The jury is out on Microsoft Corp.’s new weapon in the fight against cybercriminals: the courts.
A federal judge on Monday granted the company’s request for a court order to deactivate nearly 300 Internet addresses with a suspected link to the Waledac botnet, which pushes spam out of a worldwide network of PCs.
A company that verifies whether retail and other Web sites adequately secure customers’ personal information has agreed to settle charges with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it misled its customers.
A 15-year-old student and his parents have sued a suburban Philadelphia school district after discovering administrators covertly snapped pictures of him while at home on his school-owned laptop computer.
European Union interior ministers want to negotiate a new agreement on sharing bank data with U.S. counterterrorism investigators, after the European Parliament struck down an interim deal earlier this month, according to EUobserver.com.
♦ The White House’s nominee to take over the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has outlined budget cuts that would reduce its counterterrorism responsibilities, according to the USA Today. Vice Admiral Robert J. Papp Jr. says that he "wants to eliminate teams that are trained to respond to and prevent terror attacks," because other agencies now fill that role better than the USCG.
A new government study finds faults with the progress made by the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), according to The New York Times.
It’s last call at The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). If you’d like to share your thoughts on their proposed framework for enhancing the nation’s ability to respond to disasters, you have two more days.
