Cyber Attack
North Korea launches Cyber Attacks on Bitcoin exchanges to fund sanctions
A recent report released by United Nations says that North Korea is trying to come out of the repercussions of sanctions by launching cyberattacks on Bitcoin exchanges and those buying them. Therefore, the Kim Jong Un nation is said to have launched over 17 attacks on companies operating in over 35 countries and more such […]
Cyber Attack on State Farm Insurance
State Farm, an Illinois based Insurance and financial services provider have admitted that its database was victimized by credential stuffing cyber-attack where usernames and passwords of the company users were compromised. As a precautionary measure, the insurance company provider has notified its customers to reset their passwords, while it is keeping the affected count under […]
North Korea generated $2 billion from Cyber Attacks to fund its nuclear intentions
In a shocking revelation made by Reuters, North Korea is reported to have generated an estimated $2 billion to fund its nuclear intentions- all through increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. These facts were revealed by a secret report sent by UN which was compiled by an independent experts committee which was monitoring the events over six […]
Cyber Attack on City of Naples leads to $700,000 theft
City of Naples is said to have witnessed a theft of $700,000 on a digital note via a cyber-attack which was highly sophisticated states the City Manager Charles T Chapman IV. As the incident is under investigation more details are not being disclosed to the media for reasons. Cybersecurity Insiders has learned that the currency […]
Personal data of millions of Bulgarians cyber attacked, suspect arrested
In June this year, personal data of millions of Bulgarians is said to have leaked in a cyber-attack which includes critical details like financial earnings info of individuals and companies, names and numbers. News is out that the database of National Revenue Agency (NRA) was targeted in a cyber incident at the end of last […]
Cyber Attack on London Power Grid could cost £111 million per day
A Cyber Attack on the power grid of London could not only leave more than 1.5 million people in dark but could also cost the city a loss of £111 million per day says a new study made by ITRC of the University of Oxford. According to a study conducted by the UK Infrastructure Transitions […]
New eCh0raix Ransomware encrypts NAS devices
A new Ransomware named ‘eCh0raix’ is reported to be infecting Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices which are generally used to store backups and critical data. The said malware alleged to be targeting the NAS devices via brute forcing attacks where weak credentials are exploited by hackers to infiltrate into database networks. Currently, reports are in […]
Cyber Attack on Marriott and Ransomware attack on California Healthcare
A 2018 Cyber Attack on Marriott which disclosed data of more than 339 million guest records has now earned a penalty of £99 million from the British data watchdog. A statement issued on Tuesday by UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) says that its the second major penalty issued by the watchdog in two days- following […]
Island Hopping becomes an increasingly popular Cyber Attack
Carbon Black, a Massachusetts based Cybersecurity company has discovered that a new technique of cyber attack known as “Island Hopping” is increasingly becoming popular in the cyber world where cybercriminals infiltrate into large-sized company networks by targeting their clients or partners. Technically speaking, networks between two companies are targeted first after which hackers take advantage […]
No data loss in FAI Cyber Attack
The Football Association of Ireland(FAI) has released a press statement just a few hours ago confirming that no data loss was observed in a cyber attack which took place on its database operating in FAI’s Abbotstown Headquarters on the weekend of June bank holiday. News is out that a team of forensic experts from KPMG […]
