Attack
Man uses 9k Zombie Computers to Cyber Attack Skype, Google, and Pokemon
A British man has been accused of launching cyber attacks through 9,000 Zombie computers on websites such as Skype, Google, and Pokemon. Alex Bessell is his name and the accused will be facing the trial of orchestrating DDoS attacks on several other major online firms in a bid to crash their web services. Alex, 21, […]
NHS was warned to patch systems to protect against Cyber Attack
A National Audit Office( NAO) investigation into May 2017 Wannacry Outbreak on NHS has revealed that the healthcare network was warned in time to patch systems to protect against Cyber Attack. It is said that NHS Digital- the health service’s data and IT body issued this alert in April this year. But the alert was […]
Spanish Government websites witness Free Catalonia Cyber Attacks!
From past couple of weeks, Hackers group called Anonymous has targeted institutions working for Spanish Government with Catalonia Cyber Attacks. The group announced yesterday that it was launching attacks on government-owned websites in retaliation to the ongoing Catalan Independence Crisis. The online activist’s group has launched “Operation Catalonia” attacks in October first week on a […]
Cyber Attack wrecks the launch of Bitcoin Gold Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin Gold launch was marred by a Cyber Attack which took place on the new crypto currency’s website. The digital currency was supposed to be launched on October 24th,2017, but came under sustained distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyber attack. Bitcoin’s Gold website issued a public statement on Wednesday that its webpage experienced a DDOS […]
Cyber Attack on Appleby can reveal financial records of World’s Richest People!
Bermuda based law firm Appleby has made it official that it has become a victim of a cyber attack and admitted that hackers have managed to steal data from its database last year. Now the law firm fears that cyber crooks might anytime leak the financial records of World’s Richest People which could pronounce serious […]
Cyber Attack reveals plastic surgery details of British Royal Family members
Hackers who launched a cyber attack on London Bridge Plastic Surgery (LBPS) Clinic of UK have succeeded in siphoning off with Terabytes of data which includes plastic surgery details, photos and some videos of famous high profile celebrities. A hackers group named “The Dark Overlord” is said to be behind this attack and claims to […]
Insurance company may pay $275 million for Merck Ransomware Cyber Attack
Drug maker Merck which experienced a ‘NotPetya’ ransomware attack in June this year could get an insurance cover of $275 million from the insurer. The estimate forecast was provided by Verisk Analytics Inc’s Property Claims Services(PCS) unit and the actual amount may vary in reality. Merck, on the other hand, is not interested in disclosing […]
Ransomware Cyber Attack puts Toshiba’s 400,000TB SSD storage on hold
Japanese NAND flash maker Toshiba has put the production of 400,000TB SSD storage on hold due to a ransomware cyber attack on its computer network of NAND Flash manufacturing. So, those hoping to grab the best SSD Deal on Black Friday may have to postpone their luck until next year. NOTE- NAND Flash memory is […]
Britain blames Iran for launching Cyber Attack on its Parliament
GCHQ of Britain has released a press statement on the last weekend saying that a brute force cyber attack launched on its parliament in June this year was carried out by the cyber army of Iran. The attack which led to email leaks of few high profile politicians, their peers, and the staff was caused […]
Equifax suffers another cyber attack and so decides to pull down its Webpage!
Equifax which suffered another cyber attack early this morning has pulled out its webpage offline on a temporary note. Security teams who are investigating on this matter have confirmed to the media that the credit reporting company’s website was under the control of the hackers since last week which could have led to another data […]
