Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans China’s President Xi Jinping laid out his vision for the Internet on Wednesday, calling for a new status quo where Internet sovereignty rests in the hands of nations controlling the flow of information. “Each country should join hands and together curb…
Big Push to Fight Against Tax-Related Identity Theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Identitiy fraud. Not a day goes by, it seems, without someone reporting identity fraud to their local authorities. The number of incidents is on the rise in all communities across the country, and here in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Revenue,…
Local state senators back bill to fight child abuse
Beacon Hill Roll Call records the votes of local senators on roll calls from prior legislative sessions. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. CHILD EXPLOITATION (S 2048) Senate 37-0, approved an amendment providing that the state establish age-appropriate guidelines for child exploitation awareness education…
Ashton Kutcher launches tech lab to fight child sexual exploitation
These are some of the most common ways that kids are exploited every day online. Ashton Kutcher learned about the disturbing trend years ago after watching a Dateline special about exploited children in Cambodia. After digging into the issue, he realized that this wasn’t geographically isolated. It was happening “way…
This Week In Credit Card News: Voice Identification To Fight ID Theft, Rubio’s Card Use Under Fire
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans How Your Voice Can Protect You from Credit Card Fraud Some banks are using voice biometrics and other technology to help determine who is calling and where a call is coming from. The reason: call-in center fraud is surging. The internet…
Law enforcement gets high-tech help to fight crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Increasingly, prosecutors are relying on high-tech gadgets to give them an edge against bad guys who brazenly kill, stab and rob in the dead of night when witnesses are nowhere to be found. Surveillance video, cellphone tracking, cellphone record investigations and…
South Korea’s defence ministry to welcome tech-savvy ‘white-hat’ hackers team to fight cyber warfare
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The South Korean defence ministry has undertaken a new initiative to fight against cyber-attacks, which are prominent in the 21st century, by conducting a “White Hat” hacking competition to select the best hackers across the nation. First announced in August by the Defence…
Fight against government spying war
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A lawsuit against the National Security Agency’s (NSA) data collection remains in limbo even as the legal landscape has changed and more private companies have been suspected of collecting data. Represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), First Unitarian Church v….
Ex-Spies Join Cybersecurity Fight
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans When firewalls fail to thwart cyberattacks, former Israeli spies are coming to the rescue. Their job: Befriend hackers to find out about attacks before they even happen. Bigger, better-known cybersecurity firms, like Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab ZAO and IntelCorp.’s Intel Security Group,…
Helping out in the e-crime fight
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans SWIFT work was carried out at the Scottish Business Resilience Centre yesterday after The National pointed out that parts of the website for the self-styled “hub of innovation and business improvement” were not working. We explored the site after the SBRC…
