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Technology | Jun 23, 2020, 03:00 PM ISTCoronavirus-related phishing mails have been making rounds since the onset of the pandemic
Coronavirus-related phishing mails have been making rounds since the onset of the pandemic
The attackers can target your Wifi connections take the remote access of it and bypass security to perform cross-site scripting, CERT-in has warned. The threat comes in wake-off ongoing LAC standoff with China on the borders.
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm, hackers have taken advantage of the situation to hack people
According to The New Daily, government agencies believe "China is behind cyber attacks on Australian institutions, including hospitals and state-owned utilities".
Cooperative banks are one of the financial institutions that have been at the target of cybercriminals, with several such attacks having been detected in April itself. “Criminals have attempted to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic through increased fraudulent activities," says cybersecurity expert Dr Nishakant Ojha
Most organisations have seen a rise in security threats and attacks during the coronavirus pandemic. Here's what you need to know.
Chinese internet security company 360 Security Technology has accused Indian hackers of breaking into its systems by using the novel coronavirus as “lure” to target the Chinese medical sphere
After the Armed Forces were attacked by cyber crooks on Friday late night , the tri-services cyber wings issued emergency warning to all the defence personnel not to access mail titled -- 'Notice' -- with attachments, sources said on Saturday.
More than 26,000 articles containing jihadist content were identified on various platforms, including social media accounts, links and a large number of communication channels, the Efe news reported.
In one of the attacks the group used PlugX malware - traditionally used by many Chinese APT groups. They also used Byeby trojan, which was involved in the SongXY malware campaign in 2017.
Targeting the Gippsland Health Alliance and the South West Alliance of Rural Health, the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet said in a statement: "The cyber incident, which was uncovered on Monday, has blocked access to several systems by the infiltration of ransomware, including financial management."
In his own research, Denis Makrushin, Security Architect at Ingram Micro, revealed the risks that come along with the steady migration of hospitals from paper-based data storage to electronic medical record (EMR) systems.
"As per the information reported to and tracked by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), a total number of 199, 172, 110 and 25 websites of Central Ministries/Departments and State Governments were hacked during the year 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (till May), respectively," Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
The cyber attacks — a contingency plan developed over weeks amid escalating tensions — disabled Iranian computer systems that controlled its rocket and missile launchers, the officials said. Two of the officials said the attacks, which specifically targeted Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps computer system, were provided as options after Iranian forces blew up two oil tankers earlier this month.
The cyberattack, which were approved by US President Donald Trump on Thursday, targeted computer systems used to control missile and rocket launches that were chosen months ago for potential disruption, a US official familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
President Trump declares national emergency in the US to protect the communications network from "foreign adversaries".
Followed with global outrage on facebook, the company went on to confirm that the problem was not related to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyber attack.
There are times when one uses the same password on other accounts as well, which makes it easier for hackers to gain access, following are the worst 10 passwords of all time that you shouldn't use.
The cyber attack on the Marriott hotel chain that collected personal details of some 500 million guests was part of a Chinese intelligence-gathering effort.
These "honeypots" are basically decoy servers that emulate the IT environment of a business. To the attackers, these look like actual servers of real companies with weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
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