A new phishing scam is currently targeting members of the United States Military and their families. Reported by the Web security firm AppRiver, the scam is aimed at the USAA – the United Services Automobile Association – a financial services firm for …
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement:
ICE seizes 82 website domains involved in selling counterfeit goods as part of Cyber Monday crackdown — WASHINGTON – Seizure orders have been executed against 82 domain names of commercial websites engaged in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted works as part …
After the WikiLeaks publications, Gates ordered two reviews of document security, according to Bryan Whitman … with illegally transferring classified data onto his personal computer and adding unauthorized software to a classified computer system.
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Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld:
U.S. building next wave of supercomputers — Two 20-petaflop systems planned for 2012, but China’s Tianhe-1A expected to rank No.1 on Top500 list this year — Computerworld – The U.S. is building two 20-petaflop supercomputers, many times more powerful than anything operating today …