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Cyber Security Alert- Russian hackers selling passwords and email addresses for just £2
Hackers from Russia are nowadays selling extremely sensitive data including passwords and email addresses of some of the country’s most powerful officials. This includes high profile politicians from the UK, US, Canada, Germany, and France. And as per the sources of the Cybersecurity Insiders, the data was realized from a large number of reliable resources […]
US NSA links Wannacry Ransomware cyber attack to North Korea
The National Security Agency of United States has linked Pyongyang to the recent outbreak of Wannacry Ransomware cyber attack which affected more than 200,000 computers across 150 countries. The American security agency confirmed that a hackers group named Hidden Cobra was behind the ransomware attack launched on May 12th, 2017. The security agency also validated […]
Russian Cyber Threat looms on future US Elections!
US Elections of 2016 were influenced by a Russian cyber army and this is now a fact from what Mr. Comey has disclosed to the world after he was fired by Donald Trump a few days ago. The probe which the past US President Barack Obama launched in December’16 also confirmed that a foreign nation […]
Russian Hackers using Britney Spears to empty bank accounts
Russian hackers who could be state funded by Moscow have devised a new plan to empty the bank accounts of innocent victims across the world. They are now hiding messages in the comments of Britney Spears Instagram account which could lead to sophisticated watering hole attacks. As per a post published in Daily Mail, hackers […]
Russian Military influenced US 2016 Polls with Cyber Attacks
All these days they were ‘n’ number of media speculations claiming Russian influence on US 2016 Polls. But now, as per an article posted by “ The Intercept” it proved that Russian military intelligence agency launched a cyberattack on a US company offering US Voting services and systems just hours before the election day. The […]
Russian President puts ‘Patriotism’ Behind Cyber Attacks
Finally, the Russian President Mr. Vladimir Putin admitted that the Patriotic Russians might have influenced the US Polls 2016 on their own initiative through cyber attacks. He, however, clarified that neither he nor his government has an influential hand behind the US 2016 Elections. Reacting to a query put forward at a media briefing, the […]
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 […]
Russian bank customers hit by malware!
Cyber Security Firm Group-IB has warned Russian mobile banking customers of a possible cyber attack on Android mobile devices. The security firm said that criminals from Russia were trying to steal bank details of mobile banking customers using Cron malware and were planning to target European lenders by this month end. As per a report […]
British politicians put on high alert against Russian Cyber Attacks
National Cyber Security Agency (NCSC) of Britain has put all politicians of its nation on high alert against a possible Russian cyber attack before the June 8 general elections. The warning comes just after two weeks when France leader Macron accused Russia of trying to negatively influence his win in the recently concluded general elections […]
Russia launches cyber attack on Ukraine President website
Ukraine imposed economic restrictions on Russia’s largest internet group at the end of last week. And as retaliation to this gesture, Russia’s state-funded hackers launched a cyber-attack on Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko’s website on late Tuesday. The repercussions of the attack are yet to be known. The decision to impose restrictions on Russia’s Yandex led […]
