Russia
Mobile security fears make governments look beyond iOS and Android devices
As hackers are getting busy in finding ways to intercept iOS and Android mobile devices, governments across the world are showing a lot of interest in looking beyond the said OSes to secure devices. Recently, the Russian government through its national operator Rostelecom acquired Aurora OS platform build on Finland based company Jolla’s Sailfish OS. […]
Ukraine suspects that Cyber Attack on Black Sea TV was from Russia
Security Service of Ukraine, well known as SBU has officially declared that it has blocked a cyberattack targeted on the servers of Black Sea TV and a radio company. A source from the law enforcement authority of Ukraine said that the suspect behind the attack was Russia. The attack was launched to disrupt the control […]
Keyboard warriors to save Britain from Russian Cyber Threats
A special group of Britain’s military personnel dubbed as ‘Keyboard Warriors’ is reportedly being trained as tech-savvy soldiers to fight Russian Trolls and Twitter terrorists. And this news piece was shared by Lieutenant General Ivan Jones through a media update. “The objective of establishing such a digital army is simple, to fight bad actors spreading […]
Trending news headlines on Google related to Cyber Attacks
1.) Bellingcat, an investigative journalism website which offers open-source intelligence and fact-finding tools has revealed that a recent cyberattack on its database has been sourced to Russian intelligence. Eliot Higgins, who happens to be the founder of the British based Bellingcat website said on last Friday that Russia backed hackers have been consistently trying to […]
US and NATO Satellites are vulnerable to Russia and China Cyber Attacks
All these days we have seen nations like US and UK criticizing other countries like Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran for launching cyberattacks against their national infrastructure. But now, new research conducted by a defense think tank says a different story. It’s believed that US and NATO command and control systems are themselves opening […]
Automated US Power grids to be replaced by manual systems to limit Cyber Attacks
All these days we all were proud of automation and the bouquet of benefits it brings to mankind. But here’s a news piece which might brush up your minds with a new notion. The US Senate has decided to replace the automated power grid control systems with manual ones in order to limit repercussions raised […]
Malware attack on Yandex Search engine of Russia by ‘Five Eyes’ Intelligence
Russian Internet Search Company ‘Yandex’ was cyber attacked by a malware named ‘Regin’ and the nation’s intelligence is pointing fingers at ‘Five Eyes’ Intelligence sharing alliance formed by Australia, New Zealand, Britain, United States, and Canada. Reuters which 1st shared the news piece with the world on Friday last week says that the attack was […]
Donald Trump not aware of US deployment of Cyber Attack Tools into Russian Infrastructure
American President Donald Trump has made it clear that he is unaware of Pentagon’s efforts to plant cyber tools into Russian Power Grids. At the same time, the 45th President clarified that whatever published in the New York Times was a virtual act of ‘treason’. On Saturday last week, the NYT reported an article saying […]
Russia receives a stern warning from NATO for Cyber Attacks
Russia which faced sharp criticism for launching cyberattacks on western nations till date has now received a stern warning from NATO. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization says that it will be ready to use all means at its disposal to react to cyber attacks and the warning goes to all adversaries of the UK including […]
Russia hacks UK Charity firm set up to thwart Fake news
Hackers who are being funded by Russian Intelligence is said to have recently targeted a UK charity which was established to counter disinformation spread from the region of Russia. The National Crime Agency in association with NCSC, a cyber unit of GCHQ is said to be conducting an investigation into the incident and Prima Facie […]
