A Southern California man who already served federal time for hacking into Lexis-Nexis has begun a state prison term for allegedly using his skills to try and extort phone sex from an internet celebrity.Jeffrey Robert Weinberg, 23, pleaded no contest to a single count of computer intrusion in May, and was sentenced to two years [...]

As Canada’s own investigation into P2P throttling slowly moves to its conclusion, the US investigation into similar practices at cable giant Comcast continues to chug along. Comcast has quite vocally insisted that the FCC doesn’t actually have the authority to address the issue, but a staff attorney at Public Knowledge has dug up a fascinating [...]

Jason Michael Milmont, a significant malware developer, admitted guilt in federal court for fraudulently accessing protected computers. The announcement came from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

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Newly discovered genetic variations can impair an enzyme whose malfunction has been linked to birth defects and heart disease–but added nutrients can reverse the effect, according to new research. The findings could signify a step forward for nutrigenomics, a growing field examining how our diet and genes interact to affect our health. Scientists hope that [...]

Yahoo (NSDQ:YHOO) fixed a critical vulnerability in its Messenger desktop and Mail applications that could allow hackers to steal identities to gain access to users’ private information.In a worst case scenario, the flaw enabled hackers to hijack users’ sessions and infiltrate their private accounts, as well as overtake operations in Yahoo Mail, if it was [...]

It’s one thing to share an album that has already been released, which is illegal because it constitutes copyright infringement.However, it’s an entirely different matter to leak unreleased material, as a poster who goes by the nom de blog “Skwerl” on the Antiquiet blog discovered Monday.Two “Mulder and Scully types” tracked him down at his [...]

Someone hacked into the Web site for the San Bernardino County sheriff’s office in California and changed the wording on several news releases, forcing the agency to shut down the site last week, according to the Daily Bulletin.One news release warning motorists about a DUI checkpoint in the nearby town of Highland was changed to [...]

All evidence points to the fact that smartphone viruses will be a threat to your network even though they aren’t at this moment. After all, the latest mobile devices are packed with more and more applications and corporate data, are enabled for real Web browsing and online collaboration, and can access corporate servers. What’s more, [...]

Henry Samueli, the co-founder of chipmaker Broadcom Corp., pleaded guilty to lying to securities regulators about stock-options backdating that caused the company to restate earnings by $2.22 billion from 1998 to 2005.Samueli, 53, at a hearing yesterday in federal court in Santa Ana, California, admitted he lied to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officials [...]

A California teen could get 38 years in jail if he’s convicted on charges of breaking into his school’s computers to alter grades. A second teen faces related charges in the case.

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Two Orange County, Calif., high school seniors were supposed to have graduated Wednesday. Instead, they’re facing serious prison time for alleged crimes that some people might not think are all that serious.County prosecutors allege Omar Khan, 18, of Coto de Caza, and Tanvir Singh, 18, of Ladera Ranch, broke into Tesoro High School in Las [...]

A California legislator has sent a letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt saying that the company is “clearly” violating the state’s online privacy law by not posting a link to its privacy policy on its home page.

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