Cyber attack
Aapki Khabar Aapka Fayda: Google's 'stalled' mistake or Cyber attack?
Tue, Dec 15, 2020
Last Monday the google was crashed due to some technical glitch. However, people were also assuming and worried that it's a cyber attack as 19 services of google were crashed for one hour. Google said that its team is working on user identification and data storage due to which the glitch occurred and the server was crashed.
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7 useful tips to protect yourself from cyberattacks
Sat, Nov 14, 2020
One of the major security threats that are prevailing in today’s scenario is Social Engineering. It is a non-technical strategy used by cybercriminals to trick the individuals for attaining their private details such as passcodes, bank account details, OTP, access to their computer system, etc. with malicious intent. Other cyberattacks like phishing, malware, Intellectual property theft, data destruction/manipulation, etc. are also part of sophisticated cyberattacks that disrupt the digital life of companies and individuals.
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Sbi alert: Cyber attack happens in the name of coronavirus free test
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
SBI has issued a warning for its users to get alert from cyber attack. Millions of Indians could be targeted by fake emails, social media posts or texts messages, which promises free Covid-19 testing across India.
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Planning to sell stuff on OLX, Quikr? You might be cheated by fraudsters - Don't make these mistakes
Fri, Aug 23, 2019
OLX and Quikr have emerged as the top go-to options for selling your old items in India. Both these platforms offer an easy way to sell off appliances and other items that you don't intend to use anymore. However, given their popularity, these platforms are now being targeted by fraudsters with the intention to rob people of their hard-earned money.
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VVIP just lost WHOPPING Rs 23 lakh from her bank account! Save your money, don't make this mistake
Thu, Aug 08, 2019
If you think that only a middle-class people are looted of their hard earned money by fraudsters, then you are wrong. Anyone who is not careful can be duped. This also applies to VVIPs! The latest case to come to light is that of Preneet Kaur, wife of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
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Telegram says massive cyber attack originated in China
Fri, Jun 14, 2019
Telegram founder Pavel Durov revealed that the massive cyber attack on the encryption-based service was launched by China. In a tweet response, Durov wrote that the IP addresses originated mostly from China. He further added that all state actor-sized DDoS attack coincided in time with protests in Hong Kong. The revelation comes a day after Telegram's network experienced outage after it was flooded with overwhelming traffic.
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State-sponsored cyberattacks on banks on the rise, says a report
Sun, Mar 24, 2019
Cyberattacks on financial institutions are increasingly being linked to nation-states, resulting in destructive and disruptive damages rather than just theft, according to a report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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This hacker stole personal data of close to 843 mn users; now puts up 26 mn hacked databases for sale
Tue, Mar 19, 2019
The hacker, who earlier stole and posted personal data of close to 843 million users of various popular websites on a Dark Web marketplace, has now put up the fourth set of nearly 26 million hacked databases for sale.
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Biggest online heist? Mumbai based firm loses Rs 130 crore to hackers in con job - How it happened
Tue, Jan 15, 2019
The hackers also arranged a series of conference calls to discuss about the acquisition, following which heads of the Indian subsidiary transferred the amount in given bank accounts time to time, he said.
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This is who was behind recent Facebook data breach
Thu, Oct 18, 2018
The people behind the attack were a group of Facebook and Instagram spammers that present themselves as a digital marketing company, and whose activities were previously known to Facebook’s security team, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the company`s internal investigation.
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Aviation: British Airways apologises after 380,000 customers hit in cyber attack
Fri, Sep 07, 2018
British Airways discovered on Wednesday that bookings made between Aug. 21 and Sept. 5 had been infiltrated in a "very sophisticated, malicious criminal" attack, BA Chairman and Chief Executive Alex Cruz said. It immediately contacted customers when the extent of the breach became clear.
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