TalkTalk Telecom Ordered to Pay Record £400,000 Fine Over 2015 Data Breach

TalkTalk, one of the biggest UK-based Telecoms company with 4 million customers, has been issued with a record £400,000 $510,000 fine for failings to implement the most basic security measures to prevent the hack that made global headlines last year. The penalty has been imposed by the Informatio...

First-Ever Ransomware For Smart Thermostat is Here — It's Hot!

Internet of Things IoT is the latest buzz in the world of technology, but they are much easier to hack than you think. Until now we have heard many scary stories of hacking IoT devices, but how realistic is the threat? Just think of a scenario where you enter in your house, and it's sweltering, b...

Over 1000 Wendy's Restaurants Hit by Credit Card Hackers

The Popular fast-food restaurant chain Wendy's on Thursday admitted that a massive cyber attack had hit more than 1,000 of its restaurants across the country. The burger chain did not speculate how many people may have been affected, though it did confirm that the hackers were able to steal its...

APT Group 'Patchwork' Cuts-and-Pastes a Potent Attack

An advanced persistent threat tied to Southeast Asia and the South China Sea is targeting governments and entities around the world including the U.S. The attacks are unique, according to security experts, because the perpetrators are relying nearly 100 percent on computer code copied-and-pasted...

SWIFT Hackers Steal $10 Million From Ukrainian Bank

A Ukrainian bank has become the latest victim of the widespread cyber attack on global banking and financial sector by hackers who target the backbone of the world financial system, SWIFT. Hackers have reportedly stolen $10 Million from an unnamed bank in Ukraine by exploiting the SWIFT...

NSA wants to Exploit Internet of Things and Biomedical Devices

The cyber attack vectors available to hackers will continue to grow as the Internet of Things IoTs become more commonplace, making valuable data accessible through an ever-widening selection of entry points. Although it's not the hackers alone, the NSA is also behind the Internet of Things. We...

University Pays Hackers $20,000 to get back its Ransomware Infected Files

What's the worst that could happen when a Ransomware malware hits University? Last month, the IT department of the University from where I have done my graduation called me for helping them get rid of a Ransomware infection that locked down all its student's results just a day before the...

Targeted Attacks against Banks in the Middle East

UPDATE Dec. 8, 2017: We now attribute this campaign to APT34, a suspected Iranian cyber espionage threat group that we believe has been active since at least 2014. Learn more about APT34 and their late 2017 targeting of a government organization in the Middle East. Introduction In the first week ...

Ecuador Bank Hacked — $12 Million Stolen in 3rd Attack on SWIFT System

Bangladesh is not the only bank that had become victim to the cyber heist. In fact, it appears to be just a part of the widespread cyber attack on global banking and financial sector by hackers who target the backbone of the world financial system, SWIFT. Yes, the global banking messaging system...

SWIFT Warns of Second Bank Attack via PDF Malware

News of yet another attack involving a bank and SWIFT, the financial network used by thousands of banks to transfer funds, came to light Thursday as investigators continue to probe a separate $81 million heist in February involving the network and the central bank of Bangladesh. The Brussels-base...

2.7 billion Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail accounts were compromised-the vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Russian users of Gmail, Yahoo and Microsoft email Hotmail, etc. 2. 7 2 3 million accounts were compromised, and in the Russian underground black market trade. ! This time, Russian hackers successfully conducted a massive data leak accident. In this cyber attack, hackers stole 2. 7 2 3 million...

Ransomware Victims Lessons Learned

For online casinos, business begins to peak as gamblers punch out of work and belly-up to virtual blackjack tables. But on this Tuesday in February at 5p.m., the odds were not in the house’s favor. That’s when this virtual casino—with tens of millions of dollars in virtual transaction data,...

Pro-ISIS Hackers release 'Kill List' Of 43 United States Officials

In Brief A group of pro-ISIS hackers calling themselves the United Cyber Caliphate UCC has issued a "Kill List" containing the names of dozens of U.S. government personnel at the Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, State Department, and several other federal agencies. Meanwhile, the US...

FBI Quietly Admits to Multi-Year APT Attack, Sensitive Data Stolen

The FBI issued a rare bulletin admitting that a group named Advanced Persistent Threat 6 APT6 hacked into US government computer systems as far back as 2011 and for years stole sensitive data. The FBI alert was issued in February and went largely unnoticed. Nearly a month later, security experts...

How a Typo Stopped Hackers from Stealing $1 Billion from Bank

Typos are really embarrassing, but this time it saved the Bangladesh Central Bank and the New York Federal Reserve by preventing a nearly $1 Billion £700 Million heist. Last month, some unknown hackers broke into Bangladesh's central bank, obtained credentials needed for payment transfers and the...

NSA Data Center Experiencing 300 Million Hacking Attempts Per Day

Utah State computer systems are experiencing a massive cyber attack on up to 300 Million Hacking attempts per day due to National Security Agency’s NSA data center in the state. Yes, 300,000,000 hacking attempts in a day! According to the statistical survey, it is evident that the computer system...

NASA HACKED! AnonSec tried to Crash $222 Million Drone into Pacific Ocean

Once again the Red Alarm had been long wailed in the Security Desk of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA. Yes! This time, a serious hacktivism had been triggered by the Hacking group named "AnonSec" who made their presence in the cyber universe by previous NASA Hacks. The...

Israeli Electric Authority Attacked, Potential Ransomware

Earlier this week Israel’s Electric Authority mitigated what officials there are calling a “severe cyber attack.” The Electric Authority is in charge of regulating and overseeing the distribution of electricity in Israel. The State of Israel’s National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources...

Israeli Power Grid Authority Suffers Massive Cyber Attack

The country which built a Digital Iron Dome, Israel had undergone one of the largest serious cyber attack this year. This time, the name of Israel is being popped up in the current headlines is for the massive cyber attack which triggered against the Nation's Electrical Power Grid Authority's...

Hey ISIS! Check Out How 'Idiot' Anonymous Hackers Can Disrupt your Online Propaganda

The online Hacktivist group Anonymous declared War against the Islamic State militant group ISIS that claimed responsibility for the horrific terrorist attacks that rocked Paris last week. In response to the Anonymous’ warning of launching their "biggest operation ever" against the terrorist grou...