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There’s typically no shortage of interesting happenings at Walmart stores across the country. Just last week a teenager allegedly set fire to a display of christmas-themed stuffed animals, and this week a man allegedly set-off a firecracker in the video game aisle.
WPTV-TV reports that a man was arrested Saturday after an explosion and fire occurred inside a Florida Walmart store.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office reports that deputies were called to the store after security heard an explosion.
Security footage from Walmart showed a man lighting a firecracker, placing it on the bottom shelf of the display and walking away before it exploded.
A suspect arrested by deputies says he was approached by an unknown person who offered to steal a video game for him if he created a distraction inside the store.
The unknown individual allegedly told the man that there was a firecracker on the bottom shelf next to the store’s XBox games.
Local authorities say the blast caused burn marks on the floor and shelving, as well as destroyed $29 worth of video games.
The man was arrested and charged with first-degree arson and criminal mischief.
Thomas Hartman charged with setting off firecracker inside Walmart [WPTV-TV]
Two teenagers are accused of trying to boost a “wagon full of Girl Scout cookies” from two girls, aged 12 and 13, The Smoking Gun reports.
According to police in Anne Arundel, MD, an 18-year-old man and his 17-year accomplice went after the cookies while the girls were selling them on a corner in broad daylight. They then allegedly ran off toward a getaway car with their ill-gotten gains.
But not to be thwarted, one of the girls ran after the suspects (a move that likely struck fear into the hearts of her parents afterward, am I right?) and “grabbed the wagon that contained the cookies,” whereupon one of the suspects let go of the cookie wagon and jumped into the getaway car driven by the 17-year-old.
“The girls yelled out that the suspect was taking their cookies,” police said, prompting neighbors to get in a vehicle and follow the getaway car while someone called 911.
Police caught up with the suspects at a gas station and arrested them on charges of misdemeanor theft, after the girls fingered them in a lineup as the would-be robbers.
Police: Maryland Duo Targeted Girl Scouts In Brazen Daylight Cookiejacking Attempt [The Smoking Gun]
Reuters reports that since the program began accepting claims on August 1 it has received 1,851 claims for deaths and serious injury.
Of those claims 67 have been deemed eligible for compensation so far; 32 related to deaths and 35 for injuries.
According to the weekly report submitted by Ken Feinberg, the lawyer tasked with heading the plan, the number of claims received for injuries and deaths was up about 4% from one week ago.
Feinberg has previously said that he expected submissions to level off in the next several months before the December 31 filing deadline.
So far, 40 offers for compensation have been made, and 28 have been accepted.
GM’s initial tally of 13 deaths, which was officially doubled by the number of approved claims last month, only included drivers and front-seat passengers who were killed when their airbags failed to deploy because the ignition had inadvertently been turned off.
Feinberg, who has been given free rein to set eligibility for compensation, has said that backseat passengers, as well as passengers in other cars and pedestrians who were harmed by an out-of-control GM vehicle, may also submit claims for consideration.
When the fund was launched over the summer, GM said there would be no cap to the claims, but that compensation would be tied to the level of injury and loss experienced. An approved death claim is expected to result in an offer of compensation for at least $1 million, plus payments of $300,000 to surviving family members.
Consumers who suffered life-altering injuries could receive even more when the cost of lifetime medical care, lost earnings power and other factors are considered.
The plan also addresses consumers who faced less-severe injuries. Those who were treated at a hospital or an outpatient medical facility within 48 hours of the accident are eligible for a claim.
The formula for that claim is $20,000 for one night in the hospital; $70,000 for two to seven overnights, $170,000 for eight to 15 overnights, with a maximum of $500,000 for 32 or more overnights. Those treated on an outpatient basis could receive a maximum of $20,000.
The claimants are not obligated to accept the compensation, but if they do take the money they give up their rights to pursue legal action against GM with regard to the ignition defect.
The compensation program covers approximately 1.6 million model-year 2003-2007 recalled vehicles manufactured with an ignition switch defect and approximately 1 million model year 2008-2011 recalled vehicles that may have been repaired with a recalled ignition switch.
Six new death, injury claims approved by GM switch fund [Reuters]
Verizon, which has already threatened to sue the FCC if Title II touches any part of the internet, would like to remind everyone that they will sue the FCC if Title II touches any part of the internet: “Reclassification under Title II … would be a radical reversal of course that would in and of itself threaten great harm to an open Internet, competition and innovation. That course will likely also face strong legal challenges and would likely not stand up in court,” they write, before encouraging the FCC to stick with section 706, which “major broadband providers and their trade groups have conceded” the FCC can do.
Verizon, however, will not be alone in hauling the FCC to court if the commission does its actual job. In their statement, AT&T calls Title II regulation, “a mistake that will do tremendous harm to the Internet and to U.S. national interests.”
AT&T adds that (despite evidence to the contrary) net neutrality is a “hypothetical problem posed by certain political groups whose objective all along has been to bring about government control of the Internet.” And in the vein of keeping government out of the internet, AT&T says, such a decision should rest with Congress and not with the “unelected” FCC.
They close with their own legal threat: “If the FCC puts such rules in place, we would expect to participate in a legal challenge to such action.”
Comcast is equally pleased with the strong potential of Title II becoming reality. They join with AT&T in saying that Title II needs to be a choice made by Congress, and not the FCC. “This would be a radical reversal that would harm investment and innovation,” Comcast exec David L. Cohen said, “as today’s immediate stock market reaction demonstrates. And such a radical reversal of consistent contrary precedent should be taken up by the Congress.”
And for all the ISPs large and small that didn’t issue their own statements, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association — the industry’s big trade group — also condemned the White House statement, saying, “this tectonic shift in national policy, should it be adopted, would create devastating results.”
