- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 27th, 2014
YouTube to Remove “Innocence of Muslims,” but Not Because of Hacktivist Attacks
A court has ruled that one of the actresses has copyright interest in the movie
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 9th, 2013
Citizens Bank Hit by DDOS Attack, Customers Warned of Intermittent Interruption
It's uncertain if the al-Qassam Cyber Fighters are behind the attack
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 24th, 2013
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters Resume Operation Against US Banks
Operation Ababil 4 will be launched in the upcoming days
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 10th, 2013
Experts Say al-Qassam Cyber Fighters Might Be Preparing for Phase 4 of Their Operation
The botnet used by the hacktivist group is being retooled and tweaked
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- May 14th, 2013
FBI Gives US Bank Execs Security Clearances to Brief Them on Cyberattacks Reuters
The agency shared details about the DDOS attacks launched by the Cyber Fighters
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- May 7th, 2013
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters Pause OpAbabil During OpUSA
The hackers will not launch any attacks this week
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- May 1st, 2013
FBI Warns That al-Qassam Cyber Fighters Are Modifying Their Botnet
The agency believes the hackers are modifying scripts to evade mitigation efforts
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 26th, 2013
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters Explain Their Role in OpUSA
The hackers have contacted Softpedia to provide some clarifications
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 19th, 2013
Week 7 of OpAbabil 3: Ameriprise, M&T Bank, Regions, Wells Fargo Attacked
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters continue their attacks against US banks
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 5th, 2013
DDOS Attacks Disrupted Sites of Major US Banks for 249 Hours in Six Weeks
Iranian government once again appointed as being behind the attacks
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 27th, 2013
Week 4 of Operation Ababil 3: Bank of America and Wells Fargo Sites Disrupted
Some customers have also reported being unable to access Citizens Bank's website
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 21st, 2013
Week 3 of Operation Ababil 3: Citibank, Chase, BB&T, US Bank Targeted
More websites are expected to fall on Thursday during work hours
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 15th, 2013
Week 2, OpAbabil 3: Attackers Not Using All Resources to Take Down Bank Sites
Gartner's Avivah Litan says only 3,200 of the 9,200 available bots have been used
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 13th, 2013
Week 2, Operation Ababil 3: Sites of JP Morgan Chase and BB&T Disrupted
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters continue to launch DDOS attacks
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 12th, 2013
Week 2 of Operation Ababil 3 Initiated, Attacks Against Banks to Continue for 7 Months
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters once again demand the removal of the movie
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 8th, 2013
Operation Ababil 3, Week 1: US Bank, HSBC and BT&T Websites Disrupted
The hacktivists continue launching distributed denial-of-service attacks
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 7th, 2013
Operation Ababil 3: PNC, BoA, Citibank, Wells Fargo and Others Targeted
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters have resumed the DDOS attacks