Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
When tech bites back: How hack attacks affect schools
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hacking has made the headlines this year. After a string of high-profile cases such as TalkTalk, the telecoms group, and Ashley Madison, the online dating site, education joined the list this week when education network Jisc was hacked, leaving many institutions…
Hacker squad plans DDoS attacks on PlayStation Network, Xbox Live this Christmas
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Forget the Grinch, there’s someone else who wants to steal Christmas. Phantom Squad, an online hacker group, has threatened to shut down Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network this Christmas by unleashing a series of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks…
Hackers double their attacks against South Africans
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers have doubled the number of cyber attacks against South Africans as the expansion of internet access brings more people online. This is according to cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab which has been tracking the number of attacks through its antivirus…
Millions of Vulnerable Routers aiding Massive DNS Amplification DDoS Attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is becoming more sophisticated and complex with the increase in the skills of attackers and so, has become one of favorite weapon for the cyber criminals to temporarily suspend or crash the services of…
Terror attacks push CIB’s focus towards transnational crimes
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The deadly terrorist attacks in Paris on Nov 13 have persuaded the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) to step up its work in suppressing transnational crimes. The police are trying to better understand how such gangs operate in Thailand, to make crime-busting…
Osborne raises spectre of Isis cyber attacks on UK
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India fears ISIS web attacks as experts warn of re-run of Hebdo cyber hacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Days after attack on Charlie Hebdo, over 19,000 French websites were allegedly hacked by ISIS supporters. The effect of cyber attack was also felt in India as several websites of French institutions including a French school in Delhi was defaced by…
Russian hackers plan new attacks on Western military and civil infrastructure
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A spokesman for the Russian Federal Security Service toldSCMagazineUK.com that Russian hacker groups Energetic Bear, Dragonfly and some others are considering engaging their activities against selected Western countries. The current financial crisis in Russia, seen locally as having been caused by Western…
Cyber attacks on Hong Kong universities increasing as state-backed hackers target city in the wake of Occupy Central
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cyber attacks on Hong Kong universities are on the rise amid fresh fears that state-backed hackers are the main culprits, with one campus admitting that it is fighting an unprecedented number of daily intrusions. Top security experts have warned of a…
