on what he was doing to get passwords through the phone.303132
Other social engineers include Frank Abagnale, David Bannon, Peter Foster, Swift "Chris", Weston The Linux God, Horrify The God, and Steven Jay Russell.
In common law, pretexting is an invasion of privacy tort of appropriation.33
Pretexting of telephone records
In December 2006, United States Congress approved a Senate sponsored bill making the pretexting of telephone records a federal felony with fines of up to $250,000 and ten years in prison for individuals (or fines of up to $500,000 for companies). It was signed by president George W. Bush on 12 January 2007.34
Federal legislation
The 1999 "GLBA" is a U.S. Federal law that specifically addresses pretexting of banking records as an illegal act punishable under federal statutes. When a business entity such as a private investigator, SIU insurance investigator, or an adjuster conducts any type of deception, it falls under the authority of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). This federal agency has the obligation and authority to ensure that consumers are not subjected to any unfair or deceptive business practices. US Federal Trade Commission Act, Section 5 of the FTCA states, in part: "Whenever the Commission shall have reason to believe that any such person, partnership, or corporation has been or is using any unfair method of competition or unfair or deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce, and if it shall appear to the Commission that a proceeding by it in respect thereof would be to the interest of the public, it shall issue and serve upon such person, partnership, or corporation a complaint stating its charges in that respect."
The statute states that when someone obtains any personal, non-public information from a financial institution or the consumer, their action is subject to the statute. It relates to the consumer's relationship with the financial institution. For example, a pretexter using false pretenses either to get a consumer's address from the consumer's bank, or to get a consumer to disclose the name of his or her bank, would be covered. The determining principle is that pretexting only occurs when information is obtained through false pretenses.
While the sale of cell telephone records has gained significant media attention, and telecommunications records are the focus of the two bills currently before the United States Senate, many other types of private records are being bought and sold in the public market. Alongside many advertisements for cell phone records, wireline records and the records associated with calling cards are advertised. As individuals shift to VoIP telephones, it is safe to assume that those records will be offered for sale as well. Currently, it is legal to sell telephone records, but illegal to obtain them.35
1st Source Information Specialists
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-Kalamazoo, Michigan), chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, expressed concern over the easy access to personal mobile phone records on the Internet during Wednesday's E&C Committee hearing on "Phone Records For Sale: Why Aren't Phone Records Safe From Pretexting?" Illinois became the first state to sue an online records broker when Attorney General Lisa Madigan sued 1st Source Information Specialists, Inc., on 20 January, a spokeswoman for Madigan's office said. The Florida-based company operates several Web sites that sell mobile telephone records, according to a copy of the suit. The attorneys general of Florida and Missouri quickly followed Madigan's lead, filing suit on 24 and 30 January, respectively, against 1st Source Information Specialists and, in Missouri's case, one other records broker – First Data Solutions, Inc.
Several wireless providers, including T-Mobile, Verizon, and Cingular filed earlier lawsuits against records brokers, with Cingular winning an injunction against First Data Solutions and 1st Source Information Specialists on 13 January. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-New York) introduced legislation in February 2006 aimed at curbing the practice. The Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006 would create felony criminal penalties for stealing and selling the records of mobile phone, landline, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) subscribers.
Hewlett Packard
Patricia Dunn, former chairwoman of Hewlett Packard, reported that the HP board hired a private investigation company to delve into who was responsible for leaks within the board. Dunn acknowledged that the company used the practice of pretexting to solicit the telephone records of board members and journalists. Chairman Dunn later apologized for this act and offered to step down from the board if it was desired by board members.36 Unlike Federal law, California law specifically forbids such pretexting. The four felony charges brought on Dunn were dismissed.37
In popular culture
- In the movie Identity Thief, Melissa McCarthy used pretexting to get the name and other identifying information of Jason Bateman enabling her to steal his identity.
- In the film Hackers, the protagonist used pretexting when he asked a security guard for the telephone number to a TV station's modem while posing as an important executive.
- In Jeffrey Deaver's book The Blue Nowhere, social engineering to obtain confidential information is one of the methods used by the killer, Phate, to get close to his victims.
- In the movie Die Hard 4.0, Justin Long is seen pretexting that his father is dying from a heart attack to have an On-Star Assist representative start what will become a stolen car.
- In the movie Sneakers, one of the characters poses as a low level security guard's superior in order to convince him that a security breach is just a false alarm.
- In the movie The Thomas Crown Affair, one of the characters poses over the telephone as a museum guard's superior in order to move the guard away from his post.
- In the James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever, Bond is seen gaining entry to the Whyte laboratory with a then-state-of-the-art card-access lock system by "tailgating". He merely waits for an employee to come to open the door, then posing himself as a rookie at the lab, fakes inserting a non-existent card while the door is unlocked for him by the employee.
- In the television show Rockford Files, The character Jim Rockford used pretexting often in his private investigation work.
- In the popular TV Show The Mentalist, protagonist Patrick Jane often uses Pretexting to trick criminals into confessing to the crimes they committed.
- In the TV show Burn Notice, many characters are seen using social engineering; in Michael Westen's psych profile it is stated that he is very skilled in social engineering.
- In the TV show Psych, protagonist Shawn Spencer often uses pretexting to gain access to locations he would otherwise not be allowed into without police credentials.
See also
- Confidence trick
- Countermeasure (computer)
- Certified Social Engineering Prevention Specialist (CSEPS)
- Cyberheist
- Internet Security Awareness Training
- IT risk
- Media pranks, which often use similar tactics (though usually not for criminal purposes)
- Penetration test
- Phishing
- Physical information security
- Piggybacking (security)
- SMiShing
- Threat (computer)
- Vishing
- Vulnerability (computing)
- ^ Anderson, Ross J. (2008). Security engineering: a guide to building dependable distributed systems (2nd ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Wiley. p. 1040. ISBN 978-0-470-06852-6. Chapter 2, page 17
- ^ Jaco, K: "CSEPS Course Workbook" (2004), unit 3, Jaco Security Publishing.
