Associated Press MARQUETTE, Mich. — Federal prosecutors are seeking forced medication for a mentally ill man who is charged with leaving an explosive outside a Detroit federal building in 2011. A year after his arrest, Gary Mikulich remains in custody and has been declared incompetent to assist his lawyer and…
Government wants to track all phone calls, emails and text messages
The UK Government will require ISP, phone and mobile companies to store details of all subscriber phone calls, emails, texts and websites visited for a year under plans designed to aid the police and intelligence services. According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, the new Communications Capabilities Development Programme…
Security company wants to protect training manual
The company that manages Australia's immigration detention centres has told a Darwin court the public release of its security training manual could jeopardise national security. View full post on could security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Are you a Victim of Cyber Crime? The FBI Wants to Help
Cyber criminals can damage their victim’s computer systems and data by changing or deleting files, wiping hard drives, or erasing backups to hide some or all of their malicious activity and tradecraft. By wiping, or “zeroing out,” the hard disk drives, which overwrites good data with zeros or other characters,…
DA wants higher bail in cop’s beating
By Melissa Dribben and Joseph A. Gambardello The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office is seeking higher bail for the Flyers fan who was released after his arrest earlier Friday for allegedly assaulting a New York Rangers fan on Jan. 2. Police had tracked Dennis Veteri, 32,…
NJ detective, football coach wants to save youth
By Matthew Stanmyre The Star-Ledger NEWARK, N.J. — Brian Logan steers his Crime Stoppers van past the drug dealers on their stoops, the addicts searching for their next fix, the feral cats skittering across the sidewalks. As Logan drives through some of the toughest neighborhoods in Newark, he pauses to…
Duqu, Son Of Stuxnet, Wants Your Data
October 27, 2011: There is another Stuxnet out there, called Duqu, and its preparing for an even broader attack on industrial targets. Stuxnet, a computer worm (a computer program that constantly tries to copy itself to other computers) showed up two years ago. View full post on computer worm –…
German Minister Wants Investigation of State Authorities’ Use of Spyware
Germany’s justice minister has called for an investigation after authorities in at least four German states acknowledged using computer spyware to conduct surveillance on citizens. Authorities in the state of Bavaria admitted on Monday that a piece of spyware discovered on a citizen’s computer by the local Chaos Computer Club…
License to quill: UK party wants tough media rules
Amid a tabloid phone hacking scandal that has shaken Britain, the country’s main opposition Labour Party on Tuesday suggested reporters guilty of malpractice could be banned from working as media professionals. View full post on hacking tools – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gregory…
Anon’s foil Aaron Barr is back—and he wants more cybersecurity offensives
Barr is back in business. Aaron Barr, the former CEO of HBGary Federal, memorably had his corporate e-mail exposed to the world by Anonymous earlier this year after attempting to expose the group’s “leadership.” Based on our reporting, comedian Stephen Colbert memorably summed up the encounter : “To put this…