China
Chinese firm acquires AWS assets for 2 billion Yuan!
Chinese firm Sinnet Technology has announced that it is going to acquire all the assets of Amazon Web Services (Chinese Division) for 2 billion Yuan or $301 million approximately. The assets include servers and all other IT Infrastructure based on those devices. Sources close to Cybersecurity Insiders say that the agreement on this issue has […]
Chinese hackers launch Cyber Attack on Australian Defense Contractor
A Chinese hacker or a hacking group named ‘Alf’ is said to have launched a cyber attack on an Australian Defense Contractor to access critical info about the nation’s defense secrets. Australian Federal Minister Dan Tehan has confirmed the news and said that the hacker/s had access to the network of the contractor for an […]
It’s China behind Equifax Cyber Attack!
Equifax has made an official announcement that the cybersecurity firm Mandiant has completed a review of the data breach which occurred on its database in May- June this year and has come to a conclusion on the consumers who were potentially impacted. The credit reporting firm said that the incident which was announced to the […]
China issues a global warning on UIWIX ransomware!
China has warned all nations across the globe against a ransomware named UIWIX which is spreading in a similar way like the “WannaCry” virus which infected more than 200,000 computers over 150 countries last week. The National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) and software company AsiaInfo discovered this virus while probing into the Wanna […]
Cyber Attack on US Trade Group before Trump-Xi Trade Summit
Chinese Hackers launched a cyber attack on US Trade Group just before the Trump-Xi Trade summit of Thursday. And as per the report published by cyber security firm Fidelis, the Chinese APT10 hacking group is responsible for this hack. According to the technical details available with Cybersecurity Insiders, APT10 succeeded in implanting a piece of […]
China cyber attacks IT companies operating in Britain
China-based hacking group known as APT10 has launched spear-phishing cyber attacks on IT firms based in London. United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has confirmed this news and added that the aim of these cybercriminal gangs is to steal private data along with intellectual properties and use them as a proxy for future attacks. […]
China and Russia urge the US to stop espionage and cyber attacks
After learning about CIA’s capability to hack any smart device on this globe, China and Russia have stepped forward to urge the United States to stop espionage and cyber attacks on other countries which include them. The two powerful nations, who always consider the United States as a foe, reacted to the media revelation made […]
Russia and China targeting UK Defense and Foreign Secrets via Cyber Attacks
Britain is said to be facing high profile cyber attacks on a weekly note from Russia and China. Ciaran Martin, the head of National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) of London feels that the main aim of the state-sponsored hackers might be to steal Defense and Foreign policy secrets. National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) of UK […]
Director of US Intelligence resigns and admits that the US is vulnerable to cyber attacks
Director of US National Intelligence James Clapper has put down his resignation today morning before the House Select Committee on Intelligence. This move was expected as the newly elected US President Donald Trump is on a transition spree of setting the right tone for National Security Agencies during his administration. Mr. James put down his […]
Germany creates nerd army to combat Russia and China cyber attacks
The German government has created a new nerd army to combat the increasing cyber threats coming from Russia and China. In order to save the democracy, Germany has created a new cyber response team called Mobile Incident Response Teams(MIRT). This team will have a cyber security strategy in place which will help the Germany government […]
