Attack
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 […]
Cyber Attacks launched on FedEx were not for money
FedEx which witnessed a wave of cyber attacks on its delivery unit TNT early this week has made an official statement that no data was breached during the hack stint. However, ED Stroz, the former FBI head of Computer Crime says that the attack was not meant for money, but to tarnish the image of […]
Microsoft blames tax software for spread of recent Petya Ransomware Cyber Attack
A global cyber attack launched for the second time in the past two months is said to have crippled almost all businesses in Ukraine. Except for few government agencies, the virus which mimics the features of Petya ransomware hit all enterprise systems in Europe and its neighboring countries. According to a recent media update issued […]
Risks posed by Cyber Attacks!
Cyber Attacks on enterprises are inevitable these days. As per a Cyber Security Breach Survey 2017, 46% of businesses in the UK with over 99 employees saw at least one cyber attack in the past 12 months. When it comes to the United States as per the report compiled by Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report more […]
Petya ransomware hits companies across Europe
A major ransomware attack was launched on companies operating in Europe targeting banks, government offices and power grids. And as per the latest reports available to us, Ukraine’s National Bank, State Power Company and Largest Airport were also targeted by hackers. Ukraine’s Prime Minister Rozenko Pavlo said that the latest attack was a mimic of […]
