Oops: After Threatening Hacker With 440 Years, Prosecutors Settle for a Misdemeanor

Thanks in part to America’s ill-defined hacking laws, prosecutors have enormous discretion to determine a hacker defendant’s fate. But in one young Texan’s case in particular, the Department of Justice stretched prosecutorial overreach to a new extreme: about 440 years […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…

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Spyware Becoming “Business-as-Usual” Tactic for Internet Giants, Threatening Secure Business Mobility

Required new permissions for Yahoo Mail and Messenger for Android gives Yahoo Carte Blanche access to phone user information, prompting business mobility consulting and development firm On The GoWARE to issue a security bulletin to its corporate clients. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 28, 2012 Mobile navigation with real-time traffic…

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Doctor duo booked for threatening Prakash Jha

The Amboli police on Tuesday registered an extortion case against foreign-based doctors, Pramod Bhanti (62) and Devendra Singh (70), who allegedly threatened to kill film-maker Prakash Jha. View full post on cyber extortion – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans

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Heroes in an attack threatening the Web

Worm The First Digital World War By Mark Bowden Atlantic Monthly. 245 pp. $25 Reviewed by Steve Weinberg   When Mark Bowden writes, smart readers pay attention. A former reporter for The Inquirer, Bowden is a deserved brand name – a superb reporter and compelling narrative writer, whether his subject…

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