Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Many of you are reading this on your computer or smart phone right now. That’s because we rely on computers and the Internet for almost everything we do. More than 500 million devices are connected to the Internet. And last week,…
Hacker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Tax Filings from 4 CPA Firms
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Bulgarian hacker has admitted to participating in a $6 million fraudulent tax return scheme in which he used tax-filing information stolen from at least four major CPA firms in the U.S. Vanyo Minkov, 32, pleaded guilty Monday before U.S. District…
Google to remove revenge porn from search results
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Google said it would soon create a process for victims of revenge porn to request the removal of private photographs from the search engine’s results. Revenge porn is a digital phenomenon that entails the distribution of sexually explicit images without a…
Take these 6 security measures to protect your IoT devices from hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans BI Intelligence estimates that by 2020 there will be more than 23 billion IoT devices connected to the internet. One of the biggest challenges in connecting so many devices will be in securing them to prevent hackers from controlling them or…
The US will get a chance to try a hacker who allegedly helped steal millions from payment processors
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A man allegedly behind some of the world’s biggest and most lucrative hacks is going to be tried in US courts. Turkish citizen Ercan Findikoglu has been extradited to the United States and is being charged with helping execute a series…
A research company discovered the login credentials from 47 government agencies just sitting in plain sight on the internet
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans New research indicates that the login credentials of government employees have been online for years. Threat intelligence company Recorded Future just released a bombshell report indicating that these credentials are associated with 47 US government agencies. This data was discovered in…
The Jenner effect: seven lessons we can learn from Caitlyn
Some stories are unavoidable. As much as one tries to ignore it, some stories keep finding their way into your daily routine. It constantly pops up on your Twitter feed and Facebook timeline. It leads the morning and nightly newscasts. It’s on the front page of your daily paper (both…
Learning from Mistakes: What These 4 Big Data Breaches Teach Us
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Nobody is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes, and anyone can fail — especially in the business world. IBM’s “2015 Cost of Data Breach Study” shows that the average total cost of a data breach is $3.8 million, representing a 23 percent increase since…
86 percent of websites at risk from hackers, says WhiteHat
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Even though software bugs such as Heartbleed and Shellshock exposed weaknesses in hundreds of thousands of company websites, many are still vulnerable to being hacked. Data from a recent study by WhiteHat Security which examined the vulnerabilities of more than 30,000…
Local businesses protect others from cyber-security threats
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It’s usually kidnapped people – not a hijacked computer – that are held for ransom. “Once that machine is encrypted by the malware, the hacker contacts you with a ransom note to your screen: ‘If you want the keys to encrypt…