Digital Payment Providers Are Prone to Hacking risk, Need Upgraded Security

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans With more and more people logging into e-wallets or m-wallets for daily payments, the target for hackers has increased exponentially, experts warn, suggesting that upgraded security is the only way to safeguard millions of first-time users and small and medium The post Digital Payment Providers Are […]

Privacy breach at Athens clinic gives pause to local providers

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Local health care providers said they have taken note of a data breach at a clinic in Athens that exposed the private information and medical history of some 200,000 current and former patients. “What’s so scary about this … every The post Privacy breach at Athens […]

Customer Not Present threat prompts response from US providers

As the US moves to adopt EMV chip and PIN cards and mobile payments, authentication is becoming a serious concern, particularly for customer not present transactions – evidenced by the number of Money20/20 exhibitors focusing on the topic in contrast […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com View full post […]

Hacker Attacks on Healthcare Providers Jump 600 Percent

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The recent data breach at Community Health Systems, in which Chinese hackers stole the personal information of 4.3 million patients, was another sign of a disturbing trend that security researchers at Websense have been observing for months: Healthcare providers are […] For more information go to […]

Hacker Redirects Traffic From 19 Internet Providers to Steal Bitcoins

Among all the scams and thievery in the bitcoin economy, one recent hack sets a new bar for brazenness: Stealing an entire chunk of raw internet traffic from more than a dozen internet service providers, then shaking it down for […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com The post Hacker […]

FCC advises service providers on emergency communications

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption:  Hurricane Sandy The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reminded communications providers on Oct. 26 that it would be available to address service providers’ emergency communications needs 24 hours a day as Hurricane Sandy made its way into the middle Atlantic states. Homepage position:  10 read more View full […]

FCC advises service providers on emergency comms

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption:  Hurricane Sandy The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reminded communications providers on Oct. 26 that it would be available to address service providers’ emergency communications needs twenty-four hours a day as Hurricane Sandy made its way into the middle Atlantic states. Homepage position:  10 read more View full […]