Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Internet users’ being tracked by particular websites is not a recent development and has been reported by several studies. However, a new study tries to show the magnitude of user data tracking by some popular websites. It further claims that not…
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…
Overnight Cybersecurity: Teen dumps apparent hack of government data
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The teenaged hackers alleged to be behind the breach of CIA director John Brennan’s personal email account on Thursday released what appeared to be thousands of law enforcement and military personnel’s personal information. The duo, which goes by the name Crackas…
Kid, 15, Is Prime Suspect in Talk Talk Data Hack Affecting Millions
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans There was utter panic when an unauthorized user broke into the website of the British telecoms and broadband company TalkTalk this week. The hacker stole the bank details of up to 4 million individual customers, past and present. A ransom demand…
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,…
Government transit data gets techies’ gears spinning for new apps
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In a 10th-floor meeting room in Crystal City, Malynda Chizek Frouard rode a red Capital Bikeshare bike to the front of the room as about 60 fellow techies and transportation buffs watched. She had come to share her new Web site,…
Indian companies sleep over data about hacking
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans dian enterprises have done little to share information on cyberattacks, at a time when the US is in the middle of deciding on the Cyber Security Information Sharing Act that would make the process easier. India’s enterprises, startups and government are…
Hackers Stole 200,000 South Korean Credit Cards Data
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers stole the personal information of about 200,000 South Korean credit card users, making some fake credit cards and rack up fraudulent charges about $115,400. The Financial Supervisory Service said that several suspects had late last year hacked into firm card…
Hacker who allegedly passed U.S. military data to ISIS arrested in Malaysia
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Authorities have arrested a Malaysia-based hacker who they accuse of stealing personal information of U.S. military members and giving it to ISIS. Ardit Ferizi, a Kosovo citizen, was detained in Malaysia on a provisional U.S. arrest warrant alleging he provided material…
Malaysia arrests hacker for stealing U.S. security data
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Kosovar man living in Malaysia who accessed the personal data of more than 1,300 government and military employees, and passed that data onto the Islamic State, has been arrested in Malaysia on U.S. charges, the Department of Justice announced Thursday….