The last two people found guilty of being part of the gang behind the UK’s biggest ever cybercrime phishing spree have been sentenced to nearly five years in jail each. Ukrainians Yuriy Konovalenko, 29, and Yevhen Kulibaba, 33, were the ringleaders of the largely UK-based gang that police believe managed…
Haiku Gets WEP/WPA/WPA2 Support
Oh gosh, finally news that’s got nothing to do with patents or smartphones or the comparing of male sexual organs. Haiku news! Michael Lotz has added preliminary support for WPA to Haiku, taking the first steps towards making the Haiku wireless stack a lot more useful. View full post on…
Occupy Wall Street protest gets a visit from Anonymous target Aaron Barr
One might think that former HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr would stay far away from anything associated with the hacking group Anonymous, which waged an embarrassing hacking campaign earlier this year that resulted in his resignation. Barr, who is now director of cybersecurity for a company called Sayres and Associates,…
Occupy Wall Street protest gets a visit from Anonymous target Aaron Barr
One might think that former HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr would stay far away from anything associated with the hacking group Anonymous, which waged an embarrassing hacking campaign earlier this year that resulted in his resignation. Barr, who is now director of cybersecurity for a company called Sayres and Associates,…
Syracuse woman gets probation in credit-card scam that used Midwestern names
Shantique Settles used her job at the J.C. Penney store in Carousel Center to open fraudulent accounts used to buy $3,500 in gift cards, prosecutor says. View full post on credit card scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
C++ language gets high marks on performance with new ISO/IEC standard
C++, one of the most popular programming languages used in everything from Web browsers to 3D video games, has been fully updated and published as, ISO/IEC 14882:2011, Information technology – Programming languages – C++. View full post on ISO – Latest News View full post on National Cyber Security
Video: Teen gets prison for threatening Wis. cop
By PoliceOne Staff WOOD COUNTY, Wis. — A man who charged at a police officer last year while wielding a knife was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday. As Wisconsin Rapids police responded to a disturbance in August, Officer Rod Krakow told Pao Khang to get on the…
Occupy Wall Street Gets Hacker Support
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Anonymous, a group of hackers that have been known to launch denial of service attacks on corporate websites, have threatened to attack the New York Stock Exchange on October 10, according to video message posted on You Tube. The group said it is launching an attack…
Zeus Trojan gang member gets jail for huge UK fraud
The most complex cybercrime investigation ever undertaken by UK police has resulted in another member of a gang that used the Zeus Trojan to raid online bank accounts being sentenced to two years behind bars. Latvian Karina Kostromina was originally arrested as part of Operation Lath in September 2010 along…
Reno man gets 10 years in prison for participation in child porn ring
Editor’s note: This story appeared in the Reno Gazette-Journal on August 30, 2006. It is intended to highlight the problem with child pornography in the Truckee Meadows. Ten years in federal prison was imposed on a Reno man who was part of an international Internet child pornography ring that shared…