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US refusal to accuse Russia of cyber attacks will encourage more cyber warfare
United States refusal to directly accuse Russia of launching politically motivated cyber attacks on its critical infrastructure seems to be inviting more trouble. Security experts fear that the said reluctance will create a policy vacuum which will encourage more cyber warfare from state funded actors. FBI and CIA have already made it public that there […]
Facebook funds project to prevent cyber attacks on Election Campaigns
Facebook has decided to fund a project to prevent cyber attacks targeting all future Election Campaigns. The decision was taken by the social media giant after Russian hackers rocked the US Presidential elections of 2016 with cyber attacks. In a recent press release which reached us early today, the worlds largest social network has hinted […]
Cisco warns all global firms against destruction of service (DeOS) Cyber Attack
Cisco, which offers networking solutions to the corporate world, has issued a new warning to all globally located firms against a new wave of cyber attack, described as “Destruction of Service” (DeOS). The multi-technology conglomerate of America feels that cyber attacks of the said variant could eliminate organizations backups and safety nets meant for business […]
Hackers Cyber Attack 60% of Scottish Firms!
Scotsman investigation has recently revealed that hackers have cyber attacked more than 60% of Scottish firms since 2014, and this includes nine Scotland’s health boards. The investigation made by the media giant confirmed that in the past three years nine universities and numerous government bodies were targeted by hackers with malware which includes ransomware. Freedom […]
Hackers steal $30 million worth Ethereum Cryptocurrency through Cyber Attack
The news is out that around $30 million worth Ethereum Currency was stolen by hackers through a cyber attack launched on the three of the largest wallets on a recent note. And as per the sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders, the latest heist launched on the multi-sig wallets of Ether happens to be a major […]
Cyber Attack on UK’s House of Parliament
Hackers launched a cyber attack on UK’s House of Parliament on 23rd of last month causing data breach to email accounts including a select committee’s mailbox. Investigators who were pressed into service by the law enforcement discovered that 0.5 percent of 9000 accounts were compromised during the sustained and determined attempt which leaked email systems […]
Cisco predicts that future cyber attacks could have potential to destroy the Internet!
Cisco researchers predict that some countries might launch cyber attacks having the potential to destroy entire internet. The networking giant predicts that Russia already has such systems in place which can make countries suffer internet disruption for weeks and in some cases months. Therefore, Cisco through its 2017 Midyear Cybersecurity Report predicts that future cyber […]
Obama had a plan to combat cyber attacks on Election Day
Former US President Barack Obama had plans to combat cyber attacks on Election Day. And this surprising news was leaked out to Time by a close associate who worked for Obama administration until last year. Time reported that the plan to combat cyber attacks on election day included ideas such as sending armed federal law […]
Phishing email subject lines which launch Ransomware
The Cisco 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report states that ransomware is growing at an annual rate of 350 percent. Means, ransomware has turned into a game changer in the world of cyber crime. Therefore, enterprises all over the world are seeing ‘ransomware’ as a big threat to their digital assets. Reason-the said malware not only has […]
FCC denies allegations that it did not document Cyber Attacks
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has denied all media reports which claimed it did not document the cyber attacks which took place on Electronic Comment Filing System on Net Neutrality. Quoting the report published in Gizmodo as a story which is categorically false, the FCC reacted by disclosing that it has fully documented every event […]