Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Authorities have arrested a Malaysia-based hacker who they accuse of stealing personal information of U.S. military members and giving it to ISIS. Ardit Ferizi, a Kosovo citizen, was detained in Malaysia on a provisional U.S. arrest warrant alleging he provided material…
Dope’s Rick Famuyiwa is making a hacker movie
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans As reported by Deadline, Dope director Rick Famuyiwa will be writing, producing, and directing a movie about hackers. With the world still hyped on Mr. Robot from over the summer and the Sony hack a distant memory, this seems like a…
Malaysia arrests hacker for stealing U.S. security data
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Kosovar man living in Malaysia who accessed the personal data of more than 1,300 government and military employees, and passed that data onto the Islamic State, has been arrested in Malaysia on U.S. charges, the Department of Justice announced Thursday….
US Navy grabs old-fashioned sextants amid hacker attack fears
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Sextants have been off the curriculum for naval officers in the US for over a decade, but now the swabbies have reinstituted celestial navigation classes over hacking fears. The US Navy discontinued celestial navigation courses in 1998 because GPS made the…
Ukrainian Hacker Who Allegedly Tried to Frame Cyber-Security Expert Extradited to US
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Ukrainian man who allegedly tried to frame cyber-security expert Brian Krebs has been extradited to the United States and is due in Newark federal court today, prosecutors said. Sergey Vovnenko is accused of taking part in an international conspiracy to…
‘CSI: Cyber’ season 2 episode 3 spoilers: Team tracks hacker of police’s body camera
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Avery Ryan (Patricia Arquette) and the rest of her team take on a hacker bent on causing unrest in a small town in the upcoming episode of the CBS series “CSI: Cyber.” In “Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes,” TV Guide reports that…
Christian Slater and Rami Malek Reveal Why Hacker Show ‘Mr. Robot’ Focuses On Mental Illness
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Thanks to modern hacker culture, privacy is a thing of the past. We constantly read headlines about cyber invasion, from 4Chan users leaking nude photos of celebrities, hackers leaking the names of those who used the controversial website Ashley Madison, and classified government information being compromised. Cybercrime is…
Hacker slams Danske Bank for alleged security failure
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Denmark’s Danske Bank has been named and shamed by a white hat hacker for allegedly leaking confidential customer data in the form of session cookies on its public website. IT consultant Sijmen Ruwhof says he found the vulnerability within minutes of…
India’s rising economic clout and plans to Digitise attracting cybercrime hacker, says report
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans India’s increasing economic clout and its ambitious plans to Digitise makes it an attractive target for cybercrime hackers and terror groups. Advanced Threat Report for Asia Pacific, a Regional Advanced Threat Report by security solutions firm – FireEye’s ‘1H 2015 has…
Cyber Sleuths Track Hacker to China’s Military
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The email attachment would tempt anyone following the diplomaticstandoff between China and other countries in the South China Sea. The Microsoft Word document contained text and photos depicting Thai naval personnel capturing Vietnamese fishermen and forcing them to kneel at gunpoint….