Category: Cyber Attacks

Introduction Due to the Covid-19 situation, more people are working from home & spending more time online which may be a sign that there is more opportunity for hackers to strike.In this case study, we will be looking at some of the methods in which cyber crime happens in a common place which we all…
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Introduction When we think about hackers, it most likely means any skilled computer expert who uses their technical skills to tackle an issue. While a “hacker” can refer to any skilled computer programmer, the term has been incorporated by popular culture by portraying hackers as someone who, with their technical knowledge, uses bugs or exploits…
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Background As we see a rise in technological popularity during this period, we are enhancing our skills to harness the need of using digital means to replace the day to day tasks we do. Tasks such as meetings and interactions are rapidly moved to online meeting platforms such as skype, zoom, and google meets where…
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Background In 2019 December, the city of Wuhan experienced a virus with symptoms like pneumonia spreading around china like wildfire. Today, 80000 people are infected with the virus in china and other countries are experiencing the fear of getting infected by the virus. Singapore was not spared either as amidst the fear, there are cyber…
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Background Over 15 Iranian nuclear facilities at Natanz were attacked and infiltrated by the Stuxnet worm and an estimated number of 984 uranium enriching centrifuges were destroyed after the virus caused them to burn themselves out. Stuxnet, the first known virus to be capable of crippling hardware, is thought to be created by the United…
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