- ^ The story of HP pretexting scandal with discussion is available at Davani, Faraz (14 August 2011). "HP Pretexting Scandal by Faraz Davani". Scribd. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Pretexting: Your Personal Information Revealed", Federal Trade Commission
- ^ "Train For Life". Web.archive.org. 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ^ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Web.archive.org. 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ^ http://md.hudora.de/presentations/firewire/PacSec2004.pdf
- ^ Leyden, John (2003-04-18). "Office workers give away passwords". Theregister.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
- ^ "Passwords revealed by sweet deal". BBC News. 2004-04-20. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
- ^ Mitnick, K., & Simon, W. (2005). "The Art Of Intrusion". Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing.
- ^ Allsopp, William. Unauthorised access : Physical penetration testing for it security teams. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009. 240-241.
- ^ http://www.highwayrobbery.net/redlightcamsticket.htm
- ^ www.highwayrobbery.net "Police Going Too Far..."
- ^ David Goldstein, CBS Television, Los Angeles "Are police tricking people into paying Snitch Tickets?"
- ^ "The Right To Remain Silent". www.almanacnews.com. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ "Something Every Consumer Should Know". www.HandelontheLaw.com. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ http://www.highwayrobbery.net/redlightcamsticket.htm
- ^ http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc21455_5.htm
- ^ http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc21453.htm
- ^ Mitnick, K: "CSEPS Course Workbook" (2004), p. 4, Mitnick Security Publishing.
- ^ defining the physical and psychological principles of social engineer
- ^ "Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking
- ^ "Wired 12.02: Three Blind Phreaks". Wired.com. 1999-06-14. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
- ^ Usenet sample citing moniker use-several examples. 1990s to present.
- ^ Editorial. "Pro-Phile on groups" Phrack Magazine, 6 October 1986, sc. 12.
- ^ Editorial. "Line-noise" Phrack Magazine, 13 August 2003, sc. 2.
- ^ "Are Hackers Everywhere?" Money Magazine, July 1997, Malcolm Fitch
- ^ "Welcome to Heaven's Gate". The.feds.arewatching.us. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
- ^ "Hackers Get an A". American Banker. 2011-05-26.
- ^ "B-Sides Portland 2011: Covert Calling - Secrets of Social Engineering Revealed". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
- ^ "BsidesPDX Track 1 10/07/11 02:52PM, BsidesPDX Track 1 10/07/11 02:52PM BsidesPDX on USTREAM. Conference". Ustream.tv. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
- ^ "Automated Social Engineering". BrightTALK. 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
- ^ Restatement 2d of Torts § 652C.
- ^ Congress outlaws pretexting, Eric Bangeman, 12/11/2006 11:01:01, Ars Technica
- ^ Mitnick, K (2002): "The Art of Deception", p. 103 Wiley Publishing Ltd: Indianapolis, Indiana; United States of America. ISBN 0-471-23712-4
- ^ HP chairman: Use of pretexting 'embarrassing' Stephen Shankland, 2006-09-08 1:08 PM PDT CNET News.com
- ^ "Calif. court drops charges against Dunn". News.cnet.com. 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
Further reading
- Ƥιяαтɛ. (1990). Baa Baa Hackforums Published by Ƥιяαтɛ ISBN 0-553-26350-1
- Harley, David. 1998 Re-Floating the Titanic: Dealing with Social Engineering Attacks EICAR Conference.
- Laribee, Lena. June 2006 Development of methodical social engineering taxonomy project Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School.
- Leyden, John. 18 April 2003. Office workers give away passwords for a cheap pen. The Register. Retrieved 2004-09-09.
- Long, Johnny. (2008). No Tech Hacking – A Guide to Social Engineering, Dumpster Diving, and Shoulder Surfing Published by Syngress Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-1-59749-215-7
- Mann, Ian. (2008). Hacking the Human: Social Engineering Techniques and Security Countermeasures Published by Gower Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-566-08773-1 or ISBN 978-0-566-08773-8
- Mitnick, Kevin, Kasperavičius, Alexis. (2004). CSEPS Course Workbook. Mitnick Security Publishing.
- Mitnick, Kevin, Simon, William L., Wozniak, Steve,. (2002). The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security Published by Wiley. ISBN 0-471-23712-4 or ISBN 0-7645-4280-X
- Hadnagy, Christopher, (2011) Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking Published by Wiley. ISBN 0-470-63953-9
External links
- Socialware.ru – The biggest RUnet community devoted to social engineering.
- Social Engineering Fundamentals – Securityfocus.com. Retrieved on 3 August 2009.
- Social Engineering, the USB Way – DarkReading.com. Retrieved on 7 July 2006.
- Should Social Engineering be a part of Penetration Testing? – Darknet.org.uk. Retrieved on 3 August 2009.
- "Protecting Consumers' Phone Records", Electronic Privacy Information Center US Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation . Retrieved on 8 February 2006.
- Plotkin, Hal. Memo to the Press: Pretexting is Already Illegal. Retrieved on 9 September 2006.
- Striptease for passwords – MSNBC.MSN.com. Retrieved on 1 November 2007.
- Social-Engineer.org – social-engineer.org. Retrieved on 16 September 2009.
- [1] – Social Engineering: Manipulating Caller-Id
- Overview of Social Engineering Threats -Presented for Parents & Teachers www.boxitong.com


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Racket bag slung over her shoulder, resignation written across her face, Venus Williams weaved through fans milling about on the sidewalks that players must traverse to get from Court 2 to the Wimbledon locker rooms.
The 32-year-old Williams had just absorbed a lopsided first-round loss at the Grand Slam tournament she once ruled, a poor performance that raised questions about how much longer she will keep playing tennis while dealing with an energy-sapping illness.
