Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Targeting cyber criminals attempting to defraud Floridians of what is rightfully theirs, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced last week the arrest of Thomas Harry Penquite and Maria Lourdes Gutierrez after the two allegedly concocted an elaborate scheme designed to steal more than…
Target agrees to pay $10 million to settle lawsuit from data breach
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans (Reuters) – Target Corp (TGT.N) has agreed to pay $10 million in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit related to a huge 2013 data breach that consumers say compromised their personal financial information, court documents show. Under the proposal, which…
Anonymous hates Kanye West: Rapper target of new video from hacker group
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Anonymous hates Kanye West now? It appears that is what the latest news from the hacker group says. According to a March 12 report from Popcrush, a new video posted to the Anonymous Twitter account seems to be targeting Kanye West….
Crime gangs go hi-tech to target elderly people
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Elderly people will be one of the main targets of sophisticated networks that hire out their services in the criminal underworld of the future, according to a report from Europol. They will exploit the latest technology and scientific discoveries, including nanotechnology,…
Police launch cyber squad to target online crime in Yorkshire
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Yorkshire’s biggest force is making a number of two-year appointments for a new unit set up to target the “rapidly expanding” network of technologically-savvy fraudsters, bullies, groomers and hackers. The recruits – paid up to £28,389 and expected to be in…
Royal Navy Becomes Attractive Target For Cyber Criminals
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Security experts who claim that the Royal Navy is unprepared to fend off a cyber attack have called for the government to provide more training to combat the increasing dangers posed by hackers, SC Magazine has reported. Researchers at the University…
Hackers to Target Smart TV Sets After Phones, Kaspersky Predicts
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans (Bloomberg) — Hackers are opening new horizons: having learned how to break into Apple Inc.’s iPhones they may target smart televisions next, according to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab. “There are already Trojan viruses that can penetrate an iPhone when it’s connected…
Security Experts: Getting to your money is top target for hackers in 2015
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans ORLANDO, Fla. – 2014: The year of the hacker. It started with Target and ended with Sony. And in the middle other big box stores, websites and even celebrity smart phones. Cyber security experts say 2015 will bring new challenges. “We…
Nearly half of all web application cyber attacks target retailers, study shows
Nearly half of all web application cyber attack campaigns target retail applications, a study has shown. The retail sector is the most heavily targeted by this type of attack, according to the latest web application attack report by security firm […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Hacker group Anonymous threatens to target Israeli websites
Intended cyber attack on banking and defense sites is touted as Anonymous’ answer to “the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Al-Aqsa mosque” • Security expert: These types of threats are frequently made and in most cases the damage is minor. […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…