Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Go online for five minutes. Visit a few webpages. How many pictures do you see? With the media rich nature of the web, chances are your answer is in the hundreds. It is in this space the future of malicious cyber…
Phone hacking was ‘systematic’ at News of the World, trial told
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Andy Coulson, the former editor of the News of the World, knew about phone hacking because the illegal practice was “systematic” at the newspaper, a court has been told. James Weatherup, 59, the ex-news editor of the now defunct tabloid, said…
Sunday Mirror reporter apologised to two victims of his phone hacking
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Sunday Mirror’s former in-house phone hacker met the BBC executive Alan Yentob and actor Lucy Taggart to express his regret at snooping on their voicemails, the high court in London has heard. Dan Evans revealed that he met the pair…
Sadie Frost: phone hacking wrecked my life
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The actor Sadie Frost has described how phone hacking by journalists wrecked her life, causing her to fall out with her best friend, Kate Moss, and suspect her mother of selling stories to the press. Giving evidence at the high court…
Briton arrested on suspicion of hacking into US Defense Department
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A British man has been arrested on suspicion of hacking into the United States Department of Defense (DoD) computer system. The 23-year-old from Sutton Coldfield was detained on Wednesday after the National Crime Agency (NCA), liaising with America’s FBI, launched a…
Madonna Hacking Suspect Indicted
Adi Lederman, the wanna-be Israeli singer, who was nabbed after allegedly and illegally accessing Madonna’s computer leading to the leak of the soundtrack of her new album, Rebel Heart, has been finally indicted on hacking charges. Lederman was arrested in Tel Aviv in January after a joint crackdown by FBI…
Sophisticated cyber crime methods are changing the definition of hacking
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa — More than 100 banks in 30 countries have joined the ranks of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Sony Pictures. As targets of unprecedented, and likely some of the most costly, cyber attacks in history, the financial institutions, insurance company and film studio are reeling after…
Why Firmware Is So Vulnerable to Hacking, and What Can Be Done About It
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans When Kaspersky Lab revealed last week that it had uncovered a sophisticated piece of malware designed to plant malicious code inside the firmware of computers, it should have surprised no one. And that’s not just because documents leaked by Edward Snowden…
New Study Exposes Visual Hacking as Under-Addressed Corporate Risk
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Powered by Max Banner Ads ST. PAUL, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–While most security professionals focus on thwarting data breaches from high-tech cyber attacks, a new study exposes visual hacking, a low-tech method used to capture sensitive, confidential and private information for unauthorized use, as…
News Corp won’t be prosecuted in US in relation to phone hacking
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation will not face any charges in the US in relation to phone hacking and payments to public officials by News of the World journalists in the UK, the company said. “News Corporation was notified by the United…