KrebsOnSecurity site under attack after DDoS-for-hire service was exposed and alleged owners arrested

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Security researcher Brian Krebs’ website KrebsOnSecurity came under “heavy and sustainable” attack after two 18 year-old Israeli hackers were arrested over their connection with a DDoS-for-hire service called vDOS. The arrests coincided with an article, which exposed the two hackers The…

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North Korea’s Military Partnerships Under Threat?

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The latest UN sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have locked the two Koreas in a war for influence on far-flung battlegrounds, from the Middle East to Africa to Latin America. Seoul, however, could inadvertently minimize any future…

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Feds to keep iPhone-hacking method under wraps

The Federal Bureau of Investigation doesn’t plan to tell Apple Inc. how it cracked a San Bernardino, Calif., terrorist’s phone, said people familiar with the matter, leaving the company in the dark on a security vulnerability on some iPhone models. The FBI knows how to use the phone-hacking tool it…

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