Cyber Events
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86The Forgotten Victims of Data Breach
“There is no way to tell his story without telling my own. And if his story is a confession, then so is...
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Information Security Professional Degeneration
00:35 Ministry of Sound, London, UK – We all know what professional development is; I am going to talk about going to...
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How Vapes Can Be Used For Hacking Computers
The popularity of vaping has been increasing over the past years. Many people that used to smoke traditional cigarettes are now switching...
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Website used by Hong Kong protesters suffers DDoS attack
The prime suspect of the DDoS attack is China. An online forum used by activists behind the ongoing Hong Kong protests has...
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Why are Google and Facebook banned in China?
Google and Facebook are ultra-successful giants in their respective fields. Facebook has over 2.3 billion monthly active users and Google has around...
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Cloud hosting provider iNSYNQ hit by MegaCortex ransomware (Updated)
MegaCortex ransomware was discovered in May this year. iNSYNQ, a United States-based Cloud hosting provider has been hit by a massive ransomware...
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How to secure your website – InfoSec tips for newbie website owners
And Again About Hosting Security! Today, there are still many people who think that the Internet is as a comprehensive encyclopedia of...
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Cellular networks worldwide hit by hackers in espionage attempt
Cybereason, an Israeli-US security firm based in Boston, has reported that certain nation-state hackers managed to compromise the systems of no less...
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How I Discovered My First Vulnerability
I have read a couple of books recently about different vulnerabilities in order to be able to better protect my projects/websites. Today,...
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Telegram messaging service hit by massive DDoS attack
It is unclear why Telegram was targeted or who was behind the DDoS attack. The popular privacy-focused instant messaging application service Telegram...
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National Censorship: Pros and Cons
Is Internet filtering at the state level good or bad? As always, there are different opinions. I do not want to give...
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The Growing Importance of Cyber Security Skills
Cyber attacks are on the rise and it isn’t just the large corporations who are targeted, anyone who does anything online is...
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Quest Diagnostics data breach affects 12 million customers
Clinical laboratory firm Quest Diagnostics Inc. has admitted exposure of personal information of nearly 11.9 million customers after its web payment page...
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News aggregator app Flipboard hacked; user data stolen
Hackers managed to breach Flipboard’s security for sensitive database multiple times putting millions of users at risk. Just yesterday, it was reported...
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Why So Many Businesses Can Never Recover After Cyber Attacks
A cyber attack can cripple critical infrastructure and businesses and generate negative press. In other cases, it could open you and your...
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TeamViewer was Targeted by Chinese Hackers in 2016
TeamViewer has only confirmed now that Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeted the company in 2016. The Germany-based company behind the world-famous remote desktop...
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The Pitfalls of Keeping Your Ports Wide Open
Based on security assessment results, penetration testers often recommend hiding an enterprise network’s ports behind a whitelist. However, corporate IT teams don’t...
