Lakeisha Holloway’s path to the Strip seems to have passed out of homelessness and back again. And now the woman accused of driving her Oldsmobile onto a busy sidewalk Sunday, killing one and injuring dozens of others, faces a murder charge. On Tuesday, the Clark County district attorney’s office charged…
When tech bites back: How hack attacks affect schools
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hacking has made the headlines this year. After a string of high-profile cases such as TalkTalk, the telecoms group, and Ashley Madison, the online dating site, education joined the list this week when education network Jisc was hacked, leaving many institutions…
ISIS Twitter Accounts Traced Back to UK Government by Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Every computer and mobile phone logs onto the internet using an IP address, which is a type of identification number. The hacking collective showed Mirror Online details of the IP addresses used by a trio of separate digital jihadis to access…
UK pulls back the curtain on hacking campaigns
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A United Kingdom spy agency acknowledged in court on Tuesday that it has carried out numerous hacking campaigns both domestically and abroad. The hacks range from monitoring a single Internet session, to planting eavesdropping software on a device, to hijacking that…
Local state senators back bill to fight child abuse
Beacon Hill Roll Call records the votes of local senators on roll calls from prior legislative sessions. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. CHILD EXPLOITATION (S 2048) Senate 37-0, approved an amendment providing that the state establish age-appropriate guidelines for child exploitation awareness education…
Germany scales back its spying while other nations want more
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The UK and other countries might be pushing for greater spying powers than they’ve ever had before, but don’t tell that to Germany — it’s doing just the opposite. The country hopes to ban its intelligence agency, the BND, from indiscriminately…
Calls grow for government back doors to encryption
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The deadly terror attacks in Paris and Beirut have stirred up political tensions in an unlikely locale: Silicon Valley. Terrorists may have take advantage of encrypted messaging services to avoid surveillance, reports said, raising the stakes on an already tenuous issue…
TalkTalk hack: industry hits back after Daily Mail targets ‘gaming addict’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The gaming industry has hit back after theDaily Mail claimed a suspect arrested in connection with the TalkTalk hack was a “violent video game addict”. The UKIE, the UK’s games industry body, told WIRED that there was “no link between addiction or…
CSI: Cyber Is Back, and Still Chock Full O’Ludicrous Tech Tricks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The best-worst show about technology came back for its second-season premiere with 100% more Ted Danson and 1000% more dei ex machina driving its plotlines than before. The cast is slightly different, but the relentless corniness is simply amplified. For the…
First look at Renée Zellweger back in action as Bridget Jones at London park
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Renee Zellweger has been pictured for the first time as she reprises the role of Bridget Jones, 14 years after starring in the original. The 46-year-old filmed scenes for third installment Bridget Jones’ Baby alongside Sally Philips and newbie Patrick Dempsey…