She trudged by as her hitting partner, David Witt, was saying: "It's tough to watch sometimes. I think everybody sees it. I don't know what else to say."
Looking lethargic, and rarely showing off the power-based game that carried her to five Wimbledon titles and seven majors overall, Williams departed meekly Monday with a 6-1, 6-3 defeat against 79th-ranked Elena Vesnina of Russia. Only once before - as a teenager making her Wimbledon debut in 1997 - had Williams exited so early at the All England Club.
She hadn't lost in the first round at any Grand Slam tournament in 6« years. Still, Williams said she'll be at the London Olympics next month and is "planning" to be back at Wimbledon next year.
She repeated that affirmation as she continued: "I am a great player. Unfortunately, I had to deal with circumstances that people don't normally have to deal with in this sport. But I can't be discouraged by that. ... There's no way I'm just going to sit down and give up just because I have a hard time the first five or six freakin' tournaments back."
Later, as part of a slightly testy and awkward exchange with reporters, Williams said: "I'm tough, let me tell you. Tough as nails."
Her loss, in her first match since a second-round ouster at the French Open, was part of an odd Day 1, even if the true tournament favorite in action won easily: Maria Sharapova. Among those sent home were No. 18 Jelena Jankovic, who was rather easily beaten 6-2, 6-4 by Kim Clijsters, a four-time major champion who has been beset by injuries in her last season on tour and, like Williams, is unseeded.
Other seeded losers: No. 23 Andreas Seppi, No. 24 Marcel Granollers and No. 27 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, who was upset by 100th-ranked Jamie Hampton of the United States 6-4, 7-6 (1).
Williams and her younger sister Serena rewrote the way the game was played in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with 120 mph serves and ferocious forehands.
Her match against Vesnina was at Court 2, which was built three years ago; Serena complained about having to play on it in 2011. For years prior, the name "Court 2" was assigned to a venue about half the size and a few minutes' walk away, a place known as the "Graveyard of Champions" because of a series of stunning losses by top players: Serena, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Pete Sampras.
Care to guess where Serena is scheduled to play her first-round match Tuesday? Yep, that's right: Court 2.
The older Williams has played only 18 matches in 2012, going 12-6, and looked rather ordinary against Vesnina, who is more accomplished in doubles and never made it past the fourth round at a major tournament in singles.
"Of course I was scared. Not scared, but I was, like, aware of her serve. But I think she didn't serve that well today," said Vesnina, who recalled watching on TV when Williams beat Lindsay Davenport in the 2005 Wimbledon final.
"Maybe for her, it was not one of her best days," Vesnina said about Monday. "But for me, it was one of the best days."
Williams fell behind 5-0, and needed 30 minutes to win a single game. She got broken the first four times she served. She rolled her eyes or shook her head after missed shots. Her father pulled out his camera late in the second set and snapped some photos from the stands, maybe wondering right along with some spectators whether this might be Williams' last singles match at Wimbledon.
At her news conference, Williams was asked what will drive her, given the way she's struggling.
"Am I struggling?" Williams replied. "Am I?"


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http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=84655 By the looks of it, the 360 is still coming out on top.
Trouble is most PS3 games are ports from the 360 so they look crap on PS3. Wait for PS3 exclusive games. Here's what tigger69 has to say T1GG4L4T0R says: the 360 has better graphics hardware - ĈŧħΞŦї - says: Oh I thought Ps3 did? T1GG4L4T0R says: ps3 is 7800gtx T1GG4L4T0R says: xbox is custom ati with unified shaders ala 2900/8800 So probably the 360 is better.
LOL The 360 has always been better than the PS3 The 360 has a better GPUY than the PS3 and the PS3 has only a slightly better CPU than the 360 that no one can evn code for
newer cross platform games shows that ps3 has a much better AA than the 360, making it have crisper models at 1080p.
On a hardware basis the ps3 is indeed more powerful. The RSX Gpu is fairly even with the ATI chip in the 360. The cell cpu is more powerful than the powerpc tricore of the 360, but the cell is harder to code for and also does sound etc on the chip. Theres no point in arguing about tech specs, we won't see consoles get compeditive in terms of quality for probably another year or two.
Yea but if you take a look at this, the PS3 1080p looks shite: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=84647 (And that game is on the list of games that are supposedly 1080p native on PS3)
Casheti, notice how the PS3 owners defend the PS3, even when facts speak for themselves ATM, the 360 is the clear winner in performance (and quality of titles). This may change once the programmers can make full use of the PS3 Cell. But for now, I personally dont think the PS3 warrants the hefty pricetag.
hey im not biased as i think they are both over priced for what they are realy, so heres my .02. i cant see how any comparisons can claim to be fair at this point in time the game devs have had a year more to work around the 360 and its quirks and for the most part the ps3 games are those square pegs being squashed in to the pentagon that is the ps3. the 360 is for the most part onto its second gen of games and only when the ps3 is at the same stage will it then be a fair comparison. you want to make it as fair as possible pick a release day game from both systems and use them. personlly i think that once they (game devs) get used to both system that it will be the ps3 that is on top but by that time microsoft will most likly have the 720 or 24/7 or quadbox, or what ever daft number they choose next, ready to ship and they will cut off the 360 as soon as it reaches its prime like they did with the last xbox. hey flame away and call me a fanboi coz i dont love the 360 too.
LOL, you think the 360 @ £199 for a full Premium console is overpriced for what it is? It costs less then your graphics card m8 why would I/we do that, everyone is entitled to an opinion and yours is a valid one.
