This Week in Cyber Security News, Aug 14 – 20, 2018
August 19, 2018Cyber Security News highlights this week In-Short Overview: Hackers stole Rs 94 crore ($13.5 Million) from one of the largest Indian co-operative Cosmos banks. In two days, hackers withdrew a total Rs 78 crore from various ATMs in 28 countries,...
This Week in Cyber Security News, Aug 3 – 9, 2018
August 8, 2018Cyber Security News highlights this week Vulnerability present in WhatsApp messenger is Allowing Attackers to Alter. Messages in Group ChatsThe source code of Snapchat app leaked on GitHubHealth Care Data of 2 Million People is exposed online in MexicoHackers Infected...
What is “Cryptojacking” ?
August 1, 2018Cryptojacking is a technique used by hackers to make unauthorized use of the user’s browser to mine cryptocurrency. Cryptojacking is usually implemented by hackers by either of two ways: How do Hackers Perform Cryptojacking? How to Prevent Cryptojacking? In order...
This Week in Cyber Security News, July 26 – Aug 1, 2018
July 31, 2018Cyber Security News highlights this week In-Short Overview: Yesterday, Facebook announced that it had shut down 17 Facebook accounts, 8 Facebook pages, and 7 Instagram profiles for what the social network categorized as “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”. Read More: Facebook Removed...
Attackers Targeting a Vulnerability in Universal Plug and Play Networking Protocol
July 17, 2018Vulnerabilities provide an opportunity for attackers to sweep into a targeted user’s system and to take over all its running applications. As the attackers gain access to the system, they will often try to elevate the system privileges. Thus, even...
What is a DDoS attack?
July 16, 2018A Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to shut down a machine or a network through multiple infected computer systems. The main goal of this attack is to make an online service unavailable or disrupt the legitimate traffic of...
What is a SSDP DDoS Attack?
July 2, 2018Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP attack) is a network-based protocol which is used for scanning or searching for available network devices. SSDP is based on the discovery of universal plug-and-play (UPnP) devices that facilitate easy communication between computer systems and...
How Attackers Bypass Two-Factor Authentication with Phishing
June 27, 2018Online businesses are opting for two-factor authentication (2FA) techniques to maintain data privacy and to protect the personally identifiable information (PII) of their customers. They often implement 2FA to strengthen the login security of the various forms that are present...
What is a MITM Attack and How to prevent it?
May 10, 2018Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack is a type of cyberattack where an attacker secretly interferes, relays or alters the communication between a client (browser) and the server (website). In MITM, the client assumes that it has established an encrypted connection with the server, but...
