Attack
Ashley Madison agrees to pay $11.2 million as Cyber Attack settlement
Toronto based Ashley Madison has officially agreed to pay $11.2 million as cyber attack settlement in response to an American Class Action lawsuit which stemmed from a massive security breach which took place 2 years ago. However, the proposed settlement is yet to get the approval of United States District Court for the Eastern District […]
FedEx repents for not having Cyber Insurance against Cyber Attacks
FedEx, an American multinational Courier delivery service has openly confessed to media sources that it now repents for not having a cyber insurance cover for its digital assets against cyber attacks. The confession was made as soon as the company learned that the disruption in services of its TNT Express unit following a cyber attack […]
Hackers launch a cyber attack on Ramsdens!
Ramsdens, a UK based financial service which offers collateral loans against gold has admitted that its digital assets were hit by a cyber attack that targeted the pawn-brokering chain’s 34K click-and-collect-customers. The Middlesbrough firm, which has more than 127 shops across the UK offering financial services said in a media briefing on Friday that its […]
UK’s NHS systems to be strengthened after Cyber Attack
WannaCry ransomware disrupted the computer systems at NHS on May 11th, 2017 and this made the hospital authorities stop digital update of patient records for a couple of weeks and instead switch to manual work. Very recently, Britain government reacted to this cyber mayhem and announced an action plan to make the NHS more resilient […]
Ransomware Cyber Attack makes Durex and Dettol manufacturer loose £100 million
Reckitt Benckiser(RB) which produces Durex Condoms and Dettol Disinfectant has disclosed to the world that the NotPetya ransomware cyber attack which hit its business on June 27th,2017 has seriously disrupted its manufacturing and distribution business. Our sources confirm that around 500 systems, 2000 servers and 15,000 laptops were affected by Wannacry. And the Nurofen maker […]
Ukraine’s accounting software firm refuses to take Cyber Attack blame
Intellect Service which is a Ukraine-based company owned by a father and daughter duo has turned down all the reports published in the media and on the Microsoft blog blaming the company’s M.E.doc accounting software program as a malware spreader. But Ukraine Officials and security firms including Microsoft, Cisco Talos, and Symantec confirmed that some […]
Teenager from the UK arrested for launching International Cyber Attack
A Teenager from the United Kingdom was arrested last week for launching International Cyber Attacks on the websites belonging to multinational companies. The list of companies whose websites were paralyzed by the cyber attacks launched by the 18-year old includes T-mobile, Vodafone, O2, BBC, BT, Amazon, Netflix, Virgin Media and The National Crime Agency. As […]
Ukraine accuses Russia of launching Not Petya Ransomware attack
Ukraine has accused Russia of launching cyber attacks on public and private entities on last Tuesday. The attack which took place on June 27th, 2017 disrupted the work of public and private institutions by locking down their databases. The initial analysis made by some security experts said that the attack was a Petya malware attack. […]
Cyber Incident Investigation Series: Investigating Attack Scopes
This post was originally published here by Chris Sanders. As defenders, the critical moment is when we’ve determined that an attacker’s attempt to gain a foothold onto the network was successful. This sets of a chain of investigative activity where we follow breadcrumbs through our data to understand where they attacker went, what their mission […]
NATO tags the latest cyber attack as an ‘Act of War’
NATO released a public statement in the early hours of Friday in which it stated that the latest NotPetya ransomware which hit more than 12000 devices across 60 countries was looking like an ‘Act of War’ launched by a state-funded actor/s. On Tuesday this week, a ransomware variant mimicking the whereabouts of Petya ransomware hit […]
