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May 17, 2012 – 4:32 am | Comments Off

 
A local baker wants to warn other businesses about a scam in which someone almost cheated her out of a thousand dollars’ worth of cupcakes.

“I’ve had big orders, but not that big — it’s huge,” Sarah Johnson recalled herself saying when she received an e-mail order for 450 cupcakes.
Johnson works out of her Cobb County home producing “Sarah’s Heavenly Cupcakes.” She was also surprised the …

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Madison County Worker Claims He’s Victim Of Double Standard

May 4, 2012 – 1:42 am | Comments Off

(KTVI)– A Madison County employee charges he is the victim of a double standard when it comes to discipline. Andrew…
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West Virginia woman wins $10M judgment from abusive debt collector

May 2, 2012 – 9:41 pm | Comments Off

A West Virginia woman fought back after getting abusive phone calls over a debt she says she didn't owe. And she won the largest judgment ever against a debt collection agency, $10 million. She told Target 11 Consumer Investigator Robin Taylor, it's not about the money. Diana Mey hasn't collected a dime, and she may never get any of that money, but what she has …

Investor Alert: ASC warns public about oil and gas investment scheme

May 1, 2012 – 3:29 am | Comments Off

Investor Alert: ASC warns public about oil and gas investment scheme
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Investor Alert: ASC warns public about oil and gas investment scheme

May 1, 2012 – 3:29 am | Comments Off

Investor Alert: ASC warns public about oil and gas investment scheme
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Arsenal Energy Inc. Announces Alberta Securities Commission Investor Alert

May 1, 2012 – 3:28 am | Comments Off

CALGARY, ALBERTA– – Arsenal Energy Inc. Arsenal Energy Inc. has learned that the Alberta Securities Commission has issued an investor alert warning the public that investors are being approached by representatives from Offshore Drilling Inc. to purchase securities using Arsenal information. The ASC …
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Matt's TV Week in Review

May 1, 2012 – 3:25 am | Comments Off

I'm trying to come to grips with the knowledge that Steven Tyler and I have something in common. Namely, a mini-obsession with Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know, a song that after this week in TV I can't get out of my head.
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DFAS warns of scam e-mails

May 1, 2012 – 3:15 am | Comments Off

Defense Finance and Accounting Service recently released a statement warning of email scams targeting military members, military retirees, and civilian employees.
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Onion Browser: A Mobile Browser For The Truly Paranoid

April 27, 2012 – 2:52 pm | Comments Off

If, for whatever reason, you need to cover your tracks while you are browsing the web on your desktop, you have plenty of options to keep anonymous. Thanks to Orbot, Android users, too, have the option to use the Tor network to anonymize their web browsing sessions and avoid being monitored. Now, thanks to Onion Browser ($0.99), iPhone and iPad users also finally get an …

New email scams spoof Pinterest, LinkedIn, other social networking sites

April 26, 2012 – 6:32 pm | Comments Off

A new wave of email scams leading to malicious sites is trying to lure in victims by spoofing popular social networking sites, a computer security firm warned Wednesday night (Manila time).
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Gregory Evans on Television http://gregorydevans.com/video-gallery/, LocatePC, Fake your caller …

Malaya Business Insight

April 23, 2012 – 4:20 pm | Comments Off

Trouble in our EEZ

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Published on Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:00
Written by DUCKY PAREDES

By A Web design Company

‘Instead of doing things like sending vessels to Panatag Shoal or Huangyan Island or Scarborough Shoal, it would probably be best if both sides kept away from this area for a while.’
In both our countries — China and the Philippines — there will be hotheads and also …

Airlines Pulls Ad Spoofing Secret Service Colombian Prostitution Scandal

April 21, 2012 – 10:21 pm | Comments Off

By
Donna Rapado

Airlines Pulls Ad Spoofing Secret Service Colombian Prostitution Scandal

April 21, 2012
Updated Apr 21, 2012 at 12:47 PM PDT
Miramar-based Spirit Airlines issued an apology and pulled a racy ad spoofing the Secret Service Colombian prostitution scandal that many people found offensive.
The Secret …

Get Telemarketers Off Your Back And Avoid Their Spoofing Ways

April 20, 2012 – 4:19 pm | Comments Off

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Money Rules From Jane Chatzky: Save For Something
MintStyle: Is Your Hairstyle a Worthwhile Investment?
Getting the …

In Your Corner: Political Calls Lead To Investigation

April 20, 2012 – 12:40 pm | Comments Off

FORT WAYNE, IN (Indiana's Newscenter) A group called the "Lunch Pail Republicans" is being investigated over phone calls that appear to identify themselves as being with the office of the Attorney General. Ryan Elijah takes a look at a growing problem with political campaigns.
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CISPA is not the new SOPA: Here’s why

