Security Fix Archive: U.S. Government
A Bustling Week for Cyber Justice
This past week has been a bustling one for cyber justice. The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement in its ongoing case against scareware purveyors; a notorious hacker admitted stealing roughly two million credit card numbers; the Justice Department has...
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July 1, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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Ex-DHS Cyber Chief Tapped as President of ICANN
Former Department of Homeland Security cyber chief Rod A. Beckstrom has been tapped to be the new president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the California based non-profit that oversees the Internet's address system. Most recently,...
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June 26, 2009; 7:30 AM ET |
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Accused Spam King Alan Ralsky Pleads Guilty
Alan Ralsky, a 64-year-old Michigan man that federal investigators say was among the world's top spam kingpins, pleaded guilty on Monday to running a multi-million dollar international stock fraud scam powered by junk e-mail. Ralsky (pictured at right, courtesy of...
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June 23, 2009; 10:15 AM ET |
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Default Passwords Led to $55 Million in Bogus Phone Charges
The U.S. Justice Department today unsealed indictments against three Filipino residents accused of hacking into thousands of private telephone networks in the United States and abroad, and then selling access to those networks at call centers in Italy that advertised...
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June 12, 2009; 2:13 PM ET |
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The Fallout from the 3FN Takedown
The Federal Trade Commission's unprecedented recent takedown against troubled Web hosting provider 3FN.net has had an immediate -- if little noticed -- impact on the level of spam sent worldwide, and the number of infected PCs doing the spamming, according...
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June 9, 2009; 3:08 PM ET |
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FTC Sues, Shuts Down N. Calif. Web Hosting Firm
In an unprecedented move, the Federal Trade Commission has taken legal steps to shut down a Web hosting provider in Northern California that the agency says was directly involved in managing massive global spam operations. Sometime on Tuesday, more than...
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June 4, 2009; 12:46 PM ET |
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