Cyber Attack
Cyber Attack tools are now easily available online
Earlier, launching a cyber attack needed a lot of expertise. But these days’ wannabe or newbie cybercriminals are finding it very easy to launch an attack- all thanks to the online shopping platforms. Michael McGuire, a criminologist from Surrey University says that cybercriminals are nowadays using $1.5 trillion in profits a year to acquire, launder, […]
Timehop data breach details
New York-based Timehop Company which provides an application for smartphones users to collect their memories from their old social media posts has disclosed that almost all of the private information of all its 21 million users was hacked by cyber crooks last week. The hacked info includes usernames, email address, telephone numbers and the virtual […]
Vladimir Putin urges the world to fend off cyber attacks on a collective note
All these days we have seen many nations including the US, UK, and Ukraine alleging that Russia and its leader Vladimir Putin have malicious intentions to launch cyber attacks on developed countries in order to create a political instability in the respective nations which would help the Russian federation emerge as a world leader in […]
Red Hen Restaurant becomes Cyber Attack target due to Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Virginia based Red Hen Restaurant was targeted by hackers on Wednesday this week as they wanted to hijack the sudden online popularity of the food business to be diverted to their own websites, which sell Viagra at discounted rates. We all know by now that the said restaurant became famous for refusing to serve to […]
British cyber experts hack ISIS Online Magazine to curb terror
British Cyber Experts is said to have hacked the online magazine named Rumiyah Publication last year in a bid to shut down online terror that gloated the Manchester bombing. News is out that the monthly publication has not been released since last year due to the impact. The publication which is being discussed is an […]
Ontario based CarePartners becomes Cyber Attack Victim
CarePartners, an Ontario based home care service provider has issued a statement that it has become a victim of a cyber attack. Going deep into the details, Cybersecurity Insiders has learned that a cyber attack was launched by some cyber actors last month, as a result of which patient data and employee info was compromised. […]
Liberty Insurance of South Africa becomes Cyber Attack Victim
South Africa based insurance company ‘Liberty’ has made it official that it became a victim of the cyber attack on Sunday. But the company’s CEO David Munro has assured that none of his firm’s customers have witnessed financial losses due to the possible ransomware attack. As per the details available to Cybersecurity Insiders, hackers capsized […]
UK ICO imposes £250k fine on Yahoo
The Information Commissioner Office (ICO) of UK has imposed a fine of £250,000 on Yahoo’s UK Division for failing to notify the 2014 Cyber Attack on time. Yahoo! Officials notified the world about the hack in September 2016 i.e after two years of a data breach which was strictly against UK’s data protection standards. In […]
MyHeritage genealogy website hack exposes sensitive info of 92m users
A cyber attack which took place in October 2017 is said to have exposed the sensitive information of more than 92 million users of MyHeritage, a popular genealogy website. Now, the major concern is that the hack is said to have exposed info on the DNA databases which could be used by bad guys or […]
News about Bitfinex and Ukraine NATO Cyber Attack
Bitfinex, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges has disclosed that it is experiencing a burst of traffic(DDoS Attack) on its trading database and so has decided to shut it down till mid-Tuesday. In an official statement released at 9:39 am ET on Tuesday, the officials of the Bitcoin exchange website said that their trading engine […]
