A hacker group claiming to be the Armada Collective, known for its extortion rackets, has taken cybercrime to new levels. The hacker group has duped companies into paying $100,000 (£68,628) by sending them emails with fake threats of launching a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack. In just two months,…
An ethical hacker at one of the world’s biggest tech companies
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Charles Henderson gets paid to think like a bad guy. As an ethical hacker for IBM, Henderson’s job is to break into networks, applications, or physical locations to figure out how a real attacker would go about their work, exposing flaws…
Companies increasingly yield to ransomware demands
Faced with few options, companies are increasingly giving in to cybercriminals who hold their data hostage and demand payment for its return, while law enforcement officials struggle to catch the nearly invisible perpetrators. The risks to organizations have become so severe that many simply pay their attackers to make them…
Are telcos becoming cyber security companies?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans An increasing number of telecoms and communications providers are taking an active role in providing cyber security services. ETIS, the IT association for telecoms which counts BT, Telefonica and Deutsche Telekom as customers, launched a new initiative to support the exchange…
Europe’s security companies making money from misery
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A container city sprang up in the middle of Calais’s jungle in January. Better than the flimsy tents they replaced, these metal boxes with their bunk beds are home for 1400 migrants. It is a warm spot in their long journey…
Companies urged to protect against cyber security after Norwich Airport hack raised in parliament
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Home office minister Mike Penning said companies which hold the personal data of individuals has a responsibility to protect it, after he was questioned on the issue by Norwich MP Chloe Smith. She told the House of Commons: “Norwich Airport in…
Indian companies sleep over data about hacking
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans dian enterprises have done little to share information on cyberattacks, at a time when the US is in the middle of deciding on the Cyber Security Information Sharing Act that would make the process easier. India’s enterprises, startups and government are…
China Is Still Hacking US Companies After Promising It Would Stop, Report Says
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers with ties to the Chinese government appear to be targeting US companies despite a recent security deal between the US and China’s government, which promised to stop cyberattacks aimed at stealing economic secrets. Dmitri Alperovitch, the chief technology officer of…
Cybersecurity firm: Chinese hacking on US companies persists
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Chinese hacking attempts on American corporate intellectual property have occurred with regularity over the past three weeks, suggesting that China almost immediately began violating its newly minted cyberagreement with the United States, according to a newly published analysis by a cybersecurity…
Does China’s government hack US companies to Rob secrets?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping is making his first official visit to the US. It takes place against a background of accusations flung by both the US and China over state-backed hacking. On Monday this week, a US national security…
