Tag: Destruction
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Ukraine Claims Destruction of 280 Russian Servers, 2 Petabytes Lost
Cybersecurity specialists from the Ukrainian HUR (Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine) have claimed a …
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The Destruction of Gaza’s Internet Is Complete
For more than three weeks, Gaza has faced an almost total internet blackout. The cables, cell towers, and infrastructure needed to keep …
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Swiss Bank Requests Destruction of Documents
A Swiss bank has written to its investors to destroy and permanently erase certain documents. Credit Suisse said it made the request …
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How to Minimize Ransomware’s Trail of Destruction and Its Associated Costs
One of the biggest mistakes an organization can make is to blindly throw technology at the problem instead of properly investing in …
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New Clues Show How Russia’s Grid Hackers Aimed for Physical Destruction
For nearly three years, the December 2016 cyberattack on the Ukrainian power grid has presented a menacing puzzle. Two days before …
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Cryptographic Erasure: Moving Beyond Hard Drive Destruction
In the good old days, incinerating backup tapes or shredding a few hard drives would have solved the problem. Today, we have a bigger …
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Meet APT33: A Gnarly Iranian Hacker Crew Threatening Destruction
Hacker crew has a penchant for aerospace as well as oil and gas firms, says FireEye. Read full news article on Forbes.com
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Cisco: Cyber Attacks Designed for Destruction, Not Just Disruption?
As defenders, one of our key objectives is to help organizations and individual users understand the threat landscape so they can reduce their exposure to cyber threats. Our threat researchers and technology partners watch that ever-changing landscape very closely, as they have for many years now. Read full news article on DABCC
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Ransomware turns even nastier: Destruction, not profit, becomes the real aim
Get used to global malware campaigns like Petya and WannaCry ransomware because Pandora’s Box has been opened and ‘destructive’ cyber attacks like these are here to stay. The WannaCry epidemic hit organisations around the world in May, with the file-encrypting malware. Read full news article on ZDNet
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Cisco forecasts a potential destruction of service attack due rapid evolution of cyber threats
Uncovering the rapid evolution of threats and the increasing magnitude of cyber attacks, networking and security major Cisco on 21 July 2017 forecast a potential “destruction of service” (DeOS) attacks. According to Cisco’s 2017 ‘Midyear Cybersecurity Report, these attacks could eliminate organisations’ backups and safety nets, required to restore systems and data after an attack.…
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Destruction of service attacks an existential threat to business, says Cisco
Such is the rapid evolution of security threats and the growing magnitude of attacks that we will soon see the emergence of extremely destructive attacks that have the potential to eliminate backups and safety nets needed to restore systems and data, according to networking kingpin Cisco. Download this free guide Jargon-buster guide to GDPR The…
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Destruction of Service attacks could shut down organizations for good
The Cisco 2017 Midyear Cybersecurity Report (MCR) uncovers the rapid evolution of threats and the increasing magnitude of attacks, and forecasts potential Destruction of Service attacks, which could eliminate organizations’ backups and safety nets. Also, with the advent of the Internet of Things, key industries are bringing more operations online, increasing attack surfaces and the…
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