South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail hacked

The hack occurred over the weekend. Coinrail has temporarily suspended trading in the virtual currency exchange. On Monday, with Coinrail, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, disclosing that it was hacked during the weekend, there followed an extended sell-off of bitcoin which saw it touch its 2-month low. In recent given the number of hacks involved…

U.S. lawmakers asks Intel, AMD and ARM Holdings to scope out the recently disclosed major flaws in their chips

These questions by the U.S. lawmakers underscores the fact that the U.S. Congress is sensitive to these critical vulnerabilities which can be exploited by state backed hackers to gain access to virtually any modern computing device. A Democratic U.S. lawmaker has requested a briefing on the recently disclosed critical vulnerabilities, Meltdown and Spectre, that hackers…

Rosstandart asks Nissan Motors to recall 106,340 of its cars in Russia

The Russian safety watchdog has called on the Japanese automaker to recall a series of its cars for issues concerning the deployment of its airbag. On Wednesday, Russia’s Rosstandart, a technical safety watchdog, has called Nissan Motor Co Ltd to recall 106,340 of its cars in Russia. As per Rosstandart, the recall would affect the…

Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft confirm Russian involvement in 2016 U.S Presidential election campaign

U.S. investigators are gradually piecing together how the Kremlin orchestrated its disinformation campaign using U.S. platforms to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign. As per a person briefed on Google’s probe on Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. elections, Google has discovered that Russian agents had spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads on…

Ukraine readies itself for yet another cyber attack on August 28

Ukraine’s central bank has issued a warning against a probable cyber attack on August 28. The new malware spreads from Microsoft Word documents from e-mail attachments. On Friday, Ukrainian central bank has issued a warning to state-owned and private lenders on the appearance of new imminent threat from a malware similar to those that knocked…

ESET confirms Ukraine’s SBU’s statement – Russia appears to be behind the new cyberattack

Research by cyber security companies point to a Russian involvement. On Saturday, Ukraine’s state security service pointed the finger of blame for the recent cyberattacks on Russian security services, saying the attacks were aimed at destroying important data and spreading chaotic panic. Ukraine’s SBU stated the attacks, which began in Ukraine and spread across the…