Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Veterans of Foreign Wars recently began notifying their users that hackers hacked into VFW.org and hackers were able to see their users personal information. In February 2014 , Veterans of Foreign Wars bitterest was hacked by hackers and hackers…
LoopPay hackers sought intellectual property, breach adds to mobile payment security challenges
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans LoopPay, the technology acquired by Samsung in its bid to differentiate itself from Apple Pay, was reportedly breached months ago by a Chinese hacking group looking to replicate its technology, Samsung has confirmed. The LoopPay network is physically separate from Samsung…
Russian hacker admits role in massive data breach scheme
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Russian man has pleaded guilty to his role in a worldwide cyber crime scheme to breach payment processors, retailers and financial institutions, resulting in over 160 million stolen credit card numbers. Vladimir Drinkman admitted partaking in the global plot nearly…
Major Carphone Warehouse data breach could affect up to 2.4 million
Hackers have gained access to the personal data of up to 2.4 million Carphone Warehouse customers, the UK-based mobile retail giant has today admitted. The breach is said to have originated in the systems related to Carphone Warehouse stores, as well as the OneStopPhoneShop.com, e2save.com and Mobiles.co.uk websites. The data…
Dems, GOP senators push cyber bill for Homeland after breach
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to strengthen the authority of the Homeland Security Department to thwartcyberattackson government networks and websites after a massive government data breach. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who has spearheaded cyber legislation in the…
US: More Than 21 Million Affected by Government Data Breach
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers stole Social Security numbers, health histories and other highly sensitive data from more than 21 million people, the Obama administration said Thursday, acknowledging that the breach of U.S. government computer systems was far more severe than previously disclosed. The scope of the…
Jeb hits Obama over massive gov’t cyber breach
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Jeb Bush on Monday used the recent hacking of the Office of Personnel Management to bash President Barack Obama on cyber security and plant a flag on how he would handle cyber threats. Bush, who has been sharpening his attacks on…
Feds Violate Data Breach Reporting Requirements They Would Impose on Private Companies
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The federal government’s Office of Personnel Management apparently discovered in April amassive security breach of its systems in which the personally identifiable information at least 4 million government employees was rifled through by Chinese government hackers. The OPMwaited at least two…
The 3 Best Hacking Techniques To Create A Security Breach
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans I find that good, law-abiding citizens are fascinated by what I do. I’m a penetration tester, a.k.a. “white hat” or “ethical” hacker. In other words, companies hire me to break into their systems for a living to demonstrate where there are…
Target agrees to pay $10 million to settle lawsuit from data breach
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans (Reuters) – Target Corp (TGT.N) has agreed to pay $10 million in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit related to a huge 2013 data breach that consumers say compromised their personal financial information, court documents show. Under the proposal, which…