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Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin | No Comments
As e-discovery evolves and new legal technology emerges, practitioners need to invest in continued learning to maintain competence in the field and compliance with ethical standards. To help you stay current on case law, tools and rules impacting e-discovery and keep up with ethics standards, LegalTech New York (LTNY), is providing excellent... Read More →
Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin | No Comments
On Jan. 19, 2012, Business Week reported that a Chinese citizen in the U.S. since 2000 on a work visa had pilfered software code from our country’s Federal Reserve and now faces legal action in U.S. vs. Zhang. Bo Zhang, 32, a computer programmer hired to work on the highly confidential source code last year, claimed he took the code... Read More →
Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Canadian law enforcement officials have never been hindered by having to abide by the country's current privacy laws, say documents revealed Wednesday, yet Ottawa remains adamant police need more online surveillance powers. Vancouver-based advocacy group OpenMedia.ca published details of an internal Canadian Association of Chiefs of... Read More →
Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Julie Chambers' heartbreaking experience of losing her 2-year-old daughter was made worse in an unimaginable way. The mother from northeastern England recently discovered a fraudulent Facebook page with pictures of herself and her daughter, Zoe, who died in 2008 after undergoing heart surgery, the Daily Mail reports. The site was taking... Read More →
Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin | No Comments
It was a 65 year old North Texas woman who caused the security breach at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. She left the airport police station without commenting. "We found her on the plane and took her into custody. She had a handgun in her possession in her handbag", said airport spokesman David Magana. Around 6:20 Wednesday morning,... Read More →
Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Burger van workers and other licensed mobile traders are being offered free counter-terrorism training to help them spot suspects who might be reconnoitring potential targets in the runup to the Olympics and Paralympics. The on-street presence of people selling food and drink in London – from ice-cream to baguettes, pizzas and hot... Read More →
Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin | No Comments
The Saudi Arabian government is investigating the mysterious disappearance of one of its citizens studying in Saskatoon. Hamza Alsharief, a chemical engineering student at the University of Saskatchewan, has been missing since Dec. 14. The 23-year-old moved to Canada three years ago, first to Edmonton and then to Saskatoon, says the... Read More →
Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin | No Comments
A SECRET dossier detailing plans for policing this summer's London Olympics was left on a TRAIN. A cop lost the file but a commuter found it and handed it to The Sun. The shocking security blunder could have provided terrorists planning an attack with invaluable data. A shamed senior cop has been carpeted. The chief inspector... Read More →
Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Earlier this month, the Dallas Police Department changed its policy for responding to shoplifting calls. From now on, the department would no longer routinely dispatch officers to shoplifting calls that involve merchandise valued at less than $50. Gene Smith, president of the Loss Prevention Foundation, told Security Director News that... Read More →
Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin | No Comments
New York City police say they are testing a new way to find concealed guns by using radiation scanners that can detect people carrying firearms. NYPD Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said the new technology can reveal a firearm concealed under clothing, the New York Daily News reported Wednesday. The technology, similar to infrared... Read More →
Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin | No Comments
McAfee is looking into a problem with a service in its SaaS Endpoint Protection software that appears to be allowing computers to serve as open proxies for sending spam, the company told CNET today. "We are aware of the issue and have both threat analytics and development teams diligently analyzing the problem and possible solutions,"... Read More →
Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin | No Comments
The US Defense Department's The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a security-hardened version of Google's mobile OS, Android. The spook-enhanced build of the operating system was released last week and is based on SELinux, also created by the National Security Agency. The inaugural release of the SE Android project focuses... Read More →
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