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

The University of Toronto recently published a report which said that the Egyptian government has been using illegal means to keep an eye on cryptocurrency mining. According to the report, they target their own citizens and hack into their internet connections to gather such data. Read more

Due to the increasing incidents of malicious nature, cyber-threats, and governmental cyber espionage, the demand for professionals in this field has increased by three times in the past one year. Read more

A group of hackers recently tried to hack Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. However, the cyber security team of the exchange intervened at the right time and failed the hacking attempt. Read more

This national scheme is being launched in collaboration with the police crime prevention initiative and Secured by Design (SBD), and is also supported by The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, alongside The Metropolitan and City of London Police. Read more

A cyber-security competition was held in the UK which was backed by the government. Ten teams of students took part in it, most of which were very talented coders. This was run by the Cyber-Security Challenge UK and the defense tech firm Northrop Grumman. Read more