LimeWire enlists AVG for user protection
Mar 13, 2010 Security
Notorious as a malware ghetto, LimeWire takes its first steps to integrate authoritative threat protection by signing on AVG to provide premium users with download scanning and blocking.
10 ways you might be breaking the law with your computer
Mar 13, 2010 Security
For many years, the Internet was the “final frontier,” operating largely unregulated — in part because of the jurisdictional nightmare involved in trying to enforce laws. That was then; this is now. Legislation that affects the use of Internet-connected computers is springing up everywhere at the local, state and federal levels.
Super Stealth Plane Breaks Through Cost Barrier
Mar 13, 2010 Security
The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing today on the future of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and things are not looking pretty for the next-generation stealth aircraft. It now appears likely the Air Force will have to declare the program has soared past a key cost-containment barrier, in addition to being over 2 years behind schedule.
Feds: TSA Worker Tried to Sabotage Terror Database
Mar 13, 2010 Security
A former Transportation Security Administration contractor is being charged in Colorado for allegedly injecting malicious code into a government network used for screening airport security workers and others. The malicious code, a logic bomb installed last October, was designed to cause damage and disrupt data on servers on an undisclosed date…
Lifelock Dinged $12 Million for Deceptive Business Practices
Mar 11, 2010 Security
The CEO of Lifelock, Todd Davis, became famous for advertising his Social Security number on television ads and banners painted on trucks promising his $10 monthly service would protect consumers from identity theft.
How does a parent handle cyberbullying?
Mar 11, 2010 Security
What’s a parent to do when their child is being bullied relentlessly by peers on Facebook? School administrators say they have no control over what happens outside of school.
Government No-Fly List Includes the Dead
Mar 11, 2010 Security
You may be dying, figuratively, to get off the government’s no-fly list, but death won’t guarantee removal. The government’s no-fly list includes the names of dead suspects, according to government officials who spoke with the Associated Press, to help catch people who may try to assume the suspect’s identity…
EFF: New Smart Meters for Energy Use Put Privacy at Risk
Mar 11, 2010 Security
The ebb and flow of gas and electricity into your home contains surprisingly detailed information about your daily life. Energy usage data, measured moment by moment, allows the reconstruction of a household’s activities: when people wake up, when they come home, when they go on vacation, and maybe even when they take a hot bath…
Pentagon-Backed Venture Aims for ‘Google Underground’
Mar 10, 2010 Security
he Department of Defense already has omnipresent eyes in the sky, underwater and, of course, on the ground. It’s only when you start going underground that the surveillance powers of the Pentagon begin to wane — at least until now.
Why Google Scares Us: Say Bye Privacy, Say Hi Hungry Beast
Mar 10, 2010 Security
Meet Google. The noun that became a verb. The world’s favorite search engine, and the company whose motto is “Don’t be evil”…Meet Google the beast, the hungry beast.