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Headquarters: FBI Mourns the Loss of Two Special Agents Killed in Training ExerciseSpecial Agents Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw, members of the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team, were tragically killed Friday, May 17 during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Headquarters: Three Defendants Plead Guilty to Participating in Ambush Murder and [...]

The Department Of Homeland Security issued a statement advising Internet users to disable Java. Since the initial release, DHS has updated the advisory: Systems Affected Any system using Oracle Java 7 (1.7, 1.7.0) including Java Platform Standard Edition 7 (Java SE 7) Java SE Development Kit (JDK 7) Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE 7) OpenJDK [...]

To secure your data and reduce SPAM sent to your business as well as to your private email account, get a dedicated address for internet postings. Never use your business email address for posting guestbook entries, votes, or questions and answers in forums and surveys. It’s good to be reachable in these situations, but best [...]

A new extortion technique is being deployed by cyber-criminals using the Citadel malware platform to deliver Reveton ransomware. The latest version of the ransomware uses the name of the Internet Crime Complaint Center to frighten victims into sending money to the perpetrators. In addition to instilling a fear of prosecution, this version of the malware [...]

Lancaster County associate pastor arrested by Attorney General’s Child Predator Unit; families urged to review Internet safety during the holidays LANCASTER, PA — Agents from the Attorney General’s Child Predator Unit have arrested an associate pastor from Lancaster County accused of using Facebook and text messages to sexually soliciting a 15-year old boy, along with [...]

In 2003, the British Government published a report on Iraq’s security and intelligence organizations. Then a Cambridge University lecturer discovered that much of the document was copied from three different articles, one written by a graduate student. How did he know? The document contained a listing of the last 10 edits, even showing the names [...]

The FBI continues to remind shoppers to be wary of Internet fraud during the holiday shopping season. Scammers use many techniques to deceive potential victims, including creating fraudulent auction sales, reshipping merchandise purchased with a stolen credit card, selling fraudulent or stolen gift cards through auction sites at a discounted price and using phishing e-mails [...]

FBI Tips on Avoiding Internet Fraud:   Tips for Avoiding Internet Auction Fraud: Understand as much as possible about how the auction works, what your obligations are as a buyer, and what the seller’s obligations are before you bid. Find out what actions the website/company takes if a problem occurs and consider insuring the transaction [...]

FTC Extends Deadline to Comment on Proposed Modifications to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule Until September 24, 2012 Page summary:  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will extend until September 24, 2012, the deadline for commenting on additional proposed modifications to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA), which gives parents control over what information [...]

A common fraud, called “phishing”, sends messages that appear to be from a bank, shop or auction, giving a link to a fake website and asking you to follow that link and confirm your account details. The fraudsters then use your account details to buy stuff or transfer money out of the account. These fake [...]