Cyber Attacks
Cyber Threat to IRAN’s oil and energy sector
Iran’s petroleum sector is on high alert as it has received a tip-off from its intelligence agencies that adversaries of the country might launch a physical or a digital cyber attack on the critical infrastructure of the working units of the region’s energy sector. In a statement officially pronounced yesterday by the Oil Ministry, Bijan […]
US sanctions North Korea for Lazarus, Bluenoroff and Andariel launched Global Cyber Attacks
North Korea and its leader Kim Jong-UN was left embarrassed last Friday when US authorities issued sanctions against 3 North Korean State-funded hacking groups named Lazarus, Bluenoroff and Andariel for launching Global Cyber Attacks to fund Pyongyang’s illicit weapon and missile programs. A fresh media statement issued by the US says that the above said […]
UK becomes a hub for Cyber Attacks as more Manufactures and Schools become victims
A research conducted by the National Cyber Security Center(NCSC) in association with the London Grid for Learning and Make UK- a manufactures organization says that the United Kingdom has become a hub for hackers to launch cyberattacks as more and more manufacturers and schools are becoming victims to various threats lurking in the cyber world. […]
Netherlands not well prepared for Cyber Attacks of large scale
A recent security report issued by WRR or the Scientific Council for Government Policy related to Dutch Government says that the Netherlands is not well prepared for cyber attacks of large scale. The report which was compiled by the members which include prominent social scientists, economists, and legal scholars says that the country is currently […]
Keyboard warriors to save Britain from Russian Cyber Threats
A special group of Britain’s military personnel dubbed as ‘Keyboard Warriors’ is reportedly being trained as tech-savvy soldiers to fight Russian Trolls and Twitter terrorists. And this news piece was shared by Lieutenant General Ivan Jones through a media update. “The objective of establishing such a digital army is simple, to fight bad actors spreading […]
Cybersecurity News trending on Google
1) According to a survey, Small and Medium Scale Businesses (SMBs) in the UK are being subjected to over 10,000 cyberattacks per day which could cost them £4.5 billion on an annual note. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) survey which included SMBs from Scotland says that over 1 million businesses operating across the UK […]
North Korea Cyber Attacks being copied by other hacking groups in the world
Finland based Cybersecurity startup F-Secure claims that cyberattacks launched by hacking groups linked to the North Korean government are now being copied by other hacking groups across the world. While cyber-attacks on financial corporations have become an objective for hackers backed by the government-run by Kim UN Jong, organized crime groups across the world are […]
SMBs are super vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
New research carried out by ConnectWise says that Small and Medium Scale businesses are super vulnerable to cyber attacks as they are still underprepared as they operate with a mindset that hackers never target them due to the size of their business. After analyzing data given by more than 1000 respondents, the study confirms that […]
Cyber Attack on Ship disrupts the functionality of onboard Control Systems
On July 8th of this year, the US Coast Guard issued a cybersecurity warning stating that all commercial vessels were vulnerable to cyber attacks. Explaining the incident with an example, the coast guard said that in Feb’19 a commercial vessel on an international voyage from the port of New York to New Jersey was impacted […]
Cyber Attacks fetch $45 billion loss worldwide
A survey conducted by the Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance (ISOTA) and working for the American government has discovered that last year over 2 million cyber attacks were witnessed on government networks operating on a global note fetching a $45 billion loss. ISOTA survey suggests that crypto jacking, phishing emails and hijacking of computer networks […]
