Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans ‘Vendetta Brothers’ cybercrime duo runs site that offers cards stolen from over 600 banks in 41 countries, FireEye says. A relatively small cybercrime operation specializing in the sale of stolen credit and debit cards is the latest example of the The…
Experts say cybercriminals are trying to manipulate the US election
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A majority of cybersecurity professionals think cybercriminals are interfering in the U.S. election, and agree with the 2016 Republican Party platform endorsing strike-backs against hackers, a new study from cybersecurity company Tripwire found. The breach of the Democratic National Committee’s The…
Social Media: a hunting ground for cybercriminals
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Do you ever hesitate to click on a post shared by a friend on Facebook? Not because it’s a boring picture of their dinner, but because you’re suspicious it might not actually have been posted by them? The interconnectivity of social…
Cybercriminals are far ahead of businesses
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cyber attacks cost German firms millions of euros each year. In an interview with DW, IT advisor Sandro Gaycken speaks about the technological battle between hackers and the businesses trying to keep them away. Sandro Gaycken, director of the “Digital Society…
Cybercriminals devise new baits to trick internet users
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A new type of cyber attack is now on the prowl in Nigeria as cybercriminals now use phishing attack which is the practice of using fraudulent e-mails and cloned copies of legitimate websites to extract financial data from computer users for…
Ransomware, bogus emails from your ‘boss’ mark growing skill of cyber-criminals
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cyber-criminals are hacking into corporate computer systems and using the public profiles of top executives to fine-tune email scams that are duping Canadians out of hundreds of millions of dollars each year, a CBC News investigation has discovered. “It came on the scene…
Cybercriminals Targeting Real Estate Transactions
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Small real estate businesses, agents and their clients are fast becoming the targets of sophisticated cyber scammers. That’s according to panelists at the Risk Management and License Law Forum yesterday at the 2015REALTORS® Conference & Expo, who discussed potential threats and offered…
TalkTalk hack was just friends having a laugh: Cyber-criminals who witnessed data breach said there were no criminal mastermind behind attack… and they just did it
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers have claimed ‘at least 25’ cyber-criminals had access to TalkTalk customers’ personal information following the attack on the company. Four people who claim to have witnessed the attack unfolding, including one who said they were involved, told Channel 4 News…
How To Protect Your Company From Cybercriminals
At a recent “Hacker Lab” event, “white hat” hackers revealed how cybercriminals work — and what businesses can do to protect themselves. The September 9 multimedia presentation used a simulated small business system to demonstrate how hackers choose their targets, […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Europol launches taskforce to fight world’s top cybercriminals
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cybercrime experts from police forces around the world are coming together to form a new body, the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT), aiming to tackle the smartest online criminals. Andy Archibald, deputy head of the National Cyber Crime Unit with […]…