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Taiwan accuses China, Russia, and North Korea of launching Cyber Attacks
Taiwan, a small island near to the borders of China and Japan says that countries like China, Russia, and North Korea are using the nation as a testing mule for an onslaught of cyber attacks. The leaders of the nation say that China and Russia are using it as a testing ground before targeting the […]
Cyber Attack news for the day
Bristol Airport has issued an official statement a few hours ago saying that a cyber attack caused the information screens to go out of service on both Friday and Saturday. As a result of this glitch, the airport witnessed a meltdown for 3 full days making holidaymakers read their flight departure times off whiteboards spread […]
Britain on high ‘cybersecurity’ alert due to Russia
Britain is reported to be on a high ‘Cyber Security’ alert these days and the news has been confirmed by Ciaran Martin, the Chief Executive of National Cyber Security Center(NCSC). The reason, the nation wants to guard the nation’s IT infrastructure against any variant of cyber attacks coming from Russia. Martin says that a number […]
US President to impose mandatory sanctions on Critical Cyber Threat Actors
US President Donald Trump is all set to impose mandatory sanctions on Critical Cyber Threat Actors soon. Yes, the above-stated words will turn into a reality if a new bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate receives an endorsement from the Trump & administration. Sens. Cory Gardner and Chris Coons have introduced the bill “The Cyber […]
DNC Cyber Attack allegations on Russia were fake
The Democratic National Committee released a statement a couple of hours ago saying the attempted cyber attack by Russia on party candidates was fake. And was, in fact, a simulated phishing test attempted by white hat security analysts hired by Michigan Democratic Party. Therefore, the statement which was released by DNC on Tuesday of a […]
Cyber Attack news this week
Microsoft issued a public statement a few hours ago stating that it stopped a potential Russian Linked Cyber attack on prevalent political parties in the United States. The technology giant said that attack was launched to target few of the US midterm election probables and was possibly launched by Fancy Bear- A hacking group being […]
Donald Trump reverses the Barack Obama era Cyber Attack rules
US President Donald Trump has decided to reverse the cyber attack rules of the Obama era. A decision on this was taken last month and on Wednesday this week, an order reversing the rules was signed by the 45th president. Known as Presidential Policy Directive 20, the order drafted and implemented during the era of […]
Telegram Passport number addition surges data privacy concerns
Britain’s messaging app Telegram has added a new feature onto its platform which allows users to store their identity documents such as Passport Numbers or social security numbers on telegram’s encrypted cloud storage. The objective of this feature is to allow users to showcase their identity documents to Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrency exchange […]
China, Russia, and Iran are top cyber threats to the United States
A report from the National Counterintelligence and Security Center released on Thursday states that China, Russia, and Iran are the top cyber adversaries to the US as these three nations have been caught red-handed conducting foreign economic and industrial espionage on American soil. The NCSC report says that the said three nations have been consistently […]
Russian cyber attack on US Power Utilities for blackout
Hackers claimed to be from Russia are reported to have succeeded in penetrating into the power utilities of United States last year. Their intention was clear, to cause blackouts across America and cause panic and chaos among the populace. An official statement released a few hours ago from Department of Homeland Security claims that the […]
