Recent articles by Michael Cooney
February 07, 2012
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.
February 03, 2012
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.
February 02, 2012
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.
January 31, 2012
The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice teamed up for a coast-to-coast crackdown on identity thieves this week.
January 27, 2012
Will mobile payments become common, and what will the impact of that technology be?
January 20, 2012
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.
January 19, 2012
It has been 26 years to the day when the computing world was introduced to its first virus: The Brain.
January 13, 2012
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.
January 11, 2012
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.
January 10, 2012
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.
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