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Stolen surveillance system exposes drug dealing thieves.

DOERUN, GA (WALB) - Images from a stolen surveillance system helped investigators arrest a suspected drug dealer. Colquitt County Sheriff's Investigators made three arrests stemming from a burglary and drug deal connection. A Colquitt County farmer went online to see if he could find his stolen [...]

January 19th, 2015|

UK: Former deputy prime minister finds car was bugged.

John Prescott seems to be taking this find in stride, but it could be a sign of something more sinister going on. Vehicle TSCM sweeps are an important part of regular security precautions. The former Deputy Prime Minister discovered the device hidden in his car [...]

January 18th, 2015|

Hackers attack LA road signs

Science fiction stories often have tales of computerized devices taking over the world. Probably a more immediate worry, rather than the devices controlling us, would be hackers take over those devices, as that is already happening.  Cyber security researcher, Graham Cluley, clues us in on happenings in downtown [...]

January 12th, 2015|

Morgan Stanley sacks employee who pilfered account data

...companies now no longer face just external threats. Employees may give in to threat or greed, and with their access to information, can cause a data breach without specialized knowledge or cyber security skills. Staff are often given far-reaching data access rights, but with this power, rouge employees can prove to be a serious risk to corporations. While the threat of insiders is unlikely to wane, companies can protect themselves more effectively by setting in place access restrictions to sensitive data and monitoring employee access to information caches.

January 7th, 2015|

Fake “The Interview” app is really an Android banking trojan

Graham Cluley's computer security website provides information about a Korean Android app that claims to offer a download of the movie "The Interview" is actually infecting smart phone's with malware that is stealing banking information, analyzed by researchers at McAfee. If you are looking for [...]

December 29th, 2014|
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