With concerns over cyber security worrying the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the Indian IT industry to innovate solutions to counter the global menace as well as work on path-breaking ideas like ‘cloud godowns’ and ‘cloud lockers’ to help keep data secure. “The whole world is concerned….
Fairfield communities use mobile phone app to help fight crime
People in Fairfield are taking action to keep their families out of danger. When they use their cellphones, they’re doing much more than texting. Neighborhood watch-groups are turning-to ‘technology’ to fight crime. You’ve heard it before, “there’s an app for that!” People living Fairfield’s Fair Oaks, Glen Oaks, Forest Hills…
Sophisticated cyber crime methods are changing the definition of hacking
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa — More than 100 banks in 30 countries have joined the ranks of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Sony Pictures. As targets of unprecedented, and likely some of the most costly, cyber attacks in history, the financial institutions, insurance company and film studio are reeling after…
Ravages of Revenge Porn Spur Federal Crime Push
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans (WOMENSENEWS)– When her high school boyfriend contacted her in 2009, 19 years after they’d graduated and parted ways, Annmarie Chiarini said all of her old teenage feelings came rushing back. “It was that high school fantasy,” said Chiarini, 44, a community…
Ex-police chief: JonBenet Ramsey crime scene was mishandled
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans BOULDER, Colo. — In his most extensive comments on the JonBenet Ramsey case, the former Colorado police chief who led the investigation into the high-profile 1996 slaying of the 6-year-old beauty queen acknowledged online that officers botched the initial handling of…
Ramnit Botnet Crime Ring Taken Down By Europol
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Powered by Max Banner Ads A major European police operation has taken down a botnet that had been stealing banking data.The operation was co-ordinated by the European Cybercrime Centre at Europol, the European police agency, and also involved a number of technology…
The growth of cyber crime and why it may take a Manhattan Project-scale response to stop
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Examples are easy. In December, malicious software allowed bank robbers to take as much as $1 billion from institutions in 30 countries. In November, Sony had that little problem with North Korea. In October, hackers snagged 40 million credit and debit card…
Internet perverts on ‘borrowed time’ in crackdown on online crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans POLICE have set up a crack cyber-crime unit to catch perverts, fraudsters and other criminals using the internet to target their victims. Almost 250 officers have been trained in how to investigate online crimes in Staffordshire. Now police warn there will be…
When Cyber Crime Becomes Cyber Hype
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans When the first deadline for Form PF came rolling down the pike in 2012, most every vendor that geared itself toward the buy side launched aggressive marketing pushes touting their wares as being the tool that could help conquer this new…
Verafin Unveils FRAMLx: A Groundbreaking Technology in the Fight Against Financial Crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland and Labrador–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Verafin Inc. unveils FRAMLx, an innovative enhancement to its FRaud detection and Anti-Money Laundering (FRAML) software. Powered by technology available only in the Verafin Cloud, FRAMLx delivers advanced cross-institutional analysis to detect suspicious activity across multiple…