The agents from the Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service showed up on Muneeb Akhter’s Springfield doorstep in mid-July, he said, soon after they learned that he claimed to have created a hack so powerful it was like […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Security firms gathering data on hacker strategies to exploit Shellshock bug
While Apple Inc. tried Friday to reassure users of its Mac computers about the threat of the Shellshock bug, security firms started documenting efforts by hackers to exploit the newly disclosed programming flaw. “We saw the first attempts by criminals […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Amateur camera hacker aims to put Sony A7 guts into Leica M3 body
The exchange of camera parts was frequently done back in the day when cameras were all-manual and mechanical. Especially in the Leica world, it’s not uncommon to find cameras that contain parts of different models, such as the body from […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Former world’s most wanted hacker Kevin Mitnick now sells zero-day exploits
Kevin Mitnick, a famous (former) hacker who is now a security consultant, has ventured into a new business: buying and selling high-end zero-day exploits. Dubbed Absolute Zero Day Exploit Exchange, the six-month-old service sells exclusive unpatched exploits to corporate as […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Accused Russian hacker complains about mistreatment in US prison
Accused Russian hacker Roman Seleznev has filed an affidavit with the Federal Court of Washington at Seattle concerning his mistreatment at Federal Detention Center (FDC) Seatac, according to the copy of the affidavit obtained by RAPSI on Thursday. According to […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Congress punts hacker fight to 2015
Congress is punting the fight against hackers to next year. Lawmakers have indicated that they are already preparing ways to protect against the scourge of data breaches, even though they have largely failed to mount a successful response to major […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Jimmy John’s Says Hacker Stole Credit-Card Data at 216 Stores
Jimmy John’s, a sandwich-shop chain based in Champaign, Illinois, said a hacker accessed payment systems at about 216 of its locations and stole credit- and debit-card information. The incident occurred after an intruder took log-in credentials from Jimmy John’s payment-technology […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Hacker Gives Google a Hand With Chrome-Android Compatibility
An unplanned convergence of Android apps and the Chrome OS may be setting the stage for a wide-open cross-platform architecture that combines Android and Chrome. Freelance programmer Vlad Filippov, aka “Vladikoff,” discovered a way around Google’s limitations on its ARC, […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Accused Digicel hacker for trial next year
The trial of the computer programmer accused of stealing $30 million in call credit from telecoms giant Digicel is now scheduled for February 16, 2015 in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court. Phillpot Martin is to be tried on three […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Hacker attacks drive a boom in cybersecurity
A devastating data breach 10 months ago exposed the details of an estimated 40m customers of the American retailer Target. Heads soon rolled: chief information officer Beth Jacob and chief executive Gregg Steinhafel both left in the months after the […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
