Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer If you are the most technical person in your neighborhood, then chances are you have become the local unofficial tech support rep for your circle of friends and family. It doesn’t matter how much, or how little, you know…as long as you are more …
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Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat, Contributing Writer NSA Hacks Google. How could it affect you? Emails? Online searches? Think bigger… Recently it was leaked that the National Security Agency tapped into primary overseas communication links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world. According to former NSA contractor Edward …
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Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer NSA surveillance tool, XKeyscore, is a tool that provides intelligence analysts with real-time surveillance of your email, chat and browsing history. Tagged keyword terms and phrases may unknowingly put you under government scrutiny. Yep, the government knows exactly what keywords you search for …
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Jeb Boone Global Post Anonymous hackers released user and personal information belonging to 4,000 US community bank executives, in an escalation in their online battle against the US Department of Justice. Anonymous released the security credentials for over 4,000 US bank executives on Monday, posting their user account information, …
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Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer You may soon have legal recourse in the fight to protect your privacy online. If a new bill finds its way into law, social networking users might soon be able to make a federal case out of employers asking to snoop through their online accounts. Members …
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Chris Dougherty Virtual Threat Contributing Writer Facebook accounts are an often overlooked gateway into an individual’s personal life. We, as social networking users, have few reservations about posting our photos, location, plans to travel, private outbursts, and information regarding friends, family and work. We include names, phone numbers, …
Read More »Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer Hackers with ties to Al-Qaeda terrorist cells in Somalia and the Philippines are targeting New York small businesses using international phone hacking scams. The scams are costing the companies hundreds of thousands of dollars in phone charges each month. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) said …
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Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer Most people believe their phone conversations are private. Well, they may not be as private as you think if your office or home is filled with hacked phones. Researchers at Columbia University have discovered a flaw in telephones that allows a hacker to …
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Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer Caribbean officials in Belize have questioned 3 people with regard to the murder of Gregory Viant Faull, an American citizen living in a town north of San Pedro, on the island of Ambergris Caye. Belize authorities say John McAfee, the 67 year old founder of …
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Meg Jones VirtualThreat Guest Writer NICT Daedalus. It’s an unfortunate fact that many people fail to realize, but advancements in technology also lead to advancements in criminal activity. Yes, even the technologies that are intended for our safekeeping, security, and protection. In short, the bad guys can nearly always …
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