Cyber Attacks
COVID-19 Cyber Attacks surge in Canada
While the entire world is busy in containing the spread of Corona Virus Pandemic, over 70% of Canadian IT workers say that their businesses have suffered at least one COVID-19 themed cyber attack in the past six months. Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has disclosed in its ‘2020 Cybersecurity Report’ the experiences of over 500 […]
Gaming industry suffers over 10 billion credential stuffing Cyber Attacks
In an exclusive survey conducted by networking giant Akamai in association with DreamHack- a gaming lifestyle festival, the gaming industry has apparently suffered over 10 billion credential stuffing attacks in the past two years besides the attacks made on 152 million web applications. Akamai report titled ‘Gaming: you can’t solo security’ says that the attacks […]
Meet the MIT developed AI based SCRAM
Many of the companies that become victim to cyber attacks show reluctance in sharing breach information as it can be sniffed by hackers who are often behind information such as intellectual property of companies and other confidential information. And this non-cooperation by companies failing to show transparency in information sharing is making it difficult for […]
Cyber Attacks can lead CEOs to Ten years’ imprisonment by 2024
Gartner has warned that CEOs of corporate companies can face an imprisonment term of ten years if they cannot protect their IT systems from cyber attacks. And the report released by the research firm says that by the year 2024 over 75% of CEO’s can be held liable for failing to protect their “Cyber- Physical […]
New Zealand is experiencing Cyber Attacks at an unprecedented scale
As everything from the New Zealand stock market to weather reporting agencies is being targeted by cyberattacks, Andrew little, the Minister for Justice said that the nation is experiencing digital incidents at a devastating scale. Speaking to Associated Press, Mr. Little said that the law enforcement agencies are busy tracking the perpetrators behind the attacks. […]
EU imposes sanction on Cyber Attacks
On Thursday this week, European Union shortly referred as EU has imposed sanctions on some companies and individuals that cause damage to critical infrastructure and national integrity through cyber warfare. Thus, because of such sanctions, all movable & immovable assets of 3 individuals and 6 institutions will be frozen and barred from entering any of […]
Australia to name and shame countries launching Cyber Attacks
At last the Australian government has announced that it will name and shame countries launching cyber attacks on its infra- indirectly hinting to nations like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea that they need to think twice before launching cyber attacks on adversaries in near future. Early this year, the New South Wales (NSW) government […]
Video and Media companies suffer with Credential Stuffing Attacks
According to a survey conducted by Akamai, many video streaming service providers have witnessed a surge in cyber attacks on their infrastructure in the past two years. As the explosion for on-demand media content is high, companies broadcasting TV shows and those streaming movie contents have witnessed a 630% and 230% increase in cyber attacks […]
Report says US State and local government agencies struggle to keep up Cyber Attacks
A recent report called ‘The Economic Impact of Cyber Attacks on Municipalities’ published by KnowBe4 states that the US state and local government agencies are struggling to keep up with the cyber attacks. KnowBe4, which is into the business of Cybersecurity, has revealed that attacks cause massive economic impacts that can be broken into 5 […]
Australia invests in Cyber Threat Intelligence platform to shield itself from Cyber Attacks
Almost 10 days ago, Australian Prime Minister Scot Morrison made it formal that the critical infrastructure of his nation was being bombarded by cyber attacks probably launched by hackers funded by Chinese Intelligence. Now, the country has decided to bolster its defense-line against state-funded cyber threats by investing $1.22 million in a firm named Cybermerc […]
