Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management found “significant deficiencies” in the process for hiring contractors to protect millions of federal employees whose personal information was accessed by hackers linked to China last year. “We determined that the [Office…
Companies urged to protect against cyber security after Norwich Airport hack raised in parliament
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Home office minister Mike Penning said companies which hold the personal data of individuals has a responsibility to protect it, after he was questioned on the issue by Norwich MP Chloe Smith. She told the House of Commons: “Norwich Airport in…
How to Protect yourself from the ‘Heartbleed’ Bug
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Millions of websites, users’ passwords, credit card numbers and other personal information may be at risk as a result of the Heartbleed security flaw, a vulnerability in widely used cryptographic library ‘OpenSSL‘. [READ DETAILS HERE] Netcraft survey says that about half a…
HACKERS: CAN YOU PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS FROM ‘THE CRIME OF OUR ERA’?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TalkTalk may be facing its biggest challenge to date. Not only does chief executive Dido Harding face tough decisions on how to maintain and maximise the internet service provider’s profit margins (it’s up against larger rivals BT and Virgin), but TalkTalk…
Judge asked to protect Constitution from NSA
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A lawyer who won a federal judge’s determination that the National Security Agency’s spy-on-Americans program is “Orwellian” and likely unconstitutional is encouraging the judge to maintain his stance after a federal appeals court ruled the collection of phone metadata can continue….
EU Parliament votes nonbinding resolution to protect Edward Snowden
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans On Thursday, the European Parliament narrowly voted a nonbinding resolution calling on European Union (EU) member states to offer “protection” to Edward Snowden. By 285 to 281 votes, it recommended that EU states “drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden, grant…
FBI says chip-based credit cards safer but need PIN to protect against fraud
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The National Retail Federation today said it agreed with a warning from the FBI that new chip-based credit cards are safer than traditional cards but still vulnerable to fraud and need to be used with a PIN instead of a signature…
Best rugged cases for the Apple iPhone 6s – protect what’s dear
The iPhone 6s and especially the 6s Plus will hardly suffer from another “bendgate” like their predecessors, but this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t invest in their protection. The combination between the ion-strengthened glass panel at the front and the unibody made of aircraft-grade series 7000 aluminum (which consists of 91.17% aluminum, 0.08%…
Three ways to protect against credit card fraud
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans With the global costs of card fraud reaching tens of billions of dollars per year, protecting your credit card data is more important than ever. Although no solution is foolproof, technology can help keep your personal data from getting into the wrong hands. The more hurdles…
SMEs ‘need to protect themselves against rising identity theft’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa need to put robust processes and systems in place if they are… For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com The post SMEs ‘need to protect themselves against rising identity…