Cyber Events
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1.6KDark Web’s Empire market down for days after massive DDoS attack
A look at the official URL and mirrors of the Empire market indicates that the marketplace is currently down and ‘not working.’...
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4.5KHow much does a data breach cost? + How to prevent it (Best practices)
By some estimates, close to 30 percent of businesses in the United States will experience a data breach. Security breaches are...
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1.3KPwn20wn hackathon to be held online in November 2020
Pwn2Own computer hacking contest is being held annually since April 2007 but this is the first time that the event has gone...
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5.0KRansomware attack on fitness devices maker Garmin cripples operation
Garmin is yet to acknowledge the cyber attack on its infrastructure. The services of wearable gadgets and smart fitness devices maker Garmin...
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75Google VP boycotts Black Hat 2020 because of its name
Google VP withdraws from the Black Hat 2020 virtual event igniting a fierce debate over infosec terminology. What is the Black Hat...
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61Mainstream European bank hit by largest ever PPS based DDoS attack
The DDoS attack on the bank was mitigated by Akamai. Recently, Hackread.com reported how AWS Shield mitigated the largest ever recorded DDoS...
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49If a Cyber Security Report Falls in a Forest, Is Anyone Listening?
This article started off as an extended conversation between me and a close colleague about a report. But it was not just...
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61AWS suffers largest ever DDoS attack of 2.3 TBPS
The DDoS attack was mitigated by AWS Shield DDoS protection service. Last year, Amazon Web Service (AWS) suffered a DDoS attack that...
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640Cyberattacks targeting BLM movement see widespread increase
Since the unjust killing of George Floyd on May 25, protests have erupted across the United States inviting widespread violence. While this...
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2.4KREvil hackers leaks email conversation on Trump amid ransom demand
According to REvil hackers, aka Sodinokibi, the email contains “harmless information” on Trump enough to prove that the group has data on...
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1.7KEA Sports down – Gaming giant hit by massive DDoS attacks
The series DDoS attack has affected EA Sport’s Origin platform which lets customers purchase and playing video games. Another day, another DDoS...
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4.5KCoronavirus related cyber attacks hit HHS in US, testing center in Czech
In Brief: Czech Republic’s second-largest hospital in Brno has suffered a cyber attack. The same hospital is currently home to the country’s...
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2.1K7 Cybersecurity Trends to Look Out for in 2020
If the previous decade were any indication, hackers will become even more aggressive in 2020 and in the following years. Recent studies...
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1.7KVirgin Media & T-Mobile data breach exposes customers data
In two separate incidents, two mainstream telecom firms namely Virgin Media, UK and Ireland’s leading cable operator, and T-Mobile, a subsidiary of...
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5.1KTop 10 worst countries for Internet freedom & censorship
The Internet was originally envisaged as a place where people could share information freely from across the globe. Soon enough though, governments...
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2.4KResearchers recovered 9 billion email & password combos in 2019
123456 was the most used passwords in 2019. As 2019 came to an end, we got the opportunity to look back and...
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3.2KUS Natural Gas-Compression facility cripples after ransomware attack
Another day, another ransomware attack – This time, hackers have hit critical infrastructure of the government of the United States. The Department...
