Washington and its Western allies have for the first time since the end of the Cold War put together detailed military plans to defend Eastern Europe against Russian threats, according to confidential US diplomatic cables. The decision on the major policy shift was been taken secretly in January of this…

WASHINGTON – Despite their martial overtones, the attacks on credit card and other websites by supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are more political protest than real cyber war, experts say. Over the past week, the Internet has rung with a call to virtual arms by “Anonymous,” a band of…

BEIJING – The United States and China could hold first-of-their-kind formal military talks in the first half of this year, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday. The security talks would be a step beyond current contacts largely focused on maritime issues, and would cover nuclear and missile defense issues…

11 January 2011Last updated at 04:46 ET Behind the smiles, both sides remain concerned about the other’s intentions Alexander Neill, head of the Asia Security Programme at the Royal United Services Institute, considers the apparent emergence of a new Sino-US high-tech arms race. Beneath the veneer of official smiles and…

If you’re looking to get into your spouse’s email to confirm suspicions of an affair, you might want to think twice about doing it, especially in Michigan. A recently divorced Michigan man from Rochester Hills, Leon Walker, faces felony computer misuse charges after it was revealed he logged into his…

SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwire – 01/11/11) – The Merchant Risk Council (MRC), a merchant-led trade association focused on electronic commerce risk and payments globally, announced Harry Markopolos, Andreas Weigend and Joseph Menn will address conference delegates at the MRC’s 2011 Annual e-Commerce Payments and Risk Conference at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort,…

SOURCE: Narus, Inc. Next Decade Portends New Threats That Surpass Those of Years Past in Both Intensity and Impact SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwire – January 11, 2011) – The cyber threat landscape has matured over the past 10 years, due in part to the proliferation of new technologies and an increasing reliance…

A Massachusetts man who defrauded Cisco Systems of more than $15.4 million and spent some of that money on classic cars was sentenced Monday to 48 months in prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Michael Daly, 56, president of Data Resource Group, was convicted of wire fraud and…

January 11, 2011 at 09:07 am Comments (0)    *When we were children a nice warm honey bun was all the rage.  It seemed like you could get a friend to either barter or share most anything they had for a promise of a bite of your honey bun. Now here…

Assange spoke to the media outside the Belmarsh magistrate’s court and expressed satisfaction at the hearing on his extradition to Sweden, according to The Guardian. He said he was happy about the outcome and said the skeleton argument his legal team hastily produced over Christmas would be made publicly available…