Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Internet users’ being tracked by particular websites is not a recent development and has been reported by several studies. However, a new study tries to show the magnitude of user data tracking by some popular websites. It further claims that not…
Kerala: Hacker group ‘Mallu Cyber Soldiers’ targets websites of sex rackets
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans After hacking Pakistan’s official websites as a reply to Pak hackers’ 27 September attack on the Kerala government’s online portal — www.kerala.gov.in, online hackers “Mallu Cyber Soldiers” is in the news again. Recently, there were many reports on online prostitution by Kerala-based…
Anonymous Hacks Saudi Websites in Response to Decision of Crucifying A 17 Years Old Lad
#OpNimr Anonymous Knocks Saudi Government Websites Offline In Protest Against Planned Beheading And Crucifixion Of Ali Mohammad Baqir Al-Nimr Hactivist group Anonymous targeted Saudi websites and brough them down in response to the death sentence to a 17 year old boy Mohammed al-Nimr. Hacktivist group Anonymous has called out Saudi…
Latest Opera Mini for Android update lets you save data without breaking websites
Opera Mini for Android sports a nifty data saving feature that lets you access the internet without worrying about hitting your bundle limit. Unfortunately, this does result in websites being severely compressed, making the experience rather ugly and less user-friendly. The company has now added a new “high” setting to…
UK Teenager Arrested for Hacking Important Government Websites
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Theinquirer.net reported on 20th August, 2015 stating that Charlton Floate, a 19 year old UK teenager, has been arrested with some others for the cyber attacks who seemingly hacked the websites of FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and Home Office. Floate…
Islamic group hack six government websites in Thailand
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Bangkok: Six official websites of Thai government were hacked on Monday allegedly by an Islamic group from Tunisia which posted pictures of Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar on the webpages. The Islamic group calling itself Fallag Gassrini & Dr Lamouchi,…
Anonymous cyber hackers hit UAE banking websites
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Several UAE banks were hit by a co-ordinated cyber attack, known in the trade as a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, on Tuesday, crippling e-banking operations and websites, and leaving the unnamed institutions fearing further assaults, Arabian Business’ sister website ITP.net has reported. German…
86 percent of websites at risk from hackers, says WhiteHat
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Even though software bugs such as Heartbleed and Shellshock exposed weaknesses in hundreds of thousands of company websites, many are still vulnerable to being hacked. Data from a recent study by WhiteHat Security which examined the vulnerabilities of more than 30,000…
RansomWeb: Crooks Start Encrypting Websites And Demanding Thousands Of Dollars From Businesses
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In another startling development in the world of cyber crime, malicious hackers have started taking over website servers, encrypting the data on them and demanding payment to unlock the files. A large European financial services company, whose name was not disclosed,…
Hacker group Anonymous threatens to target Israeli websites
Intended cyber attack on banking and defense sites is touted as Anonymous’ answer to “the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Al-Aqsa mosque” • Security expert: These types of threats are frequently made and in most cases the damage is minor. […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
