Developers making rogue apps for Google‘s Android platform, look out – the Bouncer is here. Bouncer, Google’s new security service for its Android platform, scans the Android Market and even developers’ accounts for potentially harmful apps and kicks them out, just like its real-life namesake. “Today we’re revealing a service…
Former Pennsylvania lawmaker gets prison in corruption case
HARRISBURG — Brett Feese, a one-time local prosecutor who became a rising Republican star in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, was sentenced Friday to four to 12 years in state prison and fined $25,000 for his role in a state corruption scandal. Dauphin County Judge Richard Lewis also ordered the…
Grade hacker gets probation, not an A for effort
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — One Pennsylvania college student’s attempt to boost his failing grades didn’t get him an A for effort. It got him probation. Edwin Kim admitted Tuesday that he used keystroke logging software to capture his professors’ passwords so he could bump up his grades at Temple University’s Ambler campus….
Defendant In Virginia-Based ID Theft Ring Gets Prison
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A Richmond man who was part of a violent fake identification ring has been sentenced to nine years in prison and will be deported to Mexico after serving his sentence. Federal prosecutors View full post on id theft prison – Yahoo! News Search Results View full…
Man gets prison after 44 arrests net 0 convictions
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man arrested 44 times without a conviction faces at least 32 years in federal prison for a pair of armed robberies. A jury convicted 25-year-old John Gassew on Wednesday of two counts each of robbery and possession of a firearm during a crime following…
Man gets prison after 44 arrests net 0 convictions
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man arrested 44 times without a conviction faces at least 32 years in federal prison for a pair of armed robberies. A jury convicted 25-year-old John Gassew on Wednesday of two counts each of robbery and possession of a firearm during a crime following…
Marriott hacker gets 30 months in prison
Attila Nemeth’s accommodations for the next 2.5 years won’t exactly be like a Marriott. The Hungarian man was convicted on charges that he hacked into the computer system of the giant hospitality chain and threatened company executives that he would leak sensitive data unless they met his demands. And you…
Gazette.Net: Marriott hacker-blackmailer gets 30 months in prison
A Hungarian man was sentenced Friday to 30 months in prison for hacking into Marriott International’s computers and trying to blackmail the Bethesda hotel giant into giving him a job — as a computer specialist. View full post on federal hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on…
Google Gets a Bouncer to Patrol Malware in the Android Market
Google is taking new steps to identify and eliminate malware in the Android Market. Codenamed “Bouncer,” Google will now scan every new and existing app in the Market against known malware, permissions and publisher information. This is the first time that Google has been so proactive in attacking the Android…
Google Gets Serious About Android Security, Now Auto-Scans App Market For Malware
The days of Android Market anarchy may be coming to an end. On Thursday, Google announced a new functionality in the application market for its mobile operating system that automatically scans new apps for known malware. The program, which the company is calling ”Bouncer,” also continues to run periodic simulations…