Cyber Attack
DDoS Cyber Attack on Iran’s Internet and Telecom sector
On Saturday last week, Iran’s Telecom Sector witnessed a Distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) which could have easily disrupted 25% of Internet services operating in the region. But the good news is that the cyber teams acted upon the cyber threat on an immediate note which eventually averted a digital massacre from taking place […]
Google trending Cyber Attack news headlines
Greenville Water Utility of South Carolina reportedly became a recent victim of a cyber attack where hackers were either trying to lock down the database through malware or were interested in transmitting the data and then selling the info on the dark web. Spokeswoman Emerald Clark said that the disruption could have impacted over 500,000 […]
Cyber attack headlines trending on Google
Finally what we did not expect is happening as a British court has ordered Bitfinex to freeze a Bitcoins payments as it was leading to the wallets of those distributing ransomware. Yes, you have read it right! As most of the cryptocurrency variants can easily be tracked now, an England and Wales High Court has […]
2019 Worst Cyber Attacks
The year 2019 is soon going to be the past as in a few hours; the world is all set to ring into the year 2020 with a grand celebration. Coming to the cyber world, the year witnessed a lot of cyber attacks on public and private entities and some of the worst cyber attacks […]
Cyber Attack forces flight cancellations in Alaska in the holiday season
Christmas 2019 looks jinxed to some of the people who were planning to fly out of Alaska as a large scale cyber attack is reported to have made the authorities at Ravn Air Group to cancel flights in the whole of Alaskan region. As per the details available to Cybersecurity Insiders, a malicious cyberattack is […]
Iran thwarts Cyber Attack from a foreign nation
Iran’s Telecommunication Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has released a press statement a few hours ago saying that a massive cyberattack from a foreign nation was thwarted by his nation’s cybersecurity team last week. Mr. Azari Jahromi says that a state-funded cyber attack was launched on the e-government infrastructure of Iran at the end of […]
Cybersecurity News trending on Google
To those entire using Windows 10 mobile here’s an update that needs your immediate attention. As Microsoft has failed to bring the whole world onto its Windows 10 Mobile platform, it has decided to end its support to those using windows 10 OS loaded mobile from early next year. So, for all of them, Microsoft […]
Cyber Attack on Smith and Wesson Online store
American Firearms Manufacturer Smith & Wesson was targeted by a cyberattack last week and reports are in that attack was aimed to steal payment card details and sensitive credentials from the Massachusetts based company. Highly placed sources say that the cyber attack started on Black Friday when hackers succeeded in planting a malicious code into […]
Cyber Attack on OnePlus Online store
Chinese Smartphone maker OnePlus has made it official that data related to its consumers of the online store was hacked and accessed by unknown hackers almost two weeks ago. However, the Shenzhen based company has assured that payment information and passwords remain unaffected as the data was put on another server. The company which is […]
Ransomware attack on 110 Nursing homes across the United States
A ransomware attack launched on a Wisconsin based IT company is said to have disrupted the services of over 110 Nursing Homes across the United States. The company owner claims that the impact was not only harsh on the business but could have also lead to the demise of some patients. Now, the company which […]
