The image above is not one of the drone that was spotted by a pilot flying into New York City, but it may appear something like this. Then again, it may not be the drone you’re looking for if you’re the FBI. The one they want was spotted by an Alitalia airlines pilot on final approach to John F. Kennedy Airport on Monday afternoon. It was small, only about three feet wide, and had four propellers. If you think that it was probably just an RC plane or something, keep in mind that it was seen at approximately 1,750 feet. Here’s the FBI’s release: On Monday, March, 4, 2013, at approximately 1:15 p.m., the pilot…

If you consider the amount of attempts to hack into government systems and databases, and how many times your personal information is compromised – you’d understand just how important application security really is. The following infographic from Veracode details some of the biggest hacking attempts in recent history and the work behind the scenes to keep them from happening again. Infographic by Veracode Application Security …

On December 12, 2012 the Federal Bureau of Investigations announced a cybercrime bust it had recently executed and credited Facebook’s security team as its primary collaborator.  The operation, which culminated in the arrest of 10 suspects, targeted an international assemblage of online offenders that the FBI labeled the ‘Butterfly Botnet.’  This cyber posse allegedly used a destructive breed of Malware, known as ‘Yahos,’ to corrupt 11 million computers and extract $850 million from unwitting victims, according to the FBI. A story like this evokes mixed reactions among…

Next Generation Identification. NGI. These three words and three letters are the most dangerous move the US Government has ever planned since Prohibition. It’s bigger than SOPA. It’s bigger than any privacy, detention, or body scanning debacle that the government has rolled out, and there have been plenty of them the last few years. The $1 billion project isn’t just about facial recognition according to NewScientist. It “will also add biometrics such as iris scans, DNA analysis and voice identification to the toolkit.” All of this should terrify us. The motives are (publicly) good – create…

One would have to look at politics or religion to find more divisive topics than an alien presence and specifically the Roswell incident of 1947. The letter above has been examined, ridiculed, lauded, and everything in between over the years with no consensus as to its authenticity. In researching this piece, it was clear that those who believed in aliens were adamantly in support of the document and claimed that attempts to debunk it were misdirection techniques from the government. Those who don’t believe in aliens called it things such as “a letter from Santa Claus” and refused to give it validity….

The words “National Domestic Communications Assistance Center” sound harmless enough. It could be a call center for a tech support company. It could be a relay center for the telecom industry or a hub for amplified reach of broadband signals. The name is about as conspicuous and attention-grabbing as “please be quiet” sign at the library. In reality, NDCAC may be the start of the most powerful and potentially dangerous wing of the FBI. As CNET reports, the mandate is broad. With cybercriminal technology greatly outpacing their counterparts, the desperate need to be able to listen in on potential…