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The Winter Olympics Games Organizing Committee is investigating a cyber attack on the event’s Internet and Wi-Fi system. The attack was carried out 45 minutes before the opening ceremony on Friday night in South Korea. According to the Committee’s spokeswoman, Nancy Park, the country’s Ministry of Defense and a cybersecurity team is investigating the service disruption of the […]
You are not alone, Netflix is down for many while for some users the service is taking time to load. The online streaming giant Netflix is currently facing service outage which is playing a major role in not letting users watch movies, dramas or documentaries on the platform. According to DownDetector’s Live Map, a service that keeps track of online […]
Bitfinex, known as one of the world largest cryptocurrency exchange was forced to shut down its ongoing operations after suffering a series of non-stop distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on Tuesday, December 12th. Based in Hong Kong, Bitfinex used its Twitter account to inform its customers about the situation and stated that “We are currently under heavy […]
Mozilla is joining hands with popular data breach notification website HaveIBeenPwned.com (HIBP) to send an in-browser alert to Firefox browser users if they are visiting a site that was previously hacked and whether their login credentials have been involved in a data breach. “This is an addon that I’m going to be using for prototyping an upcoming […]
The rise of new forms of technology is creating new threats to our privacy, financial information, and personal possessions. And hackers are ready and willing to exploit any gap they can find in any way possible. Here are three cybersecurity predictions for 2018 and beyond. Note that none of these proposals are science fiction because […]
Technology has transformed the face of modern business, and thanks to the internet, it’s easier and faster to share data than ever before. However, sending your sensitive information out into the ether comes with a certain amount of risk, especially now cyber attacks are happening so frequently. Cyber resilience is essential for any business, and […]
The official website of Transportstyrelsen, Sweden’s Transport Agency (STA) came under a series of DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks on Thursday morning forcing it to go offline. The attack on Transportstyrelsen came a day after the IT systems of Sweden’s Transport Administration (Trafikverket), which monitors railway traffic, was attacked by hackers leading to delays in trains schedule. “I can confirm that in the morning we […]
It looks like there is no place for DailyStormer on the regular web whatsoever. On August 24th (Thursday), DreamHost, a Los Angeles-based web hosting provider and domain name registrar suffered a series of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks affecting its servers causing connectivity issues. The attack affected company’s customer support, web and email services forcing a number of websites to […]
It’s no surprise that ships can be hacked but did someone hack USS John S. McCain on Monday when it collided with an oil tanker near Singapore? Adm. John Richardson thinks so since he has ordered an in-depth investigation into the incident to determine the reason behind the mishap. In a Tweet, Richardson said that right now there is no indication that […]
The web servers of Blizzard Entertainment have suffered a series of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks over the weekend causing disconnection and latency issues in Blizzard Games including World of Warcraft and Overwatch. The attacks started hitting Blizzard on August 13th when the company’s official customer support Twitter account stated that “We’re currently investigating an issue affecting our authentication […]
The online hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for carrying out a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the official website of Charlottesville city Virginia. The attack was conducted under the banner of OpDomesticTerrorism; as a result, the website has been forced to go offline. The motive behind this DDoS attack was to protest against the hit and run incident […]
An unknown hacking group has been targeting organizations in North Korea with Konni Malware. It is a RAT/remote access Trojan having all those features that any effective backdoor might have such as host profiling and remote access control. In 2017, already three different campaigns were identified by security experts against North Korean companies using this […]
It seems like cyber criminals have taken the challenge to surpass their counterparts and attack with greater intensity than their previous endeavors. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is their favorite weapon while countries like China, UK, Italy, Hong Kong, US, South Korea and Russia are their favored targets. The latest DDoS attack that was launched […]
Trend Micro has revealed that a number of malware families are targeting vulnerable IP cameras as hackers build more sophisticated viruses to fight against the increasing security measures with which manufacturers are responding. The four malware families As you may remember, it was recently reported that a malware named Persirai had been attacking numerous IP […]
The IT security researchers have discovered a malware in China that has mimicked WannaCry ransomware attack to some extent and has been named “WannaLocker.” The ransomware is similar to WannaCry regarding how it appears on the screen and how it demands ransom in order to unblock one’s files. Android phones become the victim: The research from […]
The Doha, Qatar-based Al Jazeera news channel has said that its digital media network and the official website are under a series of cyber attacks. In a post on its website, the news channel revealed that its cyber infrastructure is “undergoing systematic and continual hacking attempts.” “These attempts are gaining intensity and taking various forms. […]
It’s common knowledge that Internet of Things (IoT) devices are being hacked on a large scale and cyber criminals are turning them into a botnet that would then be used to launch DDoS attacks; finally a security solution may have arrived, and it is called Cloudflare Orbit. Most of the hacked IoT devices were hacked […]
Usually, the dark web marketplaces are famous for selling illegal drugs, weapons or in some cases renting hacking tools. But now, we have identified a listing in which a vendor going by the handle of “Etimbuk” is offering their services to anyone looking for revenge – Simply put, the vendor, apparently along with their group will beat […]
A group of hackers is performing highly sophisticated cyber-attacks against high-profile organizations of Middle East – Cyber security firms Palo Alto Networks and ClearSky conducted a joint research on these attacks and found that the hackers were using several techniques on both Android and Windows operating systems used by officials at these organizations. Research conducted by […]
Last August, a Malware called Mirai was discovered. Now, it appears that it has a new variant that has launched a 54-hour DDoS-attack against an unnamed US college. According to Imperva Incapsula, the attack occurred a month ago on February 28, and yet it is only now that the news it out. Researchers believe it to be […]
The Russian banking giant Alfa announced, in a press statement, that hackers targeted its cyber infrastructure in a large-scale DNS Botnet attack. The purpose appears to have been to make it seem as though the bank had been communicating with the Trump Organization. The bank is now asking U.S. to assist it to uncover the […]