Covid 19
Surge in COVID 19 themed Cyber Attacks says the Microsoft
Microsoft (MS) the Technology Giant of America has stated in its recent blog post that there has been a rise in COVID 19 themed cyber attacks from early February or from the day WHO declared to the world that there was a global health emergency- Corona Pandemic was spreading at an alarming rate. Prudently the […]
China trying to steal US COVID 19 vaccine development via Cyber Attacks
In an interactive webinar session launched by CISO Magazine, Bryan Ware the Assistant Director for Cybersecurity- Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that some malicious cyber actors were trying to steal the documents detailing the COVID 19 vaccine development in United States. Mr. Bryan Ware who is also a head of CISA said that the […]
McAfee predicts a surge in Malware and Financial frauds due to COVID 19
McAfee Labs, a Cybersecurity research division of McAfee has predicted that there could be a surge in malware and finance-related frauds during the COVID 19 Pandemic spread. A report titled “COVID-19: Malware makes Hay during a Pandemic” says that the threat will emerge mainly in the form of phishing attacks where hackers will send bulk […]
What did hackers from Russia steal from British Corona Virus Labs
Russia has been launching Cyber Attacks on British Universities researching the vaccine to curb COVID 19 and this was confirmed by a post published in ‘Daily Mail’ last week. The newspaper also added in its post that hackers linked to Kremlin and Iran were behind the cyber attack campaign whose mere intention was to steal […]
COVID 19 forces Black Hat and DEF CON 2020 to go Virtual
Two of the biggest Cybersecurity conferences- Black Hat and DEF CON have been forced to go virtual due to the COVID 19 crisis. Factually speaking, the said 2 conferences were scheduled to be held in Las Vegas in Aug’2020 with Black Hat scheduled from Aug 1st to Aug 6th and Def CON from Aug 7th […]
SURVEY: COVID-19 RESPONSE SEES NEARLY 50% OF CYBERSECURITY WORKERS REASSIGNED TO IT TASKS
This post was originally published by (ISC)² Management. When asked about changes experienced due to COVID-19, almost half (47%) of cybersecurity professionals polled by (ISC)2 said they have been reassigned to IT tasks. These findings are part of the (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Pulse Survey, in which 256 cybersecurity professionals shared insights on their current work situations during the first […]
Cyber Attack on Britain Universities for COVID 19 Medicine and Vaccine documents
All these days we have been expecting some kind of cyber activity from China on companies and Universities across the world which are into the production of Medicine and Vaccine for Corona Virus spread. Surprisingly, the news is out that nations like Russia and Iran are now launching cyberattacks on Universities operating in Britain which […]
COVID 19 Vaccine development will lead to more Cyber Attacks and Data Theft
As the world is struggling to find a sure-shot vaccine to end the Corona Virus pandemic, British Defense Committee Chairperson Tobias Ellwood felt that it will lead to more cyber attacks on Pharma companies like GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi, Imperial College and Oxford University’s Jenner Institute as they are in a race to find […]
NHS rejects Google and Apple Coronavirus tracking app due to data security fears
Last week, Apple and Google came forward to offer a Corona Virus tracking app to NHS which will be in lines with India’s Aarogya Setu Mobile app. However, UK’s government-funded healthcare service provider had rejected the plea due to data security concerns as the tech giants said that the App developed by them on a […]
Canada Govt to offer Cybersecurity for Teleworkers during COVID 19 Pandemic
To all those public and private employees in Canada who are working from home, due to Corona Virus spread crisis, here some good news. A Canada spy agency is all set to use its huge database of cyber threats to protect employees who are working from home to keep their critical office IT operations free […]
