Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The data hacked in the TalkTalk cyber attack ‘is significantly less than suspected’ with fewer than 21,000 bank details accessed, the company has said. TalkTalk today revealed that 1.2 million customer email addresses, names and phone numbers were accessed, along with…
Cyber hackers often target equipment, systems that are never checked
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cyber attacks are increasing every day and can emanate from sources that the information technology department never checks, an expert said Tuesday. Ryan Vela, Dallas-based regional director of North America reactive and proactive cyber security services at Fidelis Cybersecurity, cited data…
Gujarat’s first cyber crime police station to come up in city
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Summary: The cyber crime police station will register, investigate and file chargesheets of cyber frauds. But cyber cell officials aren’t able to focus completely on cyber frauds as they have to investigate other cases too. To ensure speedy investigations in cyber…
TalkTalk Customers Data Compromised By Recent, Massive Cyber Attack!
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Telecommunications company TalkTalk has been hacked recently. Customer data seems to have been stolen, but the exact details have not yet been determined. The obvious step for the customers now is to login the account and to change their password. However,…
South Korea’s defence ministry to welcome tech-savvy ‘white-hat’ hackers team to fight cyber warfare
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The South Korean defence ministry has undertaken a new initiative to fight against cyber-attacks, which are prominent in the 21st century, by conducting a “White Hat” hacking competition to select the best hackers across the nation. First announced in August by the Defence…
Kerala: Hacker group ‘Mallu Cyber Soldiers’ targets websites of sex rackets
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans After hacking Pakistan’s official websites as a reply to Pak hackers’ 27 September attack on the Kerala government’s online portal — www.kerala.gov.in, online hackers “Mallu Cyber Soldiers” is in the news again. Recently, there were many reports on online prostitution by Kerala-based…
Cyber Security Expert Mikko Hyppönen Worries About Extremists With Computers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cyber security expert Mikko Hyppönen said he worries about a new group of hackers who are willing to perpetrate the kinds of attacks even cyber criminals wouldn’t consider — extremists. “The Islamic State is the first extremist group that has a credible…
Protection focus of cyber security conference
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans “Many criminal and adversaries use hacking techniques to do bad things, but at the same time many of the hackers that are here think we are a national resource and something to be cultivated, not feared,” Bryan Fite, organizer of the…
‘CSI: Cyber’ season 2 episode 3 spoilers: Team tracks hacker of police’s body camera
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Avery Ryan (Patricia Arquette) and the rest of her team take on a hacker bent on causing unrest in a small town in the upcoming episode of the CBS series “CSI: Cyber.” In “Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes,” TV Guide reports that…
Kremlin’s ties to Russian cyber gangs sow US concerns
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The relationship between Moscow and Russian cyber gangs may be tightening, spurred by international sanctions and disputes with the United States over military action in Ukraine and Syria, experts and federal lawmakers warn. Moscow has long been known to source its…