Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers stole Social Security numbers, health histories and other highly sensitive data from more than 21 million people, the Obama administration said Thursday, acknowledging that the breach of U.S. government computer systems was far more severe than previously disclosed. The scope of the…
Home Depot Ranks Higher in Cyber Defense Than Pentagon Contractors
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans After revelations that a compromised contractor login abetted a grandiose breach of federal employees’ background investigations, now comes word that Defense Department suppliers score below hacked retailers when it comes to cyber defense. The new industry-developed cyber rankings–and the recent Office…
First on CNN: U.S. data hack may be 4 times larger than the government originally said
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Washington (CNN)The personal data of an estimated 18 million current, former and prospective federal employees were affected by a cyber breach at the Office of Personnel Management – more than four times the 4.2 million the agency has publicly acknowledged. The…
Your iPhone And iPad Just Got Easier Than Ever To Hack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Devices that break into iPhones by brute-forcing passwords have been around since the iPhone was released, but iOS engineers developed countermeasures, including the latest: a nuclear option that wipes phone data if the wrong password is entered 10 times. But this…
Let hackers in — experts say traps might be better than walls
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans SEOUL – Ever since the Internet blossomed in the 1990s, cybersecurity was built on the idea that computers could be protected by a digital quarantine. Now, as hackers routinely overwhelm such defenses, experts say digital security is beyond due for an…
Men who conned victims out of more than £40,000 by pretending to be police officers are jailed
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Five fraudsters who tricked people out of thousands of pounds by posing as police officers and bank officials have been jailed today. More than £40,000 was stolen by, Mohammed Miah, Muhammad Ahmed, Motahir Rahman, Dedar Ali and Mohammed Hussain from 11…
Cyber Attackers Stole More Than 61M Customer Records in 2014
New data from IBM (IBM) showed that despite a decline in cyber attack incidents against U.S. retailers, the number of customer records stolen during cyber attacks remained near record highs in 2014. IBM reported that cyber attackers secured more than […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Hacker Attacks on American Banks Look More Like Fraud Than Russian Cyberwar
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The theft of data from JPMorgan Chase does not fit the established pattern of Russia’s political cyberattacks against rival nations Subtlety has never been the strong suit of Russia’s hacker-patriots. In 2008, during the Russian invasion of Georgia, they managed […]…
Hackers are after more than just personal info
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A cyberattack on Community Health Systems Inc., a private hospital network, in April and June resulted in the theft of non-medical data of 4.5 million Americans, including names, addresses, birth dates, phone numbers and Social Security numbers, according to a new […]…
Online travel services company exposes more than a million customer records to malicious hacker
Think W3 Limited, an online travel services company, has been served a £150,000 monetary penalty after a serious breach of the Data Protection Act revealed thousands of people’s details to a malicious hacker. The company was hacked in December 2012 after […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…