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Cyber Attacks
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Cyber attacks cost $45 billion in 2018 with Ransomware at top
An estimated 2 million cyberattacks took place in 2018 costing more than $45 billion in damages worldwide. The…
July 9, 2019
The Logic of a Classic Advanced Persistent Threat Attack
Story of an Advanced Persistent Threat attack against a large corporation that started with a series of blank…
July 5, 2019
How Phishing Has Evolved in 2019
Phishing attacks host every kind of malware and ransomware attack but what’s worse is that these attacks are…
June 26, 2019
Cellular networks worldwide hit by hackers in espionage attempt
Cybereason, an Israeli-US security firm based in Boston, has reported that certain nation-state hackers managed to compromise the…
June 25, 2019
How I Discovered My First Vulnerability
I have read a couple of books recently about different vulnerabilities in order to be able to better…
June 17, 2019
Telegram messaging service hit by massive DDoS attack
It is unclear why Telegram was targeted or who was behind the DDoS attack. The popular privacy-focused instant…
June 13, 2019
The Growing Importance of Cyber Security Skills
Cyber attacks are on the rise and it isn’t just the large corporations who are targeted, anyone who…
June 6, 2019
Quest Diagnostics data breach affects 12 million customers
Clinical laboratory firm Quest Diagnostics Inc. has admitted exposure of personal information of nearly 11.9 million customers after…
June 4, 2019
News aggregator app Flipboard hacked; user data stolen
Hackers managed to breach Flipboard’s security for sensitive database multiple times putting millions of users at risk. Just…
May 29, 2019
Why So Many Businesses Can Never Recover After Cyber Attacks
A cyber attack can cripple critical infrastructure and businesses and generate negative press. In other cases, it could…
May 26, 2019