In a unanimous decision, The Supreme Court Jan. 23, 2012, ruled that law enforcement officials must obtain a warrant before attaching a GPS (global positioning system) to a suspect’s vehicle to track his movements.

Data breach insurance as a strategy to mitigate risk is still a tool not accessed by many companies. But that may change soon as data breaches continue to increase along with the class-action suits filed by those who claim resulting injury. Insurance companies are waiting in the wings.

Notorious hacker group Anonymous is striking back after Megaupload, the popular online file-sharing service, was shut down by the U.S. Department of Justice.

This week the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s ICS-CERT (Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team) Control Systems Security Program division issued a warning for companies deploying Rockwell Automation’s new FactoryTalk products.

In what may be the equivalent in boxing of hitting a man after the bell has rung, Anonymous is threatening to hit Sony hard Jan. 23, 2012, for its support of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) -- this despite SOPA's apparent momentum loss.