vulnerability Archive

One of the most serious cyber attack against the US. Hackers are supposed to be Chinese

Personal data of 18 million current, former and potential employees US government was accessed after a cyber attack to the Office for Personnel Management (OPM). The number of people affected is four times more than the recognized public agency, reported CNN.  The estimate of 18 million was made

Chinese Hackers stole data from up to 4 million American federal employees

The US government announced on Thursday it had detected computer piracy of personal data belonging to a total of four million federal employees who, according to the Washington Post, were committed by the Chinese. This “cyber intrusion” was detected in April 2015 the Office of Personnel Management (OPM),

Hackers attacked the US IRS: personal data of more than 100,000 Americans, compromised

IRS (Internal Revenue Service), believes that the hackers who stole personal data of 100,000 US taxpayers would come from Russia. The attacks took place over a period of four months and authorities have found that it contained some cyber criminals in the country led by Vladimir Putin, shows

Cyber attack against Bundestag, the German Parliament

Hackers stole data from Bundestag during a cyber attack committed two weeks ago, a spokeswoman confirmed for the lower house of the German Federal Parliament, but it was unclear who is behind the attack, reports Deutsche Welle website. Spokeswoman said that several data leakage was detecting. But it is

Testimony of a professional hacker – How Hackers Fool Your Employees

When it comes to find some security holes, people employed to break the information system of a company starts with what is often the clearest and greatest vulnerability. A professional hacker, employee of a large company in Silicon Valley, tells Business Insider which is the easiest way

Facebook continue to follow online activities of users, even if they are not connected to the network

Belgian researchers have recently discovered that Facebook can track the online activity of its subscribers, even when they are not logged on social networking platform. The US company have started difficult week in Europe.  Since the preliminary hearings will begin Monday in the trial of the Facebook ,  in Vienna, submitted

Cyber attack on Lufthansa customer database

Hackers had broken the database of the German Lufthansa airline customers, Der Spiegel newspaper, quoted by Agerpres. Lufthansa said it had taken prompt action, but admitted “that failed to prevent illegal access to records of customers’. According to Der Spiegel, unidentified hackers have accessed data site users, compromising their

Russian hackers have managed the most sophisticated cyber attack on the White House

A group of russian hackers managed to break the White House computer system, gaining access to private information which contain the program of US President Barack Obama, writes CNN. According to available information, the attack, behind which they may be Russian hackers, as stated by the authorities, was

How to know if you have been hacked

81% of large businesses have suffered malicious data breaches shows in a cybersecurity survey, made by UK Government’s in 2014. That indicate almost one in five didn’t. “In this context, it’s impractical to prove a negative,” said Lenny Zeltser, a senior faculty member at the SANS Institute, who

Attorney-Client Privilege – Under Cyber Attacks

Law firms are the perfect targets for hackers according security experts. “It is almost a daily occurrence that we read about cyber attacks in the news. Unfortunately, on or around January 25, 2015, our firm was the victim of a single cyber attack, by a relatively new variant