Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans SINCE “Hackers” was released more than 20 years ago, the number of Internet users has grown from 25 million in 1994 to more than 3 billion in 2014. Do the math. The term also is more engrained in our brains because…
UBER HIRES HACKERS: UBER RESEARCHING SELF-DRIVING CARS BY HIRING THEIR OWN HACKERS TO TEST THINGS OUT
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Uber has hired hackers in order for them to conduct well-rounded research on their self-driving cars. According to the Wall Street Journal, Uber Technologies Inc. hired security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, who will work in the company’s Pittsburgh lab….
Uber hires hackers: Semi-famous duo keeps driverless vehicles safe from hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Uber has hired hackers and why not, who better than skilled hackers to ward off unsolicited hackers in the future for their driverless cars? The Uber folks have confirmed that they did indeed hire security researchers who are known for their…
Uber hires two Jeep hackers to strengthen security of its Autonomous Car Project
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans San Francisco – Uber Technologies Inc., the taxi giant, is looking forward to making self-driving cars. To prevent their cars from being hacked, the company has hired two of the top vehicle security researchers. The two geeks, namely Charlie Miller and…
San Antonio’s NSA facility includes ‘elite hackers’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans WASHINGTON — Documents from fugitive former government contractor Edward Snowden spell out new details of AT&T’s cooperation with National Security Agency spying and an NSA operation with teams of elite hackers in San Antonio breaking into computers around the world. NSA…
Hackers – 20th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Since hacking became a thing, Hollywood has wanted to make movies about it. The worst of these movies regard hacking as some sort of magic, such as 2008’s Eagle Eye, in which a supercomputer hacks into a power line and somehow…
Ashley Madison cheaters, hackers get little sympathy: #tellusatoday
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Who made this hacking group the morality police? At least the company didn’t cower to the demands of hackers, unlike what Sony did by pulling “The Interview” from movie theaters. Hackers are nothing more than bullies who think they can use…
Counting on government to protect cars from hackers isn’t our best option
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Recently, a number of media outlets, including Wired magazine and theWashington Post, reported how two hackers wirelessly took over a Jeep Cherokee, including at one point on a Missouri highway. The culprits — who staged the “hijacking” for reporters — forced…
Police bust wig-wearing counterfeit ATM card scammers, bank hackers still out there
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans If you have a BCA, HSBC, Bank Danamon, Citibank, OCBC NISP, Panin, BII, Bank Standard Chartered or CIMB Niaga bank account, you’d best check your account activity for anything unusual. The Jakarta Police recently announced they had busted a criminal enterprise…
UVA hackers probably interested in school’s Chinese or government connections
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A couple of weeks ago, the University of Virginia had to temporarily shut down its computer network after an attack by hackers believed to operate out of China. Little information was made available about the hack at the time, though unnamed…