Schools responsible for reporting abuse Dubai Police handled 26 child abuse cases in the first nine months of 2015, an increase from 21 in 2014. Brigadier Mohammad Al Murr, Director of Dubai Police’s Human Rights Department, said that physical and psychological abuse of children is not a phenomenon in the…
ISIS social media accounts are buzzing with a spreadsheet of personal data on employees of the American, British, and Australian governments, including military personnel. The Islamic State claims this list was compiled using data stolen from government systems by its “hacking division,” although some experts who have reviewed the list say most of it was more likely created using simple Google searches of publicly available data. There are about 1,400 individuals included on the list. The list was accompanied by a message from the “Islamic State Hacking Division,” transcribed by Sky News: O Crusaders, as you continue your aggression towards the Islamic State and your bombing campaign against the Muslims, know that we are in your emails and computer systems, watching and recording your every move. We have your names and addresses, we are in your emails and social media accounts, we are extracting confidential data and passing on your personal information to the soldiers of the khilafah, who soon with the permission of Allah will strike at your necks in your own lands. So wait, we too are waiting. The Sydney Morning Herald criticizes Australian officials for being “caught on their heels” by the hit list, which includes Defense Force employees and a Victorian MP. Even though “Australia’s most senior Islamic State militant, former Melbourne man and terror recruiter Neil Prakash” was posting links to the hit list early Wednesday morning, at least half of the Australians targeted by ISIS said they were unaware of the threat until they were informed by the media… which contacted them using the phone numbers published by the Islamic State. “I’m completely at a loss,” said the aforementioned MP, who at least has access to a security detail assigned to protect elected officials. “What do I do? The police probably know less than you and I.” Defense Force employees on the list said they were in shock no one from the government had warned them. Various agencies of the Australian government declined to discuss the matter. In addition to Prakash – who crowed “Cyber war got em shook!” and “Kill them where you find them and enslave their women” on Twitter – the Herald reports “other prominent militants, including British man Junaid Hussain, who is third on a CIA kill list of Islamic State operatives, also used social media to promote the leak and encourage attacks.” Sky News reports the hit list includes British Foreign Office employees, plus a “local council employee.” Most of the names on the list are American, including personnel from the Air Force, Marines, NASA, FBI, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Russian state outlet RT.com says the list also includes “a worker in an Israeli magistrate’s court” and “someone in a college in Mississippi.” The RT.com article mentions some reasons for skepticism about the Islamic State’s claim that this list includes confidential information obtained by hackers: some of the phone numbers appear to be disconnected, while the purportedly stolen U.S. military passwords appearing on the list are “too weak to pass the guidelines of an official computer system operated by the Pentagon.” The Sydney Morning Herald also found some of the information published on the list to be outdated. “This is the second or third time they’ve claimed that and the first two times I’ll tell you, whatever lists they got were not taken by any cyber attack,” said Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno, as quoted by the UK Guardian. The Guardian also cites the opinion of computer security expert Troy Hunt, who said the of the supposedly hacked data: “It’s pretty clear that it’s been aggregated from different sources. It’s been put together on the basis of a .gov or .mil address. Even the passwords, they’re not strong enough to have come from a corporate or government. They’re not even strong enough to have come from an online service – you can’t create a Gmail account, for example, with a password of less than eight characters, and here we’re seeing some passwords of three letters.” The UK Daily Mail notes that Twitter administrators appear to have shut down the Islamic State Hacking Division’s account three times on Wednesday while it attempted to spread its hit list around, leading to the creation of a fourth terrorist account with the message, “Kuffar seem to be raging.”
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans ISIS social media accounts are buzzing with a spreadsheet of personal data on employees of the American, British, and Australian governments, including military personnel. The Islamic State claims this list was compiled using data stolen from government systems by its “hacking…
Jersey Police launch cyber crime prevention campaign
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cyber crime is on the rise, with more and more crimes involving a cyber element. Jersey Police are trying to crack down on it by launching a campaign to enable islanders to protect themselves as much as possible. It will involve…
Suspected state hacking campaign used commercial software
SAN FRANCISCO – A previously undisclosed hacking campaign against military targets in Israel and Europe is probably backed by a country that misused security-testing software to cover its tracks and enhance its capability, researchers said. The attack programme relied on […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
NCA kicks off cyber safety campaign with a stern warning
THE UK National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned citizens that unless they get their technology in order they will be ripe for plucking by hackers. The NCA said that just under two-thirds of people protect themselves against cyber assaults. This […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Video games industry\fighting advanced cyber attack campaign
THE VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY is at the mercy of a large scale advanced cyber attack campaign designed to steal source code, Dell’s security arm Secureworks has revealed. Codenamed Threat Group-3279 (TG-3279), the attackers are thought to have been active since […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
eAgency Mobile Security creates “Kid Safe” campaign for school safety
Ashley Bennett Top Priority Sector: cyber_security eAgency Mobile Security has partnered with law enforcement to create a national “Kid Safe” campaign designed to target cyber bullying and harassment, sexting, and sextortion in K-12 public schools. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
NSSF and ATF create public campaign to reduce illegal gun purchases
Ashley Bennett Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), a firearm industry trade association, has partnered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to promote the “Don’t Lie for the Other Guy” public campaign in Chicago, Detroit, and Flint to reduce illegal “straw” gun…
Commissioner backs cyber crime campaign
t coincides with the launch of a £4million Government “Cyber Streetwise” campaign which encourages people to take safety precautions while shopping, banking or socialising online. The campaign includes a new website and online videos. PCC Martyn Underhill has already pledged to help tackle online crime in Dorset in 2014. His…
American Indian Group Launches Campaign Against Racist Team Names
The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the oldest and largest organization of its kind, has launched a campaign to call attention to images and nicknames deemed derogatory that are used for sports teams. With the release of a poster depicting offensive sports logo characters of other ethnic groups, the…