I have both consoles, and right now, yes, 360 is on top. But I can also tell you that I'm already seeing some improvements in the ps3 games. So I agree that we should wait until at least the devs figure out coding for the ps3. Then we'll see a good comparison. I can say that the ps3 is way better for watching DVDs and movie files. Looks way better. Upscaling is far superior on ps3. (Not that has anything to do with gaming, but it is a point in it's favor, none the less. lol) Also, I'm really bummed that NHL 08 performs that poorly on ps3. I was leaning towards the ps3 version, because online is free, and I still refuse to pay for Live Gold. Oh well. I guess no online for me.
i wish i had a ps3. my 360 is just sitting there.... watching me.... i hate all the games they have out for it, even halo 3.
i think they are both pretty equal ...only thing is... The Xbox 360 can do amazing things with HDR...so well that it makes alot of the same titles for the ps3 look like poop compared to it. and the 360 can manage frame rate way better than the ps3. no matter how you slice it the reason the 360 is on top is because it has been out 1 year longer...granted companies cant code right with the ps3 cpu but hey...maybe one day they'll get it..
October and November should be a make or break month for both systems Call of Duty 4 Jericho Half life orange box (October but yeah) BlackSite: Area 51 Army of two TimeShift F.E.A.R Files Assassins Creed S.O.F Payback (if you are still interested in it ha) World in conflict (if you dont have a good pc) Conan (if your interested) (yes i have all of these on pre order im gonna be a very poor man come end of november) These games are going to be great (i hope ha) and this is whats going to make the systems shine for christmas or not, we will see countless reviews on both systems on the same game and see how well one did over the other mainly the reason the 360 versions are better ...Frame rate and HDR... im excited for November :-D
Fear Files will be the expansion of F.E.A.R and the second expansion together in one game cause they didnt make the expansion for the 360. oh by the way ha..just found out...orange box wont be released on ps3 until 12/11/07 :-\ thats gotta suck ..i really wanna get a ps3...just to have it but im afraid to cause the only exclusives i want are ... MGS Sons of liberty (even tho rumor has it its comming to the 360 also) Killzone 2 and last but not least... Resistance (although i think they should lower the price on it alil bit now its a ps3 launch titles...)
Resistance kicks ass, I have it and love it. And I suppose you don't like Gran Turismo? Cause GT5 is a ps3 exclusive. I like the ps3 better for the extras as well, like video playback and such.
well i like killing things/people in games and such...racing games bore me after i beat them once...so not really caring about GT5 although i will admit it looks great... and did you see PGR 4 for the 360 its very nice looking and very nice playing it ... i like the burnout series though...smashing cars is oh so fun
Never liked the PGR series, handling too arcade-ish for me. I, however, LOVE the burnout series. Smashing and blowing up cars, is indeed, a blast.
Well I've come to the conclusion i will get a ps3 in December...if there titles make me crack a smile...not saying this as a 360 fan boy at all but sony has disappointed a lot of people with the system...I've played both madden 08 on each system and the frame rate is horrible on the ps3 it drops a lot and is very noticeable
Yeah, those issues worry me a little, but I'm pretty confident time will cure the probs. I mean, some games have no problems at all running at good frame rates with high details. Seems to me that EA may be responsible for this round of crap on the Madden and NHL issues. (Big surprise there. lol)
yes i know my gpu would of cost more but i only have it coz it was free, long story but i have some nice friends one also has a e6600 in a draw collecting dust so... edit from what i have read in the uk press both ps3 and 360 are selling at about the same rate here and the wii is selling at about the same as both of them combind so i think there is only one clear winner but as to wether it is classed as a "next-gen" console is open for debate.
MGS2: Sons of Liberty has been out for years, on original XBOX and Playstation 2, where the hell have you been? Heck it's even on PC...


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My Beef With Goldman Sachs
For those of you that have been living on Mars for the last 140 years, Goldman Sachs (GS) is an investment banking firm that makes their money through worldwide banking, investment management and multiple other financial services with both individual and corporate clients. in addition, the company acts as a market maker and also performs services in the field of private equity.
Over the last year, Goldman Sachs investors have yielded outstanding returns. Goldman's stock has returned 24.1% since the beginning of 2013 and 50.3% in the last twelve months.
My beef with Goldman Sachs isn't with their investors, nor is it with the people who use the bank; it's primarily the way the bank seems to avoid accountability and potentially have used questionable tactics to move the markets in their favor. My beef with Goldman Sachs started earlier this year over their fiasco of downgrading gold right before they covered their short and before going long. My beef with Goldman, I'm guessing, is going to continue on today's news. But, first a little color on the gold fiasco.
This happened a few months ago, towards early 2013. I had written about Goldman's downgrade of, and then subsequent total change of heart on gold (after they had covered a short). Imagine my surprise on April 23, less than two weeks after Goldman's massive downgrade on gold, I see front page on CNBC.com with the headline "Surprise! Goldman Covers Gold Short":
Goldman Sachs on Tuesday reversed its high-profile call to shortgold, which it made two weeks ago, just before the metal sunk into bear market territory.
The firm's commodities research team said the decline in gold was more rapid than it expected, and it exited the trade with a potential gain of 10.4 percent, below its original target price of $1,450.
Why not use the headline, "Suprise! Goldman Just Pulled the ole' Switcheroo On Retail Investors"? Interesting, nonetheless. Goldman was short gold before issuing a "world is going to end" style downgrade on gold and then covered their entire short after the market and the common folk sold off to bring gold down about 15%? Folks, I'm not saying its market manipulation, rather just a series of coincidences. Yeah, let's call it that.
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And so my recent disdain for Goldman Sachs was born. Things had remained relatively quiet in the world of sneaky banking tricks, with the exception of Schwab (SCHW) screwing up royally with some naked shorting issues since then. I wrote about this in my article "Naked Short Selling : The SEC's Tall Task Ahead". In another non-surprise to Wall Street Insiders and massive surprise to the common investor, the SEC handed out several naked short selling fines about two months ago, to prove to casual investors that they are still "looking out for the little guy". More shenanigans.
