Online activist group anonymous has warned authorities in Hong Kong and China that it will launch a massive attack on websites and leak tens of thousands of government email address details. The group said on Friday that it will carry […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
eBay Files Motion in Data Breach Case
Online auction company eBay has filed a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit against it for an alleged data breach, claiming the plaintiff failed to state a claim. “Plaintiff brings this putative class action seeking to capitalize on a […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Security firms gathering data on hacker strategies to exploit Shellshock bug
While Apple Inc. tried Friday to reassure users of its Mac computers about the threat of the Shellshock bug, security firms started documenting efforts by hackers to exploit the newly disclosed programming flaw. “We saw the first attempts by criminals […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Jimmy John’s Says Hacker Stole Credit-Card Data at 216 Stores
Jimmy John’s, a sandwich-shop chain based in Champaign, Illinois, said a hacker accessed payment systems at about 216 of its locations and stole credit- and debit-card information. The incident occurred after an intruder took log-in credentials from Jimmy John’s payment-technology […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Hacker breach raises further healthcare data security concerns
A successful cyber-attack on Community Health Systems (CHS), one of the USA’s largest hospital groups, attributed to the Chinese hacking group APT 18 on August 18 led to details including names, addresses, dates of birth, telephone and social security numbers […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Singapore’s Kbox drops the ball on customers’ private data.
Are you a karaoke aficionado? More importantly, are you a member of karaoke entertainment operator K Box Singapore? If so, you might be one of the 317,000 members’ whose private information got leaked out publicly earlier today. According to a […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Cloud Hackers Could Come for Your Health Data Next
The revelation that Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH ) servers were hacked, resulting in the loss of 4.5 million patient records, and that a server for the Affordable Care Act’s healthcare.gov website was breached, puts the issue of healthcare privacy […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
What Hackers Can Do With Your CRM Data
It is clear why malware writers target TGT -0.1% such retailers as Home Depot HD -0.43% and Target. It is obvious, if not pathetic, why hackers break into the cloud to find and publish private nude photos of celebrities. But […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Personal data stores found leaking online
Thousands of Britons could be inadvertently sharing their digital secrets with anyone who knows where to click, suggests a BBC investigation. At risk are photographs, home videos and music collections as well as scans of documents such as passports, tax […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Two-Step Verification Might Still Not Stop Hackers from Accessing iCloud Data
Intimate and private photos of well-known celebrities were leaked on the Internet. These nude images were copied from Apple’s iCloud data service. Apple’s iCloud was hacked and hackers posted the photos online. With the security concern over Apple’s iCloud, the […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…