Attacks
Here’s the list of Five Major Cyber Attacks of 2016!
Cyber attacks became something of a hot topic of 2016 and that’s due to the fact that they not only have the potential to break a business on a financial note ( ex- Verizon deal of buying yahoo) but also can bring in a kind of political instability into a nation’s current affairs. For instance, […]
Why state-sponsored actors launch cyber attacks?
Eric O’Neill, the former CIA operative recently shared his thought on why some countries are super-interested in launching cyber attacks on other nation’s critical infrastructure. As cyber espionage and cyber terrorism have emerged as the most critical threats to public and private sectors in the United States and the United Kingdom, let’s hope that his […]
List of Countries which are most vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
As soon as Wikileaks revealed to the world that it has valid documents to prove that US law enforcement agency CIA has the potential to hack any Smart Phone, Smart TV or devices related to Internet of Things existing on this globe, it surprised the entire world, along with those connected to the cyber security […]
Cyber Attacks on fitness trackers, smartphones, and voice-activated gadgets
All those who are using Fitness trackers, smartphones and voice-activated gadgets such as Amazon Echo, here’s some bad news for you. The National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) and the National Crime Agency (NCA) of UK have generated a report which states that hackers are targeting people using the above said sophisticated gadgets to hold people […]
Insurance companies are now covering Ransomware Cyber Attacks
Insurance companies are now coming forward to cover ransomware related cyber attacks. And the credit goes fully to broad thinking of the insurance providers who now offering services as per demand. We all know that from past couple of years, ransomware attacks have increased on public and private companies- all thanks to the era of […]
Report confirms that US Computers are not safe from Cyber Attacks
Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released its latest report which says that computers operating in almost all government officer of United States are vulnerable to cyberattacks from state-sponsored actors. If this issue goes unchecked, then it can spell a doom on the security and integrity of America in near future. GAO has claimed in its […]
Three Proven Techniques for Detecting Targeted Attacks
Carl Manion wrote an interesting post about Three Proven Techniques for Detecting Targeted Attacks that I would like to share. “Thanks to extensive media coverage of the numerous cyber security breaches over the past several years, most organizations are generally aware of the risk they face due to advanced persistent threats (APTs) and highly skilled cyber […]
