Cyber
Cyber Attack news for the day
All the critical infrastructure of Britain are said to be running on the mercy of state-funded Russian hackers who are waiting for the right opportunity to launch a devastating cyber attack that could bring the country to its knees. Its said that the country is facing almost 10 severe attacks every day, with many aimed […]
DARPA launches Cyber Attack on US Power Grids
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA) has launched a cyber attack on a power utility located in Plum Island, some 1.5 miles off the shore to Long Island, New York. The objective behind the attack was to experiment on how the power utilities can bounce back in the case of ‘Blackout’ scenarios via cyber attacks […]
India witnesses 400,000 cyber attacks from Russia, China, and US
F-Secure, the Finland based cybersecurity firm has confirmed that Asian country India has witnessed around 400,000 cyber attacks on its infrastructure from Russia, China, and the United States between Jan- Jun this year. “The relatively higher number of inbound cyber attacks on Indian Honeypots reflects how fast the fast-digitizing country is becoming vulnerable to hackers […]
Category One Cyber Attack to hit the UK
The United Kingdom will soon face a ‘Category One’ Cyber Attack predicts Peter Yapp, the Deputy Director at the National Cyber Security Center. Mr. Yapp added that his nation was fortunate enough for haven’t faced such level of cyber attack till date. But in years ahead, there is little doubt that it will happen. Peter […]
After US midterm elections Cyber Attack focus shifts to 2020 General Elections
After the Republicans took hold of the house and Trump Administration the Senate in the United States after the US midterm polls, the Federal authorities have now shifted their focus on to the US 2020 General Elections. From the past two months, noted media resources were buzzing with the feed that the midterm polls could […]
Microsoft wants to work with Trump as it did with Obama on Cybersecurity
Microsoft, the American Multinational Technological company has taken a vow to work with US President Donald Trump as it did with Barack Obama previously on Cybersecurity. The company’s main objective behind this initiative is to protect US citizens from Cyberthreats of all range coming from hackers, groups, and adversaries. The decision was announced by Microsoft […]
Almost all Banks in Pakistan become victim to Cyber Attack
The banking system in Pakistan took a nasty hit this week when an analysis made by Pakistan Computer Emergency Response Team aka Pak CERT revealed that data of more than 19,961 cards belonging to the customers of over 22 major banks in Pakistan were put on for sale on the dark web. According to the […]
Iran says Israel launched Stuxnet 2.0 Cyber Attack
As United States 45th President pronounced new stringent sanctions against Iran on Tuesday, the latter has accused Israel of launching Stuxnet 2.0 Cyber Attack on its nationwide Telecommunication infrastructure. “The Zionist regime with its record of using cyberweapons such as Stuxnet Computer Virus to harm Iran’s Telecommunications Infrastructure was observed recently”, said Mohammad Javad Azari […]
DDoS Attack on US Midterm Elections 2018 Polls
US Midterm elections are going to take place on November 6th,2018 and news is out that the election activity could be targeted by a DDOS Attack/s. Yes, you’ve read it right! Experts say that the results of 2018 US Midterm Polls could be manipulated by state actors from Russia and that’s possible if the voter […]
Cyber Attack on Final Fantasy XIV game users
Square Enix, a Japan-based Video Game developer, publisher, and distributor has released a statement that most of the game users of Final Fantasy XIV(FFXIV) were hit by a series of cyber attacks. As a result of which they are unable to either login into their accounts or log-out of them for more than 48 hours. […]
