Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A man from Merseyside is awaiting sentencing after admitting to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) campaign which targeted public sector and business websites, potentially affecting vulnerable people, Computer Weekly has reported. Bootle man Ian Sullivan, aged 51, carried out the…
Watch Out: Your Valentine Could be a Hacker
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Valentine’s Day is just days away but if you’re looking for love on a mobile dating app, watch out. Hackers want your data to be their Valentine. A research study by IBM found that “over 60 percent of the leading dating apps…
Hacker finds vulnerability in Facebook, can delete your photo albums
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Like it or not, Facebook has become almost ubiquitous in today’s world. Most people you know, both young and old, are on there. Worse, some folks keep memories of their lives stored on the service, including precious photos that, in some…
Newsweek Twitter feed hijacked by pro-IS hacker
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Newsweek’s Twitter feed was briefly hijacked by hackers who displayed messages supporting the Islamic State group. The feed showed images similar to those from the hacking of the social media feed of the US Central Command last month. The account showed…
Latvian extradites ‘bot hacker’ to US
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans RIGA – Latvia on Thursday extradited a programmer to the United States to stand trial for his alleged role in a global cyber theft ring that hacked into a million computers. Latvian Deniss Calovskis, 29, and two other Europeans are suspected…
An academic researcher published 10 million usernames and passwords where any hacker can see them
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A security analyst and hacking author just published 10 million web usernames and passwords in the name of academic research. US-based network security expert Mark Burnett announced the news on his blog on Monday. Burnett believes the data will help security…
ISIS hacker targets military spouses
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers claiming to be part of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) apparently hacked into the Twitter account of a military spouse Tuesday, threatening military spouses and their children. The hackers, calling themselves the “Cyber Caliphate,” say they are…
Hacker avoids conviction over university cyber-attack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Powered by Max Banner Ads A 20-year-old Auckland computer hacker has been discharged without conviction after launching a cyber-attack on the University of Melbourne in 2011. Neil McDonald appeared before Judge Pippa Sinclair at the North Shore District Court today facing one…
Anonymous-linked hacker admits to DDoS of public services
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A hacker with links to Anonymous has admitted conducting distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against social services, crime prevention bodies and businesses. Ian Sullivan, a 51-year-old from Bootle in Merseyside, flooded more than 300 websites with bogus traffic in 2013, rendering them unusable…
Website/IP katyperry.com may be hackable #amihackerproof #hacker
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Website/IP: katyperry.com Industry: Blog – Entertainment Description: N/A Scan Type: Web Site Scan Vulnerabilities: 11 Scan Date: Feb 03, 2015 Scan Time: 01:09:30 PM Free Scan: You can go to http://www.AmIHackerProof.com/Results and do a search for this scan. Purchase: If you…
