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Turkish hackers just took down the official website of Russian Central Bank amid tension near Syrian-Turkey border. A group of Turkish hacktivist going with the handle of Turk Hack Team has conducted a powerful DDoS attack on the official website of Russian Central Bank earlier today forcing it to go offline for over 10 minutes. […]
The readers know about Anonymous waging war against ISIS, but hardly anyone knows about a group which has been working quietly (well, sort of) against the terror group and claims to have averted least one terror attack from ISIS. Anonymous has been largely involved in identifying and taking down of ISIS member accounts, but this […]
ISIS has unveiled list of U.S. officials who are on their target — The list includes names of both current and former government officials and military personnel. Late on Saturday, a group of hackers calling themselves “Islamic State Cyber Army,” unveiled a list of officials who are either currently working for or have in past […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous is planning to leak personal information of around 1000 members of the white supremacist Christian organization the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Last year, anonymous gave a brutal response to Ku Klux Klan when they threatened the Ferguson protestors. Many of KKK’s websites went offline; members were exposed (their identities were made public) and […]
The experts over at United States Navy are busy in the development of a cyber-protection system, codenamed RHIMES (the Resilient Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical Security), to enhance cybersecurity and to protect the Naval’s shipboard electrical and mechanical control systems from the cyber attacks, according to the Office of Naval Research. When the term cybersecurity appears […]
United States Air Force at the Air and Space conference held in Maryland, has unveiled a specifically designed aircraft named EC-130H Compass Call that is, apart from its air combating proficiencies, capable enough to hack targeted enemy networks wirelessly and directly from the aircraft. US Air Force used C-130 airframe to design and develop a highly modified […]
From cars to trains from computers to planes, anything connected with the Internet is vulnerable to cyber attacks. It is believed that a Chinese team is responsible for breaking into the system of the United Airlines. The breach occurred by the end of May or the early part of June. The hackers compromised the IT system […]
Links traced to “Animal Farm” group and State Sponsored cyber criminals who already have targeted Syrian and Iranian computers in 2013. Bratislava, Slovakia-based security firm ESET’s researchers have identified a very sophisticated Trojan that attacked Iranian and Syrian subjects in 2013 while rumor is that the group is a secret wing of the French Intelligence service. […]
Hackers working for the Chinese military unit allegedly carried out a “massive breach” in December targeting records of the Office of Personnel Management workers, officials said. The OPM serves as the federal government’s human resource department and the agency compiles records and issues security clearances of all the federal government employees. The Office of Personnel […]
A military white paper said on Tuesday that China needs to take strong measures in order to speed up the development of a cyber-force to combat some serious security threats hovering upon its cyber infrastructure. Cyberspace is hailed as one of China’s four “critical security domains”, apart from the ocean, outer space and nuclear force, […]
The FBI chief James Comey is worried about possible cyber attacks by the ISIS group on critical infrastructure in the United States — Comey believes “it’s coming.” While addressing the Cybersecurity Law Institute at Georgetown University, FBI chief James Comey claimed that Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) is arming itself with latest cyber attack tactics and looking into its capability if the group […]
”Task Force Cyber Secure” was signed and established by Chief of Staff (CSAF) General Mark Walsh III on March 20, 2015 as part of the continuous effort to effectively address cyber threats and vulnerabilities affecting the US Air Force’s core missions. According to the USAF press release, the said task force is geared to address […]
NATO’s cyber security drills are underway in Estonia and are most likely to replicate attacks launched by the cyber wing of Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) and Russia. Around 400 experts from 16 countries are participating in the “Locked Shield” exercise this year. The cyber war drills are organized by NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), taking place […]
In order to demolish North Korean nuclear facilities, South Korea has decided to develop its own cyber attack tools. Stuxnet kind of weapons have been proposed by the country’s defense ministry, the same Stuxnet software which was designed to target and destroy Iranian nuclear plants. Yonhap news agency reported that: The South Korean military will carry out missions using […]
In the Following Issue we will discuss the impacted vulnerability, their particular information and details, proof-of-concept code, as well as their special recommendations, regarding fixing those issues. Security researchers of the High-Profile websites, mostly discover their related vulnerabilities as the highly effective zones. Nicholas Lemonias is an expert researcher, and he is of the belief that such […]
This world is a place of turmoil and threats. Every country, organization, persons or military from around the world claim, from time to time, that it or they has/have more power than others. Recently, a new such group has surfaced in print and electronic media. They are the SEA (Syrian Electronic Army). This group has […]
The official website and server at Election Commission of Pakistan has been shutdown deliberately after a massive cyber attack from Russian and hackers from some Asian countries. The reason remains unknown, however Khizar Aziz, Director General IT, at the ECP told media that some unknown Asian and Russian hackers had launched a strong cyber attacks on the website […]
An official at White House has warned China to take “serious steps” in tackling cyber-crimes originating from its cyber space, as it has become a “growing challenge” between U.S. and China relations. Tom Donilon, National Security Adviser asked China to ”understand the seriousness and depth of the matter by behaving responsibly over the cyber security issue.” At the other […]
If you remember our article on a wave of DDoS attacks on several American banks, this news is the continual of that news and would be releasing some of the shocking aspects regarding the attacks. Here, we would like to add that these attacks were launched by a hacking group by the name of Izz […]
The online hackavist group Anonymous followed up with their #OpIsrael warning of attacking Israel’s cyber world for attacking the Gaza strip. The group hacked thousands of websites, deleted many government owned databases, leaked personal information, including emails and passwords. The list of websites which were hacked/defaced or either taken down is in thousands, yet some noticeable sites includes the […]
In an astonishing development reported in The Voice of Russia, NATO is planning to conduct its Cyber Coalition 2012 war games. VoR reported that In line with the exercise’s scenario NATO members come under cyber attacks from an aggressor, which is described as “an African country”. At the same time, some NATO authorities accept that the alliance is planning […]