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Researchers develop software to make an instant analysis of a Cyber Attack!
Cybersecurity Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new software that will largely automate the process of detecting a cyber attack on an instant note. Thus, by doing so it will allow the investigators to quickly and accurately pinpoint on how the intrusion into the network took place, what kind of data […]
Hackers exploited software flaw to launch Cyber Attack on Equifax
The United States Consumer Credit Agency Equifax became a victim of a massive data breach last week. And the leak could have affected more than 143 million customers from United States, UK, and Canada. The data stolen includes social security numbers, birth dates, credit card details and birth dates. When Equifax launched a probe it […]
Lenovo agrees to pay a fine of $3.5 million for spying on its laptop users
Chinese Computing giant Lenovo has agreed to pay $3.5 million as fine for selling devices which were preloaded with software that compromised user’s security protections and also launched espionage related activities. An agreement on this note was made by officials of Lenovo and Connecticut, the Federal Trade Commission, and 31 other states on Tuesday after […]
Ukraine’s accounting software firm refuses to take Cyber Attack blame
Intellect Service which is a Ukraine-based company owned by a father and daughter duo has turned down all the reports published in the media and on the Microsoft blog blaming the company’s M.E.doc accounting software program as a malware spreader. But Ukraine Officials and security firms including Microsoft, Cisco Talos, and Symantec confirmed that some […]
Teenager from the UK arrested for launching International Cyber Attack
A Teenager from the United Kingdom was arrested last week for launching International Cyber Attacks on the websites belonging to multinational companies. The list of companies whose websites were paralyzed by the cyber attacks launched by the 18-year old includes T-mobile, Vodafone, O2, BBC, BT, Amazon, Netflix, Virgin Media and The National Crime Agency. As […]
Microsoft blames tax software for spread of recent Petya Ransomware Cyber Attack
A global cyber attack launched for the second time in the past two months is said to have crippled almost all businesses in Ukraine. Except for few government agencies, the virus which mimics the features of Petya ransomware hit all enterprise systems in Europe and its neighboring countries. According to a recent media update issued […]
