Computer security consultant charged with infecting a quarter million computers

I came across this story which was published on the US Department of Justice website today and after reading the story, I had to share this with the NowPublic community.This 26 year old has been controlling OUR computers without our knowledge for sometime now.  The thing...

Spam King arrested in Seattle: Does It Matter?

America's number-one spammer has been busted, facing nearly a million dollars' worth of fines and sized assets along with a five-year prison term if convicted. This guy isn't necessarily the author of all those...

Masquerading through the enterprise!

A Microsoft employee published a blog on Thursday October 12 stating "I wanted to let you know that we’ve been made aware of proof of concept code published publicly affecting Microsoft Office 2003 PowerPoint....

Zombie master sentenced to 5 years in prison

"Jeanson James Ancheta, 21, was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for using malicious software to seize control of 400,000 computers and then selling access to the zombie machines to spammers and hackers."

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and salads. ...

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