Facebook Email Hijacker Spread Nude Pics of Women

A California man has admitted using personal information he gathered on Facebook to hack into women’s email accounts, then send nude pictures of them to everyone in their address book, according to The Associated Press.

George Samuel Bronk, 23, hijacked the email accounts of dozens of women in the United States and England. He then scanned the women’s “sent” folders for nude and…

New Second-in-Charge for IT Security at NASA

NASA’s Chief Information Officer Linda Cureton has selected Valarie Burks as the new deputy CIO for IT security, according to a press release.

Burks served as the associate CIO for cyber and privacy policy and oversight at the Department of Agriculture since 2009. She managed Federal Information Security Management Act reporting,…

Harris Names Alex Heidt VP of Air Force Programs for IT Services Business

Harris Corporation has named Alex Heidt vice president of Air Force programs for its IT Services business, reporting to Vice President and General Manager of Department of Defense Programs Mike Deloney.

Heidt is responsible for managing operations of the company’s growing Air Force business, including customer contact,…

QinetiQ NA Taps John Lambeth to Lead Strategic Development of IT Capabilities

QinetiQ North America has named John Lambeth chief information officer, responsible for strategic development of the company’s IT capabilities and management of its IT network infrastructure.

Lambeth joins QinetiQ NA from Blackboard, Inc., where he served as vice president of the Technology Solutions Group. His duties included IT strategy, budget development and…

Strip Joint Owner Pleads Guilty to Using Software to Commit Tax Fraud

A Michigan strip club owner last week pleaded guilty to pulling off a tax scam that entailed using a software program designed to remove a portion of the sales from a computerized point of sales systems, making it appear as if the clubs received less income than they actually did, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service announced.

According to court documents, Nicholas J. Faranso owned…

How to Protect Your Devices

If you were one of many who received tech gifts during the holidays, beware. Computer and cyber crime have risen by more than 22 percent, according to the most recent statistics from 2009.

McAfee…

Adm. Mike Mullen: China Not the Only Cyber Threat

A top military officer warned Wednesday of the “substantial” and complex threat to the United States of cyber attack, and the potential for withering impact, according to CNN.

“We’ve got to come to a place where those threats are diminished, if not eliminated,”…

Man Sentenced to Prison for Attempting to Corrupt TSA Computer Database

A Colorado man has been handed a two-year prison term for attempting to damage a protected computer while he was employed by government contractor.

According to court documents, Douglas James Duchak worked at Transportation Security Administration’s computer center as a data analyst, employed by a government contractor. Initially, he was responsible for receiving information from various federal government databases, and preparing that information to be uploaded…

Palin Email Hacker to Serve Time in Kentucky Low-security Prison Camp

Despite being told he might be spared from jail, 23-year-old David C. Kernell, who was found guilty last year of hacking into Sarah Palin’s email during the 2008 presidential campaign, has ended up in federal prison, the BBC reported.

Officials confirmed that Kernell reported Jan. 10 to begin serving his time at a federal corrections institute in Ashland, Ky.

BBC said that is not the situation…

Illegal Gambling Site Cyber Attacked Rivals to Steal Customers

A South Korean web hosting company that allegedly hosted an illegal gambling site is in hot water for launching a series of cyber attacks on competing online casinos in an attempt to snag business from them, according to an online poker site.

Lee, head of the computer server company, along with Park, a hacker working for an Incheon-based crime gang that ran the gambling site, are…