Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans As consumers shop online during Cyber Monday and throughout the holiday season, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is encouraging them to protect their personal information and avoid scams online. “It’s a busy time of year, but it’s important not to let…
Online holiday shopping: 4 tips to keep you safe from cyber-crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Online fraud spikes during the holiday shopping season, as people searching for the perfect gifts take to cyberspace and head to traditional stores armed with their smartphones. “The Pandora’s box of cyberattacks is about to open,” says Pete Tyrrell, chief operating…
Online intolerance: Kerala journo faces threats for writing about madrasa child abuse
A journalist in Kerala has come under a fierce attack on social media and even her profile has been deactivated by Facebook. Her ‘crime’: she recounted on Facebook the sexual abuses her classmates encountered in their younger days in a madrasa. Kozhikode-based VP Rajeena is a senior journalist with a…
This ex-military hacker has fought terrorists online since 2010, and he’s not impressed by Anonymous
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans He’s defaced and shut down hundreds of terrorist websites, inserted false stories into Libyan newspapers, and unmasked fellow hackers who have crossed him. His name is “The Jester” and he has worked alone as an anonymous hacker vigilante since 2010. Though…
Edward Snowden Addresses Queen’s University in Online Keynote
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Sporting a black shirt in front of a black background, it seemed as though his head had emerged from the ethernet itself. The NSA whistleblower who had disclosed thousands of secret internal documents from his former employer was conducting the Queen’s…
China’s Latest Online Crackdown Sees 900 Hackers Arrested
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans China has arrested more than 900 hackers in an online campaign launched in July amid criticism from the US over increasing hacker attacks originating from the Communist country and targeting top American commercial firms. The suspects were involved in 400 cases…
Department of Education and Training beefs up online security after information hack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Education Minister Kate Jones yesterday confirmed security had been upgraded in the wake of the scandal, which resulted in the details of Queensland students being illegally obtained as well as online forms submitted to the TAFE website. “DET has added additional…
Huge increase in online child abuse investigations
As police today embark on a week-long campaign to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation, new figures show detectives are dealing with more than one case a day. Across the county, more than 1,500 referrals were made – where there are concerns for a child’s safety – last year. Of…
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…
Xavier College’s past revealed following online bullying scandal
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It sounds like the worst school on the worst corner of the worst suburb, and yet you pay about $25,000 a year to go there. Xavier College is a prestigious Catholic boys school in Kew in Melbourne with an esteemed alumni…