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Cyber Attack on British Parliament!
Hackers suspected from Russia launched a cyberattack on the computer network British Parliament compromising up to 90 email accounts of Members of Parliament and their Peers. Thus, the attack which took place on Friday night forced the IT department of the Parliament to lock MPs out of their email accounts till the damage of the […]
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 […]
Cyber Attack on UK’s Trident submarines can trigger Nuclear War!
The British American Security Information Council(BASIC) has predicted that UK’s Trident Submarine fleet is vulnerable to cyber attacks which might even trigger a nuclear war. In the 38-page report titled as “Hacking UK Trident: A Growing Threat”, the Council has quashed out the claims of Ministry of Defense which earlier said that the operating systems […]
Hackers launch Cyber Attacks on UK Plastic Surgery Clinics to extort money
Last week, a hacking group named TSAR team launched a cyber attack on plastic surgery clinics operating in the UK and are threatening to leak all the photos of the celebrities and high profile clients who went for cosmetic surgeries. As per our sources, the attack took place on a series of renowned clinics operating […]
Password Change doesn’t save you from Cyber Attacks
All these days there was a myth among web users that changing passwords on a regular note will help in isolating them from cyber attacks. But Paul Edmonds, head of technology at UK National Cyber Crime Unit claims that this is a fallacy spread by security experts. The cyber chief added that passwords changed on […]
Authorities fail to investigate over 90% of Cyber Crime cases in the UK
As per the data released by the Office of National Statistics UK, authorities are failing to investigate over 90% of Cyber Crime cases in Britain. Also, the figures released by the agency suggest that the year 2016 alone witnessed over 1.9 million cyber crimes, out of which only 1% were solved on a wholesome note. […]
Hackers cyber attack phones to steal money from UK bank accounts!
It is really disappointing to learn that scammers have found a new way to steal money from their victims. And this time their deeds are resulting in literally emptying the victim’s bank accounts. Moreover, law enforcement agencies have discovered that fraudsters are using text messages sent by banks to customers to launch such cyber attacks. […]
One in every 5 UK businesses hit by Cyber Attacks
A research conducted by British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) suggests that one in every 5 British businesses is being targeted by Cyber criminals. The said trend is said to be continuing from the past couple of years on a consistent note and is said to head further into future. The BBC study also suggests that […]
2017 witnesses 43,000 cyber attacks on every UK Business
Beaming which is one of the Britain’s leading broadband services provider has conducted a survey of UK businesses and came to a conclusion that the first quarter of 2017 witnessed 43000 cyber attacks hitting every single business in the UK. When the numbers are analyzed further, Beaming claims that each business gets attacked 474 times […]
England’s NHS Trust turns vigilant after 5 unsuccessful Cyber Attacks
Britain’s National Health Service Trust(NHS) has turned extremely vigilant these days after it learned from a security firm’s report that one of the Trust hospitals was cyber attacked 5 times in 2016 with ransomware. As the hackers failed to get into the database of the NHS Trust no money was exchanged between the cyber criminals […]
