Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The suspects, who were living at 4, Coal City University Close, Independence Layout, Enugu, were arrested by operatives of the EFCC following intelligence report over their alleged involvement in Internet crime. One of the suspects, Solomon, who is currently undergoing the…
Cyber security for a hyper-connected world
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans 2014 ended on the heels of the infiltration of Sony Pictures’ corporate network. The media has been inundated with an alarming number of reports of global businesses being compromised, and in some cases large chunks of confidential data was released online…
Edmonton police dedicating four officers to cyber crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Powered by Max Banner Ads More people going online to conduct their daily business and socialize means more opportunities for cyber crime. And that is prompting the city police technology crimes unit to dedicate four officers this spring to investigate cyber crime…
Poverty breeds cyber crimes, says DSWD
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TAGBILARAN CITY – Poverty is still the culprit. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is partly right as it cited “Poverty and lack of stringent laws,” one of the root causes, have generated what it called cyber pornography and…
Morgan Stanley data theft is latest in long list of cyber crimes
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Before the days of information technology, crime was a simple matter. Some men in masks would run into a bank with an empty duffel bag and have the teller fill it up before jumping into the getaway car waiting outside. And…
Cybersecurity: Defending ‘unpreventable’ cyber attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans That’s the view of James Lewis, a cybersecurity expert at the Washington DC-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Mr Lewis says that no company can prevent an attack launched by hackers who have the resources of a nation-state behind…
Islamic State Terror Group Makes Alliance With Anti-Israel Hackers to Increase Cyber Attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A number of Twitter accounts promoting the Islamic State terrorist group are collaborating with anti-Israel hackers in an effort to increase cyber attacks on behalf of the terror organization, the Anti-Defamation League reported on Thursday. The Alazm Center Twitter account posted a…
UAE teams up with US to fight cyber crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The UAE Ministry of Justice and the US Department of Justice have held a symposium on cybercrimes and cybercriminal evidence. A large number of chiefs of courts, judges from federal and local courts took part in the two-day symposium which was…
Kenya weighs Chinese request for extradition of 76 held for cyber crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans (Reuters) – Kenya is considering a request from Beijing to extradite 76 Chinese nationals charged with cyber crime for trial in their homeland, Kenya’s attorney-general said on Thursday. Githu Muigai said he expected a decision soon on the request from a…
Jersey Police launch cyber crime prevention campaign
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cyber crime is on the rise, with more and more crimes involving a cyber element. Jersey Police are trying to crack down on it by launching a campaign to enable islanders to protect themselves as much as possible. It will involve…