Trick or treaters looking for a hauntingly scary Halloween costume this year might want to pass on the Freddy Kruger mask and dress as a hacker instead. That’s because Americans are more scared of hackers getting hold of their credit […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Home Depot hack could lead to $3 billion in fake charges
A recent hacker attack on Home Depot (HD) could result in up to $3 billion in fraudulent charges, according to credit protection firm BillGuard. BillGuard said losses will be at least $2 billion, based on an analysis of what is […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
The Man Who Found 1.2 Billion Stolen Passwords
Alex Holden, CTO of Milwaukee-based Hold Security, looks surprisingly buoyant. Perhaps it’s just his attempt at a brave face. In the past week, his integrity as a security researcher has been called into question. He’s been called a liar and […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Hidden Controls Expose 2 Billion Devices to Hackers
Hidden software secretly installed on cars, mobile phones, and laptops has put roughly two billion devices at risk of being hijacked or attacked by hackers, according to new research. The vulnerability is so widespread that even automobiles use the software […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Russian hackers stole 1.2 billion passwords
Russian hackers stole 1.2 billion Internet credentials from major US companies and others around the world in what is likely the biggest data breach ever, security researchers said Tuesday. The US firm Hold Security said the gang which it dubbed […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Shadowy Russian hacker group hijacked 1.2 billion usernames, passwords
A Wisconsin security firm claims that a Russian criminal group has accumulated the largest known collection of stolen online usernames and passwords via SQL injections, according to a new report in The New York Times on Tuesday. Hold Security, […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Over 2 Billion Smartphones Are Hacker-Friendly
In 2013, the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that, for the first time, most American adults own a smartphone. With 55 percent of the survey’s respondents using either an iPhone or an Android-enabled device, and with […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
The $445 billion question of how to tackle cyber crime
A McAfee report published this year, in one of its estimates, puts the global cost of cyber-crime at $445billion. Government figures from 2011 put the annual cost to Britain alone at £27billion. But different projects are now running with […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Illegal immigration costs California taxpayers more than $25 billion a year, finds FAIR
Top Priority Sector: border_security A new study released by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that providing education, health care, law enforcement, and social and government services to illegal aliens and their dependents costs Californians $25. Read More…. For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com The post…
Transportation safety and security market will approach $63 billion by 2018, says study
Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection A new report, Transportation Safety and Transportation Security Market Modes, Worldwide Market Forecasts (2013 – 2018), offered by market research firm MarketsandMarkets defines and segments the global transportation safety and security market into various sub-segments with in-depth analysis and forecasting of revenues. Read More…. View full…