Security News
We have not yet seen any as overt bills as this that directly go to saying encryption out loud. One of these more recent related bills that we're seeing is the EARN IT act.
Recent fires and explosions at important Iranian facilities may have been caused deliberately as part of an operation that involved cyberattacks, according to reports. There have been several incidents at major Iranian industrial facilities in recent weeks, including a fire at the Natanz nuclear enrichment site and an explosion at the Parchin military complex near Tehran, which is believed to be involved in the production of missiles.
A U.S. military contractor involved in the maintenance of the country's Minuteman III nuclear arsenal has been hit by the Maze ransomware, according to reports - with the hackers making off with reams of sensitive information. The cyberattackers first compromised the contractor's internal network, the company confirmed to Sky News, before encrypting files and exfiltrating data.
The US is protected by what's known as a nuclear triad: a three-pronged attack force that consists of land-launched nuclear missiles, nuclear missiles on submarines, and aircraft equipped with nuclear bombs and missiles. One of the triad's legs - the land-based LGM-30 Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile - has been kicked by hackers who've inflicted Maze ransomware on the computer network of a Northrup Grumman contractor.
We've been hearing about ransomware for years now. In the past few months, ransomware has gone nuclear.
We've been hearing about ransomware for years now. In the past few months, ransomware has gone nuclear.
Last summer, a wave of sextortion emails began flooding inboxes around the world. The spammers behind this scheme claimed they'd hacked your computer and recorded videos of you watching porn, and...
A story has been making the rounds on the Internet since yesterday about a cyber attack on an Indian nuclear power plant. Due to some experts commentary on social media even after lack of...
read more
The disks are part of the command centres that run the country’s nuclear missile deterrent on behalf of SACCS.