Internal threats may still be a problem but external attacks by ‘hacktivists’, criminal syndicates, state and non-state sponsored attackers are now the most likely source of cyber attacks, according to new research. Despite 80 per cent of Australian companies believing […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Russian interests suspected in cyber attacks
MOSCOW (CNN) – Imagine a government paying cyber criminals to wage cyber warfare on another government. While it may sound like a spy novel, it’s real. And forensic computer experts say it’s happening now. Read More…. For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com View full post…
‘State sponsored’ Russian hacker group linked to cyber attacks on neighbours
A hacker group believed to be sponsored by the Russian government has attacked governments in Georgia, the Caucasus and eastern Europe, as well as Nato and defence contractors across the west of Europe. The so-called APT28 group has been sending […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Hacking attacks pose danger of big financial losses for small businesses
It’s not just big businesses like JPMorgan Chase, Target and Home Depot that get hacked. Small companies suffer from intrusions into their computer systems, too. The costs associated with computer and website attacks can run well into the thousands and […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
FBI informant organized Anonymous hackers’ attacks on government sites in 30 countries
Government websites in the UK, Australia and more than two dozen other countries were provided by an undercover FBI informant to a hacker involved with the group Anonymous as cybertargets to attack, according to previously unpublished documents. The files — […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Sri Lanka Highly Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Sri Lanka will experience a massive wave of cyber attacks in the near future due to inadequate prevention methods and privacy laws as well as non-compliance, according to the state’s Computer Emergency Response Team Co-ordination Centre. (CERT|CC). “In Sri Lanka, […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Over 90 million hacker attacks registered in Russian Internet since 2010
More than 90 million hacker attacks have been registered in the Russian segment of the Internet since 2010, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev said on Wednesday. “There have been 57 million attacks since 2014 and approximately 90 […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
UA team developing software to prevent cyber attacks
Hacking into servers and stealing personal information seems to be getting easier by the day. “We feel attacks are being launched very fast and humans managing the attack detection and protection, it’s just not feasible anymore,” said Salim Hariri, a […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Hacker attacks drive a boom in cybersecurity
A devastating data breach 10 months ago exposed the details of an estimated 40m customers of the American retailer Target. Heads soon rolled: chief information officer Beth Jacob and chief executive Gregg Steinhafel both left in the months after the […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
The number of hacker attacks has increased in Bulgaria
The number of hacker attacks has increased in Bulgaria, Deputy Transport Minister Kamen Spassov announced during a civil servants training. Since the beginning of the year until the end of August there were more than 1,800 attempts to address the […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…