Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The seemingly inpenetrable National Security Agency was hacked recently. So was the Democratial National Committee, and voter registration offices in Illinois and Arizona. Hackers also stole customer data from some of the nation’s top hoteliers, including Hyatt and Marriott. It’s The…
Android Phone Users in Iran Face New Threat by Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers posing as friends are using phone numbers based in the UK to contact civil rights and political activists in Iran to gain access to their email and social media accounts, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has The…
Car hacking: why cyber crime is a real threat
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It’s 2020 and, as you start your premium family saloon for the morning commute, something is wrong. The 20in touchscreen is dead. Suddenly it flickers into life but instead of the usual map there’s a message: “Your car’s computer has been…
North Korea’s Military Partnerships Under Threat?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The latest UN sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have locked the two Koreas in a war for influence on far-flung battlegrounds, from the Middle East to Africa to Latin America. Seoul, however, could inadvertently minimize any future…
Threat intelligence Summit
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Date: December 6 – 7, 2016 Conference Title: Threat intelligence Summit Where: New Orleans, LA, United States Register before 10/9 and save $400 While the motive behind cyber-attacks can differ, the techniques are often the same. A threat intelligence program analyzes…
US warns banks of hacking threat to Swift system
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans US regulators have warned banks about potential cyber attacks linked to the interbank messaging system. The statement came two weeks after the Federal Bureau of Investigations sent a notice cautioning US banks after the hacking of Bangladesh’s central bank. The FBI…
Financial advisors face cyber security threat
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans There is a new nightmare facing financial advisors – and it’s come in the form of cyber security. That is the verdict of Mary Jo White, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission in the USA. She believes that not…
China faces growing cybersecurity threat
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans There were surging reports of cybersecurity cases last year, according to a report released Wednesday by a non-profit cybersecurity institution in China. There were 126,916 cybersecurity cases in 2015, up 125.9 percent year on year, with 99.6 percent of complaints from…
Cyber attacks a constant threat, says GCSB boss
An average of seven serious cyber attacks a month are being detected by the so-called “cortex” programme operated by Government Communications Security Bureau – the spy agency. New GCSB boss Andrew Hampton said the attacks were carried out by foreign agents and targeted “nationally significant” organisations. That was just a…
Threat of hackers keeps Arizona’s online voting program small
Thousands of Arizona service members were offered the chance to cast a ballot over the internet in Tuesday’s special election, but state and county officials say the threat of hackers makes widespread online voting unlikely anytime soon. Election officials sent ballots to more than 4,000 Arizonans stationed out-of-state or overseas…
