Let’s do a little experiment right now and see what we find.  First, go to ROTTEN TOMATOES: Top Rentals and check out the top rentals.

 Next go to Netflix Popular New Releases (all) page.  Notice anything?

Read the full details, with screenshots for those of you without a Netflix login, at Netflix Popular New Releases – Not So Much!.

PBS footage actually shows a Bronx school assistant principal spying on his students using the Webcams on their student-issued laptops. He seems to think nothing of it.

Originally posted at Technically Incorrect

PBS footage actually shows a Bronx school assistant principal spying on his students via the Webcams on their student-issued laptops. He seems to think nothing of it.

Originally posted at Technically Incorrect

EU’s executive arm vows to make sure a global anti-counterfeiting treaty won’t force countries to disconnect people for illegally downloading copyrighted content.

Some Facebook users get messages meant for strangers after bug interferes with routine software update on the social networking site.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

With a restraining order in hand, Microsoft is working to take down the Waledac botnet, which has infected hundreds of thousands of PCs worldwide.

This week, the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) took legal action in cooperation with other tech industry members and Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing team (TWC) to decapitate and severely limit the activity of the spam botnet Waledac, one of the 10 largest botnets in the US and a major distributor of spam globally.

The action, codenamed Operation b49, involved months of investigation and culminated in a request by Microsoft for an ex parte (non-public) temporary restraining order (TRO) allowing the domains believed to be responsible for commanding and controlling the Waledac botnet to be cut off from the Internet.

On Monday, February 22, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued that order and in the intervening days, the order was sealed while the registry operator VeriSign took the action to sever the domains. That severance has taken place and I’m happy to report that Waledac traffic has been disrupted significantly and we continue to work to further reduce the remaining traffic.

To see Waledac impact for yourself, check out: http://www.sudosecure.net/waledac/index.php:

More details from the DCU team on the Microsoft Blog: Cracking Down on Botnets.

Jeff

Lindy Matsko, the assistant principal at Harriton High School accused of informing a student that his picture was taken at home via Webcam, adamantly denies the charge.

Originally posted at Safe and Secure

A federal court orders the Lower Merion School District to shut down the technology that allowed it to remotely activate Webcams on its school-issued laptops.

Originally posted at Technically Incorrect

New Microsoft cloud computing service offers federal agencies a high level of security, including biometric access control and fingerprinting for background checks.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex