Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans We are coming closer to the point where a cyber-attack will cost every large business more than $1 million. According to a new Kaspersky Lab report, a single cyber-security incident now costs a large business, on average, $861,000. Small and The…
U.S. Air Force project threatened by cybersecurity cost overruns
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The U.S. Air Force is learning a tough lesson when it comes to hardening its systems against cyberintrusions, primarily that the cybersecurity threat landscape changes faster than the military’s budgeting process. The Air Force’s Operational Control Segment (OCX) program, which oversees…
Wichita man gets over 3 years in prison for identity thefts that cost victims more than $11K
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans WICHITA — A Wichita man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for a series of identity thefts that cost victims more than $11,000. The Wichita Eagle reports that Sedgwick County District Court Judge Bruce Brown ordered Reu…
Xiaomi Mi 5 may cost just $320 at launch
The Xiaomi Mi 4 packed a nice surprise when it launched last summer – its full retail price was about $320 for the 16 GB model, and $400 for the 64GB version. This, of course, was the MSRP for China, while in the rest of the world it went for a bit…
Big screen at low cost: it’s the ZTE ZMAX 2 for AT&T
According to ZTE, a Chinese phone manufacturer that has long sold entry-level phones in the US, consumers today tend to see the value of Android phones as ‘screen size vs cost’, and it probably has a point. It is this basic observation, though, that has apparently motivated ZTE to produce…
Looking for affordable smartphones with Quad HD screens? Here are 8 of them that cost less than $500
Back in December 2013, when the world’s first Quad HD smartphone (Vivo Xplay 3S) was announced, everyone probably assumed that it, as well as the Quad HD handsets that were to follow, would be among the most expensive smartphones on the market. Fortunately, that’s not entirely true. Of course, many…
Abbott pushes metadata laws which could cost $400m per year
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Tony Abbott is stepping up the pressure on Labor to swiftly pass new data retention laws, which are now expected to cost up to $400 million a year. The prime minister revealed the cost, which Labor has been seeking, before he…
Retail fraud expected to cost retailers $3.8 billion Read More: Retail fraud expected to cost retailers $3.8 billion | http://nj1015.com/retail-fraud-expected-to-cost-retailers-3-8-billion/?trackback=tsmclip
The retail industry expects to lose $10.9 billion to return fraud this year, $3.8 billion of which will be lost during the holiday season alone, according to the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) 2014 Return Fraud Survey. In 2013, retailers lost […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Lessons for the Enterprise from the 5th Annual Ponemon Cost of Cyber Crime Study
Every year the Ponemon Institute brings critical insights to the corporate governance world by conducting a focused study on the cost of cyber crime. As you probably intuitively know, the costs of cyber crime continue to grow. This study, sponsored by […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Failure to protect data will cost business
Facebook was in touch the other day. “Help your friends recognise you,” they wrote. “Add a profile picture.” My instinctive reaction was: Why? So it could be added to the pile of data on me and others that is left […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…