Yearly Archives: 2019

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Cyber fraud: Hackers swindle Rs 130 crore from a Mumbai-based Italian firm

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Credits: Business Standard

In perhaps the biggest such online heist, a Mumbai-based Italian firm lost Rs 130 crore to suspected hackers who allegedly convinced its local managers that the money was needed for acquisition, police said on Monday.

The hackers sent emails to the head of the […]

By |January 15th, 2019|Cyber News|

Iranians May Be Behind Unprecedented Cyber Hacks, FireEye Says

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Credits: bloomberg

Cyber attackers in Iran could be behind a wave of hacks on government and communications infrastructure that will require a coordinated global response to repel, according to cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc.

FireEye researchers have identified attacks on dozens of Internet sites belonging to […]

By |January 14th, 2019|Cyber News|

Briton who knocked an entire country offline with cyber attack jailed

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Credits: Telegraph

British self-taught hacker who knocked an entire country offline has been jailed.

Daniel Kaye, 30, of Egham, Surrey, masterminded a cyber attack on a telecommunications company in Liberia, being paid $30,000 by a rival company to disrupt the systems of mobile phone company Lonestar […]

By |January 14th, 2019|Cyber News|

Government shutdown threatens US cyber security

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Credits: Telegraph

The US government shutdown is threatening the security of dozens of US government websites as no staff are around to maintain or update them, a report has found.

The shutdown under President Donald Trump, which today became the longest in US history, […]

By |January 14th, 2019|Cyber News|

The cyber attack that sent an alaskan community back in time – Report

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Credits: BBC

In 2018, a remote Alaskan community’s infrastructure was hit by a malware attack which forced it offline. It was only then they realised how much they depended on computers.

They still don’t know where it came from. But when it hit, […]

By |January 9th, 2019|Cyber News|

Ex-IAF chief seeks integrated cyber security system for military and civilian sectors

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Credits: India Times

Former Chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal (Retd) Arup Raha, Tuesday described cyber terrorism is the worst of its kind and said India still lagged behind China in terms of developing an integrated cyber security system […]

By |January 9th, 2019|Cyber News|

Rajasthan OLX crooks cut short city cyber cops hunt for virtual cons

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Credits: TOI

A 15-member team of Cyber Crime Wing of Hyderabad Police on a mission to Rajasthan to capture 60 online fraudsters had to beat a hasty retreat after coming face to face with belligerent locals. In the end, the city cops […]

By |January 8th, 2019|Cyber News|

Double trouble: Two-pronged cyber attack infects victims with data-stealing trojan malware and ransomware

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Credits: Zdnet

Cybercriminals are targeting victims with a two-pronged attack that secretly infiltrates systems with data-stealing malware, before dropping ransomware onto the infected system.

Using Internet Explorer and Flash Player exploits delivered in the Fallout exploit kit, the campaign is distributed by what researchers at […]

By |January 8th, 2019|Cyber News|

German cyber officials defend handling of mass data attack

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Credits: BBC

The agency says it was not aware of the full extent of a systematic leak of information until Thursday night.

Journalists, celebrities and politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, are among those whose personal data was published online.

It is unclear who was […]

By |January 8th, 2019|Cyber News|

One of the West’s biggest cybersecurity vulnerabilities is our idiotic habit of sending servers full of sensitive information to foreign countries

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Credits: businessinsider

Western companies routinely abandon confidential, sensitive, and personally identifying information to private companies in foreign countries when they upgrade their servers, workstations, and networking gear for new hardware, a source tells Business Insider.

The unprotected data is a goldmine for hackers.

The source, […]

By |January 7th, 2019|Cyber News|