Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans French security officials, sobered by the destabilizing effect that computer hacking and email leaks had on the U.S. election, have taken the unprecedented step of allowing government cyber-snoops share their expertise with political parties. The goal is to help France’s The…
The Canadian government doesn’t want hackers’ help
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The U.S. Department of Defence has turned to well-intentioned hackers and independent security researchers to help the government agency find software bugs and vulnerabilities in its computer systems. But in Canada, the government appears to still have no formal The post…
Experts Question Legality of Government Hacking
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The emergence into the public consciousness of government hacking techniques and activities in recent years has sparked an increasingly loud debate over how and when law enforcement agencies should be allowed to employ these tactics. But that conversation ignores the The…
A US teen hacker has infiltrated and stolen personal information of US citizens from hundreds of US state government servers hosted on .us domains.
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The hacker’s name is Fear (@hackinyolife on Twitter), and this all seems to be an accidental hack, with the perpetrator stumbling upon a treasure trove he never expected to find. “I gained access to an ftp server, that listed access The…
Government to create Computer & Cybercrime Management Centre to deal with crimes like social media abuse & cyberterrorism
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Zimbabwe’s draft ICT legislation on cybercrime, electronic transactions, and data has drawn a lot of attention in the past month as an increasing number of citizens pay close attention the impact that these laws will have in their lives. At The…
Can banks do biometric security? We’d trust them before the government
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Brits have more faith in their banks than government agencies to roll out authentication technologies based on biometrics, according to a new survey from Visa. Consumers are nearly twice as likely to trust banks to store and keep their biometric The…
Two NC Men Charged in Computer Hacking Scheme Targeting Senior Government Officials
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans NORTH CAROLINA — Two North Carolina millennials have marketable skills but seem to be putting them to use in ways more likely to land them jail time than a job. Federal authorities are charging 22-year-old Andrew Boggs of north Wilkesboro The…
KUWAITI GOVERNMENT STAFFER ARRESTED FOR ROLE IN ISIS CYBER WING
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Kuwaiti police have detained a government worker on suspicion of proliferating the ideology of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), the interior ministry said late Thursday. The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Kuwaiti national Othman Zain Nayef, had “used his office The…
A Hacking Group is Selling Spyware to Government
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans If you think iPhone is the safest smartphone out there, we’ve got something that’s going to burst this bubble of yours. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, spyware relying on three previously unknown, or “zero-day,” flaws in Apple’s iOS The…
Government Identity Theft Is Dropping…Or Is It?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans When consumers hear about identity theft, their minds may instantly go to their credit cards or their bank accounts. And to be honest, the overwhelming majority of identity theft crimes involve the fraudulent use of someone’s financial accounts. But that doesn’t…