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Bitcoin users are opening their wallets to hackers through mobile networks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin make a big deal of their security; theoretically, they are almost impossible to hack. Every transaction is stored in a ‘digital ledger’, shared across multiple machines; an attacker would need to compromise every computer in the chain to successfully hack the system. However, the digital wallets that…
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A Better Way to Teach Cybersecurity to Workers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Companies are starting to take a new approach to getting employees to be more vigilant about cybersecurity. Instead of punishing employees when they make mistakes, they’re rewarding them when they do something good. The problem, security experts say, is that the usual security training is a big turnoff for employees….
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Safeguarding SMB Customer against Sophisticated Cyberattacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Cybercrime or cyberattacks has become a major concern for the economies across borders, ranging from states, corporates giants, small and medium industries, and even individuals at home. The driving force behind frequent and sophisticated cyberattacks at all levels of organizations, pertains to the idea–what cyber criminals gain? The primary focus…
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Vetting of social media, phones possible as part of travel ban review
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
The Trump administration is developing new ways to vet people coming into the United States as a deadline in the President’s controversial travel ban nears, officials said Tuesday. “Each of the opportunities that the US government has to interview and/or vet potential inbound travelers is being reviewed,” acting Customs and…
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All That’s Needed To Hack Gmail And Rob Bitcoin: A Name And A Phone Number
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers have proven just how urgently a gaping flaw in the global telecoms network, affecting what’s known as Signalling System No. 7 (SS7), needs to be fixed. In a video demonstration, shown to Forbes ahead of publication today, benevolent hackers from Positive Technologies were able to […]
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20-year prison term proposed for hackers of State secrets
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Cyber criminals, convicted of hacking into government databases to mine State secrets for sale to foreign countries, will serve 20 years in jail if Parliament passes a Bill seeking to tame the growing white-collar crime. The Computer and Cybercrimes Bill 2017, a revised version of a 2016 law, also proposes…
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Cyberattack performed by Anonymous hackers on Israeli government ministry’s website
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Members of Anonymous hacked into the website of the Israeli Periphery Development Ministry’s Galilee Development Authority leaving a message with the organization’s symbol: “Israel is helping human terrorist groups,” they wrote. The website of the Israeli Periphery Development Ministry’s Galilee Development Authority was broken into by hackers from Anonymous, most…
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Juncker announces massive cyber security overhaul
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
The European Commission will add funds and new powers for the EU cyber security agency and introduce a range of measures to limit threats from hackers, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced in his annual state of the union speech on Wednesday (13 September). Cyber security attacks can be “more dangerous…
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McAfee boosts cyber security software suite with a beefed-up anti-malware engine to tackle hack attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Cyber security firm McAfee has given its core suite of anti-virus and security software an overhaul to bolster the protection it can provide against currnet and future hack attacks. McAfee AntiVirus Plus, McAfee Internet Security, McAfee Total Protection and McAfee LiveSafe have all had an upgrade, giving them access to…
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Cyber Security Analyst I Job
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Job Description: The successful candidate must possess the ability to perform information security risk assessments and information compliance activities in accordance with the NIST Risk Management Framework and NIST 800-53 Rev 5 for new projects and legacy infrastructure, databases and applications. The candidate must have the ability to assess the…
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