Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans You have probably heard by now about the new technology at the checkout counter. Due to a large increase in counterfeit card fraud and continuing large-scale data breaches, the shift to use EMV, which stands for Europay, MasterCard and Visa, by…
Apple News is disabled in China to prevent Cupertino from having to play censor
The Apple News app is running in the United States only, and has been since its launch last June. The app allows users to find in one place, all of the news stories that they are interested in, published in the style of the publications that they came from. The…
Novel typing method to prevent cyber crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Researchers have developed a new keystroke algorithm that can make online authentication processes more secure, reliable and cheap. The new method hopes to alleviate some of the common issues for internet users including loss of password, growing prowess of hackers, and…
Chip-and-PIN credit cards help prevent fraud
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The much anticipated chip-and-PIN credit cards are about to become the norm at retailers nationwide. “October 1st is the deadline when retailers are trying to have chip readers put in place,” says National Retail Federation’s Craig Shearman. About 60 percent of…
Sony Altered ‘Concussion’ Film to Prevent N.F.L. Protests, Emails Show
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans When Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to make a movie focusing on the death and dementia professional football players have endured from repeated hits to the head — and the N.F.L.’s efforts toward a cover-up — it signed Will Smith to star…
Leaked shell suggests iPhone 6s will be tough enough to prevent a ‘Bendgate 2’
The Bendgate ‘saga’, as you may remember, gained significant coverage in the early days of the iPhone 6 Plus. One or two early adopters reportedly claimed that the handset was bending out of shape, and YouTube channel Unbox Therapy subsequently proved that if you really wanted to, you could indeed…
Automakers trying to prevent hackers from commandeering cars
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans DETROIT (AP) – When researchers at two West Coast universities took control of a General Motors car through cellular and Bluetooth connections in 2010, they startled the auto industry by exposing a glaring security gap. Five years later, two friendly hackers…
How to spot a hacker, and prevent employees turning rogue
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers come in many shapes and forms. Many of them are located thousands of miles away working for criminal gangs, or even as part of some state-sponsored army bent on stealing your secrets. Those remote hackers will always be there, and…
New Social Media Cybersecurity Training Website Equips Employees To Prevent Cyber Attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans SocialMediaAndCyberSecurity.com (SMCS). Henderson has over 20 years of experience in technology sales management and holds an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology. His flagship course is a full-day Cybersecurity awareness program that helps participants appreciate how their organization’s computers…
How to prevent common cyber-attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Computers at the Japan Pension Service were recently infected with a virus, and a huge amount of personal information was stolen. Other cases involved the decrypting of wireless LAN passwords, leading to damage caused by illicit access. Anyone – including users…