Cyber Attack
Amazon Web Services experiences DDoS Cyber Attack
On October 22nd,2019, Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced a Distributed Denial of Service(DDoS) Attack between 10:30 AM and 6:30 AM PDT. Details such as who launched the attack and the financial impact are yet to be probed. But the cloud services giant offered an update early today that the issue has been resolved and all […]
Culprits of Bell Canada Cyber Attack detained
Hackers who compromised the database of Bell Canada in May 2017 reportedly got hold of an email address related to 1.9 million customers and phone numbers of more than 1.7 million customers. Then later the same hacking group committed the second attack in Jan’ 18 leading to another data breach affecting more than 100 thousand […]
US Presidential Campaign was targeted by Iran Phosphorous Cyber Attack
Microsoft issued a surprising statement on Friday last week that an Iranian hacking group named Phosphorous has carried out a cyberattack on the US Presidential Campaign between Aug and Sept this year and did manage to compromise some of the email accounts. The tech giant confirmed that some American Government Officials, Journalists, prominent Political leaders […]
Cyberattack on New Zealand Tu Ora leaks 1 million data of patients
A sophisticated cyberattack that took place on New Zealand based Primary Health Organization Tu Ora Compass Health is reported to have leaked data of over 1 million patients. Highly placed sources say that the attack was caused due to an exploit that exposed data of District Health Boards and Primary Health Organizations (PHO). Those impacted […]
Phishing email attack on Australian National University
A phishing email sent to a senior staff member is said to lead to the data leak of sensitive details from the database of Australian National University(ANU). Authorities confirm that Chinese hackers or a state-funded actor could be behind the cyber attack and the motive was to steal the rich trove of critical data related […]
World Economic Forum names Cyber Attack as the top risk for the US, Canada, and Europe
According to a survey conducted and published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), cyber-attacks are named as leading risks for business executives hailing from companies operating in Canada, the United States and Europe. The study which was conducted in the association with Zurich Insurance Group and Marsh & McLennan Cos identified the top 5 risks […]
Cyber Attack news currently trending on Google
Danish company Demant which is into the manufacturing of Oticon brand hearing aids has released a press statement today stating that it has lost over 500,000 Kroner via a cyber attack early this month. Highly placed sources report that the incident took place on September 3rd disrupting production and distribution servers of Oticon hearing aids. […]
Russia invests heavily in Cyber Attack Machine to influence US 2020 Elections
A new Cyberwarfare report revealed by Cybersecurity firm Checkpoint states that Russia has been investing heavily on a ‘Cyber Attack Machine’ from early this year which is probably aimed to disrupt or influence the US 2020 elections which are slated to be held in November next year. On learning about the cyber threat, the US […]
No Cyber Attack on Iran says Ministry
Iran has cleared the air that there has been no cyberattack on its digital assets operating in Oil Refineries as claimed by some sources from western media. According to a press statement released by the Government’s Cyber Security Office to Times of Israel, no successful cyberattack was witnessed on oil refineries and so disruption claims […]
Dubai Cheers Exhibition lost $53,000 due to Phishing Cyber Attack
UAE based company Cheers Exhibition which is into stand building business for companies hosting their products & services at exhibitions has admitted that it has become a victim of a phishing cyber attack recently. And as per the latest update released to the media, its website has been pulled down as the website content holding […]
