Man Uses Side Business to Steal More Than $200k From His Employer

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Waukesha County man faces nearly 200 years imprisonment after police say he stole more than $200,000 from his employer by creating a phony vendor account for the subcontractor business he owned on the side. Jason W. Matthews has been charged with 19 counts of felony […]

The Romanian Teen Hacker Who Hunts Bugs to Resist the Dark Side

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans IT’S 3 AM, and his eyes are almost closed. The pack of gummy bears on his desk is empty. So’s the Chinese takeout box. Romanian white hat hacker Alex Coltuneac has had three hours of sleep tonight. And last night. And the night before that. He’s […]

Hacking for Good: The Not-So-Scary Side of the Hacking World

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans When you think of hacking, maybe you envision someone malicious in a dark room, breaking into government or corporate websites to expose private information to the world. You might think of common code-focused hacks, hacktivist groups like Anonymous (NSFW), or maybe even the 414s from back […]

5 phones with fingerprint scanners on the side

Fingerprint readers are par for the course with today’s flagships, and even midrange handsets, as more and more mobile payment systems require an extra level of authentication to work just like your credit or debit card. Moreover, we are getting accustomed to use them for unlocking our phones, securely launching apps, and so on. Some […]

3 On Your Side: College Student Identity Theft Concerns

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — As college students begin to head back to school, they’ll get lots of reminders on how to keep their personal belongings safe.  But a different kind of theft could be far more costly.  3 On Your Side Consumer Reporter Jim Donovan has some […]

Bitcoin’s Dark Side Could Get Darker

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Some of the earliest adopters of the digital currency Bitcoin were criminals, who have found it invaluable in online marketplaces for contraband and as payment extorted through lucrative “ransomware” that holds personal data hostage. A new Bitcoin-inspired technology that some investors believe will be much more […]

Frank Abagnale: Technology’s dark side – surge in con artists

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The man who made $2.5 million in the 1960s as a teenager faking identities as an airline pilot, lawyer and doctor now works with the FBI and others on cybercrime. He even had a role in the investigation into last year’s JPMorgan Chase & Co. hack, […]

Mobile Technology Vendors Making Money on Both Side of the Cyber Battlefield – Making Security Apps While Creating Hacking Apps

Mobile technology companies generally make security apps to prevent hacking. But there is another side to that equation. They can also make apps that hack and spy your mobile phones. Mobile technology vendors that create both hacking and anti-hacking apps […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com View full post […]