Monthly Archives: August 2017

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Microsoft Azure users hit by 300% rise in cyber-attacks

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A 300% rise in cyber-attacks has been seen by Microsoft cloud users over the past year.

That’s according to the 22nd volume of Microsoft’s Security Intelligence report, which found that a large result of the compromises came due to issues with […]

By |August 19th, 2017|Cyber News|

National Guard activates cyber-security task force

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Credits: Defense News

A full-time Army National Guard unit of more than 100 cyber specialists was mobilized this week, the largest mobilization of cyber forces from reserve units to support the U.S. Cyber Command.

The specialists of Task Force Echo, which will support […]

By |August 19th, 2017|Cyber News|

CCB on a long, hard chase for couple involved in ATM hacking

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Credits: TheHindu

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) police are spending many a sleepless night on the trail of a Nigerian couple who they claim are responsible for hacking into a dozen ATMs in the city. Every time the police think they are […]

By |August 18th, 2017|Cyber News|

Russian hacking campaign targets G20 attendees with booby-trapped invites

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Credits: Zdnet

A Russian hacking group is conducting a cyber espionage campaign against politicians, policy makers and journalists ahead of a G20 task force meeting.

The attackers are attempting to distribute a variant of the KopiLuwak backdoor Trojan to these G20 attendees, for […]

By |August 18th, 2017|Cyber News|

China opens its first ‘cyber court’

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Credits: YahooNews

China’s first “cyber court” was launched on Friday to settle online disputes, as the legal system attempts to keep up with the explosion of mobile payment and e-commerce.

Residents of the eastern city of Hangzhou — home to e-commerce giant Alibaba […]

By |August 18th, 2017|Cyber News|

IndiGo, SpiceJet take battle to cyber crime unit

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Credits: Economic Times

The cyber crime unit of the Gurgaon police is close to completing a year-long investigation into a complaint filed by InterGlobe Aviation, which runs IndiGo, against a former employee that she allegedly conspired to steal proprietary and confidential information, […]

By |August 18th, 2017|Cyber News|

HBO’s Twitter Accounts Get Hacked After Cyber Attack

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Credits: BBC

And the saga of HBO’s summer struggle continues…

The cable network has not had the luckiest of months this August. On the heels of debuting season 7 of Game of Thrones, HBO was first hit with a cyber attack at the end of July […]

By |August 18th, 2017|Cyber News|

Ukraine central bank warns of new cyber-attack risk

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Credits: Reuters

The Ukrainian central bank said on Friday it had warned state-owned and private lenders of the appearance of new malware as security services said Ukraine faced cyber attacks like those that knocked out global systems in June.

The June 27 attack, […]

By |August 18th, 2017|Cyber News|

How hackers are targeting the shipping industry – Report

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Credits: BBC

When staff at CyberKeel investigated email activity at a medium-sized shipping firm, they made a shocking discovery.

“Someone had hacked into the systems of the company and planted a small virus,” explains co-founder Lars Jensen. “They would then monitor all emails […]

By |August 18th, 2017|Cyber News|

Ex-NSA Analyst Raises $10 Million To Stop Hackers Destroying Power Grids

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Credits: Forbes

In 2013, a U.S. dam was targeted by digital mercenaries working on behalf of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, forming part of an espionage mission to infect and disrupt the nation’s critical services. Or, at least, that was the fear-inducing narrative at […]

By |August 15th, 2017|Cyber News|