Cyber threat
McAfee predicts a surge in Malware and Financial frauds due to COVID 19
McAfee Labs, a Cybersecurity research division of McAfee has predicted that there could be a surge in malware and finance-related frauds during the COVID 19 Pandemic spread. A report titled “COVID-19: Malware makes Hay during a Pandemic” says that the threat will emerge mainly in the form of phishing attacks where hackers will send bulk […]
Cyber Threat to NHS COVID 19 NSHX App
UK’s NHS is all set to launch its COVID 19 tracking app dubbed NSHX at some time this week and initially only the healthcare staff from Isle of Wight island and then the 140,000 populace will be allowed to access the beta version of the “ Test, Track & Trace” Contact- Tracing app. After which […]
Now meet the Cyber Threat in the name of Coronavirus
As the death toll of patients infected with Coronavirus has surpassed the figure of 380 yesterday in China, security analysts from Kaspersky have concluded that hackers are now using the name of the deadly Wuhan Virus for a new variant of ransomware infections, malware, and other cyber threats campaigns. Malicious infections in the name of […]
Business disruption now considered as biggest Cyber Threat than data thefts
As per a research conducted by Crowdstrike, business disruption is now feared to be the biggest cyber threat than just data theft for businesses- as cybercriminals are seeing the former as their main attack objective than the latter. Security researchers from the company which offers endpoint protection via cloud argue that the year 2019 was […]
UK offers a £20M worth Cyberthreat contract to CGI
Canadian Global Information is shortly known as CGI has bagged a government contract worth £20M to develop a Cyber Threat analysis system for the UK’s Ministry of Defense. A white paper released by the government of Britain recently has confirmed the same and added that the service will be utilizing a combination of various data […]
Cyber attack news headlines trending on Google
Chicago based Phillip Capital, a Commodity and Security Brokerage company has been asked to pay a penalty of $1.5 million to the federal government. US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has penalized the financial firm with a hefty fine for not protecting its database from cyber threats and not alerting the customer about a data […]
ConnectWise offers Technology Companies a Cyber Threat Sharing Hub
Florida based company ConnectWise has announced that it is offering a Cyber Threat Sharing hub for technology companies for sharing info about Cybersecurity threats luring in the current cyber landscape. The objective of this platform will be to offer real-time actionable intelligence to mitigate the impacts of the threats to Technology Solution Providers(TSPs). ConnectWise has […]
FireEye identifies APT41 as the latest Chinese Cyber Threat
FireEye, a Milpitas based Cybersecurity Company has identified APT41 as the latest Chinese cyber threat which has been specifically targeting firms related to healthcare, gaming, high tech and media industries from the past few months. Though the said hacking group is reportedly active from the past 7 years, it has changed its attack parameters on […]
US DHS sends Cyber Threat alert to Private aircraft owners including Air Force One
United States Department of Homeland Security shortly termed as DHS has issued a nationwide warning to those who own private air crafts and small jets. The DHS states that these small aircraft can easily be hacked by threat actors who get physical access by any chance. Security experts from DHS say that aircrafts can be […]
Russia, Iran, North Korea target Microsoft customers with Cyber Attacks
Microsoft has released an official statement yesterday saying that it has notified more than 10,000 of its customers that they were being targeted by cyberattacks from hackers hailing from Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Tom Burt, the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft has confirmed the news in a statement released yesterday and said that 85% […]
