Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The FBI has discovered attempted hacks of voter registration sites in more than a dozen states according to two law enforcement officials. US investigators believe that Russia is behind those attempted hacks the officials said. Earlier Wednesday, FBI Director James The…
DarkNet Hackers ‘DarkOverlord’ Hack WestPark Capital Bank for Ransom
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans THE DARKOVERLORD HACKERS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY ACTIVE ON THE DARKNET MARKETPLACES HAVE NOW HACKED WESTPARK CAPITAL INVESTMENT BANK AND DEMANDED RANSOM OR ELSE DATA WILL BE LEAKED. Recently, a Californian investment bank, WestPark Capital came under a threat when it The…
Here’s how Microsoft’s chairman is fighting hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Microsoft Chairman John Thompson spent a decade at the helm of security software developer Symantec. Since he stepped down in 2009, cyberthreats have gotten significantly more sophisticated and pervasive, which helps explain his latest bet. Contrast Security, a Silicon Valley The…
Google fights router hackers with OnHub security
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans OnHub’s real-world experience has helped Google learn to dodge common security flaws. That’s welcome news in a world of easily hacked routers. When Google released OnHub, its sleek home router, last year, CNET reviewer Dong Ngo found it perfectly serviceable, The…
Suspected Russian hackers Fancy Bears targeting Mac OSX with ‘Komplex’ Trojan
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A notorious cyberespionage group with suspected links to Russian intelligence has developed a complex piece of malware designed to infect computer systems running Apple OSX, according to cybersecurity researchers at Palo Alto Networks. The hackers, dubbed Sofacy Group by the The…
Hackers are now trying to take down the whole Internet!
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Security expert Bruce Shneier revealed this month that some of the major companies that provide the basic infrastructure that make the Internet work, have seen an increase in DDoS attacks against them. It is believed that these attacks are designed The…
UK’s Top Police Warn That Modding Games May Turn Kids into Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Last week at EGX, the UK’s biggest games event, attendees got a chance to play upcoming blockbusters like Battlefield 1, FIFA 17, and Gears of War 4. But budding gamers may also have spotted a slightly more unusual sight: a The…
Oops. Apple has seriously weakened iOS 10 backups against password hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A blunder that Apple made in iOS 10 has weakened the encryption of iPhone data when backed up to iTunes A flaw Apple introduced in iOS 10 has made it far easier for password crackers to brute-force data backed up The…
How This Cloud-Based Security Tool Protected The Super Bowl From Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans When football fans checked their email and uploaded photos from Super Bowl 50 this year, the Denver-based security software startup ProtectWise was monitoring traffic from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, for potential threats. “We were invited by Norwich University’s The…
Yahoo to confirm hackers stole passwords for 200M accounts all the way back in 2012
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Yahoo will confirm later this week that hackers did breach its systems in 2012, stealing personal data for about 200 million accounts, including easily decrypted passwords Sources close to the situation confirmed the massive data breach to Recode. Yahoo admitted The…