Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Thailand’s military government, which has cracked down on online dissent since seizing power in 2014, is pushing ahead with cyber security bills that rights groups say could mean more extensive online monitoring, raising concerns over privacy protection. Amendments to Thailand’s The…
Dallas Public School Choice Program Seeks to Expand District Options – District Dossier – Education Week
The Dallas district’s public school choice program seeks to expand options for parents, according to the district. View full post on Education Week: Bullying #pso #htcs #b4inc Read More The post Dallas Public School Choice Program Seeks to Expand District Options – District Dossier – Education Week appeared first on…
MasterCard Seeks To Stop Online Fraud With Selfies, Fingerprints
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans MasterCard plans to launch new biometric technology for verifying customer identities during online shopping transactions in the coming weeks with merchants and banks. The company has been testing facial and fingerprint recognition software, called Identity Check, in the Netherlands, Canada The…
Bomb-makers, hackers wanted: US seeks public help to prevent attacks
The U.S. government is recruiting hackers and bomb-makers to help strengthen American defenses in hopes of defusing possible terrorist attacks. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, announced in March that its Improv program was soliciting research proposals — with an emphasis on creativity — for prototypes and systems…
Is state’s child-abuse reporting system working? Audit seeks to find out
The world of child protection in Pennsylvania has turned upside over the past year or so with two dozen new laws put in place to bolster child safety along with new systems installed for reporting child abuse and neglect. Given all those changes spurred at least in part by the Jerry…
Federal Bureau of Investigation seeks hacker after 1.2 billion logins are stolen
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans That hacker, known as “mr.grey”, was identified based on data from a cybsecurity firm that announced in August 2014 that it had determined an alleged Russian crime ring was responsible for stealing information from more than 420,000 websites,THE DOCUMENTS said. Court…
Seoul seeks hacker troops to fend off North Korean cyberattacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A new army of South Korean soldiers was intently focused on fending off the enemy attack. Where were they coming from? What tactics were they using? And how best to neutralize them? The attackers were probably North Korean — that’s a…
For Cybersecurity, US Government Seeks a Few Good Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans WASHINGTON: Alejandro Mayorkas, a high-ranking Department of Homeland Security official, opened a speech over the summer in Las Vegas before hundreds of hackers with a dare. “I challenge you all to make my phone ring during my remarks,” he said, brandishing…
South Korea seeks hackers to defend against North Korean cyberattacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A new army of South Korean soldiers was intently focused on fending off the enemy attack. Where were they coming from? What tactics were they using? And how best to neutralize them? The attackers were probably North Korean – that’s a…
Facebook seeks patent that could assign fingerprints to cameras
Your Camera May Soon Be Assigned A Unique Fingerprint For Identification By Facebook Looks like the social networking giant, Facebook is trying yet another way to track you. This time it is through your camera. According to a new “image fingerprinting” patent application filed by the company in January (that’s Patent Publication…