Cyber Events
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600Cyberattacks 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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2.3KREvil 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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1.6KEA 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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4.4KCoronavirus 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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2.0K7 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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1.6KVirgin 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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5.0KTop 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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3.1KUS 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...
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3.2KRussia Blocks Encrypted Email Service Tutanota
Tutanota is also being blocked in Egypt since October 2019. On Friday, February 14, when the world was busy celebrating Valentine’s Day,...
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3.2KNGINX office in Moscow raided by police
Russian authorities have raided NGINX offices in Moscow over a copyright infringement complaint filed by Rambler on December 4th, 2019. For those...
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1.2KCyber attack cripples networks in city of Pensacola days after shooting
Lately, we have observed a sudden rise in cyber attacks against cities and towns around the world including the US, the latest...
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3.3KChinese DDoS tool Great Cannon resurfaces to target Hong Kong protestors
China is greatly disturbed by the ongoing pro-democracy, anti-Beijing protests in Hong Kong and has been targeting all the digital forums protestors...
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1.7K480.1 million mobile VPN downloaded worldwide in 12 months
VPN Report 2019 reveals a 54% growth rate. Over the years, we’ve seen the global populace move towards more security consciousness. This...
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550UPbit cryptocurrency exchange hacked; Ether worth $50 million stolen
The popular South Korean cryptocurrency exchange UPbit has suffered a massive hack attack in which hackers have stolen 342,000 Ethereum (ETH) which...
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4.8KSmall businesses also need protection from cyber attacks
If you run a small business, it’s a matter of when, not if, your computer system or cyberinfrastructure falls prey to cybercriminals....
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2.7KResearchers develop AI tool to evade Internet censorship
The research particularly names India, China, and Kazakhstan for using Internet censorship as a tool to curb freedom of expression and how...
