Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Attacks on point-of-sale (POS) systems usually target immediate gain through fraud with payment card data, which is why any organization that uses point of sale devices or processes payment details needs to be on constant alert. The numerous point-of-sale security The…
Massive DDoS attack harnesses 145,000 hacked IoT devices
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…
Hawaii users could be part of largest cybersecurity attack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Yahoo may be dealing with the biggest data breach ever, after hackers steal cyberinformation from 500-million users. Some Hawaii residents may have been affected, and that could lead to fines for the tech company from The post Hawaii users could be…
FBI Visits St. Cloud, Minn., School System in Wake of Mall Attack – District Dossier – Education Week
Tensions between Muslims and some non-Muslims in the central Minnesota city have simmered for years, with incidents including bullying of Somali and other East African immigrants in schools. View full post on Education Week: Bullying #pso #htcs #b4inc Read More The post FBI Visits St. Cloud, Minn., School System in…
Talk Talk, Ashley Madison and now Apple show no company is immune from cyber attack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Apple iPhone was thought to be safe from cyber attack. Not any more. First to reveal its vulnerabilities was the FBI, which in April paid $1.3m to an unknown source for a hacking tool to break into an iPhone. The…
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…
North Korea and Iran unite in major attack on US: White House on red alert
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The two hostile regimes are said to pose an “increasingly diverse and dangerous” threat to global security. Speaking at a conference on cyber attacks on Tuesday, White House counter-terrorism advisor Lisa Monaco said that North Korea and Iran have shown they…
Schools hacked in international attack should check computers for child porn
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A recent global hacking episode could have seen child pornography deposited on school computers. Thirty-six schools – five in the Waikato – were hacked in a global operation that saw passwords and other entry methods to 70,000 servers sold on the…
Wendy’s says payment card info accessed in malware attack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Criminals stole credit card info — including names and numbers — in a malware attack revealed earlier this year at more than 300 franchise locations in the US. Wendy’s is serving up more details about a malware attack on its point-of-sale…
Ataturk Airport attack: Anonymous hackers launch ‘OpIstanbul’ despite declaring war on Turkey
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The hacktivist group Anonymous has launched a fresh campaign aimed at disrupting pro-Islamic State (Isis) websites and social media accounts following the terrorist attack at Turkey’s Atatürk Airport on 28 June. In the aftermath of the tragic attack, Anonymous-linked hackers are…