Posted on March 7th, 2007 by reflex
LOS ANGELES - An Iraqi national wearing wires and concealing a magnet inside his rectum triggered a security scare at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday but officials said he posed no apparent threat.
The man, identified by law enforcement officials as Fadhel al-Maliki, 35, set off an alarm during passenger screening at the airport early [...]
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Posted on January 15th, 2007 by reflex
The grizzly man is back, and this time he’s ready to take on bullets and bombs.
Troy Hurtubise, the Hamilton-born inventor who became famous for his bulky bear-protection suit by standing in front of a moving vehicle to prove it worked, has now created a much slimmer suit that he hopes will soon be protecting Canadian [...]
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Posted on January 11th, 2007 by Jason
WASHINGTON - Money talks, but can it also follow your movements?
In a U.S. government warning high on the creepiness scale, the Defense Department cautioned its American contractors over what it described as a new espionage threat: Canadian coins with tiny radio frequency transmitters hidden inside.
The government said the mysterious coins were found planted on U.S. [...]
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Posted on January 8th, 2007 by Jason
CNN is reporting the following:
A suspicious device found at the Port of Miami has tested postive for C-4 explosive, police say.
Very strange given that just in the last couple of days, a few middle eastern men were held for questioning because of papers and cargo and such not being in order. They said they were [...]
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Posted on December 12th, 2006 by Jason
The crime began with a phone call: Jason’s ex-wife, dialing in to check on the couple’s 5-year-old son, who was home with his father when the phone rang. Oddly, the boy’s name flashed across the caller ID window, but Jason thought nothing of it.
Mistake.
Today, three years later, the Las Vegas father recognizes this call as [...]
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Posted on December 9th, 2006 by Jason
Unwrapping a gift card may be all it takes to rob you of your good senses and send you into the middle of the day-after-Christmas shopping frenzy.
But you might want to take along some cash.
It’s possible someone pilfered the balance from your gift card while it was sitting safely under your Christmas tree.
Thieves have figured [...]
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Posted on December 8th, 2006 by MaxPower
The boom in cyber crime is forcing criminals to go to great lengths to recruit skilled hackers, says a report. Some criminal gangs are paying students while they study to ensure they have a pool of tech-savvy workers to call on, says the report from McAfee. Others are cashing in on the glamour of the [...]
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Filed under: Internet, Security, Technology
Posted on December 7th, 2006 by Jason
Scam artists played a costly game of distraction, and a Kent homeowner lost thousands of dollars. His property was stolen out from under him while he was still in the house.
“Knocked on the door. It was very innocent,” Tom Carmichael said of the woman who stopped by. She said “can I take a quick peek [...]
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Posted on December 5th, 2006 by Jason
In an effort to curb use of the site by sex offenders, MySpace plans to introduce technology that would identify and block those attempting to use its social networking service.
While not common, criminals have used the site to solicit sex from underage members. Along with copyright issues, the protection of users from such activity is [...]
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Filed under: Internet, Security, Software, Technology
Posted on December 1st, 2006 by Jason
The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a mobile phone’s microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations.
The technique is called a “roving bug,” and was approved by top U.S. Department of Justice officials for use against members of a New York organized [...]
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