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- Government intervenes in warrantless wiretapping lawsuit
Early Saturday morning, the Department of Justice made good its threat to file a motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit brought by EFF against ATT over its collaboration with the NSA's massive program to wiretap and data-mine Americans' communications.
Mon, 15 May 2006 11:29:00 GMT - Commtouch unveils image-based spam defense
Commtouch unveiled its new defense against spam containing pictures but no text or Web hyperlinks.
Mon, 15 May 2006 11:20:00 GMT - Verizon sued over NSA surveillance
Attorneys Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer claim the carrier violated privacy laws by turning over phone records to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) for a secret government surveillance program.
Sat, 13 May 2006 23:39:00 GMT - US spy agency building database of every call ever made
After report says millions of Americans' phone records have been given to the National Security Agency (NSA), Bush says privacy is ''fiercely protected.''
Thu, 11 May 2006 17:18:00 GMT - Email bomber heads back to court
David Lennon, 18, used an e-mail-bombing program called Avalanche to send approximately 5 million messages to his former employer in 2004. The flood crashed the company's e-mail server.
Thu, 11 May 2006 17:07:00 GMT - Zombie master Jeanson Ancheta sentenced to 5 years in prison
Jeanson James Ancheta, 21, was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for using malicious software to seize control of 400,000 computers and then selling access to the zombie machines to spammers and hackers.
Tue, 09 May 2006 05:51:00 GMT - New York man to settle in Washington's first spyware case
Gary T. Preston, of Jamaica, N.Y., will pay $7,200 in legal costs and attorneys' fees. Investigators allege that Preston permitted Secure Computer's Web domains to be registered in his name and provided his credit card to make company purchases.
Mon, 08 May 2006 22:42:00 GMT - US demand for college wiretaps questioned
''This is totally ridiculous. I can't believe you're making this argument,'' Judge Harry T. Edwards told Jacob Lewis, an associate general counsel with the Federal Communications Commission.
Sat, 06 May 2006 21:25:00 GMT - Russian virus distributor convicted
Sergey Kazachkov, of Voronezh in central Russia, former lead guitarist for Kazakhstan heavy metal band DLM turned science student, escaped jail after been convicted of running websites that distributed an estimated 4,000 different computer viruses.
Fri, 05 May 2006 08:05:00 GMT - Corporate instant messaging on the rise
Postini filtered 7.6 million instant messaging (IM)conversations in April, an increase of more than 15% from March's 6.5 million, underscoring the continued growth of corporate IM.
Fri, 05 May 2006 07:50:00 GMT - Court slams former spam king over spyware
A default judgment against Sanford ''Spamford'' Wallace and his company, SmartBOT.Net, orders them to give up $4,089,500 in ill-gotten gains.
Thu, 04 May 2006 15:16:00 GMT - Hacker charged with stealing information from military
Matthew R. Decker, 21, was indicted Tuesday in Wichita, Kansas, with ''accessing without authorization'' U.S. Army computers and with ''unlawfully possessing, with intent to defraud,'' 531 credit card numbers and account information.
Thu, 04 May 2006 14:26:00 GMT - MPAA releases new piracy loss data
The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) today released new information about piracy from a comprehensive study done by LEK Consulting that the association is using as a roadmap to help fight piracy worldwide.
Wed, 03 May 2006 21:26:00 GMT - Spam King Alan Ralsky not jailed
The FBI's Detroit field office told one journalist that Spam King Alan Ralsky was not arrested or held, is not in custody, and has not been indicted.
Tue, 02 May 2006 22:00:00 GMT - Consumers in the dark about latest tech buzzwords
According to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Windows Live, 71% of respondents have never heard of RSS, 46% indicated they aren't clear on the definition of Internet tagging and 32% indicated they are not sure how best to describe VoIP -- three common services that are quickly gaining acceptance and popularity with Americans who use the Internet.
Tue, 02 May 2006 17:17:00 GMT
