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ChatGPT and Cyber Attacks

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Security analysts suggest that state funded actors can use the technology to launch cyber-attacks, such as those linked to phishing. Therefore, the need for the hour will be to invest in cybersecurity solutions that are also driven by Machine Learning (ML) tools.

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Employees leaving jobs because of Cyber Attacks

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Encore, a security stack management business held a survey recently and found that employees will leave their jobs on a respective note as their business firm has fallen victim to a cyber attack. Cyber Attack Cyber Attacks employees

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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

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Technion University, one of the top technology schools in Israel, has issued a press update that most of its systems were targeted by a ransomware attack and it could be the work of the DarkBit hacking group, a gang that is opposing the government policies of Israel.

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NSA offers tips to safeguard home networks from cyber attacks

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National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States has issued some tips to safeguard home networks from cyber attacks and they are as follows: 1.) Always use the latest operating systems, browsers and applications that are updated with regular security patches.

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Indian government issues SOP to employees on Cyber Attacks

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Central government employees of India will receive a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on Cyber Attacks by this month and suggesting measures to take before a cyber attack and steps to mitigate risks, if in case, an organization becomes a victim to a digital attack.

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Cyber Attack on Bureau Veritas

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The digital operations of the multinational company Bureau Veritas(BV) was brought to a halt when hackers launched a cyber attack on the IT infrastructure of the company that offers lab testing, inspection and certification services. Cyber Attack Bureau Veritas

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ECB orders for Cyber Attack Stress test on banks

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From 2024, the ECB will launch cyber attacks on major noted banks to check their IT infrastructure’s cyber resilience towards sophisticated attacks. In retaliation, they started a digital war and assigned the task to its GRU conducted cyber team, Killnet.

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Cyber Attacks as Hybrid Warfare

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United States is interested in seeking an international strategy to tackle AI based cyber attacks that are leading to hybrid warfare. Adversary nations are launching attacks, both with conventional and unconventional tactics, to achieve political motives.

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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

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Foremost is the cyber attack that hit a third party IT service provider that operates most of the websites of government agencies related to New Zealand. Second is the news related to Russia’s VTB Bank that has made it official that it was suffering from a cyber attack.

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CISOs laxity towards cybersecurity is leading to more Cyber Attacks

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Kelly Bissell, the Vice President of Microsoft Security disclosed his mind at the SiberX CISO Forum Canada and stated that the thinking of Chief Information Security Officer (CISOs) is leaving organizations vulnerable to sophistication filled cyber-attacks.

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Google confirms Russian cyber-attacks on Ukraine

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And to make things worse, the Putin led nation is also found launching digital attacks simultaneously on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine for the past six months. But it raised the intensity bar after launching attacks on the Zelensky led nation from early hours of February 24th 2022.

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Google blocks worlds largest DDoS Cyber Attacks

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Google has released a formal statement that it has one of the largest Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS) for one its customers, thus avoiding large scale disruption and downtime that could have lasted for days. “It Cyber Attack Google DDoS

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Sophos warns about simultaneous Cyber Attacks

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Cybersecurity firm Sophos has warned that many organizations across the globe are being targeted by simultaneous cyber-attacks, where a single corporate network is hit by multiple attackers. Cyber Attack Cyber Attacks

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Holy See Vatican website hit by Cyber Attack

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After Vatican Pope Francis condemned Russia for launching a war on Ukraine, a digital attack disrupted various websites of the Holy See. The post Holy See Vatican website hit by Cyber Attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders. Cyber Attack Vatican Holy See

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Google Fi Customer Information leaked in a Cyber Attack

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Only a limited portion of customer data was reportedly leaked in the attack and accessed information, such as phone numbers, account details, SIM card serial numbers, and mobile billing plan details. Cyber Attack Google Fi

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All United States flights grounded and cyber attack not suspected

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A computer glitch that could have taken place because of a cyber attack led to the grounding of flights across the United States from the early hours of today. The post All United States flights grounded and cyber attack not suspected appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Cyber Attack news trending on Google

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Currently, information published by Global Times suggests that the intelligence gathering campaign is taking place since 2021 and will intensify into a large-scale network scan detection and supply chain attacks on Chinese networks in the coming days. First is the news related to China.

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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

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Within the next few weeks, the government of the sub-continent is preparing to release an indigenous mobile operating system that has the potential to offer a health competition to American technology giants and will be safe to use in the current cyber threat landscape.

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Russia starts cyber attacks on the West with Germany for supporting Ukraine

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As the war is fast approaching the one year long milestone, Putin intensified the war by attacking the civilian populace from December last year. The post Russia starts cyber attacks on the West with Germany for supporting Ukraine appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Cyber Attack on Norway Amedia

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Amedia, the Norway’s second largest media company, has issued a public statement that it was hit by a cyber attack that crippled its printing infrastructure affecting its newspaper editions on temporary basis. Cyber Attack Norway Amedia

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Britain Boris Johnson speaks about Cyber Attacks

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For the first time after being elected as a Prime Minister of UK, Boris Johnson spoke about cyber attacks on a direct note. The 57-year-old stated that Britain needs to boost its capacity to conduct cyber attacks and must also conduct digital invasions on foreign nations. “As

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A 50% increase in cyber attacks year on year

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According to a research carried out by Check Point Research, a 50% rise in cyber attacks is being witnessed year on year and the target points were mostly touted to be the organizations operating in education/research and military or government sectors.

