Cyber Shares

Danish rail network hit by cyber attack

Denske Statsbaner also known as Danish State Railway (DSB) – which is the biggest company – was under Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS) attack. This inflict inconveniences​ and prevented hundreds of thousands travellers from buy tickets.

The attack also hit DSB’s website, mobile applications, ticketing​ machines and a number of kiosks in the railway stations. To some degree, the intercom and…

Ransomware leads in cyber security threats

Major IT firms faced with cyber security threats – mostly ransomware; one way or the other in last two years to date, a report by US Signal an IT solution firm based in USA.

According to a survey carried out by the firm, focusing on security expert, 120 were involved in the survey. 40% were victims of cyber security threats last year. 81% agreed cyber security threats had increased compared to…

Malware secretly mining monero cryptocurrency on government and universities websites​

According to a report by security research, Coinhive – a mining code for cryptocurrency; was found on many government and universities websites. The code is currently running on over 400 websites across the globe, including Lenevo, San Diego Zoo, Office of the Inspector General Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and sites for the University of Aleppo and the UCLA Atmospheric and…

Shimming – new way hackers steal credit card information

Users of credit card processing devices need to be aware of their transactional environment, this will help in circumventing this new credit card information attack. Shimming is a new hacking technique implored by hackers to steal user credit card information. 

A warning have been issued by financial institution about this attack. There was skimming before now, but shimming has taken over the…

Chinese intelligence officers responsible for decade’s worth of hacks

Acording to new report, Chinese intelligence officers are responsible for a decade’s worth of hacks targeting gaming and software firms across the globe.According to Ars Technica, Gmail and Office 365 attack are the most recent by hackers. They tried accessing sensitive companies information – through phishing email. After the attack, security researchers​ were able to get information on targets…

Still not using VPN? Have a rethink for privacy on Internet

Virtual Private Networks (VPN) became necessity at this technological privacy uprising. Still not using VPN reading this? Rethink for your privacy on Internet.

Secured Vs Unsecured Traffic

Significant percentage of Internet users are aware about the risk of their privacy regards to internet usage. According to a survey carried out by PCMag on February, over 70% of each 1000 Internet users never…

Windows​ diagnostic data viewer let you delete data collected and sent to Microsoft

The recent update by Microsoft Windows Operating Systems this April, introduces​ very important new features. Some of these features enhanced the previous available features on Windows 10 tools. Others​ are new which address users concerns for long period of time. In the latter category, a new tool called “diagnostic data viewer” is added to Windows 10. Microsoft Windows 10 has received criticism…

Facebook to add “Clear your history” feature to enable users delete history

The Cambridge Analytica scandal which leads to operation #DeleteFacebook, is bringing huge changes in the way and manner Facebook is operating. Facebook today announced plans to develop a feature that will let you clear your history.

The Clear History feature will permit users to see all the websites and apps that are sending Facebook information about you. Facebook plans to involve…

Facebook to add “Clear your history” feature to enable users delete history

The Cambridge Analytica scandal which leads to operation #DeleteFacebook, is bringing huge changes in the way and manner Facebook is operating. Facebook today announced plans to develop a feature that will let you clear your history.

The Clear History feature will permit users to see all the websites and apps that are sending Facebook information about you. Facebook plans to involve…

Deleted​ WeChat messages are retrieved by Chinese government

It is not a huge surprise to internet users about accessing their data by security agencies, what is surprising is admitting doing it openly in public. WeChat application is a globally used app, which the Chinese government revealed their capabilities to retrieve deleted messages.

According to a post on social media by an anti-corruption commission from Hefei, it has “retrieved a series of…

15 hackers arrested for developing game cheats programs

Fifteen hackers were arrested for developing and selling hacking programs affecting Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). These hackers have been fined $5.1m in total. According to the developer of PUBG, Bluehole reaffirmed that other suspect are being investigated. 

A release by the authorities who’s investigating the case, which is translated by the PUBG developer reads;

“15 major suspects…

Operation Power Off – Dutch Police and NCA lead taken ​down largest DDoS marketplace

Through the support of Europol and more than 10 other law enforcements ​throughout the world, the Dutch Police and National Crime Agency (NCA) UK leads the arrest of the Administrator of the world largest Distributed Dianial of Services (DDoS) marketplace on internet, webstresser.org and other accomplice across the globe.

Europol described webstresser.org as the largest marketplace to easily get…

Over $150,00 stolen by hackers using DNS scam

One of the most popular cryptocurrency wallet, My Ether Wallet (MEW) appears to be on the radar of hackers through the Domain Name Server (DNS) hacking. In this new attack, victims were being redirected to another site through DNS server instead of MEW site.

MEW, via it’s Twitter handle, said most of the victims were using Google DNS Servers. They also hinted that, victims might have been served…

9% of Americans deleted their Facebook account amidst Cambridge Analytica saga

The #DeleteFacebook campaign seems to have had at least some impact, according to Creative Strategies’ principal analyst Carolina Milanesi. According to a survey carried out by Creative Strategies on 1,000 Americans in different age and gender groups. 39% were very aware of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and 37% said to be somewhat aware. 28% percent of interviewed individuals never trusted…

Apple Repair Center Barrages Sacramento’s 911 Operators

Robert Mueller’s indictment of Russia’s Internet Research Agency—also known as the “troll factory”—feels like years ago at this point. It’s only been a week! And we took a deep dive into what it really says about Russia’s propaganda efforts during the 2016 presidential campaign and beyond. Trump campaign advisor Rick Gates has also copped a plea deal with Mueller’s team—which could have big…

How to Increase Internet Speed

This wikiHow teaches you how to increase your Internet’s speed and consistency. While it isn’t possible to increase your Internet’s speed past the speed for which you’re paying your Internet Service Provider, most people don’t get the most out of their Internet connections. By applying a mixture of general fixes, hardware solutions, and software updates, you can optimize your Internet connection…