Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cybercrime is one of the greatest threats facing organisations around the world, with its annual worldwide cost estimated at $445bn, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2016. While the rise in cybercrime is a global trend, the ……
Contactless cards convenient for customers, and some criminals too
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans PayWave technology is making it easy for criminals to use stolen bank cards for their own financial gain, a judge says. However, banks say there are measures in place to track fraudulent spending and safeguards to prevent customers from losing The…
How experts track global cyber criminals
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans If President Barack Obama was correct when he blamed the 2014 Sony Pictures cyber attack on the North Korean government, then Pyongyang was also likely responsible for the recent digital assaults on banks using the Swift network. But the president might…
Cell phone security on Apple and Google -operated devices help criminals duck justice
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The answers to the shooting death of a Louisiana woman could be locked in her iPhone 5, but without a password not even Apple can access the data. It’s an unsolved murder from April that law enforcement officials say is symbolic…
Advances in technology help police, residents catch criminals together
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Through online databases and the ever-increasing use of social media, metro-area authorities are relying on tips from the public to help them solve crimes more than ever before. This month, six law enforcement agencies announced their participation in a national database…
Obama administration released illegal immigrant children to criminals’ homes
The Obama administration released thousands of illegal immigrant children to sponsors with criminal records, including arrests on charges of child molestation, human trafficking and homicide, a top senator charged Tuesday. If true, it would be a stunning black mark on President Obama’s immigration record, according to analysts, who said the…
Criminals aren’t the only ones breaking in
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans At least that’s what lockpicker and network engineer Jeff Rosowski says. Rosowski learned to lockpick to prepare for Mystery Challenge, a contest of puzzles, ciphers, tricks and codes at the annual DefCon hacker conference. Since, he has maintained his skills at…
Identity theft is a hot favorite with cyber criminals, accounts for 53% of data breaches
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Gemalto released the findings of the Breach Level Index for the first six months of 2015, revealing that 888 data breaches occurred, compromising 246 million records worldwide. Compared to the first half of 2014, data breaches increased by 10% while the…
Police want white hat hackers to catch Ashley Madison criminals
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Toronto police have appealed to the ‘white hat’ hacker community for help in tracking down Impact Team, the perpetrators of the Ashley Madison data breach, after revealing two people may have taken their own lives due to the leaks. “Team Impact,”…
Police force pioneers new technology to catch criminals on the roads
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A NEW generation of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras are being rolled out across North Yorkshire as part of a £1m investment to catch travelling criminals. The first phase of new, moveable cameras, known as re-deployable cameras, has been introduced…