Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Last summer, JPMorgan Chase acknowledged a data breach that compromised personal information belonging to as many as 76 million households and 7 million small businesses, and initially there was some speculation Russian hackers may have been behind the attack. However, the…
New technique could ID hair dye at crime scenes
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Criminals with a penchant for dyeing their hair could soon pay for their vanity. Scientists at Northwestern University have found a way to analyze hair samples at crime scenes to rapidly determine whether it was colored and what brand of dye…
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…
High-tech cars could be vulnerable to hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans there’s a word that can be used to describe Bryan Liston’s 2014 Jeep Cherokee, it’s “loaded.” The SUV has all the high-tech features like voice recognition, a computerized touch screen and a backing camera with an assisted parking feature. But even…
Watch Out: Your Valentine Could be a Hacker
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Valentine’s Day is just days away but if you’re looking for love on a mobile dating app, watch out. Hackers want your data to be their Valentine. A research study by IBM found that “over 60 percent of the leading dating apps…
Hackers infiltrating your cellphone? It could happen
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans These days, it’s the norm to protect your home computer from malware. But what are you doing to protect your cellphone? Yes, your smartphone can be hacked. The average American spends an hour every day playing with their cellphones, according to…
EU could demand that Web firms decrypt emails: adviser
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans (Reuters) – The European Union should consider forcing Internet firms to help security services tap into coded emails and calls as part of a new strategy to combat militant attacks, the EU counter-terrorism coordinator says. The controversial proposal appears in a…
How Obama’s Hacking Laws Could Make You a Criminal
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Powered by Max Banner Ads Computer-security researchers fear President Barack Obama’s proposed changes to federal hacking laws could put them out of business, could make computers less secure overall, and could put some of them — and maybe even you — in…
New Hacker Tool iDict Exploits Simple Passwords: How To Find Out If Your Account Could Be Compromised
If your password is simple — like Password1 or Passw0rd — now’s the time to change it, as a new brute-force hacking tool called iDict made its way around the Internet Friday. iDict exploited a hole in Apple’s security system […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
New chip cards could help retailers prevent credit card fraud
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Stung by recent huge data breaches, retailers and the credit card industry are putting new technology to work. It comes in the form of a new chip on your credit card — and a new card […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…