Is a cyber pandemic looming over our heads? – E Hacking News
The year 2020 is proving to be quite a hassle and the adversities don’t seem to be slowing down. COVID-19 has already created atypical...
Cyber Attack
Hackers attacked hospitals in the Czech Republic: Russia is suspected – E Hacking News
According to the Lidové noviny newspaper, a foreign state may be behind the cyberattacks, and hacker groups from Russia may be involved. “The organizer...
Attackers Hacked the Digital Pass System of Moscow residents – E Hacking News
Moscow’s residents are warned about scammers who offer to issue digital passes for moving around the city on social networks Recall that on last...
The Russian Foreign Ministry has warned of the threat of cyber pandemic to humanity – E Hacking News
Director of the Department of International Information Security of the Russian Foreign Ministry Andrei Krutskikh said on Tuesday during the online discussion “Information Security...
Botnet / botnet malware / Cyber Attack / ddos attack / DDoS booters / Iot botnet / secure smart devices
A New Emerging IoT Botnet Malware Spotted in the Wild
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new emerging IoT botnet threat that leverages compromised smart devices to stage ‘distributed denial-of-service‘ attacks, potentially triggered on-demand through...
Coronavirus Themed Phishing Attacks Continue to Rise – E Hacking News
New data by researchers has demonstrated that cybercriminals are preying on people’s concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and carrying out sophisticated phishing, malware and...
Cryptocurrency / Cyber Attack / database hacking / database security / hacking news / Malware attack / MSSQL hacking / MySQL / windows malware
Hackers Install Secret Backdoor on Thousands of Microsoft SQL Servers
Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered a sustained malicious campaign dating back to May 2018 that targets Windows machines running MS-SQL servers to deploy backdoors and...
Hackers switched from direct theft of money to gaining control over the infrastructure of companies – E Hacking News
According to the report by Rostelecom Solar JSOC, hackers changed the focus of attacks, switching from direct theft of money to gaining control over...
Cyber Attack / cyber security / data breach / database security / hotel reservations / Marriott International / Privacy
Marriott Suffers Second Breach Exposing Data of 5.2 Million Hotel Guests
International hotel chain Marriott today disclosed a data breach impacting nearly 5.2 million hotel guests, making it the second security incident to hit the...
Security Experts say number of network nodes in the Russian Federation accessible via RDP – E Hacking News
Positive Technologies experts said that the number of network nodes in the Russian Federation accessible via the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) for three weeks...