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Russia launched Cyber Attacks to steal Yahoo User data says, Marissa Mayer
Marissa Mayer, the former Chief Executive of Yahoo Inc, has publicly disclosed that Russia launched cyberattacks on at least one occasion to steal Yahoo User Data. Mrs. Mayer also rendered her apology to all the Yahoo users, as the data theft occurred during her tenure. Testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee, alongside the interim and […]
Russia cyber attacked 195 Trump Web Addresses!
The Associated Press (AP), an American nonprofit news agency of New York has disclosed that more than 195 Trump Web addresses were cyber attacked by a group of hackers from Russia almost 4 years ago. And almost all of them were repaired by the trump’s web admin staff in the last week of October 2017. […]
Obama administration response to Russian Cyber Attack on US Elections 2016
All these days several media resources were seen accusing Trump administration of being silent on Russia’s election interference through cyber attacks. But did anyone think on what the former US President Barack Obama was doing at the time when the conspiracy to push the election results in favor of a specific US Presidential candidate was […]
Russia found hacking Smart Phones of NATO Troops
According to Wall Street Journal, a group of state-funded hackers from Moscow have launched a campaign against the 4,000 NATO military troops including US soldiers located in Eastern Europe. The plan is to hack into the smartphones of each and every soldier in order to keep a tab on force strength. The post published in […]
North Korea to use Russian internet to carry out Cyber Attacks
North Korea state-funded hackers are now using the internet services of a Russian firm named TransTeleCom from Sunday this week. The plan is to carry out cyberattacks on a large scale by routing traffic to the Russian ISP. In recent years, North Korea and its leader Kim Jong UN has been blamed for cyber attacks […]
FBI Director says that terrorists are becoming sophisticated with Cyber Attacks
FBI Director Christopher Wray has declared that terrorists are becoming more sophisticated in cyber attacks and so the evolution can bring in more trouble to the critical infrastructure of America in coming days. Wray specifically mentioned that terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS have started using social media platforms on an extensive note for […]
Yahoo Cyber Attack accusal offers clues into Russian Interference on US Elections 2016
Yahoo Cyber Attack which shocked the entire tech world in 2016 is turning into an interesting saga, as the indictment is offering clues into Russian Interference on US Elections 2016. Readers of Cybersecurity Insiders have to learn a fact that a low profile prosecution on a 22-year old Canadian hacker is taking place in one […]
Cyber Attack concerns rise over FIFA World Cup 2018
The English Football Association has expressed cyber attack concerns for the 2018’s FIFA World Cup which is going to be held in Russia. The association has already written to the organizers of FIFA expressing concerns about information already being accessed in a cyber attack. As a precautionary measure, the England Football Association has asked its […]
German Merkel’s website hit by Cyber Attack coming from Russian IP Addresses
One of the top leaders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party has alleged that Russia has been launching cyber attacks on their website from past two months and the latest was witnessed when the Sunday’s televised election debate was being aired. Julia Kloeckner, Vice Chairman of Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, said on Monday that […]
US Nuclear Power Stations cyber attacked by Russia!
FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed news reports that Russian hacker’s cyber attacked 5 nuclear power stations in the United States in May this year. And the affected networks include aging nuclear generating facility at Wolf Creek owned by Westar Energy, another two other facilities at Great Plains Energy and Kansas Electric […]
