Cyber
Only 38% of UK firms are covered by Cyber Security Insurance
A survey conducted by Ovum on behalf of FICO Insurance claims that only 38% of firms in the United Kingdom have a cybersecurity insurance cover and rest of the 62% either have no coverage or doesn’t have a cover engrossing all risks. This discovery was made in a survey based on numerous interviews with senior […]
Bank ATMs in the UK can be hacked any time says FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) of the United States has issued a fresh alert which says Bank ATMs in the UK can be hacked any time soon. The confidential alert says that some high profile cyber crooks, probably backed by some state-funded hackers are plotting a concerted global malware attack on free cash vending machines […]
Cisco sends fake phishing emails to its employees
Networking Giant Cisco has sent its employee’s fake phishing emails in order to train them against cyber attacks. The objective was to educate them on how phishing emails hit targets and how a corporate network can be defended against such attacks. Steve Martino, the Chief Information Security Officer at Cisco is said to have developed […]
ISIS Cyber Caliphate to target Britain’s Critical National Infrastructure!
Cyber Caliphate, the digital army claiming to be a hackers group funded by ISIS has declared that it is going to target Britain’s critical national infrastructure early this year. While its soldiers continue to focus on low tech attacks in Europe, the organization seems to be eyeing the larger government agencies such as airports, railways, […]
Is your computer being used for ‘CryptoJacking’?
As almost all popular streaming sites are ‘CryptoJacking’ computers without their user’s knowledge these days and security experts from Kaspersky believe that Cryptojacking will emerge as one of the biggest Cyber Threats of 2018. According to a report published in Forbes, those websites & apps which aren’t billing you for their web services are often […]
US Military Morpheus Computer can thwart Cyber Threats of any level
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of United States Department of Defense is said to be developing a computer equipped with utmost security features making it extremely impossible for hacking. The US Military calls this $50 million Morpheus Computer Project as a nightmare to hackers as it has the potential to thwart cyber attacks […]
Cyber Attack on Security Software Company Domain leaks Customer Data
A Cyber Attack on Netherlands based Security Software Company is said to have allowed hackers to take control of its servers and intercept clients’ login credentials and confidential data. The firm in the discussion is Fox-IT a business subsidiary of NCC Group which suffered a man-in-the-middle attack which lasted for 10 hours and 24 minutes […]
Eight in Ten doctors have experienced Cyber Attack in their Clinical Practice
A survey conducted by Accenture in association with American Medical Association (AMA) reveals that every 8 in 10 doctors in the United States have experienced cyber attacks in their clinical practices. The surveyed physicians also admitted that not enough Cybersecurity support is being rendered by the government that holds them responsible for a data breach […]
Technological Innovation key to stopping Cyber Attacks!
Technological Innovation key to stop Cyber Attacks said Ian Levy, Technical Director at UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC). He added that the current set of cyber defense technologies offered by traditional suppliers are not enough to contain the present set of sophisticated cyber Attacks taking place in next five years and that is where […]
Malwarebytes detects new mafia launching Cyber Attacks including Ransomware
California based Internet Security firm Malwarebytes has unveiled a report revealing a new mafia launching Cyber Attacks including the spread of ransomware infections. The report claims that cyber attacks on businesses increased by an average of 23% in 2017 when compared to last year. The security vendor also discovered in its study that in some […]
