The European Union’s Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has said that data-protection authorities in the EU must have greater powers to enforce privacy rules across the 27 member states. In a speech given at the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union, Reding said that companies that operate in several…
One of slain Calif. cop’s last 911 calls helped boy
By Henry K. Lee The San Francisco Chronicle VALLEJO, Calif. — One of the last 911 calls Vallejo police Officer James Capoot responded to was from an 11-year-old boy who was upset that his father was disciplining him over not doing schoolwork. Capoot put him on a "straight and narrow…
11.47.7 IBM AIX WPAR System Calls Local Denial Of Service
CVEs: CVE: CVE-2011-1375 Platform: Aix View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
Listen: Man calls 911 five times for broken iPhone
Chicago Sun-Times A smartphone that refuses to work might seem like an emergency – but it’s not. Just ask Michael Alan Skopec. Kendall County Sheriff’s police arrested the man, accusing him of repeatedly calling 911 to complain about his broken smartphone. Skopec, 48, called 911 on five different occasions to…
Fighting Crime With Digital DNA – Fib on Facebook? U.S. Law Calls it Criminal
DNA evidence is widely accepted in courtrooms. And now, so is our “Digital DNA” — those trace zeroes and ones we leave behind on computer systems, in our smartphones , beneath the hoods of our cars and more. View full post on computer forensic – Yahoo! News Search Results View…
Fib on Facebook? U.S. Law Calls It Criminal, Critics Warn
Ever fib about your age on a dating site? What about on Facebook? These infractions could be a federal crime under an obscure 1986 anti-hacking law that was passed well before the advent of social networking sites. View full post on hacking tools – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post…
Defense chief calls China, India “threats”
GROTON, Connecticut (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta appeared to call China and India “threats” on Thursday, in comments that the Pentagon quickly sought to correct. Panetta, addressing workers at a submarine plant in Connecticut, was talking about emerging challenges facing the United States as it looks beyond the Iraq…
FBI official calls for secure, alternate Internet (AP)
AP – The computer networks that control power plants and financial systems will never be secure enough, so government and corporate leaders should consider developing a new, highly secure alternative Internet, a top FBI official said Thursday. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National…
As cyber threat shifts, calls for clarity on U.S. policy
With warnings that the next Pearl Harbor could be delivered through a computer terminal , what can the government do to deter against a cyber attack? The issue is starting to take on more urgency as the public becomes more aware of the possibility that an adversary, armed with nothing…
Automated Skype calls spread fake anti-virus warning [VIDEO]
As more and more people become acquainted by the tricks used by internet scammers and cybercriminals, so they are pressed to find new social engineering tricks in their hope of tricking the unwary. One of the schemes we have heard of involves unsolicited calls via Skype, where an automated message…