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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

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Telefonica, the company that offers internet related services in Spain, was hit by a cyber attack almost two weeks ago. However, the company has assured that no personal info or bank details were leaked in the attack. Cyber Attack Telefonica Continental Opera1ER

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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

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Facebook has made any official statement that a team of cybersecurity researchers from its parent company Meta have detected 400 malicious apps that were operating on Android and iOS operating systems and were indulging in stealing credentials of its users. News Intel news Cyber Attack Meta

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What is Telecom LightBasin Cyber Attack

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Revealing the same in a blog post published on Tuesday, the California based endpoint security provider revealed that the said gang of cyber criminals could have easily targeted over 13 telecom networks so far and the count might exceed the said number in near future.

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Are Cyber Attacks at Risk of Becoming 'Uninsurable'?

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There are dark clouds on the horizon as well as conflicting forecasts regarding cyber insurance in 2023 and beyond. Where will the insurance market go from here on cybersecurity coverage

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Cyber Attack launched on the ICMR India website after AIIMS

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Indian Council of Medical Research, shortly known as ICMR, was hit by cyber attacks on November 30th, 2022, and reports are that hackers made over 6,000 attempts to breach the firewall in a time frame of just 24 hours. Cyber Attack India ICMR

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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

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Microsoft released a report that cloud applications are acting as catalysts for cyber attacks as it detected over 1.5 million attack attempts on cloud environments in a time frame of just 60 months. News Microsoft news NATO Cyber Attack Ransomware Montenegro

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Encryption tools to withstand Cyber Attacks from Quantum Computers

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United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has acknowledged a group of encryption tools that have the potential to endure cyber attacks launched from quantum computers. Cyber Attack Cyber Attacks Quantum Computers

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Cyber Attack on unpatched medical devices

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FBI has issued a formal alert on unpatched medical devices and says that these are extremely vulnerable to cyber attacks because of outdated software. Hackers are often in search of such flaws to launch cyber attacks like spyware or espionage related tools.

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Cyber Attack on Transnet South Africa Shipping

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South Africa-based Transport Company named Transnet is reported to have been hit by a cyber attack that has caused serious disruptions to its operations that can last for a week. The post Cyber Attack on Transnet South Africa Shipping appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Bots compromise Jersey Computers to use them for Cyber Attacks

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Hackers were seen using Jersey computers to cyber attack servers operating in the United States, Germany and Hungary. The compromised machines were acting as devices to launch cyber attacks and the suspicion finger is currently rising towards Russia.

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Occasional simulated cyber-attacks are the need of the hour

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Occasional simulated cyber-attacks are the need of the hour as they help companies and SMBs learn about the current cybersecurity posture they own and how secure their IT assets are against the prevailing threats. Cyber Attack Simulated Cyber Attacks

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United Nations data stolen from Cyber Attack

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Cybersecurity firm Resecurity has confirmed that a hacker/s have breached the systems related to United Nations leading to the data breach. And gaining internal access of servers might allow cyber criminals to conduct long-term surveillance on their counterparts.

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Over $600m cryptocurrency stolen in Cyber Attack

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Note 2- Out of all Bitcoins, shortly called as BTC are turning highly lucrative to cyber crooks, as the currency value against dollar is highly volatile. The post Over $600m cryptocurrency stolen in Cyber Attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Insurance cover becoming impossible for Cyber Attacks

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Insurance companies like Lloyd offer cyber insurance policies that cover a business from facing a business loss during a cyber-attack. However, in coming days, cyber attacks will become uninsurable, as per Mario Greco, the Chief of Zurich Insurance.

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Russian cyber attack on US mobile customers

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But as soon as they embedded the link to Channel One, security researchers suspected that Kremlin could have triggered the attack. He asked all the technology CEOs, and the business heads to bolster their in-house cybersecurity measures to mitigate the cyber risks emerging from Moscow.

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China is targeting smaller nations with Cyber Attacks

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Microsoft released its Digital Defense Report of 2022, in which it clearly specified that China was targeting smaller nations with intense digital attacks to gather intelligence via cyber espionage. Cyber Attack China Microsoft

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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

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The intelligence committee, funded by South Korea’s National Assembly, has revealed that a cyber attack launched on Pfizer at the end of last year was launched by North Korean hackers to steal the intelligence of vaccine research that was co-sponsored by BioNTech.

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Cyber Attack disrupts operations of world’s advanced radio telescope

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A highly sophisticated cyber attack has taken down the world’s advanced radio telescope, halting the scientific experiments from the past few days. The post Cyber Attack disrupts operations of world’s advanced radio telescope appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Major Cyber Attacks that took place so far in 2021

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Microsoft Exchange Server Cyber Attack- Cyber Threat actors somehow infiltrated the email servers of Microsoft Exchange operating across the world through a vulnerability and accessed data of many government and private companies. Cyber Attack Cyber Attacks 2021

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Cyber Attack on New York Transport Authority

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New York Metropolitan Transport Authority, well known shortly as MTA was reportedly hit by a cyber attack in April this year and sources report that the incident was limited only to some systems and no employee or customer info was compromised. .

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Drilling Rigs in deepwater are vulnerable to Cyber Attacks

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A study conducted by a cybersecurity firm named Naval Dome has discovered that most of the drilling rigs operating in deep waters are vulnerable to cyber attacks. The post Drilling Rigs in deepwater are vulnerable to Cyber Attacks appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.