Russian Hackers launch cyber attacks on Pentagon through Social Media Posts
Russian Hackers are now launching cyber attacks embedded in social media posts and the latest victim who fell victim to this spear phishing campaign is a top official from Pentagon. According to Times Magazine, Russian hackers are now launching cyber attacks on government officials of United States by attaching malicious links to Twitter posts. The […]
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 […]
Locky Ransomware alert for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn users
A Locky Ransomware alert has been issued to Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn users residing all over the world. As per the alert, Users of the said social media platforms should be cautious while downloading image files that appear without pictures, as they could launch ransomware attacks on their devices. As per the security company Check […]
Facebook buys Facial recognition startup with a cyber security dimension
Facebook, the world’s leading social media platform has acquired a facial recognition startup named FacioMetrics very recently. Although the details of the acquisition are kept under wraps, trade experts believe that the company was bagged for $1 billion. FacioMetrics will be used to offer the privilege of adding photo and video effects to Facebook users; […]
