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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has taken the world by storm, sending non-compliant firms into a panic, and causing many a board meeting, as shareholders scramble to avoid the dreaded €20 million ($23 million) fine. Since the deadline on May 25th, the business sphere has gone eerily silent on GDPR, as Europe awaits the first […]
You are not alone; Visa payment network is down across Europe – The company says it is aware and working to fix the issue. If you are unable to process your Visa credit or debit card then you are not alone; Visa card payment network is currently suffering service outage throughout Europe. The significance of Visa service […]
Roaming Mantis malware also targets iOS devices for phishing attacks. ‘Roaming Mantis uses DNS hijacking to infect Android smartphones’ was the title of a blog post from Kaspersky Lab published in April 2018 that provided details about the notorious Roaming Mantis malware that performs targeted operation to hijack Android devices. The malware is believed to […]
A couple of years ago, a massive bank heist was busted by Deutsche Bank in which hackers stole $1 billion from another bank. But now, German banking financial giant Deutsche Bank has made a blunder by “mistakenly transferring a whopping €28 billion ($34 billion) to one of its clients. [squaread][/squaread] The money went to a bank account at the […]
Internet safety is a key concern both professionally and personally — it’s probable that the vast majority of individuals do not know how much, or what kind of, data is being held on them. Perhaps even most employees are unaware of the sort of data they collect from their customers. As data collection and Internet […]
The stolen videos from hacked security cameras were leaked even when the system was removed from the sauna. The Dutch women’s handball team is the latest victim of critical vulnerabilities in IoT devices especially security cameras. Reportedly, unknown hackers took over the security camera system installed in the dressing room of the sauna used by […]
Data protection has never been more important, and keeping up to date on your requirements as business is becoming a vital part of your business management. With the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that comes into effect in May 2018, it’s vital to ensure that you are protecting the data that your […]
Another day another Bitcoin scam in which unsuspected users have been targeted by cybercriminals and the numbers of victims keeps growing with every passing day. In the latest scam, the government of Austria is seeking the help of Interpol to track down scammers who stole more than $155 million worth of Bitcoin from hundreds or even thousands […]
Jackpotting is an attack/technique to exploit ATMs to make them dispense cash without withdrawing it from a bank account – Now, U.S. ATMs are under Jackpotting attack. The trend of hacking ATMs (automatic teller machines) is not new but with the passage of time, it is becoming a lot more persistent and sophisticated. In some parts of the […]
Garmany’s Telecoms regulator the Federal Network Agency (The Bundesnetzagentur) which oversees the country’s telecommunications has banned smartwatches for kids in the country calling them spying devices. It has also urged parents to destroy these watches mostly used by children between the ages of 5 and 12 years. The decision came months after the agency banned “My Friend […]
A private radio station in Sweden Mix Megapol suffered a cyber attack in which someone hacked its transmission to play a pro-ISIS song for 30 minutes on Friday morning. Controlled by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, the radio station runs in 24 cities in the country with a massive fan following. According to local website 24Malmo, the incident took place during the […]
A new widespread Bad Rabbit ransomware attack is spreading like wildfire around Europe and has already affected over 200 major organizations, primarily in Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, and Germany, in the past few hours. Called “Bad Rabbit ransomware”, it is reported as a new attack against specific Petya ransomware corporate networks, which requires 0.05 Bitcoins (~ […]
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 […]
Dark web is home to explicit and illegal content including child pornography sites which are often in the news once they get busted. But then there are platforms run by police or security agencies, for example, notorious website Playpen which was run by the FBI for an undercover operation. However, now it turns out that Australian police ran […]
We have heard about Dark Web marketplace asking for funds to assassinate Donald Trump and Mike Pence – We have also heard about criminals offering physical revenge services but online sex trade through Dark Web? Well, Lukasz Pawel Herba, a Polish citizen, has been arrested for kidnapping a 20-year-old British woman in Italy and selling her online […]
Willem Westerhof, a cybersecurity researcher at Dutch security firm ITsec, has identified a serious vulnerability in an essential component of solar panels, the inverter. If this flaw is exploited then European power grids will be severely affected, and there is a threat of widespread outages. According to Westerhof, the flaw is present in thousands of […]
A couple of weeks ago, AlphaBay and Hansa, two of the most popular dark web marketplaces were busted and seized by European law enforcement authorities. AlphaBay founder Alexandre Cazes then made it into the news by committing suicide in a Thai prison, but the fate of Hansa administration is still unknown. Those visiting the Hansa […]
It’s no surprise that the Internet of Things (IoT) devices are highly vulnerable to cyber attacks but who would know a time would come when these devices will become a security threat to institutions? This case involves a coffee machine and a ransomware attack. A few months ago researchers exposed life-threatening vulnerabilities in IIoT (Industrial Internet […]
An 18-year-old teenager named Jack Chappell was charged by the West Midlands for selling malware to attackers over the web which could potentially send Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks to systems of large corporations. The malware The malware that Chappell sold was originally meant to carry DDoS attacks on PCs of some of the largest corporations in the UK, including T-Mobile, EE, Vodafone, […]
Computer systems around the world have been hit with a new ransomware malware called Goldeneye, a variant of Petya ransomware. Its targets are governments and businesses; infecting computers and files to lock out users and demanding $300 in Bitcoin to regain access. Upon infecting a system the malware forces the targeted computer to restart so the […]
The European Parliament has set up a revised list does not require that the encryption of a party to a party when you are comfortable but prohibits the background that provides secure access to law enforcement. So European Government Proposes Ban On Encryption Backdoors. Prime Minister Theresa May and who want to make technology companies like […]