Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans China’s theft of millions of records on Americans was part of a Big Data spying program conducted by Beijing that has prompted the Pentagon to take new steps to secure large data concentrations. That was the assessment of U.S. Cyber Command…
When tech bites back: How hack attacks affect schools
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hacking has made the headlines this year. After a string of high-profile cases such as TalkTalk, the telecoms group, and Ashley Madison, the online dating site, education joined the list this week when education network Jisc was hacked, leaving many institutions…
United Kingdom police arrest man for toy hack Post Oracle
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In a previous statement, VTech said it is “cooperating with law enforcement worldwide” and that Mandiant is reviewing how the company handles customer information so it can “further strengthen” the security of that data. The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit…
European Space Agency login credentials released in Anonymous hack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers have breached the European Space Agency (ESA) releasing names, logins and addresses of thousands of registered officials, collaborators and subscribers. The incident comes just hours before British ESA astronaut Tim Peake is set to launch on a mission to the…
China’s Xinhua says U.S. OPM hack was not state-sponsored
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans China’s official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday anINVESTIGATION into a massive U.S. computer breach last year that compromised data on more than 22 million federal workers found that the hacking attack was criminal, not state-sponsored. In an article about a…
China Confirms OPM Hack, Says Criminal in Origin
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans China has admitted for the first time that a massive hacking attack on U.S. government databases was carried out by Chinese hackers, but denies it was a state-backed operation. Chinese state media say the incident was among several others discussed during…
Godrej Appliances organizes Asylum Hack for futuristic innovation
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Godrej Appliances, one of the leading players in the home appliances segment in India, is organizing Asylum Hack, a first-of-its-kind event aimed at providing young minds a platform to ideate and innovate. The event, to be held during 27th – 29thof…
How researchers hack Google using XXE vulnerability !
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans What is most secure website? NOTHING. Even Google is vulnerable to all sort of attacks! Security researchers and Co-Founders of Detectify have discovered a critical security vulnerability in Google that allowed them to access Internal servers. The vulnerability exists in the…
Cybersecurity Expert: I’d Rather Hack Amazon Than Microsoft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In an interview with the Puget Sound Business Journal, Seely asserts that with cloud technology, Microsoft storing user’s data is like Fort Knox opening safety deposit boxes but Microsoft needed to prove the data is safe. That proof would be the…
Prison phone company recorded private lawyer-inmate calls, hack reveals Bills
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Concerns about civil liberty violations are spreading after an unidentified hacker recently breached Securus Technologies and released the audio of an estimated 70 million phone conversations of USA prisoners -including communications between attorneys and their clients. “It is very important to…