April 20, 2012 – 10:34 am | Comments Off

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is being compared to SOPA for the outrage it’s generating online. But a few key differences between the fight against SOPA and the fight against CISPA should give any opponent pause.
Yesterday, I wrote that “the Internet has a new enemy,” and its name is CISPA, short for the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011. And …

Iran Internet Control: Tehran Tightens Grip On Web

April 20, 2012 – 10:34 am | Comments Off

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran calls it the “soft war” with the West: Battles to control, defend and monitor the Internet and other high-level telecommunications. The latest move came quietly when the powerful Revolutionary Guard recently launched what it claims is a hack-proof communications network for its high-level commanders.
Largely overshadowed by the showdowns over Iran’s nuclear program, the efforts to build a cyber-fortress have become a …

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsIran tightens grip on web in 'soft war' with West

April 20, 2012 – 10:34 am | Comments Off

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHYAssociated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran calls it the “soft war” with the West: Battles to control, defend and monitor the Internet and other high-level telecommunications. The latest move came quietly when the powerful Revolutionary Guard recently launched what it claims is a hack-proof communications network for its high-level commanders.
Largely overshadowed by the showdowns over Iran’s nuclear program, the …

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard tightens grip on Internet

April 20, 2012 – 10:34 am | Comments Off

TEHRAN, IRAN Iran calls it the “soft war” with the West: Battles to control, defend and monitor the Internet and other high-level telecommunications. The latest move came quietly when the powerful Revolutionary Guard recently launched what it claims is a hack-proof communications network for its high-level commanders.
Largely overshadowed by the showdowns over Iran’s nuclear program, the efforts to build a cyber-fortress have become a priority …

Are US Airways E-mails Legit?

April 20, 2012 – 10:28 am | Comments Off

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Greensboro, NC — US Airways is warning customers about e-mails that claim to be from them.
The emails are called phishing.

US Airways officials said some customers are getting them, but so are people who haven’t even booked flights.

Some …

Threatening Combat 18 email floods the net

April 20, 2012 – 10:23 am | Comments Off

A particularly harrowing email, purporting to be from the fascist organisation Combat 18 has been widely circulating the internet this morning. Spoofing the email addresses of many major local authorities, respected UK organisations and public bodies, the email threatens the recipient with violence unless the web site for anti-fascist Searchlight Magazine is removed from the web.
The email message, which has the title:  Recipients Name We …

Unbreakable SCADA Security

April 20, 2012 – 10:20 am | Comments Off

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WATCH: “We’re Not Young” Parody Video Goes Viral Spoofing 30-Somethings

April 19, 2012 – 10:42 pm | Comments Off

A viral video called "We're Not Young" currently sweeping the internet and created by Yahoo portrays a sobering image of life as a 30-something as a counter-point to the hit song "We Are Young," by Fun (and featuring Janelle Monae), which portrays 20-something life as free-wheeling and fun. Check out the spoof and the original video here.
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Here's How To Get Telemarketers Off Your Back And Avoid Their Spoofing Ways

April 13, 2012 – 2:46 pm | Comments Off

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6 Price Tricks Businesses Use To Fool Customers
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'Texts From Hillary' meme about to sign off?

April 11, 2012 – 8:46 pm | Comments Off

(RNN) – A Tumblr blog called Texts From Hillary Clinton is a victim of its own success.
The website that featured the Secretary of State “texting” with politicians and celebrities with internet slang is pasted over a photograph of Clinton checking her Blackberry has called it quits.
“After a week that included 32 posts, 83,000 shares on Facebook, 8,400 Twitter followers, over 45K Tumblr followers, news …

'Texts From Hillary' quits while they're ahead

April 11, 2012 – 8:45 pm | Comments Off

(RNN) – A Tumblr blog called Texts From Hillary Clinton is a victim of its own success.
The website that featured the Secretary of State “texting” with politicians and celebrities with internet slang is pasted over a photograph of Clinton checking her Blackberry has called it quits.
“After a week that included 32 posts, 83,000 shares on Facebook, 8,400 Twitter followers, over 45K Tumblr followers, news …

'Texts From Hillary' blog quits while they're ahead

April 11, 2012 – 8:45 pm | Comments Off

(RNN) – A Tumblr blog called Texts From Hillary Clinton is a victim of its own success.
The website that featured the Secretary of State “texting” with politicians and celebrities with internet slang is pasted over a photograph of Clinton checking her Blackberry has called it quits.
“After a week that included 32 posts, 83,000 shares on Facebook, 8,400 Twitter followers, over 45K Tumblr followers, news …

Utah cities, officials leery of look-alike social media

April 9, 2012 – 1:03 am | Comments Off

Utah cities, officials leery of look-alike social media By Katie Drake The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 8, 2012 06:27PM MDT With 5,000 friends and 800 more on a wait-list to join, the “Riverton Utah” Facebook page should be the envy of other municipalities. But Riverton doesn’t own that page. It’s one of many look-alike pages, streams, feeds and profiles of government entities and politicians …