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Cyber Attack on Starwood Marriott linked to Chinese Ministry of State Security
While, all these days we have seen companies coming under cyber attack and law enforcement agencies blaming US adversaries like Russia, North Korea, and Iran for the incidents. But now, renowned news resource in the United States- The New York Times claims that it has evidence that the Chinese Ministry of State Security was behind […]
Sensational Cyber Attack news for the day
When the heading says it’s sensational we mean it by all means….and here’s the proof 1.) Facebook workers are reportedly turning against their company founder Mark Zuckerberg for spying on user calls & posts and signing secret deals with data firms to sell user data. And the crux is that they want their founder to […]
Over 20K Chinese PCs infected with a new ransomware variant
Ransomware news is out that over 20,000 personal computers in China are infected by a new ransomware variant which encrypts files until a ransom of 110 Yuan or $16 is paid via WeChat’s payment service- available exclusively in China and its provinces. As of now, sources say that the developers of the said malware are […]
Cyber Attack news for the day
1.) China is said to have cyber-attacked the Foreign Affairs Think Tanks of Australia for at least two times this year. As the attack was similar to the one launched on the think tanks of United States, the Australian intelligence has come to a conclusion on Tuesday that the incident could have been sponsored by […]
Google might cancel the build of ‘Censored’ search engine for China named Project Dragonfly
Google is said to cancel the build of a separate and censored Chinese search engine named ‘Project Dragonfly’ due to strong protests from its own employees. It’s said that more than 273 managers and engineers have penned a letter to Alphabet Inc the parent company of Google to stop the build of a separate search […]
China launches Cyber Attacks on Australian firms
China is reported to have launched repeated cyber attacks on firms operating in Australia which is a clear-cut breach of the bilateral agreement made by the two countries to not steal commercial secrets of each other. This news was disclosed to the world after the discovery of the facts in an investigation launched by Fairfax […]
US indicts two Chinese firms for stealing trade secrets through Espionage
It seems that the Trump Administration is not willing to stay calm anymore against those conducting espionage on the United States. On Thursday, the US Department of Justice has pronounced an indictment against two Chinese firms and 3 individuals from Taiwan for spying and stealing trade secrets from US Semi Conductor Company Micron Technology Inc. […]
Russia and China eavesdrop Donald Trump iPhone Calls
A report published in The New York Times says that spies from Russia and China are eavesdropping on the communication activities carried out by Donald Trump during his regime as the 45Th President of the United States. The NYT article says that Trump has a habit of using his iPhone to gossip with his friends […]
Weapons systems of Pentagon are vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
As news reports are pouring in that all those computing devices manufactured in China and imported to countries like US and UK are having spying tendencies, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) decided to audit all its computer networks including that of the Pentagon. This includes all IT equipment operating in the server farms of […]
Top Two Cyber Attack stories for this day
The government of Netherlands has accused Russian intelligence of cyber attacking the database related to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons(OPCW). Officials say that the spying activity was identified on April 13th this year and 4 Russian agents were expelled from the country by Ank Bijleveld Schouten- the Dutch Minister of Defense. Early […]
