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Is it this easy to break into your bank account?

Is it this easy to break into your bank account? Fraud reporter Shari Vahl investigates how criminals have been able to break into Natwest customer bank accounts using only a mobile phone number and other publicly available information. She demonstrates how simple the process is by accessing a colleague’s account and transferring money out ofContinue reading “Is it this easy to break into your bank account?”

Civilians to help police investigate cybercrimes, says Theresa May

Civilians to help police investigate cybercrimes, says Theresa May Civilian recruits will help police solve cybercrime under an expansion of the role of volunteers in England and Wales, the home secretary has said. The plans include measures to give more power to support staff and volunteers. Forces will be able to identify volunteers who specialiseContinue reading “Civilians to help police investigate cybercrimes, says Theresa May”

BBC Hack May Have Been the Largest DDoS Attack in History

BBC Hack May Have Been the Largest DDoS Attack in History Cyber attacks are getting evil and becoming the worst nightmare for companies day-by-day, and the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is one of the favorite weapon for hackers to temporarily suspend services of a host connected to the Internet. Until now, nearly every major websiteContinue reading “BBC Hack May Have Been the Largest DDoS Attack in History”

Microsoft Collecting More Data of Windows 10 Users than Initially Thought

Microsoft Collecting More Data of Windows 10 Users than Initially Thought After several controversial data mining and privacy invasion features within Microsoft’s newest operating system, Microsoft continued convincing its users that Windows 10 is not spying on anyone and that the company is not collecting more data than it needs. In addition, Microsoft also updatedContinue reading “Microsoft Collecting More Data of Windows 10 Users than Initially Thought”

Computer hackers growing in numbers as security breaches increase

Computer hackers growing in numbers as security breaches increase Partial transcript of a story from July 2015, click the link below for the full article at abc.net.au. TICKY FULLERTON: This week, customers using the Ashley Madison relationship cheating service got a nasty shock. Their personal details had been hacked. 30 million people held their breathContinue reading “Computer hackers growing in numbers as security breaches increase”

2015 data breaches up by 0.8%, as compared to 2014

2015 data breaches up by 0.8%, as compared to 2014 According to the latest December 15, 2015 Identity Threat Resource Center (ITRC) data breach report—750 data breaches were recorded with more than 177 million records exposed. The ITRC breach list is a compilation of data breaches confirmed by various media sources and/or notification lists from state governmentalContinue reading “2015 data breaches up by 0.8%, as compared to 2014”

Cybercriminals are gearing up for the holidays

Cybercriminals are gearing up for the holidays The upcoming holiday season could be a lucrative time for cybercriminals, according to a new ThreatMetrix Q3 Cybercrime Report. The digital identity company detected 45 million e-commerce attacks during Q3, a 25 percent increase over the previous quarter.  Login attacks were also up 40 percent more than in theContinue reading “Cybercriminals are gearing up for the holidays”

Anonymous Group Leaks Identities of 1000 KKK Members

Anonymous Group Leaks Identities of 1000 KKK Members The online hacktivist group Anonymous has followed through on its promise to disclose the identities of hundreds of Ku Klux Klan members. On Monday, Anonymous vowed to release the full info dump of about 1,000 alleged Ku Klux Klan members with a chosen date of 5th of thisContinue reading “Anonymous Group Leaks Identities of 1000 KKK Members”