Last month, the State Department announced it would pay up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest of Omar Shafik Hammami, an American-born jihadist, amateur rapper and the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist accused of providing “material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization known as al-Shabab.” On Thursday, Wired published an interview it conducted with Hammami—or at least someone it […]
Student Receives Free Cocaine with Amazon Textbook Order
In my college years, I purchased used books. I would go to the bookstore and try to find the cleanest ones I could – ones without too much scribbling, highlighting or even a piece of gum. In one student’s case the unexpected (and unwanted) gift-with-a-textbook-purchase was a bag of cocaine. Sophia Stockton — a junior at […]
Would-Be Robber Uses Threat of Infection as His Weapon
Just when you think you’ve heard it all, someone surprises you. This incident sounds like an episode that could be written for one of my favorite dark comedy TV programs. “Give me the money or I’ll touch you” was essentially the threat. Police say Fred Parker, 41, tried to rob a western Pennsylvania gambling parlor by threatening […]
Wikileaks Spy Files Target Forensic Companies
In December, Wikileaks revealed what it has dubbed “the Spy Files,” a collection of 287 documents that include information about companies that provide different types of surveillance methods including cell phone forensics, spyware, and Wifi interceptions. “Over a year or longer, SSL certificates have been penetrated by various organized crime groups and intelligence agencies. The […]
Oxygen Software Responds to Wikileaks Accusations of Spying
On December 1st, WikiLeaks, a non-profit association of anonymous journalists defending the human rights, published an interactive map featuring countries that are spying on mobile users. WikiLeaks listed Oxygen Software as one of the vendors supplying governments with solutions helping them spy on their citizens. Oxygen Software is proud to make it to the list, […]
