Cyber Attacks
Mexico and Australian Governments tackling Cyber Attacks
Mexico’s economic ministry has made it official that it is has detected malevolent server activity on its servers on Sunday this week. But assured that no sensitive information was compromised in the incident and all security measures were beefed up to prevent such incidents in the future. Readers of Cybersecurity Insiders have to notify a […]
IBM says more than 8.5 billion records were leaked in Cyber Attacks
According to IBM’s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2020, more than 8.5 billion records were leaked in cyber attacks in 2019. And out of them over 7 billion records were accessed by hackers due to misconfigured cloud servers and human errors. IBM’s report also highlights the fact that hacking techniques have evolved in the past few […]
Boss of Cybersecurity Firm launches DDoS Cyber Attacks on other companies
A co-founder of a Cybersecurity firm is said to have admitted to committing a cybercrime of hiring hackers to carry out cyberattacks against other companies. The culprit in a discussion is Tucker Preston from Georgia who confessed before the legal attorney that he hired threat actors to launch Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks between […]
Google trending news headlines related to Cybersecurity
Firstly, the news headlines which are trending on Google and related to Cybersecurity happens to be an agreement made between Estonia and the United States. According to sources, both countries have recently signed an agreement to share cyber threat intelligence in order to automate the data exchange related to cyber threats. A company named Cybernetica […]
Cross-site scripting aka XSS Cyber Attacks topped the list in 2019
According to research conducted by PreciseSecurity.com, Cross-site scripting attacks aka XSS cyber attacks topped the list of most popular attack vectors in 2019. The survey confirms that XSS attack targets were mainly large companies operating in Europe and North America. PreciseSecurity.com research further clarifies that SQL Injection attacks came second followed by Fuzzing(Fuzz attack)- where […]
Alibaba thwarting 2.2 Billion Cyber Attacks on a daily note
Chinese Multinational company Alibaba has disclosed that it is thwarting around 2.2 Billion Cyber Attacks on a single day. And the attack scale will increase during the annual online shopping event which coincides with Black Friday or Cyber Monday in the United States. But the good news is that the e-commerce giant has deployed more […]
Google confirms state-sponsored cyber attacks on its users
Google’s Threat Analysis Group has confirmed that it has sent over 12,000 warnings to its users targeted by state-sponsored phishing campaigns. The internet juggernaut has also confirmed that governments from the east are showing a lot of interest in launching phishing and disinformation related attacks on the company’s Western users. Releasing the update in its […]
Russia, China, and Iran’s Cyber Attacks could initiate World War 3
“There is a chance of war and it could be a “World War 3” says Nick Carter, the Chief of Defense of UK. Carter who disclosed his mind to The Sunday Telegraph’s newspaper column on the occasion of Remembrance Day said that the cyber activities of Russia, Iran, and China could anytime trigger a war […]
More than half of businesses are not prepared for Cyber Attacks
A recent study made by FireEye has stated that more than half of businesses operating across the globe are not prepared to combat cyber attacks. Also, 50% of the CEOs believe that their company is not in a position to handle or respond to a hacking incident or data breach. Yes, these shocking facts were […]
UK hosts £3 Million ‘Cyber Ship Lab’ to Prevent Cyber Attacks on Maritime
University of Plymouth, England has established a Cyber-Ship Lab worth £3 Million to fund research and development work to help prevent cyberattacks on Maritime systems. Objectively the research center will act as a culmination point for talent, innovation, and sophistication and will help secure Connected Maritime Systems on Ships. News is out that the study […]
