IoT
Cyber Attack on Japan’s online Store leaks data of 460,000 customer accounts
Japan’s online retailing store ‘Fast Retailing’ has released a press statement yesterday that the websites of its business subsidiaries UNIQLO Japan and GU Japan were hacked due to which customer accounts from April 23rd, 2019 to May 10th, 2019 were compromised. News is out that the online store became victim to a credential stuffing cyber […]
Microsoft Azure offers Cloud support for IoT Security
Microsoft Azure has announced that it is going to offer cloud support for IoT security. Thus, with the official declaration, the said cloud services provider happens to be the world’s first cloud platform to deliver end-to-end and unified approach towards the security of the Internet of Things. “Azure Security Center for IoT has been specifically […]
Cyber attacks can cause transformer explosions
When the LaGuardia airport located in the northern part of New York City witnessed a blackout on December 28th of last month. Officials initially said that the disruption could have been caused by a power surge pushing the airport into the dark for well over 45 minutes and grounding flights for almost 2 hours. But […]
Webcams, computers, and phones hit by cyber attack every 5 minutes
Netscout, a Massachusetts based cyber security services provider has discovered in its research that Webcams, computers, and smartphones are hit by cyber attacks every 5 minutes before a new device gets added to the network. The study says that the attacks were similar to that of Mirai; a malicious program that caused mayhem in 2016 […]
Sophos gives a new report on premeditating Ransomware Attacks
Hackers have started launching a new method of ransomware attacks where millions of dollars are being reaped by exploiting the availability of Windows System Administration Tools. Yes, a report from the Britain based cybersecurity company Sophos claims these findings to be absolutely true. The Sophos study claims that cyber crooks have devised a new method […]
Microsoft to secure Cloud powered Edge devices against Cyber Attacks
Microsoft Corporation has announced that it is about to create the right mix of responders to safeguard its cloud-connected Edge Devices against cyber attacks in near future. The software giant also stated that it is going to achieve it by putting Artificial intelligence into play to execute as emphasized. By the year 2020, over 20 […]
Microsoft uses Linux instead of Windows for its Azure Sphere
Microsoft Corporation has announced that it will be using Linux OS instead of Windows 10 to bring IoT security and Connectivity to Multiple Cloud environments. Announcing the same at the RSA Conference last week, the company disclosed that the move will help the firm adhere to new crossover a class of Micro Controller Units that […]
Deployment of 5G might not bolster IoT Security
Last year, US President Donald Trump announced that his government would like to nationalize the next generation 5G wireless networks in a bid to guard against competitive and Cybersecurity threats from nations like Russia, North Korea and from mainly China. The Federal Communications Commission of United States has also confirmed that the move will help […]
What is a Cyber Kinetic Attack?
Before going directly to the meaning of a Cyber Kinetic Attack, let us first understand how the world around us is working these days. We all have to agree that our physical world is becoming more connected these days- all to make our busy lives a bit easy. But at the same time, we have […]
Kaspersky discovers 90 million malicious apps this year triggering Cyber Threat concerns!
Kaspersky Lab has issued a warning that the scale and complexity of global cyber attacks are growing at an exponential rate triggering major concerns for the evolution of IoT. The company came to the said conclusion after it found that more than 90 million malicious apps were infected in this year in which half of […]
