Cyber Attack
Smart coffee Machines can allow hackers to steal ID and passwords
Smart Coffee Machines or truly speaking any electronic device connected to the internet can now be used by hackers to steal ID and Passwords says Vince Steckler, a security expert. Mocking the technology of ‘Internet of Things’ the expert who is also a Chief Executive Officer at Avast says that all smart devices can be […]
Cyber Attack on Japan’s online Store leaks data of 460,000 customer accounts
Japan’s online retailing store ‘Fast Retailing’ has released a press statement yesterday that the websites of its business subsidiaries UNIQLO Japan and GU Japan were hacked due to which customer accounts from April 23rd, 2019 to May 10th, 2019 were compromised. News is out that the online store became victim to a credential stuffing cyber […]
Britain like US needs ‘super shield’ against catastrophic Cyber Attacks
A senior official from Bank of England (BoE) feels that the country will need a “super shield” against catastrophic cyber attacks or major IT glitches that have the potential to cripple the entire financial industry. As a precautionary measure, the BoE is already taking actionable measures to see that banks operating in the region could […]
US to launch ‘Nitro Zeus’ Cyber Attack on Iran
Apart from sending over 120,000 US troops to the CENTCOM region, United States is also focusing its resources on a potential cyber attack which could cripple all major cities of Iran including disruption of military units and power grids. The New York Times says that US military is planning to launch Nitro Zeus cyber attack […]
Cyber Attack simulation by G7 Countries
Group of Seven Nations shortly referred to as G7 countries are all set to simulate a cross border cyber attack on the financial sector of France early next month. The cyber attack will be in the form of a malware which will be reportedly infected onto the technical components of the financial sector. “French Central […]
Cyber Attack fear makes the Swedish government urged citizens to hoard cash
Cyber attack fear has made the Swedish government urge all its citizens to hoard cash in their houses in the case of a national emergency and as a precautionary measure. According to ‘The Times’, the Swedish Civil Contingency Agency is asking its populace to stock up cash in small denominations if in case the banking […]
Cyber Attack on Police Federation leads to cancellation of Centenary Celebrations
Cyber attacks which took place on the UK based Police Federation in March this year has made the authorities cancel the annual conference organized for celebrating the Federation’s Centenary supposed to be attended by Home Secretary. Going by the details, a ransomware attack is reported to have taken place on the database of The Police […]
Air Strikes in retaliation to Cyber Attacks
Israel resorted to air strikes on a building located in Gaza Strip which the military forces claim to be housing Hamas Cyber Operatives. This was in retaliation to a cyber attack launched on Israel’s critical infrastructure last week this year. While there is no qualitative evidence that bomb attacks have really pinned down the Hamas […]
Power grids of Los Angeles and Salt Lake under Cyber Attack
Power grids operating in Los Angeles County in California, and Salt Lake County in Utah claimed that they were hit by a powerful DDoS cyber attack on March 5th of this year. However, the authorities have cleared the air that the impact of the attack was never passed onto the customers or the computer systems […]
Cyber Attack on Japan to initiate war with the United States
As per the latest security treaty signed between Japan and the United States, any state-funded cyber attack on Japan is enough to infuriate the United States which could make it launch back cyber attacks in retaliation. Yes, you’ve read it right! As per the bilateral security talk signed by Japanese officials in the presence of […]
