An elderly couple was physically and verbally abused and held at knifepoint in their home. A suspect has now been seized, thanks to the couple’s granddaughter having posted a description publicly on Facebook that then went viral. Sounds good, but beware: viral manhunts like this can go very bad, very fast. 
Naked Security – Sophos
 Voice of America |
China Leads World in Cyber Espionage, says Report – VOA
Voice of America “Verizon doesn't explain how they determine that an event is state-sponsored, nor how they distinguish between legitimate attacks originating from China and those which use compromised servers in Chinese IP space,” said Jeffrey Carr, CEO of Taia Group, … Vast majority of global cyber-espionage emanates from China, report finds China Dominated Cyber Espionage in 2012 Chinese espionage highlighted in data breach report |
The United States is leading the race, but in this case, it’s a very bad thing. The race is actually “government requests for disclosure of user data from Google accounts or services.” The USA comes in first in government snooping with a total of 7,969 user data requests from January to June 2012, but that was tied into 16,281 user accounts. Google complied fully or at least in some degree with 90%…
Ms. Smith’s blog
NEW YORK — Computer hackers are exploiting the fascination with the … chief research officer for anti-virus software maker F-Secure. The hackers then use that access to propagate the virus and send spam to the users’ friends, he said.
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