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Google trending Cyber Attack news headlines
Firstly, it is the US Department of Defense which is topping the headlines when it comes to cyber-attacks. News is out that the systems related to Defense Information Systems Agency(DISA) affiliated to DoD have been hacked the incident reportedly exposed personal data of more than 200,000 people. DISA is the agency that looks into the […]
Russia hacked MH17 investigation in Malaysia
The Dutch government has disclosed yesterday that the laptop used by expelled spies belonging to Russia intelligence contained evidence that the device was used to hack the investigation of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 which is suspected to have crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2014. Sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders say that the laptop used […]
Top Two Cyber Attack stories for this day
The government of Netherlands has accused Russian intelligence of cyber attacking the database related to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons(OPCW). Officials say that the spying activity was identified on April 13th this year and 4 Russian agents were expelled from the country by Ank Bijleveld Schouten- the Dutch Minister of Defense. Early […]
Britain and Australia blame Russian GRU for Cyber Attacks
Perhaps its time countries like Britain, the US and Australia should stop blaming their cyber adversaries and instead start acting on how to make their country’s cyber infrastructure immune to cyber attacks. That’s because the populace of the respective countries is no more interested in who is launching the attacks. But are more interested in […]
Microsoft says it stopped Russian cyber attacks on 2018 US Election candidates
Tom Burt, the Vice President for Customer Security at Microsoft said at the Aspen Security Forum that his company stopped Russian cyber attacks on at least 3 candidates running for 2018 US elections. Burt added that the attacks which were in the form of phishing emails were launched by Russian military Intelligence Group Aka GRU, […]
Russian Military influenced US 2016 Polls with Cyber Attacks
All these days they were ‘n’ number of media speculations claiming Russian influence on US 2016 Polls. But now, as per an article posted by “ The Intercept” it proved that Russian military intelligence agency launched a cyberattack on a US company offering US Voting services and systems just hours before the election day. The […]
Russian Military Intelligence hacked Democratic National Committee
Cyber Security Firm CrowdStrike has reported that it has found fresh evidence which links Russian Military Intelligence(GRU) with the incursion of servers of Democratic National Committee (DNC) which happened this year. The latest findings indicate that Russian government was directly involved in hacking the database of Democratic Nationals diverting thousands of emails to a server […]
