Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans An Italian cybersecurity firm was hacked on a grand scale late on Sunday evening. While the full extent of the hack is not yet known, the company has seen over 400 gigabytes of company information shared online over the weekend. The…
‘Hacking Team’ Hack Proves Governments Can Spy On Jailbroken iPhones
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Forget about voiding your warranty and potentially rendering your iPhone unusable if something goes wrong, Apple fans now have another reason to avoid jailbreakingtheir smartphones: Government agencies like the NSA have the ability to spy on jailbroken iPhones, and now we…
Merkel Computer Hack Could Wreak Havoc For Years
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The German government has come under attack from hackers. The country’s defence minister, Ursula von der Leyen, confirmed that the government has come under wide range of attacks, which include malware that was found on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s computer, says V3….
Hacking Team, Which Sells Surveillance Tech To Governments, Exposed By Major Hack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans One of the technology world’s most notorious providers of surveillance and intrusion software has found itself on the wrong end of an embarrassing hack. A range of sensitive documents belonging to Italy-based Hacking Team, which is known for working with governments worldwide, appeared…
First on CNN: U.S. data hack may be 4 times larger than the government originally said
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Washington (CNN)The personal data of an estimated 18 million current, former and prospective federal employees were affected by a cyber breach at the Office of Personnel Management – more than four times the 4.2 million the agency has publicly acknowledged. The…
Pita Sandwiches Can Now Hack Into Your Laptop
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A pita sandwich could be used to infiltrate your laptop (yes you read, that right, let me explain). The Times of Israel brings our attention to a paper released Tuesday, where researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) describe how cheap parts…
After employee hack, the White House has failed to report on its own cyber defenses, senators say
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans With the Chinese hack of employee records underscoring weaknesses in federal computer security, two senior GOP senators say the White House has failed to tell Congress what it’s doing to protect its own networks from intruders. In a letter to President Obama,…
US Spy Chief James Clapper Says China ‘Lead Suspect’ In Cyber Hack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A US Intelligence Chief, James Clapper, has accused China of being a “leading suspect” in the massive hack of a US government agency holding the personnel records of millions of Americans. Clapper is the highest-ranking US official to publicly implicate Beijing…
IRS hack: Questions ‘only you know’ easy to answer
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans SAN FRANCISCO – The hackers who got access to over 100,000 personal records through the Internal Revenue Service’s Get Transcript site didn’t need all that much information to break in, say experts. The IRS said Tuesday that cybercriminals used personal data…
iPhone Hack : A bug that lets anyone crash your iPhone with a specially crafted text message
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Glitch in Apple’s iOS makes the iPhone/iPad crash and reboot when a specially crafted non-Latin script is sent in a text message to the owner Several Redditors have discovered a unique bug in Apple’s iOS system which can be used to…