Cyber Attacks
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 […]
Over 600 Cyber Attacks made on the UK says NCSC
National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) of the UK has disclosed that it has succeeded in thwarting over 600 cyber attacks on its country’s IT infrastructure in the year 2019. This includes those launched on government entities and educational institutions launched by hostile nation-states. NCSC which happens to a cyber wing of Britain’s GCHQ, says that […]
These three TCP Ports are vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Security researchers are often seen securing their assets from cyber-attacks by various means. But a new report from the threat intelligence firm Alert Logic says that hackers are most interested in carrying out attacks on TCP ports numbered 22,80 and 443 which correspond to SSH(Secure Shell), the HTTP(Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and the HTTPS(Hypertext Transfer Protocol […]
Small Businesses to loose $5.2 Trillion worldwide to Cyber Attacks
A study carried out by Accenture says that small businesses are all set to lose $5.2 Trillion on a global note to cyber attacks within the next 5 years. The Ireland based Professional Services Company added in its report that the digital transformation has led to the loss of $200,000 on an average which might […]
US sanctions North Korea for Lazarus, Bluenoroff and Andariel launched Global Cyber Attacks
North Korea and its leader Kim Jong-UN was left embarrassed last Friday when US authorities issued sanctions against 3 North Korean State-funded hacking groups named Lazarus, Bluenoroff and Andariel for launching Global Cyber Attacks to fund Pyongyang’s illicit weapon and missile programs. A fresh media statement issued by the US says that the above said […]
UK becomes a hub for Cyber Attacks as more Manufactures and Schools become victims
A research conducted by the National Cyber Security Center(NCSC) in association with the London Grid for Learning and Make UK- a manufactures organization says that the United Kingdom has become a hub for hackers to launch cyberattacks as more and more manufacturers and schools are becoming victims to various threats lurking in the cyber world. […]
