Cyber
United States to have National Guards for Cyber Security!
Donald Trump’s government is all set to introduce and endorse a legislation that would mandate the formation of “Cyber Security Civil Supports Team”. The objective of the team will be to defend companies and critical infrastructure against cyber attacks launched by state-funded actors. The readers of Cybersecurity Insiders are requested to notify that a cybersecurity […]
Switzerland’s Defense Department foils malware related Cyber Attack
Switzerland’s Defense Department has issued a public statement on Friday that its IT department has blocked a malware related cyber attack from penetrating into the government network. However, another attack is said to have disrupted the systems of a contractor working for the foreign affairs department and the damage is yet to be accessed. The […]
Hackers exploited software flaw to launch Cyber Attack on Equifax
The United States Consumer Credit Agency Equifax became a victim of a massive data breach last week. And the leak could have affected more than 143 million customers from United States, UK, and Canada. The data stolen includes social security numbers, birth dates, credit card details and birth dates. When Equifax launched a probe it […]
Trump sanctions Iranian nationals for launching Cyber Attacks on US Banks
Trump Administration on a recommendation from the Treasury Department of United States has imposed sanctions on seven Iranian Nationals and an Iran based Security Company named ‘ITSec Team’ for playing an active role in launching cyber attacks against several US Financial systems. The sanctions were pressed against 11 entities and individuals for supporting Iran’s Elite […]
Trend Micro says that CEOs are spoofed the most by Phishing Email Cyber Attacks
Trend Micro which recently conducted a study on Business Email Compromise has come to a conclusion that company CEOs are spoofed the most, while CFOs and finance directors were the top targets of the said variant of cyber attacks. And in another report compiled by FBI, the Global losses from business email compromise (BEC) since […]
Cyber Attack concerns rise over FIFA World Cup 2018
The English Football Association has expressed cyber attack concerns for the 2018’s FIFA World Cup which is going to be held in Russia. The association has already written to the organizers of FIFA expressing concerns about information already being accessed in a cyber attack. As a precautionary measure, the England Football Association has asked its […]
Cyber Attack on S#X Robots could kill their owners
Cyber security experts are warning that hackers could launch cyber attacks on S#X Dolls and kill their owners. They claim that this can be easily done by controlling the hands and legs of the pleasure giving robots and then inducing instructions into their chips to kill their owners. Security experts say that the pleasure giving […]
Personal data of 5400 AXA gets compromised in Cyber Attack!
Personal data of more than 5400 AXA Singapore customers was compromised in a cyber attack which took place last month. The incident came to light when an email giving details about the cyber attack was sent to affected customers. According to the sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders, the stolen info includes mobile numbers, insurance policy […]
Hackers launch Cyber Attacks on the government Website of Fayette County
Hackers launched Cyber Attacks on the government website of Fayette County locking down staff from accessing email accounts. Michael King, the County’s IT Director reported that the email systems of the county witnessed a break-in last week perhaps to gain access in order to send spam email or to perpetuate malware such as ransomware. “I […]
Energy sectors of Europe and North America being targeted by new wave of Cyber Attacks
A hackers group known as Dragonfly is said to be targeting energy sectors across Europe and North America with a new wave of cyber attacks. And this startling revelation was given by Symantec Security Response team. A dragonfly is a hacking group which is in operation since 2011 and has re-emerged over the past two […]
