Cyberattack
Beyond Technical Skills: Making Cybersecurity More Human-Centered
[By Perry Carpenter, chief evangelist and security officer, KnowBe4] If burglars were breaking into your front door every day, would you decide to protect your windows? This is what cybersecurity practitioners are doing and it makes no logical sense. Nearly 90 percent of cyber incidents are due to human error and yet only four […]
Microsoft and Hewlett Foundation host CyberPeace Institute
To help cyberattack victims in a streamlined way, Microsoft and Hewlett Foundation have decided to invest $5 million each to launch a CyberPeace Institute. The objective of this institute is to enhance the stability of Cyberspace to help victims of cyberattacks to come out of the situation and at the same time promote adherence to […]
GSM calls can be intercepted via Cyber Attacks says Blackberry
As most of the call communication is GSM-based across the world, Blackberry’s security research team has revealed that the calls made on Global System for Mobile(GSM) Communication standard can easily be intercepted by hackers who can not only listen to the conversations but can induce them with interpreted info which can lead to political crisis […]
Lancaster University hit by a Phishing attack
A phishing attack which took place on the database of Lancaster University is said to have offered hackers access to student data and this includes info related to applicants applying for the academic year 2019-20 like names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses. Highly placed sources say that the attack was of sophisticated genre and […]
Passport numbers were stolen in Equifax Cyber Attack
News is out that passport numbers of nearly half of the US population were stolen in Equifax Cyber Attack which took place last year. And the credit bureau agency admits that nearly 147 million were affected in the attack. After the congressional inquiries, it is said that over 3200 passports numbers, 12,000 social security card […]
Cyber Attack forces Panama Papers firm to close its business
Mossack Fonseca, the firm behind the scandal of Panama Papers has made it official that it is going to shut its business by this March end due to repercussions of the cyber attack. In a recent news post aired by Sky News, the firm explained how a cyber attack brought its operations to international attention […]
US SEC issues new Cybersecurity Guidelines
United States Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) has issued new guidelines to companies on when to report a cyber attack. And security analysts say that the guidelines are lacking teeth, even after the commotion created by Equifax saga. In general, it has been 7 full years since SEC has advised companies on how to disclose details […]
US SEC issues new Cybersecurity Guidelines
United States Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) has issued new guidelines to companies on when to report a cyber attack. And security analysts say that the guidelines are lacking teeth, even after the commotion created by Equifax saga. In general, it has been 7 full years since SEC has advised companies on how to disclose details […]
GitHub hit by a DDoS Cyber Attack!
GitHub, the world’s famous web-based hosting service for version control using Git has revealed that it became a victim of a DDoS cyber attack last week. The website which is mostly used for computer coding reported that the hackers took over its server’s memory systems by ‘memcaching’ and amplified the volume of data by 51k […]
Germany accuses Russia of launching cyber attacks on its Defense and Interior Ministries
Many media sources in Germany are seen accusing Russian government funded hacking group Fancy Bear for launching cyber attacks on Defense and Interior Ministries in December last year. The hack was realized by the German law enforcement in December 2017 and their investigation revealed that the hack may have lasted for up to a year. […]
