Cyber
United States FTC starts a new website to train SMBs on how to avoid Cyber Attacks
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has started a new website for SMBs with an objective to help small businesses avoid cyber attacks. Based on the inputs of the acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen, the website was started to host articles, videos, and other info aimed to educate owners of small businesses to avoid scams and protect […]
University College of London becomes a victim of Ransomware Cyber Attack
University College of London (UCL) became a victim of ransomware cyber attack on Wednesday. As a result, the educational institution’s database is under siege of the malware developers who are demanding a ransom of 3 BTC in exchange for a decryption key.The Information Services Division of the London University has confirmed the cyber attack and […]
US NSA links Wannacry Ransomware cyber attack to North Korea
The National Security Agency of United States has linked Pyongyang to the recent outbreak of Wannacry Ransomware cyber attack which affected more than 200,000 computers across 150 countries. The American security agency confirmed that a hackers group named Hidden Cobra was behind the ransomware attack launched on May 12th, 2017. The security agency also validated […]
Predictive Analytics could help counter Ransomware Cyber Threats
Ransomware has become a dreaded menace to both businesses and users of personal computers. Reason- the said malware not only helps hackers in holding technology as a hostage but also helps the cyber crooks in stealing valuable info which could trigger instant privacy concerns. Experts say that Predictive Analytics(PA) may prove as the best answer […]
Russian Cyber Threat looms on future US Elections!
US Elections of 2016 were influenced by a Russian cyber army and this is now a fact from what Mr. Comey has disclosed to the world after he was fired by Donald Trump a few days ago. The probe which the past US President Barack Obama launched in December’16 also confirmed that a foreign nation […]
South Korean Web Hosting Company hit by Erebus Ransomware
South Korea-based web hosting company named NAYANA has been hit by Erebus ransomware downing more than 153 Linux based servers and more than 3,480 websites hosted by the web services provider. As per the official reports available to us, hackers are demanding an astronomical price as ransom in exchange for the decryption key. But the […]
Foscam USA issues a cyber security alert to all its users
Chinese company Foscam has warned all its remote controlled CCTV camera users about a flaw which when exploited by hackers can pave the way to cyber espionage. In an email notice sent by Foscam USA, a subsidiary of Foscam Intelligent Technology Co. LTD, the company specified that 12 models of its cameras contain security flaws […]
Russian Cyber Threat to American Power Grids
Hackers who are being secretly funded by Russian government have devised a new cyber weapon which can disrupt American Power Grids affecting the day to day life of all Americans. As per the information available to us from a cyber security firm named Dragos, Russian hackers have devised a cyber malware called CrashOverride which has […]
Ransomware cyber attacks can prove fatal to Bitcoin users
Almost the whole world witnessed a digital crisis on May 12th, 2017 when hackers launched Wannacry Ransomware cyber attack on more than 200,000 computers operating across 174 countries. Media reports indicated that most of the victims of this ransomware were the ones who were using the dead and extinct Windows XP and those using unpatched […]
Hackers are launching fileless Cyber Attacks
Hackers are getting innovatively sophisticated these days by launching file-less cyber attacks without installing the malware on hard drives at all. Yes, in order to avoid detection by anti-malware solutions, cyber crooks have found a way to use computer’s memory as a malware nurturing zone. Technically, an anti-malware tool detects malicious software by scanning a […]
