No Yes The credit union used by members of the U.S. armed forces and their families has admitted that a laptop infected with malware was used to access a database containing the personal and financial information of customers. Shorten URL: . Click to copy to clipboard or post to Twitter…
Cisco defrauder sentenced to 4 years
A Massachusetts man was sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding Cisco out of $15 million, the latest in a regular string of selling-replacement-Cisco-parts-for-profit schemes. This perp, Michael Daly, president of Data Resource Group in Salisbury, MA., even had the audacity to acquire a fleet of classic cars with…
Appeals court reverses Tulsa man’s child-porn conviction
A federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed the conviction of a Tulsa man who had been sentenced in 2009 to 11 years in prison after being found guilty of knowingly receiving child pornography. A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that…
Uganda: On the Trail of the LRA
12 January 2011 Kampala — US President Barack Obama’s policy document on the Lord’s Resistance Army presented a blunt critique of the efforts to tackle the Ugandan rebel group, but some argue it contained little practical help to those trying to apprehend the group’s leaders. “This is a conflict that…
7 Cyber Crime Facts Executives Need to Know
The bad guys are getting smarter. Whether they are terrorists who realize another way to hurt the world and advance their agenda is to destabilize the economies of developed nations, especially leaders like the USA, disgruntled insiders, or “ordinary” criminals with a predominant profit motive, cyber crimes are increasing and…
Sony Asks Court to Remove PlayStation 3 Jailbreak From Net
The PlayStation 3 jailbreak genie is out of the bottle, but that isn’t stopping console-maker Sony from demanding a federal judge block a prolific hacker and others from detailing his hack. The PS3, a tad more than 4 years old, fell victim to the root-level firmware hack weeks ago. The…
New malware vendor hits town
US-based malware protection vendor, FireEye has expanded into Australian shores, setting up an office in Sydney. The vendor, which is headed up locally by Charlie Cote, has also inked a local distribution deal with WhiteGold Solutions. Prior to setting up the FireEye office in Sydney, Cote helped to establish a…
Malware in fake White House Christmas e-mail stole data
An e-mail sent to an unknown number of government employees and contractors two days before Christmas appeared to be a holiday greeting from the White House but instead hid malware that stole data. The innocent-looking holiday e-greeting prompted recipients to click to view the card, but when the file was…
Selena Gomez’s Facebook and Twitter accounts hacked
Font size: 12/01/2011 Selena Gomez has had her Facebook and Twitter accounts hacked into, according to reports. The 18-year-old actress-singer’s accounts were taken over by a hacker, who tweeted a handful of odd links. The hacker tweeted: “This account has been hacked by, PKinj0r – aka – Prokill the Video.”…
US beef, software groups eye Hu-Obama summit
* Groups hope summit will build on progress made in Dec * Software piracy estimated at 80 percent in China * China, others curbed US beef imports in 2003 By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, Jan 12 – U.S. software manufacturers and beef exporters want President Barack Obama to push for increased…