NSA
Cyber Attack on UK Ministry of Defense
According to a news report of Sky News, the UK’s Ministry of Defense(MoD) has witnessed a total of 37 cyber attack incidents last year. And the blame is reportedly been put on the renowned Chinese hackers group named APT10. However, the report disclosed by the UK’s top-notch news channel doesn’t r reveal the facts on […]
Britain Watchdog $658,000 fine on Equifax and NSA Eternal Blue Cyber Threat
US Crediting reporting company Equifax has been slapped with a fine of $658,000 or £500,000 for failing to protect information of more than 15 million UK citizens during a cyber attack which took place last year. The Information Commissioner’s Office(ICO) has come up with the said conclusion of levying a penalty on Equifax after it […]
NSA creates a cyber task force to fight Russian Cyber Attacks
At last, United States has decided to retort to cyber threats of Russia with a Cyber Taskforce which not only has the efficiency to thwarts the targeted cyber attacks but will also have the potential to launch similar attacks of high range against the adversaries. As per the sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders, NSA and […]
Iran to launch cyber attacks on US firms in retaliation for nuclear deal withdrawal
Iran is set to launch cyber attacks on firms operating in the United States in retaliation to the latest order of Donald Trump on imposing sanctions on the nation after withdrawing from the nuclear deal. The plan is to deter other countries from imposing sanctions on a further note, and at the same time make […]
Britain and US jointly vow to fight back Russian Cyber Attacks
The Military and Intelligence Chiefs of the United States and Britain have officially declared that they will work together to take on the cyber threats posed by enemies like Putin’s Russia and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Issuing a public statement on this note on Sunday, the leaders of GCHQ and the UK’s Joint Forces […]
Amazon Web Services acquires Cybersecurity Startup Sqrrl!
Amazon Web Services has made an official announcement that it has acquired Cybersecurity startup Sqrrl that was spun out by two former top-level executives of National Security Agency(NSA). The cloud services provider also confirmed that more such deals of purchasing businesses from US Intelligence Agencies will continue in near future. In November 2017, Amazon Cloud […]
US to create independent military command to Combat and Thwart Cyber Attacks
The United States, under the perseverance of Donald Trump, has decided to create an independent military command for defensive and offensive cyber operations. Trump’s plan is to intensify America’s ability to wage cyber war against the Islamic State Group and other foes like Russia and China. Thus, the new US Cyber Command will work as […]
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 […]
A synopsis of this week’s Cyber Attack news!
Last Friday, the entire world was left astonished when all news headlines stated that a global cyber attack was launched by a group of hackers from North Korea affecting over 200,000 computers in over 150 nations. The ransomware attack targeted computers and digital networks operating in Russia, China, Japan, UK, France, US and Asia and […]
Hackers launch Ransomware attack on more than 100 countries
A major cyber attack crippling thousands of computers and networks was launched by a group of hackers from North Korea. It is said to be a coordinated cyber attack and has so far hit companies operating in more than 100 countries. The attack was a ‘Wannacry’ ransomware attack which tricked victims into opening malicious malware […]
