Cyber
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. […]
Australian Defense Shipbuilder Austal hit by Cyber Attack
Austal, an Australia based global shipbuilding company has made it official that its Australian database management system was reigning under cyber attack launched by an unknown offender. The Western Australian Defense Builder has even clarified that the email addresses and mobile phone numbers of some staff members and some of their valuable customers were accessed […]
Indian to pay $8.6 million in a penalty for launching Cyber Attacks on US University
An Indian origin man named Paras Jha, 22, of New Jersey has been asked to pay $8.6 million as the penalty for launching cyber attacks on a leading US University. The sentence was pronounced by Trenton Federal Court Judge Michael Shipp who asked the individual to serve 6 months House Arrest in addition to the […]
Cyber Attack news for the day
On October 31st, 2018 the third phase of the public hearing has started on the Cyber Attack related to SingHealth. And to surprise us all, some interesting facts came into light. This includes the reality that the senior manager and some senior staff members of the healthcare provider showed reluctance in disclosing the cyber incident […]
Safest websites when it comes to Cyber Security
Dashlane, a New York-based mobile security provider conducted a survey recently and came to a conclusion that most of the popular websites are not well equipped when it comes to protecting their customer’s critical data with two-factor authentication. Note 1- 2FA or 2 Factor Authentication adds an extra layer of security protection to a service […]
Data in Cloud is more exposed to Cyber Attacks than in organizations
Finally, the truth is out that the data stored in cloud storage platforms are more exposed to cyber attacks than the data stored in the server farms of organizations. Well, this was discovered in the latest survey made by McAfee. McAfee report divulges that the data stored in a cloud, SaaS collaboration and PaaS/IaaS platforms […]
IAEA offers training to protect Nuclear Facilities from prevailing Cyber Threats
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced a training program designed to protect Nuclear Facilities from the growing threat of Cyber Attacks. The program which was started in October this year has so far managed to attract the attention of 37 government endorsed participants from 13 countries. Note- IAEA which is based in Austria is […]
Cyber Attack on Cathy Pacific leaks info of more than 9.4 million passengers
Cyber Attack News is out that hackers have succeeded in intercepting the database of Cathy Pacific Airlines and have managed to access info of more than 9.4 million passengers. The accessed info includes names, date of birth, phone numbers, email and passport numbers. An investigation on how the cyber crooks got into the network is […]
Yahoo agrees to pay $50 million for its historic Cyber Attack
Yahoo, the world’s second most popular web search giant has finally agreed to pay $50 million in damages for the historic cyber attack which led to the data breach of more than 1 billion Yahoo user accounts. The hack which took place in between 2013 and 2014 was revealed to the world in 2016 by […]
