Category: Cyber Security

IPStorm Botnet

Wikipedia was hit with a DDOS attack

Wikipedia suffered a malicious cyberattack that caused websites in multiple countries to go offline. The attack occurred on September 7, 2019, and was mainly affected by users in Europe and the Middle East. The...

Twitter vulnerability

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account was compromised

The officially certified account of Jack Dorsey, the founder and current CEO of the world-renowned social networking site, has been attacked by hackers to publish sensitive content. These sensitive content involved racist speech and...

ICS Attack Framework “TRITON”

Report: 80 eCommerce sites have stolen information

Network security company Aite Group and Arxan Technologies researchers recently revealed that credit card information of more than 80 e-commerce sites has been stolen. The websites that were attacked were widely distributed and mostly...

US cyberattack Oil Tankers

US cyberattack against Iran’s Oil Tankers

The New York Times reported that the United States launched a cyberattack against Iran in June, erasing the database and computer systems used by Iranian paramilitary forces to secretly attack the Persian Gulf tankers,...

Instagram phishing uses 2FA

Researchers issue a warning about Instagram phishing

Cybersecurity experts from Sophos recently discovered a new type of cyberattack which targets Instagram users. Researchers have warned that hackers use fake 2FA pages to convince users of unauthorized logins and require users to...

combat cybercrime

Singapore releases a new cybersecurity rules

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has formally established new legislation aimed at improving the security posture of financial institutions in Singapore. The legislation stipulates that financial institutions must comply with six major requirements,...