DDoS
DDoS Cyber Attack on Ukraine’s Postal Department
Hackers launched a Distributed Denial of Service(DDoS) cyber attack on Ukraine’s postal department disrupting the online parcel tracking service from past two days. Authorities report that the attack started on early Monday and ended shortly after 18:00 local time on Tuesday. Sources from Ukrposhta report that the attack took place in two installments. One on […]
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 […]
US FCC website becomes a victim of DDoS Cyber Attack
The Federal Communications Commission of United States has made it official that its website became a victim of a cyber attack on late Sunday. As the attack came shortly after noted comedian John Oliver urged viewers of his HBO Show to file comments on Net Neutrality Rules, FCC thought earlier thought that its website crash […]
Teenage hacker makes £ 400,000 by hacking 1.7 million Xbox Live and Minecraft accounts
Teenage Hacker named Adam Mudd is said to have made £400,000 by selling a nasty virus to fellow hackers which led to the crash of more than 1.7 million Xbox Live and Minecraft accounts. The young computer hacker is on a verge of facing a jail term for crashing websites and causing immense damage to […]
Cyber Attack on American University network makes IoT search for ‘Seafood’
A Cyber Attack on a computer network of an American University made all internet connected devices of the educational institution search for seafood in nearby restaurants. The said Distributed Denial of Service was so intense that it immediately slowed down and eventually brought down the entire network. NOTE- When abnormal traffic hits a computer network […]
