Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Bloomberg reports that Sony Corporation has agreed to pay up to $8 million in order to settle the 2014 data-breach case related to the release of the movie “The Interview.” The news was disclosed from the paper filings in the federal…
Hackers steal £20 million from UK bank accounts using malware
£20($30) million stolen from British bank accounts in malware attack Law enforcement agencies with the help of several cybersecurity firms took control of a botnet network of machines that distributed malicious software known as “Bugat,” “Cridex” or “Dridex. The Dridex malware was used by cyber criminals to steal some £20…
T-Mobile partner gets hacked, hands over the personal data of 15 million T-Mobile subscribers
T-Mobile has just announced that Experian, the company that processes its credit applications, was hacked. According to preliminary estimates from both companies, it looks like the hackers gained access to the personal data of about 15 million T-Mobile subscribers. T-Mobile and Experian said that the hack affects new T-Mobile applicants…
Elon Musk Plans To Send 1 Million People To Mars for $500,000 Each
Elon Musk’s Plans for Sending 1 Million People to Mars for $500,000 Each Elon Musk says that 1 million people are required for successful running of a Martian colony For long, Elon Musk has been voicing his enthusiasm for sending humans to Mars with him frequently recommending that humanity must…
Middle East hackers extort $10 million from two Indian companies to hide information from government
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Two Indian conglomerates were forced to pay $5 million each in order to prevent hackers from disclosing information that could have implicated them in wrongdoing. The payoff was made in May, but people aware of the matter said the hackers would…
OPM hack fallout: feds pay $133 million for (largely useless) ID theft monitoring services
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Last year, hackers believed to have Chinese government connections managed to breach the database of the federalOffice of Personnel Management (the agency that oversees security clearances for government employees and contractors), and stole sensitive and often blackmail-worthy information about 21.5 million…
Hacker Who Helped Infect Million Computers Pleads Guilty
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Latvian hacker pleaded guilty in New York to helping develop a virus that infected more than a million computers worldwide, tricking online banking customers into revealing passwords and other security information. Deniss Calovskis, 30, faces as long as two years…
Taiwan supply chain sees Apple shipping as many as 80 million iPhones this quarter
According to the iPhone supply chain in Taiwan, we could see a massive number of Apple iPhone units shipped during the holiday quarter of 2015. The estimate is that Apple will ship 70 to 80 million units for the quarter that just started this month. Last year, with consumers excited…
BlackBerry spends $425 million to acquire mobile security firm Good Technology
BlackBerry, already the leader in smartphone security, has purchased mobile security firm Good Technologies for $425 million. The acquisition will allow BlackBerry to improve upon its mobile device management capabilities, good news for CIOs and IT departments in charge of managing a fleet of handsets that include iOS, Android and…
Sony Xperia Z5 Premium hands-on: 8.3 million pixels in your palm
It was bound to happen sooner or later – the world’s first smartphone boasting a 4K display has been officially announced. That’s the Sony Xperia Z5 Premium, which got unveiled at IFA 2015. Long story short, we’re dealing with a cool yet weird beast of a smartphone – a smartphone reminding…