Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans London-based Yahoo! hacker gets 11 years for SQLi mischief A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison for his part in a cyber attack on Yahoo! in 2012. Nazariy Markuta, of Harlesden, London, was a member of 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…
Well-known hacker to put on “magic show” at Virginia Beach cyber security event
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Kevin Mitnick has been there, at the mercy of another company’s cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The man billed as the world’s most famous hacker, who now helps others protect themselves, once had his own AT&T account compromised through some nefarious social ingenuity: The…
Miami Hacker Ralph Echemendia Now a Security Consultant for Snowden Movie
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The stakes were high this year when Ralph Echemendia began work on the set of Oliver Stone’s latest film, Snowden. The Miami hipster’s job was to fight off daily attacks from malicious hackers. After all, the movie was a biopic The…
I-Team Follow Up: Student Computer Hacker Arrested
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A student has been arrested in connection with a computer hacking investigation in the Hazleton Area School District . The I-Team first told you about the investigation last November. Lead I-Team investigator Andy Mehalshick has this follow up The post I-Team…
Canary Wharf hacker jailed for stealing nearly £90k of gold bullion
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A computer hacker, who was living a lavish lifestyle in London’s Canary Wharf, has been convicted of orchestrating a series of cyberattacks on the computers of a gold bullion firm and using the pilfered data to steal nearly £90,000 worth The…
Google Hacker Finds Way To Exploit Yet Another ‘Stagefright’ Bug
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans More than a year after the original discovery of the infamous Android bugs known as Stagefright, hackers keep finding similar flaws. On Wednesday, Google’s own elite team of hackers released a proof-of-concept hacking technique that some believe could be used The…
Exmouth hacker posted intimate photos of women he stole online
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A bored teenager hacked into strangers’ e mail accounts and posted intimate sex images of different women online. Neil Treanor also revealed the names and addresses of his victims who he did not know but who lived in the same The…
UK ‘hacker’ Lauri Love fears death in US prison
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A British man wanted in the US for allegedly hacking into government computers says he fears dying in jail if he is extradited. Lauri Love, who has Asperger’s syndrome, worries he will be sentenced to up to 99 years. “If The…
Jaden Smith, Angelina Jolie, Sylvester Stallone Dead: Celebrity Suicide Hoaxes New Hacker Trend?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Internet does not seem to have enough of celebrities like Jaden Smith, Angelina Jolie and Sylvester Stallone. Celeb suicide hoaxes is the “in thing” currently. It has become a trend among hackers to kill a celeb to create a furor The…
