Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cyber red teams are still able to gain the upper hand in major training exercises, and combatant command missions “remain at risk when subjected to cyber-attacks emulating an advanced nation-state adversary,” according to a Department of Defense report. The Office ……
911 is Vulnerable to DDoS Attacks: Hackers Prove How Easy it is!
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans America’s people centric and globally popular emergency helpline number 911 has been found to be easily vulnerable to Distributed Denial of Service or DDoS attacks. Mordechai Guri, Yisroel Mirsky, Yuval Elovici, researchers at the Cyber Security Research Centre of Ben The…
Four Ways to Protect Vulnerable Students Under ESSA – Education Week
The language of the Every Students Succeeds Act could shortchange students in Title 1 schools, writes Teach Plus executive vice president Alice Johnson Cain. View full post on Education Week: Bullying #pso #htcs #b4inc Read More The post Four Ways to Protect Vulnerable Students Under ESSA – Education Week appeared…
B.C. government systems vulnerable to hacking: Auditor General
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Many British Columbia government organizations lack a strong enough line of defence against hacking, system threats and disruption, according to the province’s auditor general. Carol Bellringer released a new report Tuesday examining general computing controls, or the policies and practices that…
Maine among the states ‘least vulnerable to identity theft and fraud,’ research site says
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Identity theft and fraud remain problems everywhere, and Maine is no different. However, in the latest data analysis by the prolific number crunchers at the finance site WalletHub, identity theft and fraud have been less of a threat to Maine residents…
Millions of Vulnerable Routers aiding Massive DNS Amplification DDoS Attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is becoming more sophisticated and complex with the increase in the skills of attackers and so, has become one of favorite weapon for the cyber criminals to temporarily suspend or crash the services of…
BBB: Children are vulnerable to identity theft as well
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans As an adult, discovering that your identity has been compromised is a scary occurrence. Once identity thieves have your personal information, they can drain your bank account, run up charges on your credit cards and even file a tax refund in…
Ontario’s smart meters vulnerable to hacking and present a threat to the grid, New Democrat warns
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The so-called “smart” meters that track electricity usage on homes across Ontario are vulnerable to hacking and privacy breaches, an Ontario New Democrat is warning. Toronto Danforth MPP Peter Tabuns plans to table a private members bill to close the gaps…
Heartbleed – OpenSSL Zero-day Bug leaves Millions of websites Vulnerable
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It is advised to those who are running their web server with OpenSSL 1.0.1 through 1.0, then it is significantly important that you update to OpenSSL 1.0.1g immediately or as soon as possible. As this afternoon, an extremely critical programming flaw in…
Flickr vulnerable to SQL Injection and Remote Code Execution Flaws
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Flickr, one of the biggest online photo management and sharing website in the world was recently impacted by critical web application vulnerabilities, which left website’s database and server vulnerable hackers.Ibrahim Raafat, a security researcher from Egypt has found SQL injection vulnerabilities…