Stories by Michael Cooney

FBI unbolts Steve Jobs 1991 investigation file

The FBI today released a background check it did on Apple's founder Steve Jobs when he was being considered for a position on the President's Export Council under George H.W. Bush in 1991.

By Michael Cooney | 10 February, 2012 05:23

Tags: wireless, steve jobs, smartphones, security, networking, industry verticals, government, FOIA, fbi, consumer electronics, Apple

FTC warns background screening mobile apps may be unlawful

The Federal Trade Commission this week said it sent letters to six unidentified mobile applications makers warning them that their background screening apps may be violating federal statutes.

By Michael Cooney | 08 February, 2012 05:26

Tags: wireless, security, networking, mobile apps, ftc, Federal Trade Commission, Fair Credit Reporting Act, anonymous

How NOT to get a job 101: Hack Marriott, extort execs for work

The Department of Justice today said a man who sent malicious code to Marriott International Corporation, threatening to reveal confidential information taken from the company's computers if Marriott did not offer him a job, has been sent to prison for his criminal endeavor.

By Michael Cooney | 04 February, 2012 08:27

Tags: US Department of Justice, security, Secret Service, Marriott International, Marriott hack, Marriott, legal, data breach, cybercrime

FBI busts software copyright fugitive who fled to Pakistan

The FBI today said it arrested a man on charges of illegally reproducing and distributing more than 100 copyrighted commercial software programs who had fled the country after being indicted last year.

By Michael Cooney | 03 February, 2012 07:34

Tags: veritas, software, security, Quicken, Microsoft, legal, fbi, cybercrime, Apple, Adobe

IRS helps bust 105 people in massive identity theft crackdown

The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice teamed up for a coast-to-coast crackdown on identity thieves this week.

By Michael Cooney | 01 February, 2012 08:20

Tags: security, phishing, legal, IRS, Internal Revenue Service, identity theft, Identity fraud / theft, doj, cybersecurity, cybercrime, Compliance monitoring, audit, anti-malware

FTC to scrutinize mobile payment technology

Will mobile payments become common, and what will the impact of that technology be?

By Michael Cooney | 28 January, 2012 03:31

Tags: wireless, smartphones, security, networking, mobile payments, internet, industry verticals, government, Google, ftc, Federal Trade Commission, e-commerce, consumer electronics, Apple

FBI busts programmer for stealing US Treasury code

The FBI said it arrested a computer programmer in New York this week and charged him with stealing proprietary software code from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The software known as the Government-Wide Accounting and Reporting Program (GWA) handles all manner of U.S. government financial transactions.

By Michael Cooney | 21 January, 2012 07:31

Tags: software programmer, software code, security, legal, industry verticals, government, fbi, cybersecurity, cybercrime

Security history: Nothing like an old-fashioned boot sector virus

It has been 26 years to the day when the computing world was introduced to its first virus: The Brain.

By Michael Cooney | 20 January, 2012 06:33

Tags: The Brain, security, Microsoft MS-DOS, Microsoft, Michelangelo, MBR, Master Boot Record, boot sector virus

10 game-changing space galaxy discoveries

What's hot in space? Galaxies!

By Michael Cooney | 16 January, 2012 11:51

Tags: space, outer space, galaxies

Computerized language translation started 58 years ago with IBM and Georgetown University

Hard to imagine but it has been 58 years since IBM and Georgetown University teamed up to run what they said was at the time the first English-to-Russian language computer translation program.

By Michael Cooney | 14 January, 2012 03:29

Tags: IBM 701 mainframe, IBM, hardware systems, Google, Georgetown University, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance

Cybersecurity help exists, focusing it is the trick

There are a ton of groups out there that offer cybersecurty help and guidance, the trick, it seems is finding he right one for you organization.

By Michael Cooney | 12 January, 2012 05:37

Tags: security standards, security, NIST, legal, iso, cybersecurity, cybercrime, ANSI, anonymous

Mobile shopping had monster holiday season

Sales and traffic from mobile devices to online retailers during the holidays doubled over 2012 with Apple iPhone and iPad users leading the charge, according to research from IBM.

By Michael Cooney | 11 January, 2012 07:35

Tags: wireless, tablets, smartphones, pc, networking, mobile apps, mobile, iPhone, iPad, internet, IBM, hardware systems, e-commerce, Data Center, consumer electronics, Configuration / maintenance, Apple

Do you know your cyberthreats?

The watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office this week issued a report that takes a look at what information, or guidance as they call it, is available to help government agencies and public sector companies bulk up their cybersecurity efforts.

By Michael Cooney | 10 January, 2012 08:30

Tags: Trojan horse, security, malware, logic bomb, legal, cybersecurity, cybercrime, cross-site scripting

FBI warns of new Zeus-based malware in phishing scam

So long as people click on unsolicited attachments in email, scammers will invent new ways to take their money, identities and more.

By Michael Cooney | 07 January, 2012 08:28

Tags: zeus, security, scammers, rim, National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA), malware, legal, gameover, Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, fbi, cybersecurity, cybercrime, anti-malware, anonymous

IBM predicts five big technologies of the future

IBM today issued its sixth annual look at what Big Blue thinks will be the five biggest technologies for the next five years. In past prediction packages the company has had some success in predicting the future of telemedicine and nanotechnology.

By Michael Cooney | 21 December, 2011 08:31

Tags: spam, security, passwords, networking, management, infrastructure management, IBM, hardware systems, Gartner, digital divide, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, antispam

 
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