Our society may choose to hold to heroism and follow those who promise much. But, beware if we buy into that role, it is certain there will be those on the sidelines waiting to take away the crown when the hero slips, or doesn’t make the mark. View full post…
10 years after his epic MySpace hack, Samy Kamkar is trying to turn hackers into heroes
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Samy Kamkar is in a dark room in Bally’s Casino in Las Vegas; the room is lit by blue lights and the glow of laptop screens. A DJ is spinning lyric-less music while hackers sit at round tables intermittently coding and…
Kid heroes showcased for humanitarianism
Photo: Courtesy of Kids Are Heroes/Tracy Timmester Today’s youth has to focus on much more than many of us had to when we were their age. School, homework, watching cartoons, playing games outside and simply having fun were pretty much all we had to worry about. Today, kids are forced…
Unsung heroes at a FEMA disaster assistance center
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Henry Clyburn,a FEMA reservist Anyone who has watched television, read a newspaper or surfed the Internet during the month of November has been exposed to the devastation of Hurricane Sandy — through the eyes of its various victims. Homepage position: 10 read…
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…
10 years after 9/11: Reluctant heroes
Author: Dr. Laurence Miller One of the nobler stories to come out of the 9-11 tragedy involved multiple cases of heroism on the part of public safety professionals — police, firefighters, paramedics, rescuers, and others — who risked, and all too often gave, their lives in the service of others….
