Russia
Russia tries to hijack Mexico elections via DDoS Cyber Attack
Vladimir Putin led Russia is accused of interfering in the elections of Mexico after a political party from the said region announced publicly that its website was hacked by state-funded actors. The National Action Party (PAN-Partido Accion Nacional in Spanish) had its website shut down during the final televised debate in early June this year. […]
US government sees Russia as a cyber threat to undersea cables
US government’s Treasury Department has imposed new sanctions on 5 Russian companies and 3 Russian Nationals said to have helped the Russian Federal Security Services to launch cyber attacks on the critical infrastructure of United States in February this year. In a statement issued by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, it was clearly mentioned that the […]
Australia appoints the task force to defend its Elections from Cyber Attacks
The Government of Australia has appointed an Electoral Integrity Task Force to defend its next month’s electoral system from cyber attacks. As Federal elections around the world are prone to state-funded cyber attacks from certain nations (Russia and China), the Australian government has taken the decision to protect the sanctity of the election system and […]
North Korea uses Samsung, Microsoft and Apple technology to carry out Cyber Attacks
A recent study made on the cyberattacks launched by North Korea proves that the Kim Jong UN-led country employs hacking technology coming from the Donald Trump-led United States. A Massachusetts based Cybersecurity Intelligence company named Recorded Future has discovered in its research that North Korean government is using devices from Microsoft, Apple and Korea based […]
FBI Agent maps out countries which are Cyber Threats to the United States
FBI Agent Aristedes Mahairas who works for New York FBI’s Cyber Division has mapped out countries which prove as severe cyber threats to the United States. In a statement released on Monday, Mahairas alleged that Russia, China, Iran and North Korea will always be a cyber threat to the nation unless the Trump Administration takes […]
Russian Ransomware victims are getting decrypted for free
Sigrun Ransomware victims from Russia are said to be receiving a decryption key for free. The reason, they hail from the Vladimir Putin led country and so can walk away with a decryption key by not paying a ransom of $2,500 worth of Bitcoins. For others who have been affected by the said ransomware, they […]
FBI says Russia’s Fancy Bear was behind VPN Filter malware attack
United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has made a public announcement on Friday which states that owners of all routers operating in small offices and homes have to restart their devices in order to shake off the after-effects of VPN Filter malware attack. The statement clearly specifies that some hackers funded by a nation […]
Russian hackers infect 500,000 routers to launch a massive cyber attack on Ukraine
Cisco Systems Inc on Wednesday issued a warning that says hackers from Russia have infected over 500,000 routers including storage devices in order to launch a massive cyber attack on Ukraine. The Networking giant stressed on the fact that the attack will be of Denial of service attack genre and will be mainly targeting Ukraine’s […]
UK decides to name and shame Countries which are behind cyber attacks
The United Kingdom has finally decided to name and shame all those countries which are trying to launch or have launched cyber attacks on its critical infrastructure. The names include Russia, North Korea, and other states which are alleged to be behind the cyber assaults on Britain’s infrastructure on a previous note. UK’s Attorney General […]
Russia to launch Cyber Attack on the UK after 2018 FIFA World Cup
It was revealed in BBC Tonight that Russia is planning to launch a cyber attack on London after next month’s 2018 FIFA World Cup. The news source added that the attack will be severe and would bring the City of London to a standstill. The Minister who revealed this info to Nicholas Watt, Newsnight’s Political […]
