Cyber Attack
Venezuela power outage caused by US Cyber Attack
The populace in Venezuela is reigning under a power blackout which is suspected to have been caused by hackers backed by US Intelligence. Well, President Nicholas Maduro said so and added in his statement that his government has enough evidence to prove his claims. However, a statement issued by the US official a few hours […]
Google trending Cyber Attack news headlines
Currently, the news which is hitting google headlines when it comes to cyber attacks is the Symantec’s latest blog post which says that it has identified hacking group ‘Whitefly’ as a source which targeted Singapore’s health care services provider SingHealth in between June- July 2018. Symantec’s Blog post says that the said hacking group has […]
Maritime research stolen by Chinese hackers from 27 US Universities
The Wall Street Journal(WSG) reports that a hacking group from China has reportedly stolen Maritime research data from over 27 US Universities which includes the University of Hawaii, Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) and the University of Washington. News is out that the hackers were specifically interested in siphoning data related to the use of artificial […]
North Korea initiates ‘Operation Sharpshooter’ Cyber Attack Espionage Campaign
Lazarus Group also is known as Hidden Cobra in the dark world is said to have launched a global cyber-espionage campaign with the name ‘Operation Sharpshooter’. Researchers from the privately held American Cybersecurity firm McAfee were the first one to discover this spying campaign in Dec’18 who later came to a conclusion that the cyber […]
APT Lucky Mouse Group targets Canada ICAO via Cyber Attack
Cyber Attack news is out that a hackers group named APT Lucky Mouse has targeted Canada’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 2016. Highly placed sources say that the attack was of a watering-hole genre and could represent a significant threat to the aviation industry. Cybersecurity Insiders learned that the attack was identified in November […]
More evidence on Russian Cyber Attack on US 2018 Midterm Elections
US Military announced yesterday that it shut down an Internet Research Agency (IRA) located in Russian port city of St. Petersburg on November 6th last year- just before the 2018 Midterm elections. IRA is believed to be working secretly for Russian Intelligence and was established to spread disinformation such as fake news in the United […]
Cyber Criminals are interested in knowing these secrets of your Business
Effective cybersecurity planning starts by having a good understanding of your enemy’s( hackers) intentions and Cybersecurity Insiders brings to you the 6 specific areas of data that are considered as gold mines for cyber crooks. The trick is that if you know what the gold is, you will come up with a better plan to […]
Cyber Attack on Toyota Car Maker
A few hours ago, Toyota Australia has released an official statement stating that the digital assets of the car making company were targeted by a cyber attack recently. However, the world renowned car making company disclosed that none of its employee data or customer information was compromised in the incident. According to sources report to […]
Russia APT28 Cyber Attacks European Political Parties
After launching Cyber attacks on the US Democratic National Committee Servers in 2016 to access sensitive info and then the German Council on Foreign Relations and European Offices of the Aspen Institute & the German Marshall Fund; news is now out that Russian intelligence funded hacking group APT28 aka Fancy Bear has targeted some of […]
Hacker destroys 18-years old data of VFEmail via Cyber Attack
Almost all data belonging to VFemail was reportedly destroyed in the hands of the hacker on Monday this week. The anonymous email services provider says that the attack was launched by a hacker active on darknet and identified as Aktv at the rate 94.155.49.9. Cybersecurity Insiders has learned that the hacker destroyed the data of […]
