Attack
Hackers Cyber Attack Billboards in the UK!
Last week, a number of billboards erected in the busy centers of UK started to beam images from Big Brother, Shariah Law, SWASTIKA, and Donald Trump caricatured as a Frog. It surprised not only the shoppers and children passing by, but also the law enforcement authorities who were left baffled with the sudden development. The […]
HBO becomes a victim to a massive Cyber Attack!
Home Box Office, well known as HBO to television audiences across the world is said to have become a victim of a massive cyber attack on Saturday last week. And as per the sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders, hackers allegedly obtained 1.5 terabytes of data from the company which includes upcoming episodes of Ballers and […]
British citizen convicted in Deutsche Telekom Cyber Attack
A British citizen who was arrested in February this year was sentenced to 20 months of imprisonment by a German court for attempting a computer sabotage on Deutsche Telekom which disrupted over 900,000 of its consumer routers last November. The 29-Year old named Daniel K also known as Spiderman to his online fans has admitted […]
Hackers use Women profiles to Cyber Attack Scientists
Hackers are using all sorts of tactics to launch cyber attacks on scientists these days and the latest on it has come to light this week. Iranian hackers are said to be using fake women photos siphoned from British Photographers to cyber attack scientists and make them work for the Middle East governments. According to […]
ECMC spends $10 million to recover from a Cyber Attack!
Erie County Medical Center has made it official that it has spent $10 million to recover from a cyber attack. The hospital authorities disclose that half of the amount was spent on purchasing new computer hardware, software, and assistance needed to respond to the cyber attack. And the other half represents the incurred additional expenses, […]
Cyber Attack on Pennsylvania health systems leaks 300,000 patient records
A Cyber Attack launched on Women’s Health care Group of Pennsylvania is said to have leaked 300,000 patient records. The leaked data includes names, social security numbers, birth dates, pregnancy histories, blood type info, lab results, medical record numbers, insurance info, medical diagnoses and some X-Ray scans in digital format. As per the details available […]
US refusal to accuse Russia of cyber attacks will encourage more cyber warfare
United States refusal to directly accuse Russia of launching politically motivated cyber attacks on its critical infrastructure seems to be inviting more trouble. Security experts fear that the said reluctance will create a policy vacuum which will encourage more cyber warfare from state funded actors. FBI and CIA have already made it public that there […]
Facebook funds project to prevent cyber attacks on Election Campaigns
Facebook has decided to fund a project to prevent cyber attacks targeting all future Election Campaigns. The decision was taken by the social media giant after Russian hackers rocked the US Presidential elections of 2016 with cyber attacks. In a recent press release which reached us early today, the worlds largest social network has hinted […]
Hackers Cyber Attack 60% of Scottish Firms!
Scotsman investigation has recently revealed that hackers have cyber attacked more than 60% of Scottish firms since 2014, and this includes nine Scotland’s health boards. The investigation made by the media giant confirmed that in the past three years nine universities and numerous government bodies were targeted by hackers with malware which includes ransomware. Freedom […]
FCC denies allegations that it did not document Cyber Attacks
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has denied all media reports which claimed it did not document the cyber attacks which took place on Electronic Comment Filing System on Net Neutrality. Quoting the report published in Gizmodo as a story which is categorically false, the FCC reacted by disclosing that it has fully documented every event […]