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From FireEye to Twitter to Covid-19 vaccine research — these were the biggest cyber attacks of 2020
This allowed cybercriminals to target the IT infrastructure of the companies with data breaches,…
Rounak Jain
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Police around the world teamed up in their biggest effort yet to takedown hackers, but cybercrime is hard to stem
"Operation Endgame" led to the dismantling of more than 100 malicious computer servers worldwide, b…
Natalie Musumeci
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Fear of AI threats could propel cybersecurity into becoming a $290 billion industry by 2027, as per reports
AI-tech, despite being in somewhat of a nascent stage, is already being leveraged to uncover major …
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North America has become the world's biggest ransomware target as DeFi and crypto use expands, study shows
From July 2020 to June 2021, most of the crypto-based attacks were associated with Russia-based cyb…
Isabelle Lee
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Experts fear possible cyber war by Russia against Ukraine amid ongoing tensions
Cyber attacks can prove advantageous in the event of a war as you would be able to take control …
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Shadowy forms of modern warfare are on full display in Ukraine
The battles between Ukraine and Russia are also raging in cyberspace and along the electronic spect…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Supply-chain vulnerabilities and 4 other threats to the US that the FBI director is worried about
The threats come from both state and non-state actors, with China and Russia behind some of the cha…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The path to cyber security 2030
Frost & Sullivan says that over the next 8 years, the earth will have a complex network of 200 bill…
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Cyber hackers have returned nearly half of the $600 million they stole from DeFi platform Poly Network
Poly Network's pleas for the money back appear to be working. The hackers said they stole "for fun …
Isabelle Lee
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America built the world's most sophisticated cyberweapons. Now they're being used against the country, a new book argues.
New York Times reporter Nicole Perlroth argues that decades of the US neglecting its cyber defenses…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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New Zealand's stock exchange was shut down on 2 straight days after a cyberattack likely launched by a 'mafia type' group
"These are quite sophisticated gangs and thinking along the lines of mafia type people is about rig…
Saloni Sardana
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Air India passengers' personal data leaked in a cyber attack does not include CVV number
The name, date of birth, contact information, passport information, ticket information, 'Star Allia…
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Extremist attacks on US power grids are increasing and election seasons are usually a popular time for them, experts say
Some of these attacks can be traced to right-wing extremism, and one expert says there have been sp…
Katie Hawkinson
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Microsoft, Dropbox and LinkedIn are the biggest targets for phishing attacks
Akamai is back with its State of the Internet / Security (SOTI) report where it highlights the rese…
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Poly Network hacker rewarded with a $500,000 'bug bounty' for helping the DeFi platform improve security
Poly Network said it hopes the hacker will contribute to the blockchain sector's development upon a…
Isabelle Lee
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One year after one of the largest government data breaches, India finally has a national cyber forensic lab
India has now launched a National Cyber Forensic Lab and ‘CyPAD’, a cyber crime unit of Delhi po…
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A majority of Indian corporates are unprepared for cyber security challenges: Report
Despite an increase in large-scale cyber attacks, a majority of Indian companies seem unprepared to…
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Online gamers and shoppers beware — you’re the biggest target for hackers after financial services
Gaming and consumer goods are the top two targets for unique distributed denial-of-service (DDoS…
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Alphabet's Eric Schmidt says Russia is the biggest cyber attack threat to the US
It's interesting that Schmidt cites the Russians as cyber enemy number 1 given Google's histor…