Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans One of the most popular movie streaming apps online might be a prime target for hackers. On Monday, TorrentFreak shared a report from Antonios Chariton (aka DaKnOb), a security engineer and researcher who discovered a major vulnerability in one of the most popular…
Vehicle hack could have military implications
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans As military vehicles become increasingly dependent on electronics and computers, much as are commercial cars and trucks, program managers must take cybersecurity needs into account. A recent experience documented in Wired makes the potential risks chillingly clear. Vehicle electronics, or vetronics,…
Top Six Ways Hackers Could Disrupt an Election
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Could hackers swing a U.S. election? With the 2016 presidential race already well underway, it’s time for us to take cyber threats to our electoral process much more seriously. Over the years, a number of security researchers, ‘ethical hackers’ and government…
Cyberattack on U.S. Power Plants Could Cause $1T in Economic Damage
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Let’s imagine an “improbable, but not impossible” cyberassault on the U.S. power grid. A shadowy group of skilled and malicious actors spend years implanting a piece of malware, dubbed the “Erebos” trojan, in the control systems of power plants across the…
In the future, your smartphone could be taking photos and videos without reflections, obstructions getting in the way
A team of Google and MIT researches have devised an ingenious computational approach to what they’re calling ‘obstruction-free’ photography, and will be presenting the fruits of their labor at SIGGRAPH 2015. Luckily for us, the team behind the algorithm — including Tianfan Xue, Michael Rubinstein, Ce Liu, and William T….
EX-CIA: CYBER BLACKOUT SHOWS WHAT ENEMY COULD DO
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans While some experts believe there was nothing malicious about the more than three-hour cyber breakdown of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, they do not want to admit the system’s vulnerabilities either to the public or the government, because it…
Cyber attack on US power grid could result in losses up to $1 trillion
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans When, on Wednesday, the New York Stock Exchange halted trading, The Wall Street Journal website went down, and United Airlines grounded flights – all practically at the same time – it seemed like a well orchestrated cyber attack had been launched…
Merkel Computer Hack Could Wreak Havoc For Years
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The German government has come under attack from hackers. The country’s defence minister, Ursula von der Leyen, confirmed that the government has come under wide range of attacks, which include malware that was found on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s computer, says V3….
Cybersecurity Investors: This Stock Could Win The Most From Rising Demand
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In a report published Wednesday, Morgan Stanley analyst Keith Weiss discussed the results of a cyber-security themed survey he conducted with more than 60 Chief Security Officers (CSOs). “Growth in security spending is expected to improve in 2015 versus 2014, with…
A watchful Regina gas station clerk has foiled what police believe to be an attempted credit card scam — one that could have implications that reach beyond this province.
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Johnson City police arrested an Elizabethton woman Tuesday on charges that she used another person’s credit card to make purchases. Heather K. Richardson, 23, 220 Nave Hollow Loop, Elizabethton, was with fraudulent use of a credit or debit card and theft…