Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Senior UK government officials have revealed that hackers have stolen personal information pertaining to tens of thousands of Britons in 2014, and that these identities are being sold on the Dark Web. The personal identities of 609,239 UK individuals were hacked…
Man wanted on fraud, using stolen credit card
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Police are looking for the public’s help in searching for a man wanted on fraud. According to police, one man used a stolen credit in his possession to make purchases at the Westfield Target totaling nearly $600. Police go on to…
5.6M fingerprints stolen in US personnel data hack: government
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers who stole security clearance data on millions of Defense Department and other U.S. government employees got away with about 5.6 million fingerprint records, some 4.5 million more than initially reported, the government said on Wednesday. During an ongoing analysis of…
5 Ways Your Identity Can Be Stolen When You Travel (and How to Avoid it)
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Traveling abroad is now easier than it has ever been, and many are beginning to take advantage of cheaper airfares, more broadly accepted travel cards, and lower interest rates. But it’s a double edged-sword. As people make plans to travel the…
Login credentials for 225,000 Apple customers stolen, leaked online
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans JAILBREAKING your iPhone to install third-party apps not offered by the Apple Store might have been a great idea at the time, but hindsight is a wonderful thing. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks have discovered a security threat that has collected…
ISIS social media accounts are buzzing with a spreadsheet of personal data on employees of the American, British, and Australian governments, including military personnel. The Islamic State claims this list was compiled using data stolen from government systems by its “hacking division,” although some experts who have reviewed the list say most of it was more likely created using simple Google searches of publicly available data. There are about 1,400 individuals included on the list. The list was accompanied by a message from the “Islamic State Hacking Division,” transcribed by Sky News: O Crusaders, as you continue your aggression towards the Islamic State and your bombing campaign against the Muslims, know that we are in your emails and computer systems, watching and recording your every move. We have your names and addresses, we are in your emails and social media accounts, we are extracting confidential data and passing on your personal information to the soldiers of the khilafah, who soon with the permission of Allah will strike at your necks in your own lands. So wait, we too are waiting. The Sydney Morning Herald criticizes Australian officials for being “caught on their heels” by the hit list, which includes Defense Force employees and a Victorian MP. Even though “Australia’s most senior Islamic State militant, former Melbourne man and terror recruiter Neil Prakash” was posting links to the hit list early Wednesday morning, at least half of the Australians targeted by ISIS said they were unaware of the threat until they were informed by the media… which contacted them using the phone numbers published by the Islamic State. “I’m completely at a loss,” said the aforementioned MP, who at least has access to a security detail assigned to protect elected officials. “What do I do? The police probably know less than you and I.” Defense Force employees on the list said they were in shock no one from the government had warned them. Various agencies of the Australian government declined to discuss the matter. In addition to Prakash – who crowed “Cyber war got em shook!” and “Kill them where you find them and enslave their women” on Twitter – the Herald reports “other prominent militants, including British man Junaid Hussain, who is third on a CIA kill list of Islamic State operatives, also used social media to promote the leak and encourage attacks.” Sky News reports the hit list includes British Foreign Office employees, plus a “local council employee.” Most of the names on the list are American, including personnel from the Air Force, Marines, NASA, FBI, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Russian state outlet RT.com says the list also includes “a worker in an Israeli magistrate’s court” and “someone in a college in Mississippi.” The RT.com article mentions some reasons for skepticism about the Islamic State’s claim that this list includes confidential information obtained by hackers: some of the phone numbers appear to be disconnected, while the purportedly stolen U.S. military passwords appearing on the list are “too weak to pass the guidelines of an official computer system operated by the Pentagon.” The Sydney Morning Herald also found some of the information published on the list to be outdated. “This is the second or third time they’ve claimed that and the first two times I’ll tell you, whatever lists they got were not taken by any cyber attack,” said Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno, as quoted by the UK Guardian. The Guardian also cites the opinion of computer security expert Troy Hunt, who said the of the supposedly hacked data: “It’s pretty clear that it’s been aggregated from different sources. It’s been put together on the basis of a .gov or .mil address. Even the passwords, they’re not strong enough to have come from a corporate or government. They’re not even strong enough to have come from an online service – you can’t create a Gmail account, for example, with a password of less than eight characters, and here we’re seeing some passwords of three letters.” The UK Daily Mail notes that Twitter administrators appear to have shut down the Islamic State Hacking Division’s account three times on Wednesday while it attempted to spread its hit list around, leading to the creation of a fourth terrorist account with the message, “Kuffar seem to be raging.”
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans ISIS social media accounts are buzzing with a spreadsheet of personal data on employees of the American, British, and Australian governments, including military personnel. The Islamic State claims this list was compiled using data stolen from government systems by its “hacking…
Police: Woman sought for using stolen credit card
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans HANOVER, Pa. (WHTM) – Police are asking for tips from the public to solve a case of credit card fraud. State police on Monday released surveillance photos of a woman who allegedly used a stolen credit card to buy $650 worth…
PBSO: Men used stolen credit cards at three businesses
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Powered by Max Banner Ads Authorities are asking for help identifying men who used stolen credit cards at three stores in Palm Beach County this month. The credit cards were stolen during a vehicle burglary that happened between Feb. 1 and Feb….
Your stolen credit card data is probably worth only 50 cents on the black market
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In the wake of the latest high-profile hack and claims of “cyber-vandalism” being thrown about, it’s normal to feel a sense of unease. Yes, cybercrime is rising and does result in losses. However, successfully committing cybercrime isn’t as easy as one…
Ubisoft Reactivates ‘Far Cry 4′ Keys Purchased With Stolen Credit Cards
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Powered by Max Banner Ads Here’s some good news for all those who had bought “Far Cry 4″ keys from third-party resellers such as Kinguin and G2A. Ubisoft has announced that it will restore the licences for some players. The deactivated “Far…