A strange story from Melbourne’s airport customs describes a man caught with live pigeons down his pants: They allegedly found in the man’s pocket a multi-vitamin container holding two birds eggs, and a further search revealed he was wearing tights with the two live birds stuffed inside, one in each leg. Officers also seized a … Continue reading Pigeon Smuggler Caught
In my mind, Kansan conservatives are likely to rub against the Texans. There is far less bravado, and no ten-gallon hat; just speaking frankly and with a dose of common sense. It should be no surprise then to read Sheila Bair shakes up Washington. “We have different perspectives frequently, and I think that’s a healthy … Continue reading Sheila Bair and the FDIC
The US Department of Justice has released a bulletin describing a Former Fannie Mae Contractor Employee Indicted For Computer Intrusion: According to the one count indictment and affidavit in support of a criminal complaint previously filed on January 6, 2009, Makwana was a contractor employee, working at Fannie Mae’s Urbana, Maryland facility from 2006 to … Continue reading Insider attack thwarted at Fannie Mae
A Russian ‘cybermilitia’ is being blamed for disrupting Kyrgyzstan networks: …what’s worrisome to [Don Jackson, the director of threat intelligence at SecureWorks] is the speed with which this attack was mounted. “To put some perspective on this, it’s been an escalating pattern from Estonia to Georgia to here,” he said, referring to the 2007 and … Continue reading CyberWar Against Kyrgyzstan