Italian Decree Highlights Creeping Internet Censorship
02 2010
While the vocal war over China’s Internet approach and Google’s “partnership” with NSA continues, Internet censorship and controls are quietly being implemented in other countries around the world. In Europe, a recent EU... Read more...

Book Review: Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld
02 2010
Book Review: Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld by Jeffrey Carr ‘If this book has accomplished anything, it’s shown that cyber warfare is increasingly common, vulnerabilities exist at every level of our infrastructure,... Read more...

Wikileaks Funding Plan Could Be Risky
01 2010
The open-source whistleblower site, Wikileaks, which according to The National has “produced more scoops in its short life than the Washington Post has in the past 30 years,” has temporarily and voluntarily suspended its own service.... Read more...

China Gets Tough on Porn & Cyber Bad Guys
12 2009
In recent weeks, Chinese government agencies have introduced a range of measures to crack down on Internet badness, online gaming, and pornographic Websites that use .cn domains. Netizens outside China may ask, "Why should I care?" The... Read more...

One Week Only: A Spam Reprieve
12 2009
Here's a milestone perhaps better left unachieved: Project Honey Pot, a great open-source, anti-spam organization, just received its 1 billionth spam message (yes, folks, B as in billion, or 1,000 x 1 million).   Since its establishment in... Read more...

Report: The Worst Badware Hosts in the World
12 2009
In a report just issued, HostExploit researchers have delivered an analysis of “The Top 50 Bad Hosts and Networks,” recognizing the worst Websites worldwide for policy abuses and cybercriminal activities.   Research by HostExploit... Read more...

Phishing 2009: The Year of the Bad Guys
12 2009
From a cybercrime perspective, the “success” story of 2009 can be found in phishing attacks – which also caused biggest losses to the rest of us.   In a recent excellent report, security solution provider Trusteer Inc. details... Read more...

Point-of-Sale Breaches Bring Out the Law
12 2009
A recent POS (point of sale) breach has created a wakeup call for manufacturers, suppliers, and users of POS services. Last week, a district court in Louisiana ruled that seven restaurants in Louisiana and Mississippi can proceed with their case... Read more...