Computer Security

Federal Government to American Public: Our data is DEFINITELY not safe

Don't Even Joke About Selling a Baby on Craigslist

Dish

The Call of the Coop

A Duty to Hack

Adrian Lamo, the 22-year-old "homeless hacker" famous for raiding New York Times computers, pursues his vision of public service by cracking another major corporate network. It's a crime, of course. It's also what he was born to do.

Letters to the Editor

Cyberspies; Fathers and Sons

Can you stop the bots?

Given that cyberspace is swarming with bots looking to snatch or destroy your data, does it make sense to install a firewall?

The Spybots Among Us

How the NSA tracks terrorists in the United States through the Internet

Letters

How the NSA tracks terrorists in the United States through the Internet

Spammer-Jamming Hammered

The Internet's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys just escalated

Facebook Scam Targets Grandparents of Military Personnel

When Johnny comes marching home -- he'll be POed that grandma sent that scammer posing as him some cash​We're not sure how many grandparent-age readers we have here in blogland, so we thought we'd relay word of this heartless scam to readers that may know some older folks.As if military families n ... More >>

ACLU Launches Internet Privacy Campaign

Do you know your dotRights?Dot what?A portal to the soul​The American Civil Liberties Union's San Francisco-based Northern California office is launching a campaign to beef up Internet privacy. In a statement released today, the ACLU seeks to "spotlight the need to upgrade laws protecting consumer ... More >>

Sigh. Yes, Today Is National Margarita Day.

Hooray! Today's the day! ​After being relentlessly hounded by a spamming tequila marketer -- which conjured up horrific mental imagery of tequila and Spam -- I am capitulating. I will inform you that today, Monday, is National Margarita Day. While "Margarita Monday" is alliterate, I can't understa ... More >>

Anti-Spam Crusader Dan Balsam Takes Spammers To Court -- And Wins

Dan Balsam' s favorite Monty Python sketch, bar none...​Note to the world: Dan Balsam is tired of his wife receiving e-mail messages promising her a bigger penis. And he has no interest in getting larger breasts. How much does the San Francisco lawyer hate spam? Enough to initiate the DanHatesSpam ... More >>

Meet the IZ IT Taco Truck: Chinese Fried Chicken, Spam Musubi, and a Family Legacy

IZ ITThe menu blends owner Kamyn Kong's Hawaiian and Chinese American pedigree.​Like Broadway shows, some of the best food trucks open out of town. In Brisbane yesterday, IZ IT Fresh Grill was merely the latest to make its debut. The mobile startup is specializing in Chinese-style fried chicke ... More >>

Anti-Spam Crusader Dan Balsam Takes on 'Cheating Wives,' Other Spammers

​Dan Balsam's inbox has been deluged with hundreds and hundreds of e-mails over the past 36 hours. But, for once, the anti-spam crusader is happy about it. The San Francisco lawyer was the subject of a national Associated Press feature; readers may recall SF Weekly penning a story about Balsam bac ... More >>

Change.org: Congress Pressures Hillary Clinton to Denounce Chinese Hackers

Ai Weiwei​Earlier today, we told you about the Change.org petition, a viral response to the beating of a transgender woman in Maryland. Seeing the significance of this San Francisco-based social-action platform -- which was recently attacked by Chinese hackers --  the pressure is now on for U ... More >>

E-mail Spammers Are Migrating to Social Media

Cramming your life​This morning, I had 12 e-mails in my spambox. That includes a few false positives, so really it's only nine. Older spams are deleted automatically -- every night. A few months ago, I was getting anywhere from a few dozen to a couple of hundred new spams a day -- the overwhelming ... More >>

Sanford Wallace, Facebook Spam King, Surrendered to FBI

Spam King​Sanford "Spamford" Wallace, the notorious social-networking spammer, self surrendered to FBI agents today, nearly a month after he was indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple counts of electronic mail fraud. The 43-year-old Wallace spam artist appeared in federal court today where h ... More >>

Reroute Your Commute, More BART Protests to Come

Michael ShortAll Anonymous all the time​Protesters are planning yet another BART demonstration next week that will undoubtedly ruin your commute home -- again. The group claiming responsibility for the organized protests, Anonymous, is using Twitter to spread the word of the upcoming protest on Mo ... More >>

News Website Down After Publishing Mugshots of Anonymous Hackers

Not so tough without the mask​Bay Area commuters, fresh off yet another BART protest and downtown San Francisco station shutdown last night, might be interested to see some of the faces behind the shadowy hacking group that has helped organize repeated demonstrations against the transit agency.The ... More >>

Anonymous Plans Another Protest Today While Feds Launch Investigation of Hacking Group

Until you starting fucking with our commutes​Always a mark of another Monday: General crankiness, an extra cup of coffee, and oh, a BART protest.The group responsible for the ongoing demonstrations, which have shutdown stations and frustrated commuters, is planning another service disruption tonig ... More >>

Was Anonymous Responsible for Taking Down News Site?

Anonymous wants to have control over the media's talking points ​Last week, we told readers about how the political news site Talking Points Memo mysteriously went offline after it published the mugshots of Anonymous hackers who had been arrested for their alleged attack on Paypal. Over the weeken ... More >>