Category Archives: Cyber Security

Private Bradley Manning’s First Public Appearance

Today, the day before his 24th birthday, Private Bradley Manning made his first court and public appearance since his arrest in May 2010. You may have seen the video Pfc. Manning allegedly released to WikiLeaks, dubbed “Collateral Murders,” that features …

Digital Gumshoes – Computer Forensics on the Rise

Today was the official grand opening of the New Mexico Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (NMRCFL) located at the University of New Mexico. The role of the NMRCFL is to provide online and technological investigative services of the highest caliber to …

Occupy Wall Street Updates

The Occupy Wall Street website reports that the We are the 99% movement has spread to 1,500 cities around the world. Today is Day 41 since the protest began with a relatively small crowd in Lower Manhattan’s Zucotti Park. The biggest …

Steve Jobs Dies, but His Legacy Lives On

This past Wednesday (October 5, 2011) Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., died at the age of 56. In late August, he resigned from his position as Apple Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer due to health issues. Jobs had been diagnosed …

Cyber Crime & Computer Crime Busters In Law Enforcement

Continued advances in technology are giving law enforcement agencies new tools to solve crimes and locate offenders. Agencies are reaping the benefits of having employees on the payroll that can navigate computer programs, social networking sites and other computer and …

Criminal Justice Info

I just wanted to write a quick post letting everyone know that we’ve been very busy adding a lot of great education & career information to the site, so I have not had a much time to update the Criminal …

Police Use Twitter To Recover Stolen Car @getyourcarback

Today the founder of Facebook was named Time’s ‘person of year’, so I really shouldn’t be surprised to hear how much the internet and social media has been integrated into our everyday lives.  This fact is also very clear with the news that the police department …

National Security Agency Announces CyberTwins™

A few months ago I read the Dan Brown book, Digital Fortress.  The books puts readers in the middle of a national security meltdown, where a rouge computer geek threatens to render the NSA’s code breaking computer useless. The NSA …