Facebook Opposes ACLU, Urges Court To Let Stand ‘Hacking’ Decision

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Facebook is asking a federal appellate court to let stand its recent ruling that the defunct aggregation service Power Ventures violated a federal hacking law by “scraping” Facebook’s site. The social networking company wants the court to reject arguments by The post Facebook Opposes ACLU, Urges […]

Anonymous-linked journalist facing two years in federal prison urges Obama to set him free

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A US-based journalist facing a two-year prison sentence for conspiring with the Anonymous hacking collective has appealed to President Barack Obama to intervene in his case. California-based Matthew Keys, 29, who was previously employed as a social media editor at Reuters, was convicted last October after […]

Keep smartphones backdoor free, urges cybersecurity expert Susan Landau

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans After years of debate on whether to give the FBI and other federal agencies the tools to bypass smartphone security, it appears we are still light-years away from any resolution. There was a moment a few months ago when proposed legislation appeared imminent, but the FBI […]

Obama Urges Howard Graduates To ‘Be Confident In Your Blackness’

President Barack Obama urged Howard University’s class of 2016 on Saturday to “be confident in [their] blackness” and continue past generations’ work to improve the lives of African Americans in the U.S. After opening his address on the progress African Americans have made, Obama spent a good portion of his speech discussing the importance of being black and […]

Attorney General urges tech companies to leave device backdoors open for police

  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said on Tuesday that new forms of encryption capable of locking law enforcement officials out of popular electronic devices imperil investigations of kidnappers and sexual predators, putting children at increased risk. “It is […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com View full post […]

FEMA urges residents across the South and Southeast to prepare for severe winter weather

Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is closely coordinating with states potentially impacted by severe winter weather across the southern United States. FEMA, through its regional offices in Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, and Denton, TX, and its National Watch Center in Washington, DC, as well as its federal partners, including the […]