I even gave Goldman a mulligan on their government bailout from the get-go. I mean, from a fundamental and ideological point of view, I hated it. But, being an Austrian economics guy stuck in the Keynesian world of how we do things, I guess I've just become comfortably numb to the "normal" of not letting companies that big fail. It's a sad day for me. The one company I respect now (that I absolutely hated going into the crisis) continues to be Ford (F). The fact that they did not take any bailout money and continued to turn their brand and vehicle line around is an inspiring story; one that'll likely not only make me an investor, but a future customer.
So, again, things had remained quiet in the world of "behind the curtain", until it was announced this morning that Goldman Sachs had a "trading glitch" involving part of the market that they made for options traders.
The CNBC.com report on Goldman's "incident" stated the following:
Goldman Sachs experienced a trading glitch Tuesday that resulted in a large number of erroneous single stock and ETF options trades. Many of the trades may wind up being erased but the error could still cost the firm upwards of $100 million, according to a person familiar with the situation.
"The exchanges are working to resolve the issue," a Goldman spokesman said in a statement. "Neither the risk nor the potential loss is material to the financial condition of the firm."
The trades involved NYSE Euronext, CBOE and Nasdaq OMX, according to reports.
A CBOE spokesperson said erroneous trades were being adjusted and busted up until 7pm CT Tuesday.
NYSE officials sent a notice to traders that they "anticipate that most of the impacted trades will be busted," the Wall Street Journal reported.
A person familiar with the situation said the losses for Goldman could be in the millions, or even upwards of $100 million, depending on how many trades were busted.
The botched trades occurred when Goldman's internal computer system that helps to determine where to price options mistakenly ended up sending orders at errant prices. Goldman is a market maker in the options market.
Is Goldman Going the Way of J.P. Morgan?
This is the first obvious comparison a lot of people are bringing up between Goldman's glitch and recent news. I'd contend that Goldman, while likely participating in some of the same style of trades, isn't necessarily going down the JPM road simply due to this incident. The Week.com reported on the ongoing saga of the London Whale, where a J.P. Morgan trader botched a major CDS trade that cost the bank billions:
Authorities are reportedly closing in on former JPMorgan employees Javier Martin-Artajo and Julien Grout - two of the three traders allegedly responsible for a bad derivatives bet that lost the bank an estimated $6.2 billion, then trying to hide the amount of the loss from their bosses in New York. Meanwhile, Bruno Iksil, the London Whale himself, is reportedly cooperating with the authorities in exchange for possible leniency.
And then there's the fallout for JPMorgan Chase itself. Historically, the SEC has allowed banks to pay a fine and "neither admit nor deny" wrongdoing in similar cases of employee misbehavior. In the case against former Goldman Sachs trader Fabrice Tourre earlier this summer, for example, Goldman was able to settle for $550 million - and no admission of guilt.
But after fielding criticism for this policy, the SEC may well require JP Morgan to acknowledge some wrongdoing as part of a settlement. "Making JPMorgan the first example of the SEC's new policy would send a clear message to Wall Street that no financial institution, even one of its largest and most profitable, is immune from being required to admit to a violation," said Peter J. Henning in The New York Times.
The J.P. Morgan case is one in which an actual investor knowingly tried to cover up a poor trade. Goldman's issue, for the time being, revolves around automated trading glitches, similar to the algorithm trading error by Knight earlier in the year. The potential losses sustained by GS are also significantly less (max 100 MM vs. billions) than JPM.
The one common ground in the Venn diagram of these two instances is going to be that these events are both likely to act as catalysts to spur new trading regulations - but with the SEC running the show, it's anyone's guess as to how quickly they come along.
Is There a Threat of Losses to Goldman Investors?
The reality of this situation is that due to the potential amount Goldman can lose, versus what I think they're likely to lose after getting everything sorted out with the exchanges and regulatory agencies means that, to me, there's no real threat of this effecting trading for current and potential Goldman investors.
The fact of the matter is that Goldman is a company with a $71 billion market cap that did $34 billion in revenue in 2012. The maximum predicted loss of $100 million is what Goldman executives are likely to be spending on landscaping at their homes. In all seriousness, there's little to zero chance of this incident negatively effecting the average investor in Goldman Sachs.
With that, the headlines on this "incident" have already disappeared from most online news sites. Soon, it'll be swept under the rug and forgotten about, as the market chugs further along and we await the next trading SNAFU to eventually come down the pipeline.
I Predict Goldman Not Likely to Lose $100 MM
From reading the above piece on Goldman, we can already see that the "damage control" wheels appear to already be spinning. It almost sounds as if some of the exchanges plan on giving Goldman Sachs a mulligan here, "adjusting and busting" some of the trades that took place. In other words, there's a good chance Goldman will get another "do over".
Something about this stinks, and no doubt someone is getting the short end of the stick here with this "glitch", and I'm likely to contend that it's not going to be Goldman that comes out screwed in the end. Goldman already took $10 billion of the taxpayers money, so why should they have to pay for this "glitch"? As a taxpayer, you know you're lining up for the big hurt here, and by this point I can't even say I'm surprised.
Have we learned nothing from what happened to Knight Capital Group (KCG) at the beginning of the year? Here's a quick well-worded refresher from the folks at the Register:
Knight Capital, a firm that specialises in executing trades for retail brokers, took $440m in cash losses Wednesday due to a faulty test of new trading software. This morning reports were calling it a trading "glitch", which isn't nearly as accurate as the term I'd use: "f**king disaster".
I knew something was wrong at Knight Capital the day of their algorithm error, because the stock was getting crushed down to $9 on massive volume almost an hour before the story ever even hit the newswire. After investing long enough, I've started to learn, "there are no coincidences". I was able to trade the Knight disaster accordingly just by watching the volume. I took my short position, they released the news, the rest is history. The pre-news trading tipped me off. If you don't think there were insiders that dumped into that news, then I have some real estate in rural Alaska to sell you.
