Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Facebook on Tuesday announced a new facial recognition tool that can spot you even when you haven’t been tagged – handy when some identity thief goes and puts up an account with your photo. It also introduced a way for the…
Verticalscope #hacked again: At least 2.7 million #accounts #compromised in second major #data #breach
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers have once again targeted Verticalscope, a Canadian firm that manages hundreds of popular web discussion forums with over 45 million user accounts. The breach has compromised at least 2.7 million user accounts. The Toronto-based company runs a network of support…
Kremlin Tried To #Hack At Least 4,700 #Email Accounts Before The #Election
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans An extensive, Russian-backed hacking operation targeted the email accounts of thousands of perceived Kremlin adversaries in 2015 and 2016, an Associated Press investigation has learned. The effort, broadly referred to as “Iron Twilight” by security researchers, sought to compromise 4,700 Gmail accounts…
The #shocking #trend of people #breaking into each others’ #social media #accounts
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Spouses hack each others’ Facebook messages, parents track their offspring’s cellphone movements and lovers crack lovers’ private messages. To most of us, EFF leader Julius Malema’s recent claim that his e-mail account was attacked by government backed hackers left a bit…
Scammers Stealing Down Payments By Hacking Real Estate Agents’ Email Accounts
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Buying a home is the biggest purchase most Americans will make during their lifetime. But now hackers have figured out how to steal the down payment, leaving the buyer without a new home and often wiping out their life savings. “The…
Toledo business owner says former employee hacked computers, bank accounts
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) – A Toledo business owner says a disgruntled worker brought his business to a halt following a cyber attack on the company’s computers, phones and bank accounts. “Its just not fair for somebody to be that malicious. And…
Are Popular Social Media Accounts more Likely to Get Targeted by Hackers?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hacker attacks are nothing new – yet they seem to have evolved in terms of focus and impact, as recent devastating malware attacks like WannaCry and Petya have demonstrated. Everybody is a target nowadays, but the trend does not stop at…
Wells Fargo Accused Of Closing Accounts Customers Needed
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Wells Fargo, the embattled national bank, disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a government regulatory agency, is investigating if it closed accounts of customers that needed them. According to a news…
The Cybercrime Scheme That Attacks Email Accounts And Your Bank Accounts
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cybercrime is ever present, and there is one particular fraud we all should be aware of—particularly anyone who sends or receives bank wiring instructions or the funds themselves. The fraud involves the hacking or impersonating of email accounts, it might be…
Keeping Hackers Out of Your Social Media Accounts
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers rarely invent new tricks. Rather, they just find new ways to use old ones. When Tom Van de Wiele — F-Secure Principal Security Consultant — was growing up, taking over IRC accounts and channels was the thing. “Now people amuse…
