Cyberattack
Russian Intelligence behind Winter Olympic Games Cyber Attack!
PeyongChang Games which are being held in South Korea’s PeyongChang Olympic Stadium witnessed a minute disruption yesterday when some hackers tried to disrupt the official website of the Winter Olympic Games. The organizers of the Olympics sporting event say that attack could be the work of Russian Intelligence in retaliation to the ban imposed on […]
Great British Firewall blocks 54 million cyber attacks and news about Lauri Love
United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Center(NCSC) has disclosed that its security teams have succeeded in blocking around 54 million malicious online attacks last year and have taken down around 120,000 fake websites- all as a part of a ‘Great British Firewall’ program designed to stop cybercriminals targeting the public to steal money and sensitive data. […]
Rabobank and other Dutch financial institutions hit by DDoS Cyber Attack!
Banking services of Rabobank, ABN Amro and ING were hit by cyberattacks when hackers targeted the said financial institutions with Distributed Denial of Services. Reports about the attack emerged when customers of Rabobank vented their ire on the bank’s website disruption through Twitter. It was then the authorities of Rabobank reacted by first rendering an […]
Russian Cyber Attack could kill millions in Britain!
Russia, now touted as the biggest threat to all western countries is once again in the news for all wrong reasons. Britain’s Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson claimed that a cyber attack from the said nation could kill millions of populace in Briton. Giving an interview to ‘The Telegraph’, Williamson said that Russia is always in […]
Cryptocurrency Rating release despite North Korea Cyberattack!
For the first time in the history of Cryptocurrency, an American rating agency covering various finance-related business verticals like stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, insurance companies and banks have released the ratings for various cryptocurrency variants. Among them, Ethereum has bagged a ‘B’ class rating and Bitcoins has been accredited with ‘C+’ ratings. But the rating […]
Metrolinx hit by a North Korea Cyberattack!
Metrolinx, an Ontario, Canada based public transit agency has released a press release stating that it became a recent victim of a North Korean cyberattack. Officials from the transit agency say that the attack was launched by North Korea hackers via a Russian IP address. Note- Since, last November, Russia is reported to be offering […]
Teen Arrested for Cyberattack on 911 Emergency System
Eduard Kovacs wrote an interesting post about Teen Arrested for Cyberattack on 911 Emergency System that I would like to share. “An 18-year-old teen from Arizona was arrested this week after one of his iOS exploits caused serious disruption to 911 emergency systems. According to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Meetkumar Hiteshbhai Desai was booked on three […]
