Cyber Attack

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. (AP)

Australia escalates defences amid rising tensions with China

Just as US has angrily demanded to its allies, Australia's government has committed to spending at least two percent of GDP on defence

01 Jul 2020 9:40 AM

Like other carmakers, Honda has struggled to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts to return to production. (Photo | PTI)

Now, cyber attack hits Honda after COVID-19 crashed car sales

The auto major said there was no breach of data and it will restore full functionality of production, sales and development activities soon.

09 Jun 2020 10:44 PM

In Q4 2019, there were several large-scale DDoS attacks, including ones against financial institutions.

DDoS attacks almost double in Q4 2019 compared to previous year

Further investigation of botnet activity reveals that around 28 per cent of attacks happened on weekends.

24 Feb 2020 6:46 AM

Kudankulam nuke plant says cyber attack 'impossible'

The reports about cyber attacks were false and clarified that the nuclear power plants' were not connected to any foreign cyber network.

29 Oct 2019 7:00 PM

The strike appears more limited than other such operations against Iran this year after the downing of an American drone in June and an alleged attack by Iran's Revolutionary Guards on oil tankers in the Gulf in May. (Photo: File)

US carried out secret cyber strike on Iran after Saudi oil attack: report

The Pentagon declined to comment about the cyber strike.

16 Oct 2019 12:17 PM

And Tehran is believed to have stepped up its own cyber capabilities in the face of US efforts to isolate the Islamic republic. (Photo: AFP)

Iran denies being hit by US cyber attack

‘No successful attack has been carried out by them, although they are making a lot of effort,’ telecommunications minister Jahromi said.

24 Jun 2019 1:45 PM

The report adds that Trump himself has not been briefed about the details of the 'implants' inside the Russian grid, in fear that he might countermand the operation or discuss it with the foreign officials. (Photo: File)

Trump demands sources after report claims US cyber attacks on Russia

Citing unofficial sources, The New York Times report claimed that the US has placed a malware inside the Russian systems.

18 Jun 2019 7:50 PM

United States President Donald Trump has refuted the claims made by The New York Times that the US was ramping up cyber attacks on Russia's electric power grid as a sign of warning to the country's President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: File)

Trump refutes newspaper's claim of US ramping up cyber attacks on Russia

New York Times article claimed that US has placed malware inside Russian systems operating the nation's power grid to conduct cyber attacks.

16 Jun 2019 4:38 PM

Durov wrote that the IP addresses originated mostly from China.

Telegram says massive cyber attack originated in China

Telegram's network experienced outage after it was flooded with overwhelming traffic.

14 Jun 2019 10:11 AM

The group has continued its activity - despite the arrest last year of alleged group leaders - implementing sophisticated spear-phishing campaigns throughout 2018 and distributing malware to each target through specially tailored emails.

130 companies targeted by hacking group after leaders’ arrest

After arrest of a number of suspected leaders of the notorious Fin7/Carbanak cyber-gang, the group was believed disbanded.

11 May 2019 10:28 AM

In 2015, the US also retaliated with drone strike to kill ISIL hacker group in-charge Junaid Hussain. (Photo: ANI)

Israel responds to a cyber attack with an air strike

The militant group failed in the attempted cyber offensive, but the IDF hit the building, claiming it wiped out Hamas' cyber operations.

07 May 2019 10:57 AM

Cybersecurity blog KrebsOnSecurity had previously stated that Wipro's systems had been breached and were being used to launch attacks against some of its clients.

Wipro says critical business operations unaffected by cyber attack

In a regulatory filing, the company said it became aware of potentially abnormal activity within its network about 10 days back.

19 Apr 2019 6:50 PM

Equifax Canada has entered into a compliance agreement to address these concerns.

Equifax fell short of privacy compliance: Canadian regulator

Poor security safeguards worsened the impact of the global cyber attack.

10 Apr 2019 12:18 PM

Microsoft said many of the attacks originated from a group called Strontium.

Microsoft discovers hacking targeting democratic institutions in Europe

Microsoft said it discovered the hacking through the company’s Threat Intelligence Center and Digital Crimes Unit.

21 Feb 2019 12:52 PM

Tension rose this month after Australia rescinded the visa of a prominent Chinese businessman, just months after barring Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies from supplying equipment to its 5G broadband network. (Photo: AP)

Australia accuses foreign government of cyber attack on lawmakers

The hackers breached the networks of major political parties.

19 Feb 2019 11:42 AM

The firm would continue to lend its support to international efforts to protect the global financial system from future cyber attacks.

SWIFT says helping bank rebuild network after cyber heist

Unidentified hackers, suspected to be from North Korea, carried out the heist.

03 Feb 2019 11:13 AM

Investigations are ongoing to understand if any specific data was targeted.

Airbus reports breach into its systems after cyber attack

Airbus said that the incident was being investigated and that it had taken actions to beef up security.

31 Jan 2019 1:08 PM

Total claims paid by the insurance sector in this scenario is estimated to be between USD 10 billion and USD 27 billion, based on policy limits ranging from USD 500,000 to USD 200 million.

Potential global cyber attack could cause USD 85 billion -193 billion worth of damage

Insurance claims after such an attack would range from business interruption and cyber extortion to incident response costs.

30 Jan 2019 4:50 PM

Security officials have blamed most previous breaches of data security on a Russian hacking group.

German cyber defence agency defends handling of data breach

The government said on Friday that personal data and documents from hundreds of German politicians had been published online.

06 Jan 2019 11:08 AM

It is the latest in a string of cyber attacks that have disrupted operations at manufacturing plants, hospitals, 911 emergency dispatch centers and companies around the world.

'Workaround systems' help print US newspapers hit by cyber attack: source

The company has made “lots of progress” in repairing infected computer systems.

01 Jan 2019 11:37 AM

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