After Knight's collapse, the company's valuation to the market was crushed to the tune of about 70%, screwing many retail shareholders that had bought into the company. The CEO eventually fixed Knight for a buyout at a price that was 55% lower than it's trading price before the error. He collected his salary and bonuses, and quickly resigned thereafter. Lack of regulation and accountability cost tons of retail investors lots of money - and that's what it looks like we're heading for again with Goldman. $100 million means diddily to Goldman, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that they're still going to find a way out of being accountable for this.
There was supposed to be regulations and things put in place to stop this. Remember after Knight's collapse? The SEC was going to convene and put things in place to stop this. Looks like that's going the way of the buffalo.
How This Translates to Your Investing
So, it's just another day on Wall Street folks, where the big corporations remain untouchable and the retail commonfolk wind up being the ones who foot the bill. As I noted in a previous article, the sooner you realize that no matter what you think, you're one of the sheep - and the sooner that you realize banks and oil & gas are so tied into the state of the world in general that they can do whatever they want - the sooner you can make money off of them.
The "untouchables", companies that are deemed too big to fail by the government are the companies that are invested in by the smart money. There's a reason that AIG (AIG) is the most widely held stock in current hedge funds even despite it's horrific track record and government bailout - that reason is it's an "untouchable".
Companies like BP (BP) and Exxon (XOM), while posing risks to the environment, continue to push forward and earn investors money due to their close ties and lobby with the government. From an ideological standpoint, they may not always feel great to invest in, but you're money is backed by the government's assure that "everything will be OK" - and they're running the show for the foreseeable future.
Likewise, while Knight investors weren't close enough to prevent them from going under, there's no doubt that there were a substantial amount of people holding KCG short that were able to clean up. Goldman, I contend, is extremely close to the government. How close? Robert Rubin, Henry Paulson, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Mario Draghi and Mark Carney - all former Goldman execs.
Ideologically, I'd love to short GS, but I know at the end of the day it'd be me versus the world on this one, so I won't be taking a position - but my beef with Goldman will carry on.
If you can stomach it, investing in the companies that are in bed with the government is likely to be a profitable endeavor.
Best of luck to all investors.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it. I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
4 More Bullish Reasons To Keep Eyes On Celsion
(Contributor's note: This article covers a micro-cap stock, which sometimes moves without rhyme or reason and carries significantly more risk than large-cap stocks. Please be aware of the risks associated with these stocks. Don't be a fool, stay in school.)
It was a great May for Celsion (CLSN) shareholders. The company's stock rose an astronomical 100% on news on their staple technology, ThermoDox, showed a marked improvement on a large subset of individuals through its Phase III trials. Prior to that, the Phase III trials had left company executives and shareholders dumbfounded with results that "weren't close" to where they wanted to be.
As you can see below, the stock started its move on the 24th of May, on no news. After that, I wrote an article speculating as to what the reasoning behind the move could have been.
I've been covering Celsion since the beginning of January 2012, when it was anticipating its Phase III results for ThermoDox with RFA (radio frequency ablation).
ThermoDox is a unique liposomal delivery method of getting doxorubicin to the site of cancer tumors being treated. Preliminary trials looked great and the idea behind ThermoDox was one that made sense: delivering a concentration of an often-used cancer drug to the site of the tumor by its Liposomal transport system, and using heat to activate it en masse.
Recently, I've been laying out my case for remaining long on Celsion post-Phase III data, loading on shares since the post-Phase III crash to $0.75. This article is to point out yet another four more items that I have failed to cover, that could be of significance for Celsion and its shareholders.
1. We Could Still Hear News From, or Related to, ASCO
Celsion announced that they would be participating in the 2013 ASCO national convention in Chicago.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (OTC:ASCO) is a professional organization representing physicians of all oncology subspecialties who care for people with cancer. Founded in 1964 by Drs. Fred Ansfield, Harry Bisel, Herman Freckman, Arnoldus Goudsmit, Robert Talley, William Wilson, and Jane C. Wright, ASCO's more than 30,000 members from the United States and abroad set the standard for patient care worldwide. ASCO members lead the fight for more effective cancer treatments, increased funding for clinical and translational research, and, ultimately, cures for the many different types of cancer that strike an estimated 10 million people worldwide each year.
With over 30,000 attendees, the ASCO Annual Meeting is one of the largest educational and scientific events in the oncology community. The five-day event provides a venue for physicians and scientists to present research results to a global audience of oncology professionals. Clinical trial results and updates presented at ASCO's Annual Meeting represent the extent of progress made each year in the fight against cancer.
Immediately after ASCO, the stock jumped significantly and Celsion was able to raise finances at a 50% premium to the market price the week prior.
Something happened at ASCO, and although the company didn't immediately offer any editorialization on how it went, it clearly made an impact. I'll be looking for details on the how the ASCO presentation was received from the company in the near future; all signs point to very well.
2. Institutional Holding/Insider Buying/Management Holding
In previous articles, I pointed out insider buying in the $0.90 region that I thought was a telling sign. I was lambasted in the comments to my article, telling me that the size of the open market buys were so small that it didn't mean anything. Clearly, with those insiders up 100% on their open market buys, it meant something.
After looking at the last financing again carefully and noting that it was a fund that took at stake in the company, it prompted me to give a thorough review of both institutional & management holdings, as well as insider buying. I like what I found out.
Management still has an impressive stake in the game:
Name Shares Held Title Max Link 380,385 Board Chairman Michael Tardugno 213,285 CEO Alberto Martinez 175,375 Board Member Robert Hooper 90,027 Board Member Frederick Fritz 41,000 Board Member (from Yahoo! finance - all figures as of 3/13)
Also, the institutional holding of Celsion is also significant. Institutional investors provide stock liquidity, awareness, analyst coverage and the ability to move the market on a stock when they want to. Between insiders, 5% owners, and institutions, over 15% over the outstanding shares are locked up in good hands.
