Articles Archive for Year 2010
A suburban family has filed a lawsuit against the Lower Merion School District for spying on the student at home via a school supplied laptop. The family has requested class status for all students that received a laptop from the …
According to a CNET article, the Department of Justice is attempting to gain access to cell phone tower data. The government is not requesting access to specific call records, but is instead asking for connection records from various en …
The Valentine’s Day malware is making its rounds. Disguised as ecards or greetings, the malware hopes to entice unsuspecting recipients into clicking on the links which are sent in email. Once clicked, the recipient gets a whole bunch of surprises …
Threatpost is reporting that a known issue with Adobe Flash has been unchecked for 16 months. Apparently a procedural error and buzz around the pending Flash 10 release led to the oversight. The issue has been fixed in version …
Public instant messaging platforms such Google Talk, AOL Instant Messenger or Windows Live Messenger offers instant messaging services that are highly attractive to individuals and organizations. The provider has already paid the infrastructure costs for the servers and networks …
It all started with a few people logging into Facebook. The messages from strangers were unusual, but not too worrisome. That was until they realized that they were logged into someone elses account. According to a Washington Times article, …
In response to the attempted Christmas day attack, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a division of the Department of Homeland Security, published a secret directive of new airline procedures. The directive did not stay secret for long, and was published …