Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Yahoo may be dealing with the biggest data breach ever, after hackers steal cyberinformation from 500-million users. Some Hawaii residents may have been affected, and that could lead to fines for the tech company from The post Hawaii users could be…
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…
Iranian Hackers Accessed Millions of Users’ Info on Telegram Messaging App
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers believed to be associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) accessed user accounts of the secure messaging app Telegram earlier this year, identifying the phone numbers of millions of Iranians, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The breach was is the…
Internet Users in Brazil and Mexico Are Very Concerned About Fraud – See more at: http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Internet-Users-Brazil-Mexico-Very-Concerned-About-Fraud/1014289#sthash.huxie8oA.dpuf
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A study from market research company Aite Group, sponsored by electronic banking and payment solutions provider ACI Worldwide found that internet users in Brazil and Mexico are far more worried about different categories of fraud like identity theft and credit card…
Users sign away their firstborns on fake social network
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans We already know that people are willing to hand over their firstborns for free Wi-Fi. Or, at least, they’re more willing to accidentally sign over perpetual ownership of their tots than they are to read lengthy terms and conditions. We know…
Japan’s largest travel agency fears data leak impacts 8 million users
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Japan’s major travel agency JTB has admitted to a cyberattack which it fears has led to the theft of data belonging to 7.93 million users. In today’s day and age where major data breaches are heard of almost weekly, the odd…
Cybercriminals devise new baits to trick internet users
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A new type of cyber attack is now on the prowl in Nigeria as cybercriminals now use phishing attack which is the practice of using fraudulent e-mails and cloned copies of legitimate websites to extract financial data from computer users for…
FBI Randomly Used Malware on TORMail Users While Busting Pedophiles
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized one of the most popular dark web email platform called TorMail and soon after the department began to rifle through the contents of the server. Back then, the researchers suspected that the FBI…
Twitter Warns Some Users Over Possible Government Hacking
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Twitter sent a warning to some users that the social network said may have been targeted by “state-sponsored hackers.” It’s unclear how many people received a letter from Twitter. However, the message warns hackers may be attempting to steal phone numbers,…