Eric Goldstein, the Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity at the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, stated that US government agencies were hit in a global cyberattack. Several US federal government agencies have been hit in a global cyberattack by Russian cybercriminals that exploits a vulnerability in widely used software, according to
Thales’ offensive cybersecurity team, in collaboration with the Group’s Information Technology Security Evaluation Facility, conducted a cyberattack on a European spacecraft to observe how a hacker would take control of the satellite’s imaging sensors and jeopardize its data. In this era of space warfare, the objects in space must be
According to OIL India spokesperson Tridiv Hazarika, there’s been no data breach in the attack, which seemed to have taken place on April 10. The source of the Oil India HQ attack, which was hit with massive cyberattack followed by hackers demanding Rs 60 crore in bitcoin, is still being
The hacked American Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European hackers to help restore the country’s largest fuel pipeline, according to two people familiar with the transaction.
The Coronavirus outbreak has triggered worldwide Cyberattacks from cybercriminals with economic motivation and state-sponsored cyber threat actors operating for cyber espionage. It is estimated that victims will be increasingly targeted with Coronavirus-themed activities, apps, websites and armed documents, reports Cyber Security expert Ersin Çahmutoğlu for GreatGameIndia. EXCLUSIVE: Coronavirus Bioweapon – How China
Sophisticated hackers infiltrated and hacked United Nations networks in Geneva and Vienna last year in an apparent espionage operation that top officials at the world body kept largely quiet. The hackers’ identity and the extent of the data they obtained are not known. Hackers broke into dozens of UN servers
The UN did not publicly disclose a major hacking attack into its IT systems in Europe – a decision that potentially put staff, other organisations, and individuals at risk, according to data protection advocates. [toc] The cyber attack the UN tried to keep under wraps. (Maria Mahdessian/TNH) At a glance:
A former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer has raised the possibility that a cyberattack brought down the Ukrainian jet over Iran. Former CIA: Cyberattack brought down Ukrainian Jet over Iran Philip M. Giraldi is a former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer who served nineteen years overseas
After the cyberattack at Kudankulam, Indian authorities responsible for the security of the Nuclear power plant have admitted to their administrative system being breached by malware, although the actual damage assessment is yet to be determined. Meanwhile, the cybersecurity community is concerned whether the Kudankulam hackers did steal India’s thorium
