Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Researchers have made a low-cost gadget to track the precise location of smartphones using 4G/LTE by hacking Facebook and WhatsApp signals. It was earlier thought that though such attacks could be targeted against the 2G and 3G enabled smartphones and 4G/LTE enabled…
BEC/FBI Tech Hacking Advisory – Doing Business with Foreign Suppliers/Businesses
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It was not so long ago that in the cyberspace realm businesses only needed to worry about having a good firewall and spam filter to prevent fraud. Now, as technology has advanced so have the fraudsters and the government is warning…
The government wants to ban ALL car hacking. Here’s why that’s a bad idea
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A few months back, all the headlines centered on a car hack, but it wasn’t as scary as the sensational headlines made it. In that story, a team of two hackers, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, let Wired reporter Andy Greenberg test drive…
‘Every company vulnerable to TalkTalk style hacking attack under Snooper’s Charter’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Every company is vulnerable to a hacking attack like the one suffered by TalkTalk, it was claimed as it emerged that companies may be powerless to prevent criminals stealing their customers’ data. Security experts said that the so-called snooper’s charter, which…
Talk Talk faces hacking compensation bill running into millions
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Talk Talk has conceded that it could face a compensation bill running into millions for customers whose bank accounts were raided after the telecoms company was targeted in a huge cyber-attack. The company, which has been accused of ignoring warnings that…
The Most Controversial Hacking Cases of the Past Decade
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans THE COMPUTER FRAUD and Abuse Act, the law that’s been at the heart of almost every controversial hacking case of the past decade, is in the news again this month. Prosecutors recently used the law to convict journalist Matthew Keys on…
Indian companies sleep over data about hacking
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans dian enterprises have done little to share information on cyberattacks, at a time when the US is in the middle of deciding on the Cyber Security Information Sharing Act that would make the process easier. India’s enterprises, startups and government are…
Mirror Group Newspapers appeals phone hacking damages ruling
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In May, Mr Justice Mann awarded a total of about £1.2 million against MGN, as a result of the invasions of privacy concerned being “so serious and so prolonged”. All of the awards exceeded the previous highest sum given by a…
China Is Still Hacking US Companies After Promising It Would Stop, Report Says
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers with ties to the Chinese government appear to be targeting US companies despite a recent security deal between the US and China’s government, which promised to stop cyberattacks aimed at stealing economic secrets. Dmitri Alperovitch, the chief technology officer of…
In Hacking Team’s wake, FinFisher spyware rises in popularity with government users
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The notorious FinFisher spyware is rising in popularity with government agencies across the world and 32 countries have been identified as users. FinFisher is a sophisticated spyware suite sold exclusively to government agencies and police forces. The user-friendly software is able…