FTC slams spam gang boss with $15 million fine Whether or not anyone actually ever gets this money remains to be seen but at the behest of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has ordered the mastermind of what was a vast international spam network to pay $15.15 million in a default judgment for his role in running the operation which sent out billions of junk e-mails. Why Criminal Hackers Must Not Be Rewarded In 1995, I participated in a debate with distinguished security expert Robert D. Steele, a vigorous proponent of open-source intelligence. Latest Microsoft patches cause black screen of death Microsoft's latest round of security patches appears to be causing some PCs to seize up and display a black screen, rending the computer useless. British Airways to pay thousands for Web airfare glitch You knew this one was too good to be true: British Airways offering US-to-India for $40? Well, 1,200 people tried to take advantage of the offer within minutes of its posting on the air carrier's Web site only to have their bookings cancelled after BA realized the error (the lowest US-India fare being offered by British Airways at the time was over $750). Call for jail sentences after police hand over information The Information Commissioner has called for tougher penalties over the reckless misuse of data, after police officers were found to have wrongly handed over sensitive data to dangerous individuals. Hack In The Box heading to Holland The organizers of the Hack In The Box security conferences in Malaysia are planning their first European show for Amsterdam next July. Home Secretary says McKinnon must face US trial Computer hacker Gary McKinnon looks set to face trial in the US after Home Secretary Alan Johnson said there were no grounds to prevent his extradition. Microsoft adds identity to cloud Everyone eyeing Microsoft's Azure, their candidate for cloud-based computing, can at least agree on one thing: Redmond is late to the party that's dominated by Salesforce.com, Google, Amazon and a host of others. How can they hope to differentiate themselves? FCC: Internet program for deaf cheated out of millions of dollars In court the Federal Communications Commission has charged 26 people with defrauding the agency of "tens of millions of dollars" from its program that lets people with hearing disabilities to communicate with hearing individuals through the use of interpreters and Web cameras. November giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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