FTC gets broader authority to pursue foreign spammers
FTC gets broader authority to pursue foreign spammers
A new law grants the agency more authority to pursue international online scammers. WASHINGTON It’s the start of an Interpol for the Internet.
One for the home team
Jody Adewale has only a minor role as a USC fullback but plays a major one caring for his family — ‘our shining angel,’ his mother says Four days before Christmas, and the bare fir sits in the middle of the cluttered living room, undecorated, unlighted, no presents, the only music coming from sirens that rattle the thin walls.
2006 holiday tournaments
(at Myrtle Beach) Tuesday St. Johns (DC) vs Pinewood Prep (SC), 5:15 p.m. Arlington Country Day (FL) vs Latta (SC), 7 p.m. Pennsbury (PA) vs Wilson (SC), 8:45 p.m. Wednesday Galena (NV) vs Miami Senior (FL), 1:45 p.m. Chaminade-Madonna (FL) vs Bishop OConnell (VA), 3:30 p.m. Scott County (KY) vs Socastee (SC), 5:15 p.m. St. Edwards (OH) vs Father Henry Carr (Canada), 7 p.m. Mt. St. Josephs (MD) …
Vista Exploit Surfaces on Russian Hacker Site
Datamation writes “Exploit code for Windows Vista (though at this point only proof-of-concept code) has been published to a Russian hacker site, Eweek reports. Certain strings sent through the ‘MessageBox’ API apparently cause memory corruption. Though this is obviously cause for concern, at the moment it would seem access to the system would already be required to make use of the exploit. …
Shockers lose in Las Vegas again
Wichita State can only hope what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. The eighth-ranked Shockers lost their second straight game Saturday, a 60-56 defeat to Southern Cal at Orleans Arena in the third-place game of the Las Vegas Holiday Classic.
German Net Scammers Sentenced To Four Years
The two men were part of an Internet auto-dialing scam that netted them more than 12 million euros, or $15.8 million.