UTSA to Study How to Stop ‘Insider Hackers’ Like Edward Snowden
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans When you think of breaking into computer systems and stealing credit card numbers from retailers, or secrets from the Pentagon, you probably think of shadowy computer hackers in Russia or China. But two UTSA professors have received a $650,000 contraxct from the Department of Homeland Security […]
IBM: Ransomware, Insider Threats Top 2015 Cyber-Trends
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans 2015 has been a challenging year as insider threats and malware as well as stealthy and evolving attacks affected enterprises. Taking stock, IBM Security has identified the top four cyber-threat trends of the year: amateur hacker carelessness, ransomware, insider threats and C-suite attention. The first notable […]
Revenge ‘insider’ Aviva phone hacker jailed
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Richard Neale, former director at Esselar, a company contracted by Aviva to run its security network, has been jailed for 18 months for hacking 900 phones belonging to Aviva insurance employees. In Guildford Crown Court on Monday he admitted committing four cyber-crimes against his former company […]
Poll: Have you continued to get Windows 10 Insider Preview builds?
We’ve got a quick-fire Sunday night poll for you right now. With Windows 10 having been available properly now for almost a month, we’re already back into Insider Preview’s being pushed out. The newest build is 10525, and while it’s still a chance to help Microsoft shape the future of the operating system, there’s no […]
HACKER-AIDED INSIDER TRADING RING NETS $100 MILLION
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans What do you get when you bring a Ukrainian cyber-criminal gang and crooked Wall Street stock traders, together? A $100 million racket of illegal profits due to an insider trading ring. It was a milestone event for malicious hackers. A unique insider trading ring had American […]
Details of hacker insider trading scheme revealed
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Prosecutors have revealed the details of a scheme that saw stock traders and hackers team up to make as much as $100m (£64m) in illegal profits over five years. Charges were brought against nine people in an insider-trading case that involved the use of 150,000 press […]
Global fraud involved computer hacking, insider trading, officials say
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans As told by federal authorities, it was the ultimate cyber-era criminal mash-up: an elaborate computer hacking operation to enable a global and lucrative insider trading scheme. In one of the most sweeping cases yet involving securities fraud and computer crime, prosecutors and the Securities Exchange Commission […]
Nine Charged in Insider Trading Case Tied to Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It was a symbiotic relationship that brought together the underbelly of Wall Street and the dark reaches of the online world. From their suburban homes in the United States, dozens of rogue stock traders would send overseas hackers a shopping list of corporate news releases they […]
Fingerprint Cards says CEO suspected of insider crime
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Biometrics technology firm Fingerprint Cards said on Thursday its top chief and a company shareholder were under investigation for insider crime, and it had replaced its CEO until further notice. Fingerprint Cards says CEO suspected of insider […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com View full post […]
Insider IT breaches
63% of the IT security managers in the UK think that they should restrict the access of their staff to the computer system’s database. This will help them in securing the IT system from the potential hackers. Read More…. For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com The post Insider IT breaches […]