Yearly Archives: 2017

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Kerala Bank Hit By Ransomware Cyber Attack

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Credits: ABC NEWS

The main server and a computer of the Mercantile Cooperative bank in Thiruvananthapuram was today affected in a ‘ransomware’ cyber attack, suspected to have originated from outside the country, the police said.

“One computer and main server has been affected […]

By |December 30th, 2017|Cyber News|

Canada’s military seeks major cyber defence upgrade

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Credits: thestar

Canada’s military says it needs to upgrade its defences against cyberattacks, documents released by the Department of National Defence read.

The documents, released by the department earlier this month, detail a significant and long-term project to give military brass better “situational awareness” of cyber […]

By |December 30th, 2017|Cyber News|

Ticketing scam: Goyal orders strengthening of cyber security

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Credits: IndiaTimes

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has directed the IRCTC and the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) to strengthen cyber security in the wake of an alleged ticketing scam unearthed by the CBI.

The CBI earlier this week nabbed a software programmer […]

By |December 30th, 2017|Cyber News|

UK banks hiding cyber attacks

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Credits: ABC NEWS

UK banks still aren’t telling regulators about all the cyber attacks on the financial services industry despite a ten-fold increase in reports to the Financial Conduct Authority over the last four years, writes Suzi Ring.

“Our suspicion is that there’s currently […]

By |December 10th, 2017|Cyber News|

Cyber law balances security, information freedom

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Credits: Vietnamnet

The draft Law on Cyber Security has been revised 14 times, but there are still outstanding controversial issues. Do you have any comments on the latest draft edition of the law?

First of all, referring to the adjusted framework of the […]

By |December 10th, 2017|Cyber News|

Hackers ahoy! Cyber pirates hit ships

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Credits: IndianExpress

Somali pirates are not the only threat faced by ships sailing the high seas. Large vessels out at sea are also becoming increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks by sophisticated hackers sitting thousands of miles away.

After the collision between US Navy […]

By |December 10th, 2017|Cyber News|

Pornhub users in malware warning after ‘cyber attack’

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Credits: Telegraph

Potentially millions of visitors to adult website Pornhub could have been infected with malware, experts say.

Cyber security firm Proofpoint say a major attack has been uncovered where fake adverts for web browser updates were sent out.

They say the attack has […]

By |December 10th, 2017|Cyber News|

Cyber attacks to get more lethal with Artificial Intelligence ammo

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Credits: TOI

While cyber attacks have been a major cause of concern this year, internet security experts warn that 2018 could bring in more sophisticated attacks using Artificial Intelligence and machine learning. So far, these technologies have been used as mechanisms for […]

By |December 10th, 2017|Cyber News|

Chinese Hacker Groups To Shift Focus To India In 2018

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Credits: NDTV

Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) groups that have allegedly been creating cyber havoc internationally will shift their focus in 2018 to countries like India and Hong Kong and groups seen as a threat to Beijing’s influence over global markets, enterprise […]

By |December 8th, 2017|Cyber News|

‘MAILSPLOIT’ LETS HACKERS FORGE PERFECT EMAIL SPOOFS

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Credits: Wired

PRETENDING TO BE someone you’re not in an email has never been quite hard enough—hence phishing, that eternal scourge of internet security. But now one researcher has dug up a new collection of bugs in email programs that in many cases strip […]

By |December 6th, 2017|Cyber News|