Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Security expert says these types of attacks are likely to become more common. EHRs and other hospital IT systems could face dramatic new risks. In what some are calling the biggest distributed denial-of-services attack ever seen, a botnet comprising thousands The…
Yahoo confirms massive hack of 500 million accounts, blames “state actor”
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Yahoo has confirmed the mother of all data breaches — 500 million user accounts compromised back in late 2014 — and is laying blame on a “state-sponsored actor.” The stolen data may have included names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, The…
TIGTA Announces Significant Arrests In Massive IRS Phone Scam
Your ads will be inserted here byEasy Plugin for AdSense.Please go to the plugin admin page toPaste your ad code OR Suppress this ad slot. Scammers are still targeting taxpayers. Nearly 6,400 victims have collectively paid over $36.5 million to scammers posing as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials since October…
Does Minnesota Need a Massive Cybersecurity Upgrade? Some Lawmakers Skeptical
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Your ads will be inserted here byEasy Plugin for AdSense.Please go to the plugin admin page toPaste your ad code OR Suppress this ad slot. Guess how many times per day hackers try to access Minnesota’s state government computers: 10 times…
With The Massive Hacking Village and Interactive Experience, MR. ROBOT Returns to Tribeca Film Festival.
USA Network is offering fans a chance to test their skills in a MR. ROBOT-themed hacker village at the 2016Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T. Beginning Friday, April 15 – Sunday, April 17, festival attendees are invited into the realm of an fsociety hacker, immersing themselves in an experience inspired…
Two sentenced in massive $200M credit card fraud case
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A federal judge sentenced two Staten Island men Tuesday in what authorities said was one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever prosecuted by the federal government. U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson sentenced Khawaja Ikram, 43, and Mohammad Khan,…
Millions of Vulnerable Routers aiding Massive DNS Amplification DDoS Attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is becoming more sophisticated and complex with the increase in the skills of attackers and so, has become one of favorite weapon for the cyber criminals to temporarily suspend or crash the services of…
TalkTalk Customers Data Compromised By Recent, Massive Cyber Attack!
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Telecommunications company TalkTalk has been hacked recently. Customer data seems to have been stolen, but the exact details have not yet been determined. The obvious step for the customers now is to login the account and to change their password. However,…
Russian hacker admits role in massive data breach scheme
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Russian man has pleaded guilty to his role in a worldwide cyber crime scheme to breach payment processors, retailers and financial institutions, resulting in over 160 million stolen credit card numbers. Vladimir Drinkman admitted partaking in the global plot nearly…
UCLA Health Responds to massive cyberattack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans As many as 4.5 million individuals may have been impacted by a cyber-attack at UCLA Health. The attackers accessed parts of the organization’s network that contained personal and medical information. Yet, there is no evidence the cyber-attackers accessed or acquired any…
