Cyber
Microsoft blames tax software for spread of recent Petya Ransomware Cyber Attack
A global cyber attack launched for the second time in the past two months is said to have crippled almost all businesses in Ukraine. Except for few government agencies, the virus which mimics the features of Petya ransomware hit all enterprise systems in Europe and its neighboring countries. According to a recent media update issued […]
Risks posed by Cyber Attacks!
Cyber Attacks on enterprises are inevitable these days. As per a Cyber Security Breach Survey 2017, 46% of businesses in the UK with over 99 employees saw at least one cyber attack in the past 12 months. When it comes to the United States as per the report compiled by Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report more […]
ISIS launches cyber attack on State websites of United States
Hackers from Pro-Islamic State have launched a cyber attack on the 11 government websites of Ohio State on Sunday last week. The attack objective was to replace the homepage of the websites with anti- Donald Trump messages. The government web pages which were replaced by defamatory messages include that of Ohio State Governor John Kasich. […]
Cyber Attack on British Parliament!
Hackers suspected from Russia launched a cyberattack on the computer network British Parliament compromising up to 90 email accounts of Members of Parliament and their Peers. Thus, the attack which took place on Friday night forced the IT department of the Parliament to lock MPs out of their email accounts till the damage of the […]
Canada to launch cyber attacks on other nation governments
Canada is all set to launch cyber attacks on other national governments and terrorist organization as soon as it’s new National Security Legislation comes into power. Thus, as soon as the legislation comes into effect, the security officials will officially have the ability to launch cyber attacks against foreign actors, including terror groups and even […]
Schools in Florida turn extremely vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Florida-based School Networks are extremely vulnerable to cyber attacks, says a research study made by United Data Technologies. The Doral-based cyber security firm also confirmed that at least 4 Florida school district networks were hacked by cyber crooks to slip into other sensitive government systems, including state voting systems just before the US 2016 Polls. […]
Wipro research says 1 out of every 2 cyber attacks saw Password Breach
Wipro, the Asia-based IT giant recently conducted a research on cyber attacks and came to a conclusion that 1 out of every 2 cyber attacks witnessed a password breach. The Cybersecurity Report of 2017 released by Wipro says that 56% of breaches were related to passwords implying that further damage could be committed by hackers […]
United States FTC starts a new website to train SMBs on how to avoid Cyber Attacks
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has started a new website for SMBs with an objective to help small businesses avoid cyber attacks. Based on the inputs of the acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen, the website was started to host articles, videos, and other info aimed to educate owners of small businesses to avoid scams and protect […]
US NSA links Wannacry Ransomware cyber attack to North Korea
The National Security Agency of United States has linked Pyongyang to the recent outbreak of Wannacry Ransomware cyber attack which affected more than 200,000 computers across 150 countries. The American security agency confirmed that a hackers group named Hidden Cobra was behind the ransomware attack launched on May 12th, 2017. The security agency also validated […]
Foscam USA issues a cyber security alert to all its users
Chinese company Foscam has warned all its remote controlled CCTV camera users about a flaw which when exploited by hackers can pave the way to cyber espionage. In an email notice sent by Foscam USA, a subsidiary of Foscam Intelligent Technology Co. LTD, the company specified that 12 models of its cameras contain security flaws […]
