Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Mimecast Limited has announced its participation at GITEX Technology Week 2016 along with its distributor Bulwark Technologies. The company plans to showcase its full-range of email and data security solutions and services, and demonstrate how it can protect customers against The…
Hoosier stole identity to live in Florida, abandoned family
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The unusual story of Richard Hoagland spans decades, states and families. Sitting in a cold room in the Marion County prosecutor’s office two decades ago, Linda Iseler was sure the detectives on the other side of that table didn’t trust her….
Hacker squad plans DDoS attacks on PlayStation Network, Xbox Live this Christmas
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Forget the Grinch, there’s someone else who wants to steal Christmas. Phantom Squad, an online hacker group, has threatened to shut down Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network this Christmas by unleashing a series of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks…
Live Chat replay: Chief Social Worker Paul Nixon talks child abuse in NZ
Child, Youth and Family Chief Social Worker Paul Nixon will be joining us for a live chat to answer your questions on child abuse policy. Kia Ora, We hope you’ve been following our Faces of Innocents project – we’ll have chief social worker Paul Nixon joining us for a live…
Samsung Galaxy S5’s fingerprint scanner fails to live up to security standards
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The much-hyped fingerprint scanner on Samsung’s latest flagship handset the Galaxy S5 has already been hacked just days after the device was launched, although a teardown reveals a bill of materials in excess of $250 (£150) – higher than the iPhone…
He is special guest at the Ground Zero Summit 2015 being organised by Indian Infosec Consortium – a group of ethical hackers. “Threat to national security has moved to the digital dimension. Terrorist organisations have turned social networks and online forums into recruitment hotbeds and propaganda mechanisms. We need a security apparatus in the digital space to address this threat. Hackers are the face of this digital army.” The actor said he is bringing his whole team including scriptwriters of the show to observe and interact with the ethical hacker community. (Also Read: Tabu Has Shown Interest in 24, Says Director ) “From November 22, I will start shooting for 24. It will go on air in 2016. When an actor prepares for a role, we often start to live like the character. Some call it method acting. We meet real life people like the character and try to understand their nuances, their life,” he said. As per the summit’s website, speakers will share details of the espionage mission as well as hold sessions on hacking of cellular networks, medical devices in hospitals, using technical loopholes in them. The consortium claims to have discovered cyber espionage operation under which phones of Indian Army personnel, who had downloaded some mobile application related to news, had been compromised by hackers based in Pakistan. IIC CEO Jiten Jain has said that the findings were handed over to security agencies who promptly acted and sanitised the infected handset early this year.
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans He is special guest at the Ground Zero Summit 2015 being organised by Indian Infosec Consortium – a group of ethical hackers. “Threat to national security has moved to the digital dimension. Terrorist organisations have turned social networks and online forums…
Google’s new live wallpaper measures your battery life, notifications, and network signal strength
Google Creative Labs has released a new live wallpaper that actually serves a purpose. Most Android users have avoided using live wallpaper because of the way they chew up battery life. While they looked cool when Android was first getting off the ground, most live wallpaper now seems dated and…
Watch the Microsoft Lumia 950 and Surface Pro 4 event live stream here
After a long sabbatical, Microsoft is prepping to finally reenter the mobile industry with a bang, or, more precisely, with two bangs – the oft-rumored Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL. The company is said to skip a generational mark, jumping from Lumia 930 – its last flagship, made before writing off the…
Android 6.0 rollout announced and factory images live for Nexus 5, 6, 7, 9, and Nexus Player
Today is the day that Google promised the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update to start rolling out to Nexus users and while we have yet to hear about over-the-air (OTA) updates hitting devices, Google has posted a number of factory images for various Nexus devices. If you’re the type of person…