It is surprising how many world class businesses still use Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system, one that is totally outdated, in their core production facilities. The major cyberattack that left a wreck in its wake, including halting the operations of Cadbury’s chocolate plans in Australia, crippling the computers of port operator Maersk, is believed to…
Was it only a technical demonstration for hackers to showcase their skill and gain rank? Was it to cause chaos? Although the worm has left many questions unanswered in its wake, analysis of the code points to the involvement of the Chinese, Koreans and the Russians. Symantec Corp has now confirmed that it is “highly…
The order builds on efforts made by the previous Obama Administration. The Trump Administration has made its first significant move in what U.S. President Donald Trump called a top priority, on Thursday, the U.S. President signed an executive order that aims to bolster the government’s cyber security defences and protect its critical infrastructure from cyberattacks.…
As you might expect, prompted by the success in the U.S. elections, the same players tried the same tactics in France. Computer security researchers have come to the conclusion that far-right activists from the United States, armed with automated bots, along with WikiLeaks, have helped amplify the leak of hacked emails belonging to the French…
While downward revising the number of government surveillance requests it received, Microsoft’s transparency report makes for an interesting read. Microsoft Corp stated it had wrongly reported a sharp increase in U.S. government surveillance requests during the first half of 2016, and has revised its figures to show that the level of requests have remained at…
Elements attributed to Russia are trying to weaponise information through a campaign of disinformation and misinformation while trying to influence national policies through the globe. As per the results of a study conducted by researchers from Oxford University, French voters are increasingly being flooded with false stories on social media ahead of the country’s presidential…
Although the Kelihos botnet has grown resilient after every strike, in this attempt the DoJ may have stumbled upon on a critical weakness from which it may never recover. The U.S Justice Department has disclosed, it has launched an effort to take down the Kelihos, a global network of infected computers numbering into tens of…
Yahoo had identified the some of the hackers as having the backing of a state. As a result 26 individuals had been notified. In a regulatory filing with the SEC, Yahoo has admitted that its senior management did not properly comprehend or fully investigate the incidents. In a regulatory filing Yahoo has shed some more…
The Trojan has been linked to a Russian hacking group which supposedly has the backing of the Russian state. A Russian hacking group which supposedly has the support of the Russian state, which earlier has been accused of hacking the computers of the Democratic National Committee has now reportedly extended its repertoire. Researchers from Bitdefender…
A leaked “Top Secret Signals Intelligence” classified report could make or break Trump’s presidency. Although the CIA, FBI and U.S. President Barrack Obama are all on the same page which clearly states that Russia hacked the DNC and influenced the results of the US. Presidential elections of 2016, President-elect Donald Trump who has emerged as…
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