Europol shuts down cybercrime ring with 49 arrests
Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre has arrested 49 suspects in a joint international operation targeting the takedown of a major cybercrime ring.
Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre has arrested 49 suspects in a joint international operation targeting the takedown of a major cybercrime ring.
An expensive and highly sophisticated hack attack was carried out on the Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab by state-backed hackers. On Wednesday the world’s best cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab announced that its systems were attacked most probably by some hackers who were backed by a ‘country’. Reportedly, the customers’ data is safe since the sophisticated attack could […]
Credit Unions lost a lot of money due to recent breaches, so financial institutions are eager to see merchants held to higher standards for data security.
A new phishing scam has surfaced on the web via Facebook in the form of a message titled “Attempts to Export Opengraph File.” This alleged security warning purports to be sent by Facebook. The message informs you that you have tried several times to export your opengraph file through an illegal application. The message also […]
Canada approves anti-terror law C-51 that weakens Internet privacy – NDP-Liberal coalition may get triggered as a result warn conservative critics. At a time when the US government is trying to curb its spying activities, at its northern border the opposite is happening. Reportedly, Canadian Senate has approved the controversial Bill C-51. In an open […]
Summary: Yesterday, it was the pro-Assad hackers from Syrian Electronic Army who took over the US Army website, today the pro-Palestinian hackers took over US Air Force domains — Both US Army and Airforce domains were hacked two days after Obama’s call for stronger cybersecurity for Americans. The Palestinian friendly hackers from AnonGhost hacked and defaced two […]
A new survey has estimated that British businesses spend around £34bn a year ($52.5bn) protecting the country from cyberattacks,
A survey conducted by the Gartner-affiliated research firm Software Advice shows that Generation Y – those born after the 80s – is more vulnerable to cyber attacks than previous generations. The study conducted in the United States analyzed online experience and issues of about 529 people. According to the survey, Generation Y is the most vulnerable because 85% […]
Computer systems at nuclear facilities all over the world face cyberattacks on a daily basis, says a UN nuclear watchdog group while addressing a conference on Monday. According to Yukiya Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), “reports of actual or attempted cyberattacks are now virtually a daily occurrence. Last year alone, […]
A satellite is a moon, planet or machine that orbits a planet or a star. Earth is a satellite because it orbits the sun. Likewise, the moon is a satellite because it orbits Earth. Usually, the word “satellite” refers to a machine that is launched into space and moves around Earth or another body in […]
Around half of IT security leaders said that budgets will significantly increase (19%) or increase (31%) over the next two years, finds a new report.
Summary: Five days suspension without pay awaited the Hudson teacher who took a class experiment a bit too far and used jammer to prevent students from using their mobiles. The federal law prohibits the use of cell jamming devices or any sort of devices. Dean Liptak, a former pro-wrestler and currently a science teacher at […]
Hackers, supportive of the Assad regime in Syria, have successfully compromised content displayed on the US Army’s website, popping up messages to visitors
The official website of Embassy of Serbia in the United States has been hacked and defaced by a group of Moroccan hackers. The group behind the hack goes with the handle of Moroccan Agent Secret (MAS) who left a deface page along with a message on the hacked Serbian Embassy website, talking about Islam being a religion […]
The world renowned Syrian hacktivists form Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) hacked and defaced the official website of United States Army earlier today (9th June, 2015). Hackers left a deface page along with a message on the hacked US Army website, blaming the country for training and sending terrorists to fight the Syrian President Bashar Al […]
A Brazilian hacker going with the handle of ProtoWave, broke into the official website of Brazilian pastor Marco Feliciano, on Sunday afternoon (7th June), and left several messages against homophobia. Feliciano is known for conservative stance and contrary to LGBT unions and same sex marriages. The hacking of Pastor’s webpage took place on the same day when 19th LGBT Pride Parade was […]
DDOS aka Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to make an online service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from multiple sources. Attacker target a wide variety of important resources and present a major challenge to making sure people can publish and access important information. We have seen many DDOS attack in past few […]
It was just the last week when people found out that iPhone could be crashed just by sending a particular text message. In the wake of this iPhone flaw, here comes another security concern regarding the Apple Computers. This problem leaves most Macs at-risk is sleep state without detection. These Macs that enter a hibernation […]
We have always heard about negative use of drones or most of the times drones for surveillance purposes. But now two testing centers in Luoyang city of China will use surveillance drones to monitor college entrance exams to prevent students from cheating and smuggling electronic devices inside the center. The entrance test results will determine future of the students and which university […]
Summary: Jessica Cussioli suffered a horrible motorcycle accident and was left without a major portion of her skull. Neurosurgeons rescued her by conducting Brazil’s first-ever 3D-Printed titanium skull transplant. Jessica Cussioli, a 23-year old Brazilian suffered a horrible motorcycle accident and major part of her skull got damaged. Neurosurgeons in Brazil performed the country’s preliminary […]
Some students of San Dimas High School, California, allegedly hacked the computer system of the school’s network and modified the grades of various students. Two students at San Dimas High School, California managed to hack their school’s computer system network and altered the scores of different students. Both the students are 18-years old and one […]