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Physical Cyber Attack makes 8 European Banks bleed Millions
A study conducted by Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has discovered that at least 8 European banks have fallen prey to a cyber attack launched physically by hackers to siphon tens of millions of pounds. Kaspersky Researchers say that the attack was launched through physical devices such as Netbooks, Raspberry Pi devices and Bash Bunnies planted […]
Kaspersky survey confirms 31 percent cyber attacks lead to job losses
A survey conducted by Kaspersky in association with B2B International says that 31% of last year’s data breaches have led to job losses. And out of those who lost jobs, 29% of them belonging to SMEs and 29% of them belonging to large companies were not related to the IT field. All these days, many […]
Cyber Crooks are now turning to Cryptojacking from Ransomware attacks
Kaspersky Labs latest report suggests that Cyber Crooks are turning to crypto jacking from ransomware attacks and that’s due to the fact that the former is proving more profitable than the latter. The report compiled by the Russian Cybersecurity firm suggests that the total number of users who encountered ransomware has fallen by around 30 […]
Kaspersky lab detects sophisticated Cyber Espionage Android campaign
Kaspersky Lab which launched an Advanced Cybersecurity Platform early this week has announced that it has detected a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign that goes by the name ZooPark. The campaign is said to be targeted at Android phone users in Middle Eastern countries and is said to be backed by a state-sponsored attacking hacker’s group […]
Some details of SynAck Ransomware attack
Researchers at Kaspersky Labs have discovered a new ransomware variant named SynAck that uses a sophisticated technique called Process Doppelganging to mask itself from the prevalent anti-malware tools. Also, the researchers from Kaspersky have confirmed that the malware is hard to detect and block and is said to be mainly being used to target organizations […]
Cyber Stress plagues the populace of America and Canada
A Survey report compiled by Kaspersky Lab says that 81 Percent of the American and Canadian populace is being plagued by Cyber Stress. Means their mind is experiencing fatigue as soon as they hear news of data breaches. To quantify their findings on the effect of online threat on people’s minds, Kaspersky Lab studied the […]
Iran plans to shut down Telegram for National Security
National Security concerns have made the governments of many countries ban some web-based products and services in recent times. For instance, last year, the government of United States has banned the use of Anti Malware solution of Kaspersky labs due to the concern that the software installed on the PCs of US users was conducting […]
Annabelle Ransomware disables Windows Defender
A new kind of ransomware named ‘Annabelle’ has turned into a nightmare for online users these days. And security experts suggest that the said ransomware has the potential to disable Windows Defender and turn off the firewall, encrypt files and shut down any computer security programs which are currently prevailing in the security market. Bleeping […]
Kaspersky Lab says gas stations are vulnerable to Cyber Attacks!
Kaspersky Lab has issued an alert saying all gas stations operating around the world are exposed to remote takeover, often for years, if remain unchecked. The Russia based software provider said that hackers can launch cyber attacks on embedded gas station controllers of which there are currently over 1,000 installed and operating online. Researchers from […]
Ransomware news on Spartanburg Public Library and GandCrab
Spartanburg County Public Library was hit by a ransomware cyberattack on Monday this week and so the users of the library were not in a position to check out or return books from that day onwards. The library staff has issued a notice on Tuesday saying the computer systems were down for maintenance and so […]
