Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Khawar Latif suspected fraud from the start. In May, the 25-year-old founder of a domain registration business, who lives in Pakistan, received an invitation to chat about a job with someone claiming to represent the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. “See your…
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Years of hard-earned savings – gone in an instant. One family saw the down payment on their dream home stolen by a hacker. “It’s devastating to live thru and find out your dreams have changed.” This picturesque property was The post…
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers have reportedly conducted a series of attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting the agency running the country’s airports and hitting five additional targets. Bloomberg reported on Thursday that the attacks took place over the last two weeks, citing two people The…
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A new hacking tool can alert cyber criminals where an email recipient is opening an email, meaning criminals can take advantage of a traveling executive and launch a hacking campaign like a phishing attack on the company, reports Harvard Business The…
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans PandaLabs, Panda Security’s anti-malware laboratory, has released its latest whitepaper entitled, “Privacy in Public Administration.” The whitepaper details numerous cyber-attacks on specific countries, and how the government sector is becoming a more focused area of attack for cyber-criminals. The full The…
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Malicious programs with names like Acecard and GM Bot gain popularity with thieves Cyberthieves have a new way to hack into consumer bank accounts: mobile phones. Malicious software programs with names like Acecard and GM Bot are gaining popularity around The…
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hyatt, Sheraton, Marriott and Westin hotels in 10 states and the District of Columbia may have been targeted by hackers for months. The states where the hacking happened include locations in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and The…
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Queensland government has moved to strengthen its cyber security as police investigate yet another hack to hit the state, this time involving the state’s top bureaucrat. The hack has affected the Director-General of Premier and Cabinet Dave Stewart’s email with…
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans An Internet-security firm Thursday offered new insights into the perpetrators behind an increasingly popular type of cyberfraud targeting small businesses, tracing the attacks to Nigerians involved in earlier types of email scams. In one variant of the scheme, SecureWorks Inc. said…
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Are you something of a selfie-fiend, constantly craving likes on your Instagram posts? Or perhaps you’re a sucker for social media popularity, accepting any Facebook friend request in order to feel loved? If that sounds like you, then you’re probably going…