Northern Lincolnshire NHS Hospital Hit By CryptoWare
Blaming a computer virus outbreak, a hospital system comprising 3 separate hospitals in the United Kingdom was forced to cancel all planned operations and diverted major trauma cases to neighboring facilities this week. The CyberCrime incident came as U.K. leaders...
Bookmaker William Hill website hit with DDoS attack
UK-based bookmaker William Hill has been hit with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, preventing many of its customers from being able to access its main website. The company had, earlier this week, (November 1st) revealed on social media that its website...
UK and US Governments Invest in CyberSecurity Initiatives
Both the UK and US Governments have committed to investing time, resources and large sums of money into refreshed CyberSecurity initiatives. These new intiatives are a clear sign that our governments are taking CyberSecurity and Cyber-Attacks very seriously indeed....What is a Botnet?
Perhaps you’re wondering – What is a botnet? Friday’s massive DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks on major providers of the internet backbone caused massive interruptions for millions of users and prevented access to dozens of popular...
Webcam firm recalls hackable devices after mighty Mirai botnet attack
Chinese electronic firm XiongMai will recall some of its IoT devices, after claims that they were used to launch a massive denial-of-service attack. The distributed denial-of-service attack targeted domain name service Dyn, who confirmed this weekend in a statement that it was hit by a “sophisticated attack”.