Equifax fined £11 million by financial watchdog over 2017 cyber attack

The UK’s financial watchdog has fined Equifax £11 million for its role in one of the largest cyber attacks, which affected more than 13 million British consumers in 2017. The credit rating giant failed to keep its customers safe during Read More …

Cyber attack targets Medical Aid for Palestinians’ website amid Israel-Hamas conflict

In the midst of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Medical Aid for Palestinians organisation has reported a cyber attack on their website, which has disrupted their relief efforts for Gaza. They have also issued a warning that Read More …

Israelis Form Citizen Cyber Brigades Amid Mounting Digital Attacks

Israel’s large cybersecurity base is mobilizing to protect the country’s digital borders from hackers in the wake of a cross-border attack over the weekend that left more than 1,200 people dead and 100 more taken hostage. Members of the country’s Read More …

‘Gay furry hackers’ brag of second NATO break-in, steal and leak more data

On Sunday, the SiegedSec crew claimed it broke into six NATO web portals: the alliance’s Joint Advanced Distributed Learning e-learning website; the NATO Lessons Learned Portal, from which the gang said it stole 331 documents; the Logistics Network Portal (588 Read More …

Survey finds more than 50% of German companies victim of cyberattacks

A multi-country survey by the British insurer Hiscox shows that security authorities around the world are struggling in the fight against cybercrime. According to the Hiscox comparison with selected countries, German businesses are relatively frequent targets of hackers. The latest edition Read More …

‘Predator Files’ spyware scandal reveals brazen targeting of civil society, politicians and officials 

Shocking spyware attacks have been attempted against civil society, journalists, politicians and academics in the European Union (EU), USA and Asia, according to a major new investigation by Amnesty International. Among the targets of Predator spyware are United Nations (UN) Read More …

Hacktivist attacks erupt in Middle East following Hamas assault on Israel

Groups range from known collectives to new outfits eager to raise their profile Hacktivism efforts have proliferated rapidly in the Middle East following the official announcement of a war between Palestine and Israel.… The escalation was spurred by a deadly Read More …

India Space Agency fights 100 cyber hacking bids daily

India’s space agency Isro is facing more than 100 cyber-hacking attempts on a daily basis, disclosed its chairman S Somanath on Sunday. Speaking to TOI, Somanath said, “It is not only Isro, but several other systems (of other organisations) that Read More …

23andMe user data breached in credential-stuffing attack

Biotech company 23andMe, known for its DNA testing kits, said the leak occurred through a credential-stuffing attack. A credential-stuffing attack involves user information that has already been compromised (usernames and passwords, for example) from one organization, which a hacker obtains Read More …