They, too, seem ready to see the FCC in court: “There is no substantive justification for this overreach, and no acknowledgment that it is unlawful to prohibit paid prioritization under Title II. We will fight vigorously against efforts to impose this backwards policy.”
But this morning’s statement was from the White House. It’s the FCC that has the ultimate say. That leaves FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, who spent the morning trapped next to his Mini Cooper when pro-regulation protesters descended on his house.
The FCC’s official statement says only that “we will incorporate the President’s submission into the record,” as with every other public comment.
But Wheeler’s statement does make one thing clear: the issue is complicated. “We found we would need more time to examine these” various approaches, Wheeler writes. That pushes back the timeline for a likely new rule from the end of this year to sometime in 2015 instead.
Security firm FireEye says its mobile security researchers found that an iOS app installed from say, a web site, could replace another real app from the App Store, based solely on the fact that both apps used the same bundle identifier, the company said in a post today.
A bundle identifier, if you didn’t know (and I didn’t), lets iOS and OS X recognize any updates to your app. It’s supposed to be unique to each app, but FireEye says an attacker can replace any app (except those installed by Apple that can’t be removed) with another app’s bundle identifier and sneak in that way.
FireEye says it verified the vulnerability on iOS 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1 and 8.1.1 beta, for both jailbroken and non-jailbroken devices.
Here’s how it works: A victim might be lured through a web site or scam email with an offer to download an arbitrarily named app, perhaps “New Flappy Bird,” which, once it’s downloaded, replaces a real app like Gmail on your phone, with you none the wiser. The researchers simply used a bundle identifier that’s the same as real Gmail — “com.google.Gmail.”
How can that be? Because iOS doesn’t enforce matching certificates for bundle identifiers, FireEye says. They’re used to sign software updates and prove they come from the source they say they do.
The thing is, the fake app now has access to the local cached files from the original app, allowing attackers to access your sign-in credentials and have their way with all the information in your email or banking accounts. The fake app looks identical to the real app, making it difficult for users to detect.
Researchers named it a “Masque Attack,” and say they notified Apple the vulnerability on July 26. Thus far, it seems Apple hasn’t commented on the findings.
Here’s how iOS users can protect themselves from Masque Attacks, says FireEye:
1. Don’t install apps from third-party sources other than Apple’s official App Store or the user’s own organization
2. Don’t click “Install” on a pop-up from a third-party web page, as shown in Figure 1(c), no matter what the pop-up says about the app. The pop-up can show attractive app titles crafted by the attacker
3. When opening an app, if iOS shows an alert with “Untrusted App Developer”, as shown in Figure 3, click on “Don’t Trust” and uninstall the app immediately
Masque Attack: All Your iOS Apps Belong to Us [FireEye Blog]
Security researchers at Cisco discovered a vulnerability in Pidgin, a Windows chat client, that allowed hackers to use an emoji as a gateway to consumers’ computers, Business Insider reports.
Researchers say the hackers allegedly used a bug in Pidgin’s code to sneak in instructions through new packs of emojis. When consumers downloaded the new pack they were allowing the hackers access to a computer’s files, giving them the ability to modify or create new files.
Pidgin released a security update that fixed the issue.
Back in 2012, Pidgin suffered a similar hack when another pack of emojis were found to sneak in extra files.
Hackers have been known to trick users into downloading files disguised as legitimate software downloads. Once the user approves the installation, the virus spreads. To avoid the issues and the hassle of dealing with a hack, make sure to only download files from trusted sources.
Hackers Can Now Use Emoji To Infect Your Computer [Business Insider]
Just because birds have feathers does not necessarily mean they’re going to want to flock together. It was exactly the opposite at a recent L.L. Bean store opening in Vermont, when an owl attacked a hawk. Both were featured in the retailer’s display featuring birds of prey. Meaning birds who attack and eat other birds as part of their diet. So… yeah.
The Talons! A Bird of Prey Experience” display at a Burlington mall showcased a bit too real of an experience for shoppers when a European eagle owl attacked a Harris’ hawk, reports the Burlington Free Press. It was part of a grand-opening celebration for a new store at the mall.
From @PhilipTortora of BFP on Twitter:
But while to an outsider it might seem like a no-brainer to keep such fowl away from each other, a rep from the experience says the birds have done just fine before, and have known each other for six years.
“They’ve never, ever have gone after each other,” she said. “They’re always in close proximity, we make sure their leashes are not too close, and this time it was a matter of inches. They’re predators.”
Witnesses reported seeing the owl squeezing the hawk in its talons for a few minutes, with the hawk shrieking loudly until workers were finally able to separate them.
Owl attacks hawk at L.L. Bean display in mall [Burlington Free Press]
CBS Los Angeles reports a Tampa man alleges that Delta Airlines lost his six-year-old dog, Ty, at Los Angeles airport Friday.
The man says he was in his seat when an airline employee told him the they couldn’t find the dog.
The attendant initially told the man the dog allegedly bit through his kennel, but then changed her story saying the airline simply couldn’t find the dog and that he had been missing for an hour.
“It’s been very depressing,” the man tells CBS Los Angeles. “Very upsetting. I’ve been crying. I’ve been angry.”
For its part the airline sent the man a letter saying the company regrets the incident and that “early indications show that procedures were followed, and the dog may have compromised the kennel on its own.”
“I just want my dog back,” the man says. “He’s my best friend, that dog.”
There’s no word on how Delta or LAX officials are trying to locate the animal.
Pet Owner Blames Delta Airlines For Losing His Dog At LAX [CBS Los Angeles]
