Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans For digital rights activists, an important milestone came in 2016 with the adoption of the UN Human Rights Council resolution on promoting and protecting the freedom of users online. Yet, 51 intentional disruptions of the internet and electronic communications took 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…
Investigating Sex Trafficking On The Internet
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A $32 billion annual industry, modern day trafficking is a type of slavery that involves the transport or trade of people for the purpose of work. According to the U.N., about 2.5 million people around the world are ensnared The post…
State feels safe from vote hacks: No link to internet
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The state’s top election official dismissed the possibility of computer hackers tampering with the November elections amid rising national concerns of cyber threats to voting integrity. Secretary of the State Denise W. Merrill and a top computer expert from University The…
Internet Users in Brazil and Mexico Are Very Concerned About Fraud – See more at: http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Internet-Users-Brazil-Mexico-Very-Concerned-About-Fraud/1014289#sthash.huxie8oA.dpuf
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A study from market research company Aite Group, sponsored by electronic banking and payment solutions provider ACI Worldwide found that internet users in Brazil and Mexico are far more worried about different categories of fraud like identity theft and credit card…
The 11th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2016)
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans December 5-7, 2016, Barcelona, Spain Notification and Preliminary Call for Papers The International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST) is Technical Co-Sponsored by IEEE Spanish Section and IEEE Spanish Computer Chapter. The ICITST-2016 is an international refereed conference dedicated…
Cybercriminals devise new baits to trick internet users
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A new type of cyber attack is now on the prowl in Nigeria as cybercriminals now use phishing attack which is the practice of using fraudulent e-mails and cloned copies of legitimate websites to extract financial data from computer users for…
NTIA Internet of Things Proceeding
Last week the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a Notice and Request for Public Comment initiating an inquiry into the Internet of Things (IoT) to review the current technological and policy landscape. NTIA is seeking input on the potential benefits and challenges of IoT and what role, if…
A real threat on our internet liberties “The face of Tehran’s cyber warfare”
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers find ways of controlling hardware and software through releasing malicious computer viruses, and likewise governments use ‘soft and hard means’ to quell internal dissident voices of those who choose to speak out against them. This is the hard-line taken by…
Hackers claim to post 250gb of NASA data on the internet
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hacking group AnonSec has claimed that it has posted files on Pastebin that is managed to copy from servers belonging to Nasa. The group also claimed to have taken control of a Nasa drone. The files are said to include names,…
