Attack
Personal details of up to 30K Irish Teachers leaked in a Cyber Attack
Irish National Teacher’s Organization(INTO) has issued a formal statement that personal data of more than 30,000 Irish Teachers could have been compromised due to a cyber attack on a union website. INTO has written to all those teachers and retired staff who have completed courses on its learning website intolearning dot ie and updated them […]
Government workers in Australia to play Cyber Attacks related War Games
Cybersecurity teams from more than 10 departments will practice attacking and repelling of cyber attacks in the inaugural event related to cybersecurity war games to be held in Canberra, Australia. The event will be judged by the former commander of the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet Patrick Walsh and the winners will be rewarded accordingly. The […]
More than 100,000 Canadians affected by the cyber attack on Equifax!
Equifax has released an official confirmation late yesterday that more than 100,000 Canadians were affected by the cyber attack which targeted its database almost two months ago. The US-based Credit Agency has also assured that it will offer a public update by this weekend on the impact of the data breach which was disclosed to […]
Security experts say that no Nuclear Weapon is safe from Cyber Attacks
Security Experts from UK based think tank ‘Chatham House’ have revealed that no nuclear weapon is safe from cyber attacks and this could prove potentially catastrophic if nations fail to take necessary steps on the issue. Beyza Unal, a security researcher from Chatham House adds that hackers have become sophisticated to tamper the nuclear systems […]
Switzerland’s Defense Department foils malware related Cyber Attack
Switzerland’s Defense Department has issued a public statement on Friday that its IT department has blocked a malware related cyber attack from penetrating into the government network. However, another attack is said to have disrupted the systems of a contractor working for the foreign affairs department and the damage is yet to be accessed. The […]
Hackers exploited software flaw to launch Cyber Attack on Equifax
The United States Consumer Credit Agency Equifax became a victim of a massive data breach last week. And the leak could have affected more than 143 million customers from United States, UK, and Canada. The data stolen includes social security numbers, birth dates, credit card details and birth dates. When Equifax launched a probe it […]
Trend Micro says that CEOs are spoofed the most by Phishing Email Cyber Attacks
Trend Micro which recently conducted a study on Business Email Compromise has come to a conclusion that company CEOs are spoofed the most, while CFOs and finance directors were the top targets of the said variant of cyber attacks. And in another report compiled by FBI, the Global losses from business email compromise (BEC) since […]
Cyber Attack concerns rise over FIFA World Cup 2018
The English Football Association has expressed cyber attack concerns for the 2018’s FIFA World Cup which is going to be held in Russia. The association has already written to the organizers of FIFA expressing concerns about information already being accessed in a cyber attack. As a precautionary measure, the England Football Association has asked its […]
Cyber Attack on S#X Robots could kill their owners
Cyber security experts are warning that hackers could launch cyber attacks on S#X Dolls and kill their owners. They claim that this can be easily done by controlling the hands and legs of the pleasure giving robots and then inducing instructions into their chips to kill their owners. Security experts say that the pleasure giving […]
Personal data of 5400 AXA gets compromised in Cyber Attack!
Personal data of more than 5400 AXA Singapore customers was compromised in a cyber attack which took place last month. The incident came to light when an email giving details about the cyber attack was sent to affected customers. According to the sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders, the stolen info includes mobile numbers, insurance policy […]
