Snowden claims British agencies are spying on your phone using programme codenamed ‘Smurfs’ Fugitive U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Monday claimed that British spies are are tapping into our telephones and can even switch them on and off remotely as a way of keeping track of our every move….
CISOs spend 77% of their time on tech, not enough time on strategy
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans According to the Deloitte CISO Transition Lab, a chief information security officer (CISO) has four faces — the strategist, the advisor, the guardian of business assets, and the technologist. The findings suggest that on average, CISOs spend 77 percent of their…
Georgia Tech Finds 11 Deep Security Flaws in Chrome, Firefox
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The security researchers developed a new cyber-security analysis method that discovered the holes buried deeper in the systems. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing earlier this year found 11 previously undiscovered flaws in two of the most…
Hacking Team, Which Sells Surveillance Tech To Governments, Exposed By Major Hack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans One of the technology world’s most notorious providers of surveillance and intrusion software has found itself on the wrong end of an embarrassing hack. A range of sensitive documents belonging to Italy-based Hacking Team, which is known for working with governments worldwide, appeared…
A ‘Tech Dad’ Emailed 97,931 People Their Hacked Passwords
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans New hacker horror stories are being spun all the time, whether it’s Uber accounts being sold on the dark web, or an Anonymous affiliate posting the emails and passwords of Canadian government officials. Have you ever wondered if your email and…
Cyber Detectives, Nation’s First Interactive Exhibit on Cyber Security, Opens at the Tech Museum of Innovation
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans AN JOSE, CA, May 29, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — The nation’s first interactive exhibition about Cyber Security will open at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose next week. Cyber Detectives, presented by Palo Alto Networks, is aimed at…
Seattle Police Dept. hires Amazon VP as top tech exec, promising more data-driven crime-fighting
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Seattle Police Department this morning named Amazon vice president Greg Russell as its new chief information officer — aiming to boost its technological prowess and improve its ability to use data to fight crime. Russell, 46, was previously an Amazon vice president overseeing areas…
Cookie? Spam? Hacker? 11 everyday tech terms and their surprising origins
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Many of the words we use in the modern-day tech lexicon have surprising origins. OK, so the mouse is obvious, because it looks like a mouse. But we bet a lot of you didn’t know that the Bluetooth you use to…
MaRS launches Toronto financial tech cluster
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It is always smart to follow the money and MaRS wants to make it easier for tech entrepreneurs and financial services companies to work together. On Tuesday evening, MaRS, a public-private partnership, announced a series of strategic partnerships that will create…
While crime fighting tech costly, grants cover Danville expenses
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The evolution of technology has played a pivotal role in law enforcement advancements. Danville Police Chief Philip Broadfoot recalls the earlier days of his career and remembers having to make copies of forms in triplicate to ensure everyone who needed a…