Cyber Attacks On Singapore Linked To Russia During Trump-Kim Summit And you thought this was the end of reports related to Trump and Kim. In the aftermath of the historic summit hosted by Singapore, online threat analysts reported that we saw a drastic surge in “cyberattacks from Russia“. Source Apparently, Russia was responsible for 88% of cyber attacks during the fateful first meeting between Trump and Kim at Capella Hotel on 12 Jun. Of all these attacks, 97% were specifically targeted at Singapore. 40,000 attacks in less than a day More specifically, 40,000 attacks occurred between 11pm on 11 Jun to 8pm on 12 Jun. A figure that’s a shocking 4 to 5 times more frequent than cyber attacks happening in US and Canada. Researchers say these attackers attempted to gain access to insecure phones or perhaps the VoIP server. Source Their attempts included “reconnaissance scans” seeking vulnerable devices, of which 8% were “exploits” which sought to capitialise on these security loopholes. The main “attack destination port” was numbered 5060, an Internet Protocol (IP) phone protocol. As it’s unusual for Singapore to be a country of interest for hackers, researchers theorise the spike may have been due to the Trump-Kim […]
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