Lakeisha Holloway’s path to the Strip seems to have passed out of homelessness and back again. And now the woman accused of driving her Oldsmobile onto a busy sidewalk Sunday, killing one and injuring dozens of others, faces a murder charge. On Tuesday, the Clark County district attorney’s office charged…
Anonymous hacktivists have twisted this well-known Christmas carol to spread their anti-surveillance message
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The hacktivist collective know as Anonymous has published a Christmas video message, in which it issues a national surveillance warning to the tune of the well-known carol Santa Clause is Coming to Town . The video shows people dressed as Santa…
Hacker squad plans DDoS attacks on PlayStation Network, Xbox Live this Christmas
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Forget the Grinch, there’s someone else who wants to steal Christmas. Phantom Squad, an online hacker group, has threatened to shut down Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network this Christmas by unleashing a series of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks…
This fintech startup has a solution to credit card fraud
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Scramcard, a startup founded by former Westpac chief security officer Simon Hewitt, wants to solve credit card fraud – with something that looks like a credit card. Credit and debit card fraud cost banks and businesses over $16.31 billion globally last…
SECURITY THIS WEEK: THE GOVERNMENT REALLY DOESN’T SEEM TO LIKE ENCRYPTION
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans This week, Andy Greenberg and Gwern Branwen uncovered the probable identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto—but then again, he might be a hoaxer. We took a look at malvertising, the hack that can infect your computer even if you don’t click…
You Have to See the Thing This Guy’s Family Got Him When He Turned 20
An Imgur user posted this adorable cake that his family got him for his birthday along with the caption, “I turn 20 today. My family got me this cake. I’m a guy.” It’s funny but, um, also, dude’s have a major hand (and penis) in preventing teen pregnancy, and that’s no laughing…
How to halt credit card fraud this holiday season
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hundreds of financial institutions issue credit cards to millions of individuals. Today, more than 77% of U.S. consumers carry one or more credit cards, and nearly three quarters of cardholdersuse them for holiday shopping. But now credit card fraud is more…
How Did This Get Made: Hackers (An Oral History)
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans How Did This Get Made is a companion to the podcast How Did This Get Made with Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas and June Diane Raphael. This regular feature is written by Blake J. Harris, who you might know as the writer of the book Console Wars, soon to be a motion…
Protecting Yourself From Credit Card Fraud This Holiday Season
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Greensboro Police Department is warning residents about the dangers ofCREDIT CARD FRAUD and ways to avoid becoming a victim. Cyber Monday is just the start of a surge inONLINE SHOPPING across the country, which means more opportunities for identity thieves to…
The NSA ended one of its contentious spying programs this weekend
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Over the weekend, the NSA finally ended its contentiousPHONEmetadata spying program. It was first brought to public scrutiny after NSA contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked documents to journalists about the scale of the US government’s spying, provoking a global debate over privacy…