Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans HERNDON, Va., Aug. 10, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq:MANT) has been awarded two task orders by the General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service (GSA FAS) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide The…
New strategies to combat cyber attacks, from LogRhythm
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Some SMEs are are paying lip service to cyber security, opening themselves up to being just another statistic in the malicious cyber crime game. That’s according to Bill Smith, LogRhythm sales and customer relationship manager and Bill Taylor, LogRhythm Asia-Pacific and…
Bill Aims to Combat Identity Theft of Social Security Numbers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In an effort to combat identity theft, Congressmen Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Jim Renacci (R-OH) have introduced legislation that would require the Social Security Administration to remove Social Security numbers from mailed documents when they are deemed unnecessary. Known as the…
Homeland Security Dept. Can Not Combat Cyberattacks As They Struggles to Hire Staff
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans WASHINGTON — At a time of increasing threats of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, the Department of Homeland Security is having trouble recruiting much-needed computer experts because it cannot match the pay of the private sector and does not have the same…
CSID Launches Social Media Monitoring to Combat Identity Theft, Safeguard Digital Reputations
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CSID, the leading provider of global identity protection and fraud detection technologies for businesses, their employees, and consumers, today launched Social Media Monitoring, a new service that alerts social media users of privacy and reputational risks on any of…
AT&T updates the HTC One (M8) and HTC One M9 with security patch to combat Stagefright
AT&T is pushing out an update for the HTC One (M8) that includes a security patch designed to prevent the Stagefright exploit from taking over your phone. The file size for the HTC One (M8) update is 28MB, and the new software version is 4.28.502.2. While your personal files should…
How to Combat Hacked Credit or Debit Accounts
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Problem A criminal who gets your credit or debit card number can rack up big charges. Scare Factor If your credit card number is used fraudulently, you will have to get a new card with a new number, but…
Sunbury Neighbourhood Watch group turns to social media to combat crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The group last week launched Facebook and Twitter pages and will also partner community initiatives such as Safe Plate Days and other awareness campaigns in shopping centres, schools and sporting clubs. Co-ordinator Ben Riley said the Neighbourhood Watch still had an…
Ethical hackers combat cyber criminals to boost public safety
(BPT) – Home Depot announced that personal financial information from 56 million credit and debit cards was at risk following a data security breach in September. Americans were still reeling from the Heartbleed bug, which compromised the security of some […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Small firms urged to take steps to combat cyber crime
Many small and medium-sized businesses ignore or underestimate the threat online fraud poses to their profitability, cashflow and reputation. Many small and medium-sized businesses ignore or underestimate the threat online fraud poses to their profitability, cashflow and reputation, according to […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…