Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The State Department, fresh off the heels of a highly publicized cyberintrusion, is picking industry’s brain for tactics to block and perhaps strike back at hackers, according to new contracting documents. State wants to produce a new set of how-to ”playbooks” around cybersecurity ”to clearly guide…
State trooper assigned to cyber crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter recently promoted Senior Trooper Scott Krueger to the rank of sergeant to serve as the Special Investigation Command, Cyber Crime and Investigative Technologies Section for Area 1. Sgt. Krueger is a native of Jasper County…
Islamic State hacker Junaid Hussain, who recruited for group, killed in U.S. strike in Syria
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans WASHINGTON — The Islamic State group hacker killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria this week had been recruiting sympathizers in the West to conduct “lone wolf” terrorist attacks, and his death eliminates a “significant threat” to the U.S., a military…
Spying programs turning US into a fascist state: Analyst
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The inadequate judicial oversight of the US spying programs is leading the country toward a “type of fascist state,” says a former American intelligence linguist from Orlando. The federal court monitoring the spying operations issued the final order on Friday permitting…
British hacker for Islamic State killed in U.S. drone strike in Syria: sources
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A British hacker who U.S. and European officials said became a top cyber expert for Islamic State in Syria has been killed in a U.S. drone strike, a U.S. source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. It was the second…
State Attorney Jeff Ashton admits using Ashley Madison website but won’t step down
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Jeff Ashton, the state attorney for Orange and Osceola counties, admitted Sunday that he signed up for the Ashley Madison online-dating website but said he never had an affair as a result. “While I indulged my curiosity about the site, it…
Skimming device used at gas station, state police investigating identity theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans WASHINGTON, Pa. —Pennsylvania State police in Washington County are investigating an identity theft incident and have released surveillance photos of the alleged suspects asking for the public’s help identifying them. Police say a skimming device was placed on a the card…
The state of the smartphone market: Android dominates, Apple grows slightly, Windows shrinks
Gartner has unveiled its latest research about the state of the phone market in the second quarter of 2015, and there are two big conclusions: Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS together now control a whopping 96.8% of the smartphone market, and the second one is that all the other contenders,…
Hacker cites police brutality against Texas State student in attack on San Marcos city, police sites
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A hacker named “Bitcoin Baron” has claimed responsibility for cyberattacking the City of San Marcos and San Marcos Police Department websites in retaliation against a police officer who allegedly assaulted a Texas State University student in 2013. The websites were down as…