Cyber Beat Daily: Threats From Anonymous Shut Down Gitmo Wi-Fi + The Day's Top Tech Stories

The day's top stories in social media and technology for 5/21: Threats from Anonymous shut down Gitmo's Wi-Fi, teens using Facebook less, social media is front line during disasters, Twitter toilet prank lands student in trouble, Teen Mom 2 star arrested in cyberstalking case, Wikileaks donations on the decline, NYPD detective accused of hacking and cyberstalking, epic social media meltdown prompts lawsuit threat, Bradley Manning offers deal on bin Laden evidence, presidential campaign intern appears in court for cyberstalking case, and the new Xbox was revealed today. 21 May 2013

Cyber Beat Daily: Syrian Electronic Army Hacks the Financial Times + The Day's Top Tech Stories

The day's top stories in social media and technology for 5/17: Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Financial Times, social media and soldiers, social media may come back to haunt HS athletes, CA school system blames social media for potential suicides spike, Anons arrested in Italy, more teacher-student sexting scandals, Aussie government's website censoring faux-pas, Prenda lawyer asks appeals court to delay sanctions, teaser on next week's Xbox reveal, and Michelle Obama throws video games under the bus. 17 May 2013

Cyber Beat Daily: Jail Time for LulzSec Hackers + The Day's Top Tech Stories

The day's top stories in social media and technology for 5/16: Infamous LulzSec Hackers Get Jail Time, viral video star 'Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker' arrested in connection with NJ killing, trolls attack Angelina Jolie over mastectomy, social media nabs prostitute seekers, Anonymous planning attack on oil & gas?, hacker Weev in solitary confinement, social media ban for drivers, Congress has questions for Google Glass, UK men prefer games to sex, and giant paper robots that look like they're made of steel. 16 May 2013

Cyber Beat Daily: British LulzSec Hackers Await Sentencing + The Day's Top Tech Stories

Notorious British LulzSec hackers Ryan Cleary (ViraL), Ryan Ackroyd (Kayla), Mustafa Al-Bassam (tFlow), and Jake Davis (Topiary) await sentencing this week.  "They are at the cutting edge of a contemporary, emerging species of international criminal offending known as cyber crime,” prosecutor Sandip Patel told a London court at the start of the men’s sentencing hearing...The real-life identities of the hackers were aggressively concealed. Similar protection did not extend to their victims." 16 May 2013

Cyber Beat Daily: FBI Expedites One-Day Clearance to Brief Banks on Cyberattacks + The Day's Top Tech Stories

The day's top stories in social media and technology for 5/14 include: an FBI briefing of banks on DDoS attacks shares classified intelligence, an epic social media meltdown, an underground escape for a Bahrain blogger, social media anxieties and creeper behavior, an international securities fraud ring that used hackers to falsely inflate stock prices, media falls for another Facebook hoax, bail denied for ex-Paul Ryan intern, latest Internet Crime Report is out, another teacher-student sexting scandal, Facebook bans 'Social Roulette' app, and a violent video games defense in a murder trial. 14 May 2013

Cyber Beat Daily: CNN's Anderson Cooper's Home SWATted + The Day's Top Tech Stories

The day's top stories in social media and technology for 5/7 include the latest celebrity SWATting, terror on social media, Saudi prince's take on blocking social media, AP tells staffers not to retweet rumors, Ohio's social media hero, OpUSA cyberattack, Internet blackout in Syria, Obama and Romney campaigns endured repeated hacking attempts in 2012, the epic Prenda copyright troll finale, Dr. Phil producer sues Gawker, video game publisher drops gun manfacturer licensing agreements, and International Game Developers Association Applauds Senate's Stall of CISPA. 7 May 2013

Cyber Beat Daily: The Divorce of Daily Beast and Howard Kurtz + The Day's Top Tech Stories

The day's top stories in social media and technology for 5/2 include the divorce of the Daily Beast and Howard Kurtz, lefty dirty tricks and Facebook, a sick webcam hacker and a disgruntled company hacker, social media and marriage, hoax texts, lawsuits, and video game news. 2 May 2013

Cyber Beat Daily: Hackers Hit Sensitive Army Database of US Dams + The Day's Top Tech Stories

The day's top stories in social media and technology for 5/1 include several major hacking incidents, the Boston bombing and Russian social media, medicine meets Twitter, update on Anonymous-linked court case, spyware, revenge porn, and video game piracy. 2 May 2013

Cyber Beat Daily: Twitter Warns Media Will Continue to Be Hacking Targets + The Day's Top Tech Stories

The day's top stories in social media and technology for 4/30 include Twitter's response to media outlet hackings, a blogger's "chunky" faux-pas, bomb threat via Instagram, the AP hacker speaks, other hackings and cyberstalking, FBI busts a sextortion plot against pro-poker players, video game company punks game pirates, and a gamer sues for false advertising over Aliens. 1 May 2013

Latest SWATtings Target Congressman Mike Rogers and CNN Anchor Wolf Blitzer

Two high profile incidents over the weekend kept law enforcement on their toes as Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer became the latest targets in the potentially deadly tactic known as SWATting. 29 Apr 2013