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Bloggers, Activists Answer CISPA Blackout Call
April 22, 2013 11:53 am | CommentsAlmost 400 websites around the world have shut down services as part of a protest against new U.S. cybersecurity laws.
Online Smuggling has Wildlife Bureau Hiring Cyber Detectives
April 22, 2013 11:42 am | CommentsAlmost a thousand websites are at the center of a new-age illegal trade in wildlife, promising home delivery of live animals, prized animal parts and rare medicinal plants from across nations through simple internet banking formats.
Hacking Trial Devoid of Hacking Awaits Jury Verdict
April 22, 2013 11:33 am | CommentsThe same hacking statute internet sensation Aaron Swartz was being prosecuted under until his January suicide is quietly being tested in a San Francisco federal courtroom — to little fanfare in a case devoid of hacking in the traditional sense.
Facial Recognition Didn't Find Bombing Suspects
April 22, 2013 9:07 am | CommentsWhile the Boston Marathon bombing ordeal and subsequent lockdown of the city is finally over, the Boston Police says their facial recognition system didn't identify the two bombing suspects.
House Passes Pro-business Cybersecurity Bill
April 19, 2013 8:58 am | CommentsPro-business legislation aimed at helping companies fend off sophisticated foreign hackers sailed through the House despite a White House veto threat and an outcry from privacy advocates and civil liberties groups that say it leaves Americans vulnerable to spying by the military.
Amateur Investigators Get the Final Word
April 19, 2013 8:44 am | CommentsThursday night, Richard DesLauriers, special agent in charge of the Boston Division of the FBI, urged amateur internet sleuths to disreguard all photos and video footage but the ones the FBI were then releasing.
Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Workshop Video
April 18, 2013 8:00 pm | CommentsThe video of the April 3, 2013, Cybersecurity Framework Workshop convened by NIST is now available for streaming on demand. This meeting brought together experts in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure to discuss what issues stakeholders believe should be covered in the framework.
Boston Investigators Focus on Two Men But No Firm Suspects
April 18, 2013 8:00 pm | CommentsInvestigators are seeking to talk to at least two men pictured in images taken before two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon but there are no firm suspects yet, law enforcement and national security officials said.
How Video Analytics Helps Reconstruct Boston Marathon Bombings
April 18, 2013 8:00 pm | CommentsHow do investigators weed through terabytes of video in different formats? Going through all that footage is still largely a labor-intensive task, but video analytics and digital forensics tools can help investigators compress video, pinpoint areas of interest, look for anomalies and find relevant details.
Internet Cafes Raided in Crackdown
April 18, 2013 10:32 am | CommentsFederal, state and local police raided six Internet cafes in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, seizing video terminals and cash while searching for evidence of illegal gambling and other criminal activity.
Super Botnets Fuel DDoS Attacks
April 18, 2013 10:11 am | CommentsCoordinated attacks used to knock websites offline grew meaner and more powerful in the past three months, with an eight-fold increase in the average amount of junk traffic used to take sites down.
Internet Sleuths Try to Crack Boston Marathon Bombing
April 18, 2013 9:50 am | CommentsThe Boston bomb atacks, which killed three people and injured more than 170 others, have also spawned an ad-hoc digital forensics investigation on the Internet.
Crowdsourcing the Boston Bombing Investigation - Video
April 18, 2013 9:31 am | CommentsAmateur sleuths from across the Internet are piecing together images from the Boston Marathon bombing and weighing in on Reddit with their ideas about the devices and potential suspects.
Investigators Say Video Points to Boston Bomb Suspect
April 17, 2013 8:00 pm | CommentsInvestigators have found video footage of a man who they believe may have planted the deadly bombs at the Boston Marathon, a person briefed on the matter has said, saying that they had pinpointed the image on video that was captured shortly before the blast.
Investigators Comb Social Networks for Bombing Clues
April 17, 2013 10:40 am | CommentsWith federal and state investigators searching for clues about the person or organization behind the Boston Marathon bombing, social networks could hold a treasure trove of information.
