Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Do travelers trust online marketing for their vacation rentals? According to one recent website, 48 percent of us trust search engine results, and 42 percent trust banner ads when looking for vacation rentals. The proliferation of online scams, however, should give…
Online Casinos Connected to Individuals Arrested in Pump-and-Dump Penny Stocks Scheme
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans This past Tuesday, federal officials announced that four men had been arrested based on an investigation in to a pump and dump penny stock scheme as well as Bitcoin operation. After the announcement of the arrests, with the individuals being from…
Hack of dating sites signals an end to promiscuous use of online identity
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans If anybody is still labouring under the mistaken belief that anything online can remain private and secure, this week should have seen them finally admit defeat. In the US, UCLA Health reported) that 4.5 million health records had been compromised. UCLA…
THREE REAL ONLINE DANGERS YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans There’s no shortage of panic-inducing security news, such as flaws in web encryption that could allow attackers to slurp up your banking information. Then there are the proof-of-concept attacks. Security researchers seem to find hacks for every new Apple product within…
Hackers attack online dating site Ashley Madison
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Online dating site Ashley Madison, which specialises in adultery and has the tagline “Life is short. Have an affair”, has been the victim of a cyber attack. A group calling themselves The Impact Team claims it has complete access to Ashley…
Online cyber crime forum taken down by FBI
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A prominent online forum dedicated to products and services used to commit cyber crime has been dismantled following an international law enforcement operation, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. Darkode.com, a site open only to those deemed to have the right…
Global hunt for cyber criminals behind online black market
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Unidentified Hacker Puts Digital Eavesdropping Software’s Client List Online
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans HackingTeam, an Italian company that helps law enforcement hack into digital networks, has apparently been hacked itself. Client lists, emails and other documents purportedly belonging to HackingTeam were posted online Sunday by an anonymous hacker. HackingTeam technology extracts sensitive information off…
Low-tech ways you can protect your privacy online
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans espite the seemingly endless hack attacks, and a recent Pew study showing that Americans feel powerless to protect themselves against intrusions on their online privacy, few Americans do much in the way of adopting privacy enhancing measures. But one privacy advocate…
Nude Photos of Hundreds of Aussie Women Shared Online Without Consent
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Images of over 700 women from Brisbane and nearby areas, either scantily-clad or in the nude, have been shared online without owners’ consent by an individual who hosted the cache in a cloud storage service. The hacker made multiple attempts to…