Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson on Thursday downplayed concerns about malicious hackers influencing U.S. elections amid rising fears about foreign actors trying to wreak havoc on Election Day. While hackers in the U.S. or abroad The post DHS…
Popular Chinese restaurant chain serves up ransomware with hackers demanding nearly $700
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The restaurant’s website was hacked and injected with pseudo Darkleech script, redirecting users to ransomware. Popular global Chinese restaurant chain Mr Chow’s has been found serving up ransomware to its customers via its website. Security researchers said the restaurant chain, The…
Website Security – The 3 Hour Course To Making Money Fighting Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans According to Wordmeters.com there are over 1,073,963, websites on the internet as of September 1st, 2016. This milestone was first reached in September of 2014, as confirmed by NetCraft in its October 2014 Web Server Survey and first estimated The post…
Feds must have ‘zero trust’ of employees to stop hackers, report says
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Federal agencies seeking to stop another major hack of Americans’ personal data must establish a “zero trust” system that treats government employees as just as big a threat to cybersecurity as foreign attackers, says a report being released Wednesday by The…
Yelp offers hackers up to $15000 per report to expose vulnerabilities through new bug bounty programme
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Popular customer review service Yelp launched a new public bug bounty programme on 6 September, calling on white-hat hackers and security researchers to trawl through its websites and mobile app for security vulnerabilities that could potentially affect its users and The…
Hackers appear to have World Anti Doping Agency in their sights yet again
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The World Anti Doping Agecny (Wada) may once again become a target for hackers. A hacker group going by the name “Anonymous Poland”, which claimed responsibility for a previous cyberattack on the official Wada website, now appears to have once The…
Outsmarting the Mobile Phone Hackers Through Innovation – Mobile Security Technology Breakthrough
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Protectoria announced today a technological break-through for payment transaction security. The technology enables PSD2 (Payment Services Directive II) security compliance for payments for a single smartphone without any other pre-requisites other than an Internet connection and a security enhanced payment The…
Hackers Breach Election Systems in IL and Arizona
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans But experts said that if a foreign government gained the ability to tamper with voter data – for instance by deleting registration records – such a hack could cast doubt on the legitimacy of us elections. No data was removed The…
Chinese hackers accused of ‘politically motivated’ malware attacks against Hong Kong
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A state-sponsored hacking group believed to be aligned with the People’s Republic of China has been accused of targeting two Hong Kong government agencies in a “politically motivated” attack just prior to the legislative elections which took place on 4 The…
Hackers are using insiders to get info
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Kaspersky Lab has revealed that cybercriminals are using insiders in the telecommunications industry in order to target victims. This means that the criminals are recruiting people to help them gather access to networks and subscriber data. Kaspersky said that while The…