Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Two teenagers face charges from the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly being members of well-known hacking groups Lizard Squad and PoodleCorp. On Thursday (Oct. 6), Krebs on Security reported that the pair have been charged with credit card theft and The…
Local victim of ‘Hackers for Hire’ scam speaks out
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans OSWEGO, Ill. One day after two teenagers were charged in a worldwide “Hackers for Hire” scheme, one of their Chicago-area victims is speaking out. Blair Strater is a computer whiz from Oswego who got caught up online with the wrong The…
Hackers Exploit IoT Security Gaps to Take Down Web Host
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The IoT – or Internet of Things – is more or less the way of the future for personal technology. Be it refrigerators synced to a grocery list app on your phone, cars which can drive themselves, or whatever new The…
Noisy Fans & Fake Deli Coupons: How Hackers are Winning Now
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In the race to come up with new and more sophisticated ways to invade victims’ computers and networks, hackers will use any means necessary – even a computer’s fan. Especially designed for highly secure computers that aren’t even on a The…
Hackers attacked San Diego’s computers during MLB All-Star Game
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Foreign hackers made a vigorous but unsuccessful attempt to disrupt San Diego’s massive computer system when the city hosted the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in July. “The hackers were trying to make a statement; the attack The post Hackers…
Why hackers may target employees traveling for work
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A new hacking tool can alert cyber criminals where an email recipient is opening an email, meaning criminals can take advantage of a traveling executive and launch a hacking campaign like a phishing attack on the company, reports Harvard Business The…
Patched ‘KNOXout’ Samsung Exploit Offered Control To Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Traditionally, one of the bigger benefits of buying a Samsung device was security. This was mostly thanks to the Knox software, a special multi-faceted security suite that included a number of tools to keep Samsung owners from having to feel The…
South Korean Firms Face Attacks Of ‘White’ Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans South Korean firms are under fire for not being careful about computer hackers and losing some data to the foreign companies. Lee Jung-hoon, one of the top “white” hackers in South Korea, was allegedly leaving the Samsung SDS on November The…
HOW TO OUTSMART HACKERS
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans We still don’t know who pulled off the Yahoo email breach, one of the worst hacks in history. But given the sheer number of affected accounts — 500 million — it’s quite probable that they know you. Whether your password The…
Clinton vows to retaliate against foreign hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hillary Clinton is vowing anew to respond to foreign hacking the same as any other attack against the United States. When she openly blamed Russia for recent U.S. cyber break-ins, Donald Trump wondered whether to blame overseas governments or overweight The…