Cyber
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 […]
German Merkel’s website hit by Cyber Attack coming from Russian IP Addresses
One of the top leaders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party has alleged that Russia has been launching cyber attacks on their website from past two months and the latest was witnessed when the Sunday’s televised election debate was being aired. Julia Kloeckner, Vice Chairman of Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, said on Monday that […]
Cyber attack can prove as a potent weapon to tame all nasty intentions of North Korea
Yes, you have read it right! Forget Military Invasion, Cyber Attack now seems to prove as a potent weapon to tame North Korea’s Kim Jung Un nasty intentions. Just days ago, Theresa May stressed on this fact and now officials from US Department of Defense are endorsing this fact with great anticipation. As the tension […]
Yahoo to face litigation after more than 1 billion users’ info was leaked in Cyber Attack
Yahoo is said to face legal charges after more than 1 billion users information was leaked in a cyber attack. This includes names, emails, phone numbers, passwords and security questions. Yahoo was found guilty for being slow to disclose the attacks as it waited 3 years before revealing details about the first attack. Readers of […]
