A Qatar based energy company has been taken offline because of a virus attack similar to the one that crippled Saudi Arabia’s biggest energy company.
RasGas had their websites and email systems taken offline by the attack although they claimed that none of their production was taken offline. Continue reading
Cyber-terrorists have a new virus weapon aimed at destroying nationwide energy systems has been discovered by cyber-security teams.
The virus, “Shamoon,” has reported already caused problems for Saudi Arabia. Saudi Aramco, the nation’s national oil company, had its network taken offline because of the virus spreading in their system. Continue reading
A massive cyber bank raid has stolen over 60 million euro from various bank accounts around the world according to software security firms McAfee and Guardian Analytics.
“The fraudsters’ objective in these attacks is to siphon large amounts from high balance accounts,” the report stated. Continue reading
The head of Britain’s intelligence agency, MI5, said in his first public speech in two years that his group is fighting an “astonishing” level of cyber-attacks.
Jonathan Evans warned of “internet vulnerabilities” that are being exploited not only by individual cyber-criminals but also by foreign governmental agencies. Continue reading
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stated he is “very concerned” about the chance of a major cyber attack on the United States that could bring down government and financial systems. The declaration came as part of his testimony to a congressional panel regarding the upcoming Defense Department budget.
Panetta compared the danger of the cyber-attack on America to that of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Continue reading
Pastor Jim & Lori Bakker welcome John Shorey for as they discuss The Window of the Lord’s Return Day 4 on The Jim Bakker Show. Continue reading
A targeted cyber attack has been discovered that was collecting sensitive information from nations like Israel according to researchers from Russian security firm Kaspersky Labs.
The company said the attack was state-sponsored but could not be completely sure of the exact country of origin.
The attack, called Flame, appears not to cause damage to the machines it infects so most users are not aware of the infection. Continue reading
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would allow the government to access your private data on the “suspicion” of a “cyber threat.”
The bill passed the house on Thursday 248-168. While the bill, the “Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)” passed the house by a wide margin the US Senate is expected to take up an entirely different internet security bill. President Obama has threatened to veto CISPA. Continue reading
If you have visited a website in the last few years that asked you to install a “video codec” to watch a web video you might have accidentally installed the “DNSChanger” virus. As a result, you could find that your computer is unable to access the internet after July 9th.
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