Come October, everyone starts squealing about how utterly obsessed they are with Halloween. But we assure you, no one is as dedicated to the spooky holiday as the quaint town of St. Helens, Oregon. The riverside city was used as the backdrop for Disney’s “Halloweentown” ― the iconic 1998 kids flick…
No, Nest Cam isn’t secretly spying on you
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Is your Nest Cam watching you when you thought it was turned off? The WiFi streaming camera has found itself at the center of a security maelstrom this week, after research questioned just what was happening when the indicator light shuts…
Prostitution — it isn’t ‘Pretty Woman’
It stands to reason that if someone under 18 can’t legally consent to sex, then that same someone also can’t be arrested for prostitution, right? Oh so wrong. The paradox of such prosecutions has engendered the “No such thing as a child prostitute” national campaign, which has taken hold in…
The world’s richest countries agree that hacking industrial targets for profit isn’t right
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The world’s richest nations have agreed for the first time to abstain, in principle, from hacking for commercial gain. At the G20 conference attended by countries including the US, China, Russia, France, and Germany, world leaders agreed that “no country should conduct…
NSA spying: judge tosses out case because Wikipedia isn’t widely read enough
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Wikipedia’s parent org — has had its case against the NSA dismissed by a Federal judge who said that the mere fact that the site is one of the most popular destinations on the net was not a basis for assuming…
New iPhone 6s photos show the handset’s dimensions: this isn’t the thinnest iPhone to date
Next week, on September 9, Apple will announce two new iPhones, which are likely going to be called iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. While the two handsets won’t look different from last year’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, they should be made out of a tougher aluminum alloy…
Counting on government to protect cars from hackers isn’t our best option
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Recently, a number of media outlets, including Wired magazine and theWashington Post, reported how two hackers wirelessly took over a Jeep Cherokee, including at one point on a Missouri highway. The culprits — who staged the “hijacking” for reporters — forced…
The 30-day notice in Obama’s hacking law isn’t enough: Michael Sobol
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans President Barack Obama wants Congress to pass a new law that would require companies to inform customers within 30 days when their personal information — such as Social Security numbers — is exposed. Forty-seven states have their own data breach notification laws,…
Mobile Carrier’s Network isn’t all that Secure
Gee, even the tools that update your smartphone’s operating system over the air have holes that hackers can slip into. It’s estimated that as many as two billion handsets are vulnerable, and in some instances, security patches haven’t even been […] 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…
