Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans For Christmas shoppers who use Amazon, there is a hack that is targeting accounts. A woman says a hacker got into her account and spent nearly $1,700 despite the fact that she changed her password multiple times. Once in her The…
People encouraged to better secure online accounts following Yahoo breach
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Residents who use Yahoo Mail are being encouraged by the S.C. Department of Consumer Affairs to take action to secure their online accounts following the announcement last month of a massive breach. During the last two weeks of September, Yahoo 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…
Yahoo to confirm hackers stole passwords for 200M accounts all the way back in 2012
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Yahoo will confirm later this week that hackers did breach its systems in 2012, stealing personal data for about 200 million accounts, including easily decrypted passwords Sources close to the situation confirmed the massive data breach to Recode. Yahoo admitted The…
Is Pangu iOS 9.3.3 jailbreaking tool responsible for hacking iOS accounts?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans iOS jailbreaking is the process of removing software restrictions imposed by iOS, Apple’s operating system, on devices running it through the use of software exploits. iOS jailbreaking is the process of removing software restrictions imposed by iOS, Apple’s operating system, on…
Russian gang who exploited hacked bank accounts jailed
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Five members of an international money-laundering gang based in London have been jailed after cops unravelled their malware-enabled conspiracy. The gang, composed exclusively of Russian nationals, was led by a pair of men who were both named Aslan. Aslan Abazov, 30,…
Second hacker in five weeks comes to the fore, accepts violating celebrity accounts
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans CALIFORNIA, U.S. – Merely weeks after Celebgate hacker Ryan Collins pleaded guilty to illegally breaking into celebrity accounts – a second hacker has now come to the fore, accepting accusations. The second hacker, identified as Edward Majercyk has admitted to the…
This hacker is fighting ISIS by spamming its Twitter accounts with porn
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It started years ago, when at age 16 he bought his first computer, took it home and disassembled it. When he put the machine back together and it refused to run, a local big-box store tech guru taught the teen who…
The European Commission Wants You To Log Into Social Media Accounts With Govt-Issued ID Cards
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The European Commission plans to attack citizens’ right to online privacy, insisting that state-issued ID cards should be used to log into platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and even Uber. The Vice President for the Digital Single Market on the European…
How to toughen your LinkedIn account’s security in light of hack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Those of you who use LinkedIn might want to beef up your security. On May 18, the professional-networking site said that more than 100 million members’ email and password combinations hacked during a 2012 data breach had just been posted online….