After powering through the holiday season and keeping the Chet Chat on time, I have stumbled into 2011 and fallen a little behind in posting the latest news, advice, and opinions from the Sophos crew. Tony Ross joined me again last week to discuss the news and share an interesting…
Region Digest: Palin hacker reports to prison
ALBANY, Ga. Reward offered in crane killings A federal agency is offering a $12,500 reward for information about the illegal shootings of three endangered whooping cranes in Southwest Georgia. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the reward in hopes of generating tips leading to an arrest and prosecution of…
Gates Cites ‘Disconnects,’ But Says China’s Leaders Do Control Military
Gates Cites ‘Disconnects,’ But Says China’s Leaders Do Control Military He said there were indications some Chinese leaders were unaware that China made the first test flight of its new radar-evading fighter jet this week Al Pessin Tokyo 14 January 2011 Photo: AP U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, speaks…
Gates: U.S. troops needed in Japan to keep China, North Korea in check
TOKYO –- The U.S. needs troops in Japan for the long term to keep China’s rising power in check and contain North Korea’s aggressive nuclear and missile aspirations, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, even as the U.S. begins considering a future with a smaller, more affordable military. “On account of…
Cohoes school cracks down on cyber bullying
Posted at: 01/13/2011 10:30 PM Updated at: 01/13/2011 11:12 PM By: Jessica Layton Print Story Email to a Friend COHOES – Cohoes Police think they have a serious case of cyber bullying on their hands. Didn’t know it was a crime? Now it is in Albany County. Thursday evening students…
Cohoes City School District holds anti-bullying workshop
By Danielle SanzoneThe Record COHOES — In the wake of two examples of cyber bullying at the Cohoes City School District, a workshop was held Thursday about how to recognize and combat all types of bullying. Two false Facebook pages were made recently that were called the “Cohoes Flame” and…
Bullying often takes place online these days, so parents need to get tech-smart
Click photo to enlarge Awkward biological changes, unpredictable emotions and nebulous social ties make the schoolyard a testing ground for adolescent behavior. As antagonists or victims, many children experience bullying. Some discover their individuality while others explore a darkness that haunts them into adulthood. Eighteen-year-old Ashley Garnica was bullied as…
IE blows away rivals in browser security
A new report from NSS Labs studies how various Web browsers perform when it comes to blocking socially-engineered attacks. The startling results show that Internet Explorer isn’t just better than rival browsers like Chrome and Firefox — but leaves competitors completely in the dust. Online attackers recognize that the Achilles…
Freeport police investigate ‘sexting’ at middle school
Police say an investigation into a possible sexual assault at Freeport Intermediate School led to the discovery of a school wide ‘sexting’ problem, 11 News Jeremy… See more here:Freeport police investigate ‘sexting’ at middle school Tags: assault-at-freeport, discovery, freeport, freeport-intermediate, possible-sexual, school, school-wide, the-discovery Category: Child Saftey Online, Internet Saftey,…
Computer Forensics for the PI – Legal Aspects.mov
Legal Aspects of Computer Forensics. This is an interactive thought briefing. Issues covered are Privacy, Wiretap, Child Pornography, en Re: Boucher, the opinion of the Texas Private Security Bureau and other issues. http://www.youtube.com/v/5SlscXqk_EE?f=videosapp=youtube_gdata Read the original here:Computer Forensics for the PI – Legal Aspects.mov Tags: child, issues, legal-aspects, security, security-bureau,…