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Thousands of Asus Routers Compromised in Massive Cyberattack, Suspected State Hackers Behind It
Thousands of Asus routers have been compromised in a massive cyberattack. The hackers have reportedly installed an invisible and permanent backdoor. Here are the details of the situation. Nearly 10,000 Asus routers were affected by a large-scale cyberattack. The attack was discovered by cybersecurity companies GreyNoise and Sekoia.io. It seems…
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Epic Games Ransomware Attack Was Just a ‘Scam Operation’
Last week a ransomware group claimed they had stolen of data from Epic Games which consisted of 189GB of information. This is of course concerning for both Epic games and us as we had no information on what the data included, whether it was employee information or customer information. Fortunately,…
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Ransomware Group Claims To Have Stolen From Epic Games
A ransomware group has made the claim that they have stolen data from Fortnite creators Epic Games which includes details including email addresses, passwords, full names, payment information and more. Epic Games Ransomware Attack As reported by Eurogamer, Ransomware group Mogilevich has alleged that they have acquired almost 200GB of…
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Acer Gets Hacked With $50M Ransomware Demand!
Ransomware undoubtedly represents one of the most odious means of exploiting users and businesses. Put simply, the main premise behind it is that your files get encrypted with (pretty much) your only means of recovering them being to pay whatever fee the hacker (or hacking group) demands. – If you…
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Capcom Cyber-Attack Reveals Game Launch Schedule up to 2024
Following a number of rumors earlier this month, Capcom finally confirmed just a few days ago that it had indeed received a colossally huge cyberattack. One that resulted in around 1TB of massively important data being (in some cases, potentially) compromised, encrypted, or stolen! – With this including a huge…
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Tesla Reports a Bizarre Thwarted Ransomware Attack
While ransomware attacks are a fairly substantial problem for just the average PC user, I think we can all appreciate just how much more devastating this can potentially be for big businesses. For example, back in late 2017, the NHS saw a huge cyber attack that resulted in a lot…
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Was America Just Hit With a Huge DDOS Attack?
There are always groups around the world looking to push the limits of online security systems. Unfortunately, in many cases, some of these organizations are government backed allowing them to effectively make it a full-time 24/7 occupation. It seems, however, that overnight America may have been subjected to one of…
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Austria’s Foreign Ministry Confirms ‘Serious Cyber-Attack’
It’s pretty well known that there are various organizations (and even countries) that are dedicated to hacking sensitive information from various governments around the work. It seems, however, that Austria may be the latest high-profile victim. In a report via the BBC, Austria’s foreign ministry has confirmed that it has…
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Wireless Logitech Peripherals Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Multitude of Security Issues Affecting Mice and Keyboards Bad news for those using a Logitech wireless mouse and keyboard. According to security expert Marcus Mengs (via Heise.de), these devices are highly vulnerable to “extensive” cyber attacks. Summary of new/old Logitech vulnerabilitieshttps://t.co/CQ5ZFQolPXDisclosure timeline:https://t.co/DPWeADQtYf— Marcus Mengs (@mame82) July 8, 2019 Furthermore, Mengs…
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Cybersecurity Experts Claims To Have Hacked Into Aircrafts
Cybersecurity Experts Claims To Have Hacked Into Aircrafts Cybersecurity is never far away from our minds in the modern world. We’re constantly being told to change our passwords or to make them so cryptic that we can barely remember them. During the Black Hat cybersecurity conference though, one member claims to…
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UK Fails To Spend Enough To Improve Online Security
Despite the UK Having Europes Worst Internet Security Companies Are Not Spending Enough To Fix It Internet security, particularly for businesses and companies has never been more exposed to the perils of online hackers. Looking for even the slightest exploit available, websites have to be as watertight as possible. Data…
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Europol Shuts Down The Largest Freelance Cyber Attack Website
Cyber Attack Service Website Gets Shutdown By Europol You can get pretty much anything on the internet these days. A new pair of shoes, video games and even, apparently, the services of hackers. One such website webstresser.org offered a service which allowed people to pay for cyber attacks. For a…
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Bitcoin Exchange Collapses Following Two Cyber Attacks in a Year
Bitcoin Exchange Collapses Bitcoin is big business these days. From a price that has increased by over 20 times its value this time last year, some people have made some serious money from this crypto-currency. One exchange, however, has had to close following a second cyber attack in less than…
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Fresh NHS Cyber Attack Reveals Over a Million Patient Records Compromised
NHS Security Under Scrutiny Again! NHS security procedures have been under a lot of pressure in recent months and it appears that they have not learnt their lesson. Reports are suggesting that another major data breach has occurred which has compromised the personal data of 1.2 million NHS patients in the…
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Companies Must Improve Online Security or Face Massive Fines
How safe do you think your data online is? We practically hear a story every week about how some major company has had it’s online data compromised. Based on this it’s not unreasonable to ask, just how safe do you feel with your personal information online? When companies make you…
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