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Shares Held % of Outstanding BlackRock 1,800,483 3.49 Sabby Mgmt, LLC 1,765,770 3.42 Vanguard 1,380,075 2.67 Renaissance Tech 1,035,500 2.01 Barclays PLC 745,770 1.44 3. The Technical Bottom Could Be Higher Than Predicted
In my last article, and in conjunction with the recent financing, I predicted that we would be seeing a firm foundation at $1.57 for Celsion, with that being the price of the recent financing offered. This is still about a 60% premium to the price just one month ago. I stated the following:
However, if you put it into perspective with the moves that Celsion made this past week, it has essentially set a bottom price for the stock that's roughly 50% higher than the stock's closing price the previous week. They're offered a major percentage move in just under a week, which can sometimes be an advantage of being a risk-laden micro-cap stock that moves quickly.
From that chart, you can easily see where the new bottom is and how this financing locks Celsion in to the current technical uptrend that the stock has been in for the last few days. If this is simply a market strategy move, it's a good one in my eyes.
However, if we start to look again at recent charts, having a few days to trade on the news after my last article was published, here's what we see:
As trading settles down in this area and the MACD and RSI snap back to some normalcy, we could be seeing the "line in the sand" starting to form at $1.80 instead of $1.57, a sign that investors are confident that the financing took place for a reason and that the investors involved are confident they'll find gains.
4. Celsion Had the Leverage in their Last Financing
Mark my words, something's up behind the scenes at Celsion. I thought we were going to be privy to news to start this week and it doesn't look like its coming. However, these two things scream that something positive is developing - read them slow:
- Celsion had plenty of money in the bank when they completed last week's raise for $10 million. They absolutely, in no way, needed this money. This leads me to believe that the investors came to them, not the other way around. Stock was issued at the market price, no warrants, no preference. Everything about the way the financing took place screams that Celsion had the leverage.
- This financing was issued at a market price directly after the stock had run significantly. The investors were paying more than 50% of what they would have paid just a week prior. They clearly didn't want to wait to see if the price was going to fall back down, they wanted to lock up the financing as quickly as they could. There was a sense of urgency here, and it must have been for a reason.
As I've pointed out in the past, it is perfectly legal for private placement investors to have access to inside information:
It is 100% legal for people investing in private placements to have access to inside information, as long as pertinent disclosure agreements and other documentation is filled out. The parties participating in this could theoretically have access to the same inside information that insider buyers in Celsion have had access to over the past week.
Also, it's a fact that insiders and Board members regularly do have access to inside information.
With the way the stock has been running on little or no news, the way people with insider information have been loading the stock, and strong technical support, doesn't it seem suspiciously like the right time to go long on Celsion? I contend that it is.
I'll be keeping my eyes on the company, holding long, and wishing all Celsion investors the best of luck.
Disclosure: I am long CLSN. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
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3 Week Delivery : A Safe Play Way In Advance Of FedEx Earnings
FedEx Corporation (FDX) is set to report earnings on June 19, 2013 for the fiscal quarter ending May 2013. The consensus EPS forecast from analysts is coming in around $1.98, compared to $1.99 the year previous.
FedEx, one of the world's largest courier/shipping companies and most well-known name brands, draws annual revenues of $43 billion from numerous services and products under the FedEx name. Aside from shipping, FedEx runs FedEx Office, shipping and copying retail stores that the company acquired when it bought Kinko's in February 2004.
Here's how FedEx has fared in its last four earnings reports:
Quarter Ending Date EPS Actual EPS Estimate Difference 2/13 3/20/13 1.23 1.38 -10.87% 11/12 12/19/12 1.39 1.41 -1.42% 8/12 9/18/12 1.45 1.40 3.57% 5/12 6/19/12 1.99 1.92 3.65% (table data sourced from NASDAQ.com)
The reason this past data is so important is because it points out that three out of the last four quarters, FedEx has failed to really come anywhere close to reporting within a couple of pennies of estimates. FedEx earnings have traditionally been all over the map this past year, and that's something that we can use to our advantage to place what I see as a safe trade.
FedEx is currently trading around $97. As you can see from the chart below, they were trading above $108 when last quarters earnings were reported and disappointed. The next two days, the stock dropped over 10%. This shows us that there's volatility surrounding FedEx earnings, and also assures us that because last quarter was such a large miss, that there's going to be substantial coverage of this quarter's report.
Because we have so much time until earnings, and because earnings are going to be announced just days before June expiration, a safe way to play earnings would be to buy a June 2013 straddle for two reasons:
- The implied volatility of earnings isn't completely priced in to options prices just yet; as we move closer to when FedEx reports, the IV will rise up and offset some theta.
- You're buying an extra three weeks for price movement, which is important because using an options spread as an investment tool is based on the price moving far enough in one direction away from your strike price to offset the premium price of the other option.
My strategy here is going to be to buy a $97.50 June options straddle. It's cheaper than the $95 spread currently, with puts costing $1.78 and calls costing just $0.80. That puts your breakeven (not counting your commission) at $94.92 or $100.08; a mere 3% move to the downside or about a 4% move to the upside. Our straddle looks like this:
Playing this earnings report from a forward-thinking perspective and doing it weeks in advance could be the ticket to great yields, no matter which way FedEx surprises analysts.
The risk here (and there is substaintial risk to this otherwise seductive scenario) lies in what would happen if FedEx met expectations on the nose, or produced a report and guidance that offset each other and didn't cause the stock to respond. As you can see from the above diagram, the closer the stock is to $97.50 on expiration, the greater the risk of loss. What we're looking for here is a smart move on volatility; the kind that has occurred in 3 of FedEx's last 4 earnings reports.
Again, we're going to be buying the three weeks of added time for the stock to move in advance. This means that in the coming three weeks, any catalyst (not just specifically an FDX catalyst) may be responsible for moving FDX towards one of our breakeven points. A rarity, but certainly a possibility, would be the situation of a macro shift moving FDX to a point where you could seemingly cash one end and leave the other end open for a potential swing on earnings.
