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Subverting the App Store: A Phisher’s Delight

Once again, criminals have shown their creativity in pursuing financial fraud in cyberspace.  While most of us have already suffered phishing attempts via e-mail solicitations purportedly coming from our banking and credit card companies, a new twist on the scam is affecting smartphone users.  Organized criminals have invaded “app stores” and provided fraudulent versions of [...]

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Does Your Police Department Tweet? Social Media as a Tool in Crime Fighting

As the report below indicates, more and more law enforcement agencies are taking advantage of social media as a means of crime fighting. Interestingly, communities too are also using web 2.0 technologies for neighborhood watch programs and for reporting unusual activities in the community.  Recently in Colorado (USA), a twitter-update by a concerned parent brought [...]

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CCTV in the sky: police plan to use military-style spy drones

It was just a matter of time before military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) moved to the civilian law enforcement world. Despite recent obstacles to deploying police UAVs in the skies above the United States, it appears as if the UK may be moving forward with a plan to do just that.  It is no surprise [...]

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Should Virtual Suicide Be Outlawed?

Recently a company in the Netherlands known as “Moddr.Net” released a software application allowing users to commit “virtual suicide.”

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Social Networking Sites: Even When You Don’t Share, You May Be Sharing

Social media and Web 2.0 firms have been adding services rapidly, bringing a social networking dimension to many of our daily interactions.  Today, it is readily possible to share photos, music, video or even website bookmarks while connecting with friends and family around the world as never before.  While these services may create value and [...]

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