Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The gaming industry has hit back after theDaily Mail claimed a suspect arrested in connection with the TalkTalk hack was a “violent video game addict”. The UKIE, the UK’s games industry body, told WIRED that there was “no link between addiction or…
iBanking – Android app! helping to hack facebook accounts
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It is believed that an attacker can’t hack a facebook account which has enabled two-step authentication and other additional security check, even if he knows the username and password. But, not more! Vulnerabilities in android apps can make it possible. Cyber…
Kid, 15, Is Prime Suspect in Talk Talk Data Hack Affecting Millions
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans There was utter panic when an unauthorized user broke into the website of the British telecoms and broadband company TalkTalk this week. The hacker stole the bank details of up to 4 million individual customers, past and present. A ransom demand…
3 teens face prison time for high school hack to change grades
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Three 17-year-old students face serious time in prison after hacking into their school’s computers and changing students’ grades and schedules, reports CBS News correspondent Anna Werner. The initial attack was three months ago. Investigators traced it to the house of Daniel…
Lawmakers question cybersecurity after alleged CIA hack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans There are new questions surfacing about the email habits of top government officials after reports that some teenage hackers may have broken into accounts of the heads of the CIA and Homeland Security. The self-proclaimed suspect says he represents a few…
What the hack!
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Manpriya Singh It wasn’t until he spotted an apple phone with an auto-rickshaw driver that the reach of most readily available tool of 21st century dawned upon.Smart phones have invaded us quicker than imagination allows. And this is only a beginning….
French Researchers Hack Google Now And Siri Remotely, Silently Via Headphones
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Researches on the French government’s payroll have discovered a new way to remotely and silently seize control of personal assistants such as Google Now or Microsoft’s Siri installed on a smartphone. The brilliant hacking technique only works within short distances, and…
China still trying to hack U.S. firms despite Xi’s vow to refrain, analysts say
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Chinese government hackers have attempted in the past few weeks to penetrate the networks of U.S. companies to steal their secrets despite a pledge by China’s president that they would not do so, according to private researchers. Chinese hackers have targeted…
Huge recent hack attack said to target mainly Israeli servers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A new round of hacking attacks is being directed specifically against Israel, cyber-security giant Check Point believes. The exploit, which uses infected Microsoft Word documents to insert malicious code into a user’s computer, “appears to be politically motivated, instigated against a…
Zero Day Weekly: Uber-Lyft hack war, DHS forced into cybersecurity strategy, ICS nuclear threat
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Welcome to Zero Day’s Week In Security, ZDNet’s roundup of notable security news items for the week ending October 9, 2015. From The Hill: Senate Democrats press T-Mobile on data breach “Three Senate Democrats are seeking answers from credit agency Experian…