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A synopsis of WannaCry ransomware attack launched on 150 countries

By now, almost the whole world is aware of the fact that hackers launched a ransomware attack last weekend targeting organizations in more than 150 countries. Though not much is known about the group which indulged in this activity, security experts confirmed that the attack was launched using the espionage tools developed by United States […]

Cyber Attack on Cloud Computing Company makes France news websites go dark

A Cyber Attack launched by some state-sponsored hackers on a Portland-based Cloud Computing Company named Cedexis resulted in a bunch of news websites going dark. And as per Bloomberg, the knocked off news sites were most popular in France and had a very good reader base and bounce rate. The hack took place at 7 […]

Small Businesses are being threatened by these top Cyber Attacks

A Business is a business, no matter how much you are investing in it to raise it from the roots. And if you are one of the owner’s of the estimated 28 million small businesses in America, then it’s high time to include cybersecurity into your enterprise toolkit. According to a survey carried out by […]

US FCC website becomes a victim of DDoS Cyber Attack

The Federal Communications Commission of United States has made it official that its website became a victim of a cyber attack on late Sunday. As the attack came shortly after noted comedian John Oliver urged viewers of his HBO Show to file comments on Net Neutrality Rules, FCC thought earlier thought that its website crash […]

France new president to launch cyber attacks on Russia

Newly Elected France President Emmanuel Macron is all set to launch a cyber war on Russia in retaliation for the attack launched on Saturday evening against him and his election campaign which was intended to titillate the mind of his patrons. A chief aide from France suggested the 39-year old France President has already ordered […]

Hackers demand 50 million Bitcoins Ransom from Wipro for Cyber Attack

Indian IT Company Wipro is said to have received a cyber threat from hackers who are demanding a sum of USD 50 million in Bitcoins to keep the database of the said tech giant free from malware. The company is, however, unperturbed with this issue and said that a team of top class officials who […]

Password Change doesn’t save you from Cyber Attacks

All these days there was a myth among web users that changing passwords on a regular note will help in isolating them from cyber attacks. But Paul Edmonds, head of technology at UK National Cyber Crime Unit claims that this is a fallacy spread by security experts. The cyber chief added that passwords changed on […]

Cyber Attack on WhatsApp leads to a 2-hour major outage

WhatsApp which is a Facebook-owned business subsidiary was out from service for a couple of hours on Wednesday. And as per our sources, the outage could have been caused by a possible cyber attack. The service was down from 00:20 GMT+3 and was restored at around 2:20 GMT+3. Although, Facebook choose to remain silent on […]

Hackers launch cyber attacks on Gmail Accounts

Just a couple of hours ago Internet Juggernaut Google has issued a warning against a notorious cyber attack targeting Gmail Accounts. The web services giant said that a malicious email campaign was spreading through the internet like wildfire in the disguise of an invitation to Google Doc and was mainly targeting school staff and students […]

Symantec says that Ransomware spreaders are demanding a minimum of $1000

A recently compiled Symantec report suggests that on average hackers are demanding a minimum of $1000 to decrypt a database targeted with ransomware. And just to remind you the latest demand is almost 3 times more than what the hackers demanded last year  I.e $295 in 2015. According to other estimates prepared by the researchers […]

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