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Half a billion cyber attacks thwarted by Tokyo Olympics 2021

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Hackers are always interested in events that grab the attention of the entire globe and one such sporting event was the Tokyo Olympics 2020 that was postponed by the organizers because of COVID-19 Pandemic and rescheduled and held between July–August 2021 i.e. in this year. times the amount observed during the 2012 London Olympics.

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10 Lessons Learned from the Top Cyber Threats of 2021

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2021 was a busy year for the cyber security community. Emerging threats posed many challenges to security professionals and created many opportunities for threat actors. Picus has curated a list of the top five threats observed in 2021, detailing ten lessons defenders can learn from them. . CVE-2021-26885.

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Best of 2021 – 10 Major Cyber Attacks Witnessed Globally in Q1 2021

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Cyber crime has been on the rise for years now and it is not showing any signs of slowing down. The post 10 Major Cyber Attacks Witnessed Globally in Q1 2021 appeared first on Kratikal Blog. The post Best of 2021 – 10 Major Cyber Attacks Witnessed Globally in Q1 2021 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Cyber Attack on Indian Stock Exchange

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Just when the media has speculated a possible Chinese cyber attack on the power grids operating in South India, an NGO foundation has alleged that the National Stock Exchange(NSE) of India was hit by a cyber attack on February 24th,2021 disrupting most of the operations for the whole day.

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Cyber Threat to Labor Day Weekend

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FBI and CISA on a joint note issued a public alert that computer networks of government and corporate companies were on the verge of being targeted by a cyber attack on this coming Labor Day weekend, i.e on September 6th of 2021. The post Cyber Threat to Labor Day Weekend appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Google alerts over 50k users about State funded Cyber Attacks

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Google, the business subsidiary of tech giant Alphabet Inc has released a security statement that reveals that over 50,000 users were warned about state funded attacks in this year 2021, so far. The post Google alerts over 50k users about State funded Cyber Attacks appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Cyber Threat forces Canada to shut down 4000 government websites

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Can you believe that an unverified cyber threat has forced the Quebec government to shut over 4000 of its websites, all as a preventive measure to avoid extreme cyber troubles? Note- On December 2nd,2021, Governor- General issued a public statement that an unauthorized intrusion was observed on its computer network.