Tag Archives : cyber attacks

The war between Google and Microsoft Corporation seems to have become a never ending cycle, that is dotted with sporadic battles between two of the largest technology companies. After an alleged cyber attack by Chinese hackers, that was revealed in January this year and was carried out by exploiting the weaknesses of Internet Explorer 6, Google is now [...]

As per the predictions released by McAfee, one of the leading names in Internet security software, the software system currently run by numerous corporate entities are in dire need enhanced protection, to prevent any sort of damaging cyber attack by hackers. These systems that the companies use to maintain their financial and other records have constantly [...]

The guests who checked in or visited the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in Los Angeles in the year 2009 have been notified by the hotel authorities of a serious network security breach, wherein the hotel’s financial records have been compromised and numerous credit card numbers, guest names and other vital information has been siphoned off [...]

U.S Department of Defense Witnesses Increased Cyber Attacks. The U.S Department of Defense has reportedly suffered an explosion in the number of cyber attacks conducted against its infrastructure for the year 2009. As per U.S. congressional committee, the number of cyber attacks against the DOD have substantially increased for this year and a majority [...]

South Korea has decided to take the help of China for the current investigations into the cyber attacks that had targeted government and financial websites across South Korea and the United States in the month of July this year. The attacks that had crippled these websites have been blamed on the North Korean Ministry of Telecommunications and has forced [...]

Research and Development Corporation or RAND in its recent report on cyber terrorism, has stated that the United States’ best option as of now to avoid a cyber attack on its infrastructure is to keep it cyber anti-terrorism efforts on the defensive, instead of searching for offensive opportunities. The U.S has already designated a special military [...]

Last week South Korea and the United States experienced near simultaneous cyber attacks that crippled some of the most high profile portals, financial institutions and government agencies’ websites. At that moment, the attacks seemed to be aimed at crippling the infrastructure and were believed not be aimed at stealing information. Today, South [...]

The Obama administration is finalizing the creation within the Pentagon of a new unit called Cyber Command, dedicated to ensuring the security of computer networks of the United States military that have been, of late, threatened by the intrusion of hackers linked especially to countries such as China and Russia. Most likely to be at the helm of the [...]

U.S. and China are up against each other in what could be the new Cold War. This is despite their rather functional economic relations. The latest chapter in these two superpowers’ struggle for global hegemony involves the Pentagon’s report that warns about China’s military rise. The report, currently causing considerable diplomatic friction [...]