Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans There are millions of individuals visiting social media sites every day – they are on sites like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram dozens of time a day. With that much activity the sites are fertile ground for scammers. Unfortunately, consumers often The…
Beware cyber crooks as you post information online
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Did you know that by accepting Facebook requests from people you do not know and have no mutual friends with puts you and your loved ones at the risk of cyber crime? By including your personal information such as where you…
RansomWeb: Crooks Start Encrypting Websites And Demanding Thousands Of Dollars From Businesses
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In another startling development in the world of cyber crime, malicious hackers have started taking over website servers, encrypting the data on them and demanding payment to unlock the files. A large European financial services company, whose name was not disclosed,…
Dark web black markets turning mobsters into cyber crooks
Organised criminal groups are leveraging dark web services, cyber black markets and crypto currencies to digitise their real-world money laundering, information theft and child pornography operations, according to Europol. The Europol European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) issued the warning in […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Israeli hacker game could beat Russian web crooks
An Israeli company has put out a game that is not just for fun — it’s meant to prevent recurrence of the giant hack that a netted Russian gang 1.2 billion usernames and passwords in the “Heartbleed” fiasco. If it […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Tor Network Isn’t Capable Of Foiling The Cyber Crooks And NSA Surveillance
A security expert has made a statement that the Tor Network is capable of protecting the internet users from cyber criminals and other state sponsored hackers. MVP in Enterprise Security and founder of the Cyber Crime Security Forum Andy Malone says that though The Onion Router Network has a robust…
Crime Alert: Crooks Targeting Computer Users
Liz McCord can’t live without it. Where she goes her laptop follows. “I’m on it four and five times per day. I’ll take a break. Stay on 30 minutes,” said McCord. McCord is a prime target for a new kind of cybercrime. “They keep trying and trying until they…
Don’t allow crooks to do your holiday shopping
Many of you good folks will still be Christmas shopping when you read this. Since Thanksgiving’s Black Friday, online and off, good deals abound. It is a consumer’s cornucopia. But remember, the crooks thrive. You are their bounty. Let’s list… View full post on cyber extortion – Yahoo! News Search…
Use a strong voicemail password. This helps prevent crooks from hijacking your phone line or voicemail
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