A new report from security-information firm NSS Labs is campaigning for a global vulnerability purchasing (or bug bounty) program. It claims that the current tepid approach from software firms has failed to staunch the flow of reports of new software flaws. Increasing Risk In 2012, the number of vulnerabilities reported in…
Conservative MP Rob Anders implicates colleagues in Chinese government hooker scheme
Conservative MP for Calgary West alleges that Chinese government is running a prostitution ring. ___________________________ Read More…. View full post on Select From Our Menu
CBP officer charged in Texas alien smuggling scheme
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Pharr Port of Entry A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, his girlfriend and an associate have been charged in Brownsville, TX, in an alleged bribery and alien smuggling operation along the U.S./Mexico border that prosecutors said operated between 2009 and 2011….
Two Romanians plead guilty to point-of-sale $10mil Subway hacking scheme
Two Romanian men have pleaded guilty to participating in a US$10 million scheme to hack into the computers of hundreds of Subway restaurants in the US and steal payment card data, the US Department of Justice said. View full post on Techworld.com security For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www….
Ring leader guilty in extensive ID document fraud scheme
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Caguas, Puerto Rico A Dominican national has pleaded guilty in connection with what U.S. federal prosecutors said was his leading role in a huge trafficking ring that stole the identities of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens and identity documents. Homepage position: 10…
Former ICE acting director to serve almost two years for fraud scheme
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: James Woosley A scheme by several ICE employees that bilked more than $500,000 from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement with fake travel and reimbursement vouchers has landed a former intelligence official at the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…
Frederick man charged in fraud scheme: Former military police officer allegedly made more than $9,000 in purchases
A Frederick man faces charges of operating a fraud scheme in which police said he stole credit card numbers and used them to make more than $9,000 in purchases online and at a Frederick department store View full post on credit card fraud – Yahoo! News Search Results View full…
EZ-Scam: 2 Brooklyn men busted in internet-based credit card scheme
The website had a catchy name, Dr. E-ZPass, but the feds say it was a prescription for fraud — part of a larger $6 million Internet-based credit card scam. Drezpass.com offered discounted E-ZPass tags using stolen credit cards, say Manhattan federal prosecutors who tallied the ripoff to E-ZPass at more…
Local Students Warned Of Facebook Extortion Scheme
A letter sent home to the parents of Boston College High School students warns of an online predator who is befriending teens. View full post on cyber extortion – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Microsoft researchers discover malicious cookie scheme
Microsoft researchers checking how easy it is to identify users by analysing commonly collected web-log data incidentally discovered a cookie-forwarding scheme that can be used to aid session hijacking. If put into play, the scheme could clandestinely forward stolen session cookies to individual zombie machines in botnets that could use…