Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Quite how I ended up in a marquee an hour north of Berlin being sketched, stark b*****k naked, by some of the world’s leading digital activists and hackers is not entirely clear. There was a party at a London embassy, a…
Samsung plans on going all the way to the Supreme Court with its patent fight against Apple
Samsung filed legal papers on Wednesday to have its patent battle against Apple heard by the highest court in the land, the U.S. Supreme Court. Recently, the Korean manufacturer had a request to have its appeal heard by the entire U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, rejected. Previously, a three-judge…
Windows Phones are helping the NYPD fight crime
The New York Police Department began piloting a program in late 2014 to equip its officers with Windows Phones, and it appears to be paying off. In a new report, officers describe how Windows Phones have helped them to more quickly react to nearby crimes and contact victims and witnesses….
Fight against credit card fraud requires all to contribute
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans With recent arrests of several criminal gangs who had travelled to the UAE specifically to break into under-secured homes, it should come as no surprise that cyber fraudsters have also turned their attention to this country. As The National reported yesterday,…
2 simple things you can do to fight hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Another day, another major cyber attack. The pro-cheating dating website Ashley Madison is just the latest company to suffer a huge security breach possibly exposing the personal details of millions of users worldwide. As these types of incidents become more common,…
Staffordshire Police hire digital experts to fight cyber crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans DIGITAL experts have been recruited to help police catch cyber criminals. They have joined a dedicated digital intelligence team (DIT) within Staffordshire Police, set up to carry out covert investigations into crime committed online. The new specialists could be helping to…
World-famous hacker Kevin Mitnick and KnowBe4 fight phishing with training
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The success of social engineering must frustrate those responsible for an organization’s digital security. There is no simple solution or device that will take social engineering off the bad-guys’ play list. And, if anyone knows that, it is Kevin Mitnick —…
How IBM Watson Is Helping To Fight Cyber Crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans If it feels as though your online existence is under constant threat from hackers and cyber thieves, you’re not imagining it. According to AV-TEST, an independent IT security institute, every day over 390,000 malicious programs are released into the wild with…
Other voices: The fight over NSA spying
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Congressional negotiators are scrambling over the Memorial Day recess to rustle up the votes required to pass legislation to rein in the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of phone records but preserve the government’s domestic surveillance program. This race against the…
Men fight outside bar after one is squirted with window cleaner: Westlake police blotter
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Bar fight, Dover Center Road: At 12:30 a.m. Feb. 22, a 37-year-old Fairview Park man squirted a 38-year-old Westlake Park man with window cleaner inside a Westlake bar. The two then fought outside and the Westlake man ended up with a…