Cyber
US Nuclear Power Stations cyber attacked by Russia!
FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed news reports that Russian hacker’s cyber attacked 5 nuclear power stations in the United States in May this year. And the affected networks include aging nuclear generating facility at Wolf Creek owned by Westar Energy, another two other facilities at Great Plains Energy and Kansas Electric […]
Ransomware hits servers of Pacific Alliance Medical Center!
A Los Angeles based healthcare firm made an official announcement today that its servers were hit with ransomware in June this year. The Medical center also added in its media briefing that its IT staff succeeded in removing the virus to decrypt the data. However, the spokesperson remains tight lipped on whether a ransom was […]
US 2016 Election Poll books were cyber attacked by Russia
A leaked NSA report says that Russian’s cyber attacked the election poll books of more than 20 counties of North Carolina in August last year. And what’s even more shocking in this entire attack saga is that the activity remained undetected until NSA was pressed into service by former US President Obama to look for […]
Cyber Attack leaves millions of mobile phone users without service!
A massive cyber attack which took place on several Venezuelan public and private utilities on Wednesday this week is said to have left more than 7 million mobile phone users without service. The hackers group named ‘The Binary Guardians’ claimed responsibility for the attacks and added that more such attacks will follow in near future […]
DDoS Cyber Attack on Ukraine’s Postal Department
Hackers launched a Distributed Denial of Service(DDoS) cyber attack on Ukraine’s postal department disrupting the online parcel tracking service from past two days. Authorities report that the attack started on early Monday and ended shortly after 18:00 local time on Tuesday. Sources from Ukrposhta report that the attack took place in two installments. One on […]
Hackers Cyber Attack Billboards in the UK!
Last week, a number of billboards erected in the busy centers of UK started to beam images from Big Brother, Shariah Law, SWASTIKA, and Donald Trump caricatured as a Frog. It surprised not only the shoppers and children passing by, but also the law enforcement authorities who were left baffled with the sudden development. The […]
Password Security Bible fails to curb Cyber Attacks!
Bill Burr’s bible on password security which was introduced to the world in 2003 has failed to curb cyber attacks. This was admitted by Bill in his recent interaction with Wall Street Journal. While working for US government, Mr. Burr wrote a password bible to help guide the digital world on the safest practices to […]
Cyber Attack on at least one bank a week!
According to the latest survey conducted by UK’s city watchdog The Financial Conduct Authority, cyber hackers are targeting at least one bank in a week from 2016, compared to five in 2014. And the watchdog adds in its report that most attacks go unnoticed, as banks try to cover up the issue in an attempt […]
Radio communication is back on ships due to Cyber Threats
Since Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and other similar devices that rely on satellite signals are being hacked and jammed by hackers, ship operators around the world have instructed their staff to go back to radio technology for communication. Thus, we can come to a conclusion that Cyber threats are making ship operators dump satellite communication […]
Ransomware attacks rise on tax professionals says IRS
The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) predicts that tax professionals working across America will now on be targeted by hackers launching ransomware cyber attacks. IRS has specified in its media briefing that some handful of tax practitioners working for renowned firms have already been victimized by ransomware and more names are soon to follow. […]
