Hacking News

A joint report released on Thursday by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security claims that US has now accused Russia of breaching cyber-security and have now allowed Kremlin access to not only water facilities and other infrastructure but also access to American nuclear power plant. Read more

The Royal Academy Of Engineering has started to warm people of the hackers and their deadly effect on being able to kill patients. These notorious groups have now gained access to the pacemakers and other health technologies making them increasingly vulnerable. Read more

In recent times, United States and Russia are not seeing eye to eye with each other over numerous matter. We regularly see one person or the other speaking against each other these days, including leaders from both countries and there obviously seem to be a reason for this hatred. Read more

The US Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday issued an alert warning of ongoing cyber-attacks against the West’s energy utilities and other critical infrastructure by individuals acting on behalf of the Russian government. Read more

A cyber-security exercise was organized in Vernon to educate and prepare police department, education, and municipal officials for any cyber-attack that they might encounter. Read more

According to the latest news, it is believed that the Chinese hackers have initiated their attacks on US defence and engineering companies that are directly or indirectly linked to the disputed South China Sea. Read more

Earlier this month, command-and-control servers tied to the fast-growing GandCrab ransomware campaigns were seized by Romanian Police and Europol. But, criminals behind GandCrab don’t appear phased by the setback and have already tweaked the malware to keep ransomware payment coming in. Read more

Researchers say a massive phishing campaign targeting Asia and Middle East regions is linked to an Iranian-based threat actor TEMP.Zagros, also known as MuddyWater. This latest attack illustrates an evolution by the threat actor, which has now adopted new tactics, techniques and procedures. Read more

A new family of point-of-sale malware, dubbed PinkKite, has been identified by researchers who say the malware is tiny in size, but can delivered a hefty blow to POS endpoints. Researchers at Kroll Cyber Security first identified PinkKite in 2017 during a nine-month investigation into a large POS malware campaign that ended in December. Read

Security researchers are extremely worried by The Senate Bill 315 which is also known as the Computer Intrusion Bill has gotten the security researchers extremely worried as it threatens to criminalize them. Read more