Cyber Attack
Cyber Attack on Nile Dam foiled by Ethiopian Authorities
An Egyptian hacking group has taken the claim of launching a cyber attack on a Nile Dam that could have not only triggered flash floods downstream but could have led to a total power blackout. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) which generated power in February this year, was digitally attacked by a hacking group having […]
5 Ways to Protect Your Ecommerce Business
Source Cyber attackers, fraudsters, and hackers target both small-scale, midsized, and large online ecom enterprises. In fact, the frequency of small businesses fraud is at 28% compared to larger organizations at 22-26%. This portrays a grim picture for ecommerce businesses — filled with data breaches and irate customers. Again, if you don’t secure your clients’ […]
Russian cyber attack on US mobile customers
From the afternoon hours of Tuesday, thousands of mobile users in United States received spam text from their phone numbers. And telecom company Verizon Wireless was forced to issue a public statement that some threat actors might have taken control of its servers to send spam to its users and diverting them to Russian state […]
Major Cyber Attack launched on Ukraine Ukrtelecom
A major cyber attack was launched in the afternoon hours of Monday, leading to severe internet disruption in the core parts of Ukraine. The attack was intense and was possibly the most severe of all the cyber attacks that occurred after the Russian invasion in Ukraine since February 23rd, 2022. Ukrtelecom is the biggest fixed […]
Massive DDoS attack on Israel government websites
Government websites in Israel were targeted by a massive cyberattack that seems to be a DDoS variant. The online services that were taken down include Prime Minister’s office and its interior, health, justice, and welfare ministries. Writing some details about the cyber incident on Twitter, the Israel National Cyber Directorate confirmed that a distributed denial-of-service […]
Cyber Attack on Europe’s major Oil terminal
A Cyber Attack on Europe’s major oil terminal could trigger an oil shortage in coming days and that too at the time when the entire nation was suffering to curtail the already high energy prices. Cybersecurity Insiders have learnt that the fuel shortage is being caused because of a digital attack that has affected all […]
Cyber Attack on Iran State TV leads to display of images of dissidents
Iranian State TV was hacked and images of dissidents were displayed for 10 seconds in what seems to be the first of its kind incident in the history of the Islamic nation. Viewers were surprised to see Massoud Rajavi, the founder of People’s Mujahedeen (MEK) and his wife Maryam Rajavi for a few seconds and […]
Russian cyber attack on Ukraine downs government websites
A few hours ago, Ukraine government’s critical websites were hit by a cyber attack, blocking access to thousands of users from the past 6 hours. Reports are in that the most affected were the embassy websites belonging to UK, US and Swedish operating in Ukraine pointing the suspicion finger towards Russia. From the past 5-6 […]
Covid Omicron variant leads to Phishing Cyber Attacks
All you populace out in UK, please be aware that some online fraudsters are launching phishing email attacks in the name of NHS distributing free PCR testing kits to detect the latest Omicron Corona Virus variant. Which? a data advocacy group discovered the attack and alerted all online users that they should not believe the […]
US fears shadow cyber attacks on its Satellites by Russia n China
US fears nations like China and Russia will soon copy and surpass its space capabilities, say in a decade or so. General David Thompson, the Chief of US Space operations, opined things are getting worse as days are passing by and could prove fatal to America or the entire world within no time. Expressing his […]
