Pop idol Justin Bieber sat down with a Roosevelt High School student to talk about cyberbullying in a public service announcement released Wednesday to educate teenagers on the subject. Bieber’s participation in the video satisfies a plea deal that … Newsday |
Archive for October 10, 2012
Justin Bieber cyberbullying ad ends manager’s criminal case
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Cybercrime Costs on the Rise, HP-Sponsored Study Finds
HP and the Ponemon Institute today unveiled a new security study that shows the cost and frequency of cybercrime has risen for the third year in a row.
The 2012 Cost of Cyber Crime Study, conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by HP, found that the average annual cost of cybercrime for U.S. organizations was $8.9 million in 2012. That amount is 6% more than the $8.4 million average costs of cybercrime in 2011, and a 38% increase over the 2010 average of $6.5 million.
Category: cybersecurity /
Anchorwoman inspires fightback against cyber bullying
| A US TV anchorwoman has hit back at an escalating trend of cyber bullying after receiving an email from a viewer telling her she was an unsuitable community role model because she is overweight. WKBT anchor Jennifer Livingston took a moment during … |  | Yahoo!7 News |
Category: cyberbullying /
Local Mineral Wells, TX woman a victim of FBI computer virus sweeping nation
Doesn’t matter where you live, you have to be careful on the internet … just saying …
Local woman a victim of FBI computer virus sweeping nation. Program takes over a PC, demands $200 payment to ‘free’ it. Anonymous Mineral Wells Index The Mineral Wells Index Wed Oct 03, 2012, 08:16 AM CDT. FROM STAFF REPORTS A Mineral Wells …
Category: phishing, virus alerts /
Hijacked smartphone camera spies on your world
Malware called PlaceRaider, developed by academics at the Naval Surface Warfare Centre in Indiana and at Indiana University, takes control of a smartphone’s camera, relaying information about the target’s physical environment back to the thief.
New Scientist (blog)
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