Atul Narula (Page 48)

He is a cyber security and malware researcher. He studied Computer Science and started working as a cyber security analyst in 2006. He is actively working as an cyber security investigator. He also worked for different security companies. His everyday job includes researching about new cyber security incidents. Also he has deep level of knowledge in enterprise security implementation.

United Nations computer network was hacked

On: September 9, 2021

In: Data Breach

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Dark Web, data breach, data leaking, Hacking, incidents, Russia, Umoja, United Nations (UN)

At the beginning of 2021, a hacking group managed to compromise the computer systems of the United Nations (UN) in order to steal a large amount of information that wouldRead More →

Biggest DDOS attack in history of 21.8 million requests per second from 250,000 inflected hosts

On: September 9, 2021

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: botnet, Cloudflare, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Hacking, Russia, technology, Yandex

Cybersecurity specialists report the detection of a denial of service (DoS) botnet that has grown excessively in recent months, attacking the Russian technology giant Yandex with more than 21 millionRead More →

New Zealand Government and banks websites shutdown due to massive DDOS over country’s infrastructure

On: September 8, 2021

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Hacking, incidents, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), New Zealand

The recent cybersecurity incidents that affected various public and private organizations in New Zealand do not seem to have had any consequences to regret, although many users still have doubtsRead More →

Zero-day vulnerability y PoC exploit for Ghostscript servers published

On: September 8, 2021

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Adobe, cybersecurity, Ghostscript, GitHub, Google Project Zero, Hacking, Proof of Concept (PoC), Python, vulnerability

Through a GitHub repository, cybersecurity specialist Nguyen The Duc published the proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code to achieve a successful exploitation of the newly identified zero-day vulnerability in Ghostscript servers. AccordingRead More →

7 zero-day vulnerabilities in Xiaomi MDZ-36-DB Bluetooth speakers

On: September 7, 2021

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: bluetooth, Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Cyberattack, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), Hacking, Internet of Things (IoT), smart devices, speakers, Xiaomi

Cybersecurity specialists report the detection of 7 vulnerabilities in the Xiaomi MDZ-36-DB Bluetooth speakers. According to the report, the successful exploitation of these flaws would allow the deployment of multipleRead More →

ProtonMail is not anonymous anymore. Company provided IP logs of a climate activist to Europol

On: September 7, 2021

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: cybersecurity, email security, Europol, France, Hacking, incidents, personal information, ProtonMail, Reddit, Switzerland

ProtonMail, the popular Swiss-based email service, said it was required to register the IP address of one of its customers after receiving a legal order that could not be refused.Read More →

Hackers can track your location by using your Bose, Jabra, Sennheiser and JBL headphones via their MAC addresses

On: September 6, 2021

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: bluetooth, Bose, Cyberattack, cybersecurity, gadgets, Hacking, Jabra, JBL, MAC addresses, Norway, research, security flaws, Sennheiser, Smartphones, technology, tracking, vulnerability

Bjørn Martin Hegnes is a computer science student who resides in Norway and has been using equipment for listening to Bluetooth and WiFi messages for academic purposes. As he mentions,Read More →

How hackers cloned a woman’s WhatsApp and stole thousands from her contacts

On: September 3, 2021

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: account cloning, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, digital scam, electronic fraud, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, whatsapp

Electronic scams are ridiculously common nowadays, and even though some users are really attentive and avoid giving away their personal information to potential hackers, some of them have faced theRead More →

Internet shutdown in New Zealand after a historical DDOS attack over major ISP

On: September 3, 2021

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: COVID-19, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Denial of Service (DDoS), England, Hacking, Internet service provider, Netscout, New Zealand, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Wales

One of the most important Internet service providers in New Zealand suffered a massive denial of service (DoS) attack that left a considerable number of regions in the country offline.Read More →