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Russian Government Sites Facing Unprecedented Cyber Attacks -Report

Russian government websites are facing unprecedented cyber attacks and technical efforts are being made to filter foreign web traffic, the TASS news agency cited the digital ministry as saying on Thursday. Russian government entities and state-owned companies have been targeted over events in Ukraine, with the websites of the Kremlin, flagship carrier Aeroflot and major […]

Cyber attack tied to China boosts development bank's chief

The cyberattack crested just as finance officials from across Latin America were descending on Washington to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Inter-American Development Bank. On Sept. 24, 2019, requests from more than 15,000 internet addresses throughout China flooded the bank’s website, knocking part of it intermittently offline. To unclog the network, the bank took […]

UN experts: North Korea using cyber attacks to update nukes

North Korea has modernized its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by flaunting United Nations sanctions, using cyberattacks to help finance its programs and continuing to seek material and technology overseas for its arsenal, U.N. experts said. The panel of experts monitoring sanctions on the Northeast Asian nation said in a report sent to Security Council […]

West Warns of Russian Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure

Western governments jointly warned on Wednesday about a potential threat of increased malicious cyber activity by Russia against critical infrastructure as a response to sanctions imposed as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine. The cybersecurity agencies of the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand – which together form the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance […]

Ukrainian Telecom Company's Internet Service Disrupted by 'Powerful' Cyberattack

Ukraine’s state-owned telecommunications company Ukrtelecom experienced a disruption in internet service on Monday after a “powerful” cyberattack, according to Ukrainian government officials and company representatives. The incident is the latest hacking attack against Ukrainian internet services since Russian military forces invaded in late February. “Today, the enemy launched a powerful cyberattack against Ukrtelecom’s IT-infrastructure,” said […]

Malware Discovered on Ukrainian Devices as Banks Suffer Cyberattacks

As the war escalates between Russia and Ukraine, the nation’s banks and government agencies were stuck with disruptive cyberattacks for the second time in two weeks.   Last week, several banks and government agencies were affected by denial-of-service attacks (DDoS), which resulted in knocking down their websites’ security and functionalities.  Now, a similar set of attacks […]

Biggest Cyberattacks of 2021

2021 came, and with it came the wave of emerging technologies in various sectors, be it medical, sustainability, blockchain technology, and much more. And while 2021 wasn’t as intense as its predecessor, the year still brought with it some challenges that were quite an ordeal to overcome, or even avoid, for that matter. With this […]