Skilled [Arabic] malware writers have found a way for less experienced [domestic] cyber criminals to do their work for them. A new freeware phishing kit being offered in hacker forums offers a way to set up fake Web sites and spam e-mails to capture users’ legitimate log-in credentials.

However, the malware writers are able to siphon off a significant portion of entered login credentials, leaving only a few for the cyber criminals employing the phishing kit. This allows writers to capture the information without having to do the tedious work of setting up spam campaigns.

I thought this was quite an interesting piece.  It presents a very mature, polite or "civil" face to German disobedience.  There is a lot that can be learned from this! -Rich

A Google employee left his specially-modified black Opel with eight mounted cameras parked overnight in the northern city of Oldenburg, but returned to find the tires let down and the camera cables slashed, local police said. "The employee found a note under the windshield saying, ‘Please do not drive away, you have a puncture’," a police spokesman said, adding the saboteurs seemed concerned no harm should come to the driver of the vehicle.