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Judge orders end to weight-loss, anti-aging spam operation

2008-02-04 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
A U.S. judge has ordered a Las Vegas company to stop making weight-loss and anti-aging claims and to stop sending unsolicited e-mail, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Monday
 
Tags: las vegas company, federal trade commission, judge, stop, weight-loss, e-mail, claims, monday
 
 
 
 
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WikiLeaks Win as Judge Rescinds U.S. Shutdown Order

2008-03-01 17:20:04 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
A federal judge on Friday allowed whistleblower site WikiLeaks to resume online in the United States, a week after ordering its hosting company and domain registrar to shut down and lock the renegade's site from the Internet. The site should resume U.S. operations perhaps as early as today
 
Tags: whistleblower site wikileaks, site, resume, resume online, domain registrar, federal judge, internet, renegade, lock
 
 
 
 
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Judge rules against accused spyware distributor

2008-03-10 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
A U.S. judge has granted a request by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for a judgment against a company accused of distributing spyware and adware onto people's computers Sign up for a FREE MALWARE NETWORK AUDIT Advertisement MORE THAN 70% of networks are infected with hidden Malware. Find out if your network is infected now
 
Tags: federal trade commission, judge, spyware, advertisement, network, malware, judgment, networks, computers
 
 
 
 
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Federal judge lands in hot water over explicit images on Web site

2008-06-16 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The chief judge of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has recused himself from an obscenity trial he was overseeing after the Los Angeles Times reported that it found sexual photos and videos on his personal Web site
 
Tags: personal web site, los angeles times, 9th circuit court, chief judge, obscenity trial, sexual photos, videos, appeals
 
 
 
 
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Judge puts off 'spam king' sentencing

2008-07-15 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b05598 in Network World on Security
 
A federal judge in Seattle on Monday did not sentence Robert Soloway, the man known as the spam king, because all of the scheduled witnesses did not have time to take the stand, even after two full days of testimony
 
Tags: sentence robert soloway, spam, federal judge, stand, time, witnesses, monday, days, seattle
 
 
 
 
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Federal Judge Orders Halt to Defcon Subway Hacking Speech

2008-08-10 15:40:02 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
A federal judge on Saturday granted the state of Massachusetts' request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system. The undergraduate students are scheduled to give a presentation Sunday afternoon at the Defcon conference
 
Tags: presentation, presentation sunday afternoon, federal judge, mit students, boston subway system, students, defcon conference, injunction, smartcards
 
 
 
 
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Judge refuses to lift gag order on MIT students in Boston subway-hack case

2008-08-14 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A federal judge left in place a temporary restraining order barring three MIT students from publicly discussing details of security flaws they found in the e-ticketing system used by Boston's mass transit authority
 
Tags: mit students, mass transit authority, boston, security flaws, federal judge, system, details, temporary, publicly
 
 
 
 
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Gag order against MIT students dissolved by judge

2008-08-19 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A federal judge lifted a restraining order that had blocked three MIT students from publicly discussing security flaws they found in the Boston-area transit agency's ticketing system
 
Tags: mit students, boston-area transit agency, security flaws, federal judge, publicly, system
 
 
 
 
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Judge dissolves gag order against MIT students

2008-08-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473480 in Network World on Security
 
A U.S. District court judge on Tuesday dissolved a gag order against a trio of MIT students who say they found flaws in the Massachusetts transit authority's ticketing system
 
Tags: mit students, massachusetts transit authority, district court judge, gag, system, flaws, trio, tuesday