Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Swedbank’s Swedish website has stopped working after a hacker attack and cannot be reached by its customers, a spokesman said on Friday. The attack means that customers cannot conduct online transactions or contact the bank through the Internet although mobile applications…
The Cyber Activists Who Want to Shut Down ISIS
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In August 2014, a Twitter account affiliated with Anonymous, the hacker-crusader collective, declared “full-scale cyber war” against ISIS: “Welcome to Operation Ice #ISIS, where #Anonymous will do it’s [sic] part in combating #ISIS’s influence in social media and shut them down.”…
Reports of iPhone 6s randomly shutting down after upgrading to iOS 9
iPhone 6s owners say that their phones are shutting down after updating to iOS 9 Some owners of the iPhone seem to be getting affected by a new technical glitch turning off at random, even when they are unattended and with full charge. While the reasons for the shutting down…
The Apple iPhone 6s Plus gets torn down by iFixit for your viewing pleasure
Last week, we showed you iFixit’s teardown of the Apple iPhone 6s, which provided us with a pretty thorough sneak peek of the phone’s insides. Apart from showing us the device’s neatly-packed insides, the disassembly also confirmed a couple of rather important specs and tidbits of info: we now know…
Apple iPhone 6s overheating for some users: camera flash won’t work until phone cools down
The Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are already out on sale in most Western markets, and this is the first weekend for users to try out the new devices and share their experience. Surprisingly, we are seeing the first reports of a weird overheating issue in the camera…
Greater Manchester Police website brought down by cyber attack from Lithuanian hacker
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Lithuanian hacker has claimed responsibility for a cyber hack which brought a UK police force website down. The Greater Manchester Police site crashed last night but officers believed it was a minor technical issue and got it back up-and-running. But…
RAND PAUL PROMISES TO SHUT DOWN NSA DATA CENTER IF HE BECOMES PRESIDENT
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Republican Senator Rand Paul has been one of the few vocal critics of the U.S. government’s spying programs. He’s the only presidential candidate that has made NSA spying a central topic of their campaign. NSA spying is so important to Rand…
State Attorney Jeff Ashton admits using Ashley Madison website but won’t step down
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Jeff Ashton, the state attorney for Orange and Osceola counties, admitted Sunday that he signed up for the Ashley Madison online-dating website but said he never had an affair as a result. “While I indulged my curiosity about the site, it…
America’s Upside Down Cyber-Priorities
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The government’s cyber-priorities are backwards. It has chosen bits over bodies, defending the virtual world of ones and zeroes more than the real world of people and homeland security. Through its deeds, it has prioritized net neutrality openness to the detriment of cybersecurity…
BlackBerry India has only 15 employees left, down over 75% from last year
Head count at BlackBerry’s Indian operations has been shrinking, and the number of employees sill working for the company in India is down to 15. Last year at this time, about 70 people were employed by the company in the country. Many of the top managers have left for greener…
