Blog 313-E

Cyber-crime SEC: Magical Stock Brokering Software Was A Fraud (The Register, 03/11/2009) Chinese Crackers Create Counterfeit iTunes Racket (The Register, 03/11/2009) More Countries Sign Up For Cybercrime Treaty (IDG News Service, 03/12/2009) Tax Time Is a Feast for Identity Thieves (NewsFactor, 03/11/2009) Cyber-security House Politicians...

Given the increasing number of lives ruined by cyber bullying, emotional harassment and abuse, especially in schools, and the number of suicides stimulated…See the article HERE.

Incidents of cyber squatting, the practice of registering misleading domain names to ensnare surfers or sell them to the relevant company, are on the rise. See the article HERE.

Using the need to track sexual predators as a justification, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith have introduced a bill that would require ISPs to log user activity — and store that information for two years. My question is this: Why not...

Rod Beckstrom, the director of a federal office set up to protect civilian, military and intelligence networks, has submitted his resignation after less than a year in the job. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9129218

Democrats reach deal on mortgage relief bill http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090304/ap_on_bi_ge/mortgages_bankruptcy

IT consultancy Bearingpoint files for bankruptcy To see the whole article, please go to:http://www.information-age.com/channels/it-services/news/1002502/it-consultancy-bearingpoint-files-for-bankruptcy.thtml Regards,Information Agewww.information-age.com

Cyber-crime Criminals Target Customers of Troubled Banks (ComputerWeekly, 03/02/2009) Cyber-security Cybersecurity Gets Increased Funding in Obama’s First Budget (Government Computer News, 03/02/2009) President Barack Obama wants $355 million for the Homeland Security Department’s cybersecurity efforts in fiscal 2010, according to an overview of his budget...

WSJ.com Mobile Reader user [email protected] wanted you to see this: “Obama Stimulus Pours Millions into Cyber Security – Infopackets” Obama Stimulus Pours Millions into Cyber SecurityInfopackets, CanadaAs his administration continues to work on an stimulus plan that can save America’s economy, Obama’s latest course of...