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According to Mahan Air, the cyberattack was launched on Sunday morning and its responsibility was later claimed by a relatively lesser-known hacking group- “Hooshyarane Vatan” (Vigilant of the Nation). Iran’s second-largest carrier after Iran Air and the country’s first-ever private airline, Mahan Air, has confirmed suffering and foiling a cyberattack. According to Iranian state media, […]
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Limited has suffered a massive data breach in which personal data of 9.4 million customers has been stolen by unknown hackers. Cathay Pacific states that the stolen data includes passenger name, date of birth, nationality, email, phone number, frequent flyer programme membership number, physical addresses, 245,000 Hong Kong ID card numbers, 860,000 passport numbers, customer service […]
Dark Web has become a business hub for malicious hackers and cybercriminals. It seems like there is nothing that is spared from the prying eyes of cybercriminals and the Dark Web has become a thriving ground for all types of illegally acquired data and criminals activities. However, this time around researchers from CompariTech haven’t identified […]
VPN Logs Lead to Capturing of an Ex-PenAir Employee Who Hacked Into Company’s Internal Networks. A 59-year old US female has been arrested for hacking into her previous employer’s internal networks and creating havoc by sabotaging the day-to-day activities of the company, thanks to the VPN logs – The accused is a former employee of […]
A series of phishing campaigns is targeting airline consumers with messages crafted to trick victims into handing over personal or business credentials. A wave string of phishing campaigns is targeting airline consumers with messages crafted to trick victims into handing over personal or business credentials. The phishing messages pretend to be sent from a travel agency […]
Scammers have become amusingly very popular in this day and age — They are the reason why holiday makers won’t keep their antennas down lest they get fleeced of their hard-earned holiday savings. Scamming, especially in July and August has hit its high as this is the season for booming business in the airline industry […]
The scammers take advantage of every incident to trick people and get some bucks or likes on social media. Same is going on right now with the heartbreaking incident of missing Malaysian plane flight number MH370. An alert for all our readers! A fake news about the missing Malaysian plane flight number MH370 is being circulated all over […]