Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Twenty-five year-old hacker Saket Modi has got the support of Snapdeal’s former chief product officer, Anand Chandrasekaran, to build a platform that will give CEOs and senior leaders a bird’s-eye view of how secure their companies, especially banks, are from cyber…
This is how I took down the SABC: Anonymous hacker
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A hacker who goes by Anonymous Africa, or @zim4thewin on Twitter, recently attacked a number of the SABC’s websites and knocked them offline. Anonymous Africa said they attacked the SABC over the decision by its COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng to ban the…
This hacker is fighting ISIS by spamming its Twitter accounts with porn
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It started years ago, when at age 16 he bought his first computer, took it home and disassembled it. When he put the machine back together and it refused to run, a local big-box store tech guru taught the teen who…
Teenage Adelaide computer hacker, already facing 10 years’ jail, now a suspect in other crimes, court told
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans AN Adelaide teenager already facing a maximum 10-year jail term for hacking three secure websites is now a suspect in other acts of cybercrime, a court has heard. The case against the boy, 15, of Woodcroft, was expected to resolve by…
Former hacker warns AFSA Vehicle Finance Conference of growing threats
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Behind the scenes hackers and con artists (‘black hat hackers’) are working hard to steal companies’ confidential information. Yet, most of us are unaware of the scale or new innovative levels of deception that are being evolved by criminal hackers. This…
De-coding the character of a hacker
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Malicious hacking online costs the private and corporate sectors up to $575 billion annually, according to internet security firm McAfee. While security agencies seek out “ethical” hackers to help combat such attacks, little is known about the personality traits that lead…
The Romanian Teen Hacker Who Hunts Bugs to Resist the Dark Side
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans IT’S 3 AM, and his eyes are almost closed. The pack of gummy bears on his desk is empty. So’s the Chinese takeout box. Romanian white hat hacker Alex Coltuneac has had three hours of sleep tonight. And last night. And…
Hacker Gets Prison Sentence for Stealing Bitcoin, Information from Darkode
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A man has been slapped with a one-year and one day jail term by authorities after his arrest for engaging in activities on the notorious internet forum Darkode. 29-year old Rory Stephen Guidry of Opelousas, Louisiana, was given a one-count sentence…
Reform cyber laws, says UK hacker Lauri Love
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A British hacker facing decades in a US prison has called for reforms to cyber crime laws and issues of jurisdiction after waiting two years for details of allegations against him. Lauri Love, a student from Sussex, has been arrested twice…
Hacker highlights public wi-fi dangers in Dubai
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A few seconds spent on wifi in a Media City cafe was all it took for Jason Hart to steal my identity, and probably gain access to my bank account. The former hacker sets his laptop down on a table and…