Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The NSW Government Department of Resources and Energy has revealed that it was the target of a cyber attack in December 2015, during the time several major projects were being considered. This includes the $1.2 billion Shenhua Watermark coal mine, indirectly…
Hackers claim to post 250gb of NASA data on the internet
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hacking group AnonSec has claimed that it has posted files on Pastebin that is managed to copy from servers belonging to Nasa. The group also claimed to have taken control of a Nasa drone. The files are said to include names,…
Meet CyberBerkut, The Pro-Russian Hackers Waging Anonymous-Style Cyberwarfare Against Ukraine
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Ukraine is under cyberattack. A small, roving group of hackers called CyberBerkut is trying to humiliate the pro-Western government in Kiev by leaking details on everything from government officials’ personal lives to international arms deals. But, even scarier, CyberBerkut is using…
ISIS to unleash TENS OF MILLIONS of jihadi hackers on West in blitz worse than NUCLEAR WAR
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The computer security expert, who invented the McAfee anti-virus software, claimed “fifteen to 25 percent” of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims are extremists, meaning ISIS could have an army of 400 million fanatical followers ready to strike at any minute. Computer…
‘White-hat’ hackers key force in cybersecurity
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Amateur expertsare helping to spot potential loopholes, as Cao Yin reports.A very small office near the Sixth Ring Road in Beijing houses a very big dream, one that’sshared by thousands of Internet security enthusiasts across China. The office is the home…
Hackers Are Determined To Ruin Your Christmas – Again!
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans My childhood Christmases were magical times, and still hold dear in my memory for reuniting disparate families, facilitating mass eating and, most importantly, ensuring the arrival of the rarest of treats: the latest, freshly shrink-wrapped video game. Since a brand new…
ISIS Twitter Accounts Traced Back to UK Government by Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Every computer and mobile phone logs onto the internet using an IP address, which is a type of identification number. The hacking collective showed Mirror Online details of the IP addresses used by a trio of separate digital jihadis to access…
Cybersecurity bill to thwart hackers added to big 2016 spending deal
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A cybersecurity bill aimed at thwarting huge hack attacks was slipped at the last minute into a massive $1.1 trillion federal spending bill that Congress is poised to pass this week. Supporters said Wednesday the bill will increase the sharing of cyber threat information between U.S. companies…
Hacker Lexicon: Botnets, the Zombie Computer Armies That Earn Hackers Millions
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans ZOMBIE ARMIES AREN’T just invading movie screens these days. They’re also taking over the Internet in the form of massive botnets. A botnet is an army of computers, all infected with the same malware, that gives a bot herder remote control…
ISIS Twitter Accounts, IP Addresses Connected To British Government, Hackers Claim
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans At least three social media accounts belonging to supporters of the Islamic State group have been traced back to the British government, according to the hacking group VandaSec. The group, which is comprised of four male teenagers, says it discovered that…