“The 27 largest U.S. companies reporting cyber attacks say they sustained no major financial losses, exposing a disconnect with federal officials who say billions of dollars in corporate secrets are being stolen. MetLife Inc., Coca-Cola Co. (KO), and Honeywell International Inc. were among the 100 largest U.S. companies by revenue to disclose online attacks in [...]
“On March 28, American Express’ website went offline for at least two hours during a distributed denial of service attack. A group calling itself ‘the cyber-fighters of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam’ claimed responsibility for the attack, which began at about 3:00pm Eastern Time. In a statement, an American Express spokesperson said, ‘Our site experienced a distributed-denial-of-service [...]
“Internet speeds around the world have noticeably slowed down due to a massive ‘distributed denial of service’ attack, reports the BBC. These DDoS attacks bombard targeted web servers with so much dummy traffic that people trying to access a site for legitimate purposes are unable to do so. It’s most analogous to a traffic jam [...]
“Wells Fargo & Co on Tuesday said its online banking website was experiencing an unusually high volume of traffic that it believes stems from a denial-of-service cyber attack. ‘The vast majority of customers are not impacted and customer information remains safe,’ said Bridget Braxton, a spokeswoman for the fourth-largest U.S. bank by assets. Customers who [...]
“In the past, we’ve seen targeted attacks against Tibetan and Uyghur activists on Windows and Mac OS X platforms. We’ve documented several interesting attacks (A Gift for Dalai Lamas Birthday and Cyber Attacks Against Uyghur Mac OS X Users Intensify) which used ZIP files as well as DOC, XLS and PDF documents rigged with exploits. [...]
“Several hacktivist groups are planning to unite their forces for OpIsrael starting with April 7. However, in the meantime, others keep targeting high-profile Israeli websites as a form of protest against the Israeli government. The latest attack is the result of cooperation between Sector 404, Anonymous and the notorious Turkish collective RedHack. “ Source:Hackers Take [...]
“South Korea is investigating a suspected cyber-attack that paralysed systems at major media and banks on Wednesday, amid speculation that the North could be responsible. The computer networks of three broadcasters - KBS, MBC and YTN – and two banks, Shinhan and Nonghyup, froze at around 2pm local time. Shinhan said its ATMs, payment terminals and [...]
“On Tuesday, two hearings related to cybersecurity took place in the United States. Intelligence officials spoke on the annual ‘worldwide threat’ briefing to the Senate Intelligence Committee, and head of the U.S. military’s Cyber Command Army General Keith Alexander spoke before the Senate Armed Services committee.” Source:Senator warns banks of cyberattack risk, Chase Bank targeted [...]
“The White House is talking tougher in its growing public conflict with China over cyber attacks on American businesses, which have reportedly been linked back to hackers operating within China’s boundaries. On Monday, Tom Donilon, the US national security advisor to President Obama, gave a lengthy address to the Asia Society in New York City, [...]
“While the rest of the world engaged in cyber security conferences and Anonymous operations, an Indian patriotic hacker used the time to attack Pakistan Intelligence agency ISI. Hacker going by name ‘Godzilla’ today claimed to hack into one of the server belongs to ISI website (http://isi.org.pk) and gets all possible secret information about Pakistan Intelligence. [...]