I'll be looking forward to seeing how things play out over the coming weeks, and wish everybody that invests in FedEx on either side of the market the best of luck.
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Deputies: No break-ins reported related to 11 vandalized telephone wiring boxes
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office deputies are investigating vandalism at 11 AT&T telephone wiring boxes in Superior Township earlier this week, which could have affected between 550 and 1,110 customers.
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Geoffrey Fox said the vandalism took place overnight between Sunday and Monday. All of the affected boxes were in the area of Plymouth Road and Gotfredson Road and Plymouth Road and Joy Road, Fox said.
Each box serves between 50 and 100 customers and officials with AT&T told customers it could be an attempt to disable alarms at homes and businesses in the areas. However, Fox said there have been no home invasions or burglaries in Superior Township or western Wayne County municipalities affected by the vandalism.
"There's nothing stolen, no copper, it just appears to be an act of destruction where they popped open the box and ripped wires out," Fox said.
Each box will cost AT&T approximately $4,000 to fix, most of that cost being labor costs for the workers charged with getting the boxes working again, Fox said. There's no immediate timetable for when the boxes will be fixed.
A neighborhood watch group sent out a Nixle alert Thursday morning, alerting residents to be on the lookout for break-ins and burglaries in the affected areas. Fox said AT&T officials originally thought a disgruntled employee could have done the vandalism, as it looked like the person who cut the wires knew what they were doing.
He said it's rare to have vandalism to the telephone wiring boxes, which typically are metal-boxes that standalone at ground level.
"No, not to this extent," Fox said when asked if sheriff's investigators see these cases often.
At this point, there are no suspects in the vandalism. Fox said sheriff's office deputies are investigating the incident and looking for patterns.
Anyone with information on the incidents is encouraged to call the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office anonymous tip line at 734-973-7711 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800 SPEAK UP (773-2587).
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You have as many next actions as you have, and, yes, you should be looking at everything on your Next Actions lists (by context) when you have any discretionary time, and you are in that context. So, yes, they should be reviewed sometimes several times a day. You need to relate to your Next Actions lists as your "real to-do lists" as much as your calendar, and save the calendar for "they-die-if-not-done-that-day" things. It's good to put the due dates on the actions on the lists as well, as an extra precaution.
The Weekly Review ensures that you "hard-wire" your intuition to be making quick judgment calls, day-to-day, minute-to-minute, using the lists as a focusing tool. Much of what happens with and around you during the week won't be on any of your lists–it's the ad hoc stuff, but having something that represents a stable inventory as best you can define it, to work against, is the only source of stability.
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Whinlatter Forest & Visitor Centre
Whinlatter is England's only true mountain forest. Rising 1000ft above sea level, the forest and visitor centre provides a whole range of outdoor activities for everyone.
Start at the visitor centre where the staff will give information and help plan your day. Enjoy some retail therapy in the forest shop or sample the home made food at Siskins café, eating out on the balcony whilst viewing the woods, red squirrels and woodland birds.
For children, the Whinlatter WildPlay trail is a fantastic 600m long trail with 9 different play zones. Try the climbing wall or giant timber climbing frame, the archimedes screw to move water uphill and the fairy kingdom with its secret path. Whinlatter is great for walking, with miles of waymarked trails that start near the Centre. There are suitable walks for people of all abilities, which take in spectacular views across the fells and forests.
The forest also offers excellent mountain biking, with the red-graded Altura trail and blue Quercus trail. If you've never tried orienteering, Whinlatter's permanent orienteering course is the perfect place to start.
The Bassenthwaite Ospreys can be seen live from their nest on the giant screen in the exhibition or in their natural environment from the Dodd Wood open air viewpoint (April - Aug).
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Police arrested a man for driving on a suspended license after a crash in which a 90-year-old woman sustained minor injuries yesterday morning.
According to a Longboat Key police report, Billy Atchley, 45, of Sarasota, told police that he dropped his cell phone on his Ford truck's floorbed and was trying to retrieve it when he drove into the vehicle of Louise Rich, of Bradenton and formerly of Longboat Key, around the 5300 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive near the Centre Shops.
Firefighter/paramedics transported Rich to Blake Memorial Hospital in Bradenton.
Atchley, who was not injured, told police that his license was suspended and that he should not have been driving. Police confirmed that his license had been suspended on multiple occasions for failing to pay traffic fines, license expiration and driving with a suspended license.
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Just a short drive from the ferryport & pretty fishing town of Roscoff,Carantec is a lovely coastal resort with numerous holiday activities,watersports & boat trips on offer. The market town of St Pol de Léon &medieval Morlaix are well worth a visit.
Les Mouettes, with 400 pitches, is in a superb setting overlooking thesea, 20 minutes' walk from the coast and just 2k from glorious long sandybeaches. There's plenty of activities on site including a fantastic heatedpool complex with giant waterslides, a jacuzzi & sauna (for adults only),plus a heated indoor spa centre.
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Cumberland Fossil Plant to Test Sirens on Sept. 27
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CUMBERLAND CITY, Tenn. Tennessee Valley Authority's Cumberland Fossil Plant, with assistance from state and local emergency response agencies, will conduct a test of onsite chemical sirens on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at noon CDT. The sirens will sound for approximately one minute and may be audible offsite. This is only a test.
In an actual emergency, the sirens would be activated in the event of an ammonia release. Ammonia is used in the clean-air process of removing nitrogen oxide from the plant's emissions. TVA routinely conducts training and drills at the plant to ensure the proper storage and handling of ammonia.
The Tennessee Valley Authority, a corporation owned by the U.S. government, provides electricity for 9 million people in parts of seven southeastern states at prices below the national average. TVA, which receives no taxpayer money and makes no profits, also provides flood control, navigation and land management for the Tennessee River system and assists utilities and state and local governments with economic development.
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