Cyber
Russia launches cyber attack on Ukraine President website
Ukraine imposed economic restrictions on Russia’s largest internet group at the end of last week. And as retaliation to this gesture, Russia’s state-funded hackers launched a cyber-attack on Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko’s website on late Tuesday. The repercussions of the attack are yet to be known. The decision to impose restrictions on Russia’s Yandex led […]
A synopsis of this week’s Cyber Attack news!
Last Friday, the entire world was left astonished when all news headlines stated that a global cyber attack was launched by a group of hackers from North Korea affecting over 200,000 computers in over 150 nations. The ransomware attack targeted computers and digital networks operating in Russia, China, Japan, UK, France, US and Asia and […]
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 […]
Donald Trump signs executive order pushing Cybersecurity to Cloud
Donald Trump the 45th President of United States has signed an executive order on Thursday pushing cybersecurity to cloud. The order which was pronounced by Tom Bossert, the adviser of White House Homeland Security recites that the government agencies should start using cloud computing techniques to modernize the usage of IT Infrastructure. Thus, the latest […]
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 […]
Japan to certify IoT devices based on their Cyber Attack Vulnerabilities
All these years, we witnessed electronic manufacturers offering appliances marked with energy consumption ratings. But Japan which is considered as an electronics hub to the whole world will soon be coming up with a new trend to certify ‘Internet of Things’ with a security certification. Japan’s Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry plans to introduce a […]
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 […]
