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Hackers part of the Anonymous Team, or ATeam, have taken down the official website of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO.int). “You were originally set up to fight against the oppression by those that were censoring people that did not agree with them. Years later you have now resorted to the same m... |
21 May 2012
04:24 GMT |
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The website of the Chicago Police, chicagopolice.org, and the one hosted on the cityofchicago.org domain have been taken down by Anonymous hackers operating under the AntiS3curityOPS banner. They’ve published a YouTube video to celebrate the occasion, but it has been removed since. Mashable took a pe... |
21 May 2012
03:48 GMT |
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“Security Brief” continues with some of the most important events and incidents that marked the week between May 14 and May 20, 2012.
Many security companies detailed their findings as far as mobile malware is concerned. We‘ve seen that shady Android markets are showing up everywhere in the world,... |
20 May 2012
03:11 GMT |
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The website of UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (dwp.gov.uk) has been taken down yesterday as a result of a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack launched by the hacker collective known as the ATeam (Anonymous Team).
The hacktivists claim that their actions are a form of protest against “the a... |
19 May 2012
04:20 GMT |
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Supporters of Joseph Kony, the famous Ugandan guerilla leader who uses children as soldiers, have been attacking a number of websites, including the one of Occupy Wall Street (occupywallst.org), NATO Protest (natoprotest.org), US Africa Command (africom.mil) and Invisible Children (invisiblechildren.com).
The hacker... |
18 May 2012
05:26 GMT |
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Official Anonymous channels reveal that the site of India’s Supreme Court (supremecourtofindia.nic.in) and the one of the country’s All India Congress Committee (aicc.org.in) are being attacked, apparently as a form of protest against the instatement of website blockades.
Indian Internet service provider... |
17 May 2012
09:24 GMT |
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A hacker that goes by the name of Anonymous Saint, or Nyre, has taken credit for the attack that disrupted the activity of The Pirate Bay. He claims he is “Anonymous, but no longer supports Anonymous.” “You must be wondering why did I attacked The Pirate Bay. I am Nyre. I am highly against Anonymou... |
17 May 2012
05:43 GMT |
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Most internauts may have noticed that the sites of The Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks have been disrupted as a result of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks, but those aren’t the only attacks launched recently. UGNazi hackers have also been up to their usual shenanigans, sending large numbers of pac... |
17 May 2012
04:18 GMT |
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“WikiLeaks has been under sustained DDOS attacks over the last 72 hours. www.wikileaks.org is good, wikileaks.org is flooded,” read a tweet posted on the site’s Twitter account roughly 12 hours ago.
The identity of the individuals that have launched the attack is unknown, but the timing may indicat... |
17 May 2012
03:41 GMT |
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Yesterday we revealed that The Pirate Bay was being targeted by a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack that disrupted the site’s activity in a number of locations worldwide. As we suspected, Anonymous didn’t have anything to do with the attack.
“YES The Pirate Bay is down. YES it's unde... |
17 May 2012
03:10 GMT |
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In a strange turn of events, the famous torrent website The Pirate Bay has been down for the last 24 hours in many parts of the world as a result of a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. This comes after last week the site’s representatives criticized Anonymous hacktivists for using such methods agains... |
16 May 2012
10:28 GMT |
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Voyager Mobile, a new mobile network operator that was supposed to launch today, postponed the grand inauguration as a result of an attack on its main website.
“During its Tuesday, May 15 launch, Voyager Mobile experienced a malicious network attack to its primary website: voyagermobile.com. Due to the network... |
15 May 2012
09:55 GMT |
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A group of hacktivists apparently affiliated with Anonymous, called the ATeam, has launched distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks on the sites owned by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court, and Theresa May, member of parliament for Maidenhead.
TechWeek Eu... |
15 May 2012
08:47 GMT |
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Reddit features the interesting story of an individual who claims he is a botnet operator and a malware developer.
He starts his story by saying that he manages a customized ZeuS botnet made up of around 10,000 bots, which he uses for IRC, distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks and Bitcoin mining. As expected... |
14 May 2012
08:59 GMT |
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Hackers part of the UGNazi collective have gone silent for a while, but now they acquired another target on which they’ve launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. The break seems to have been caused by the fact that a number of the group’s members have been arrested. “We were quest... |
11 May 2012
06:42 GMT |
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A couple of teenagers from Norway have been arrested as part of a police investigation into a number of distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks, including the one on the site of UK’s Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA).
Aged 18 and 19, the suspects were apprehended by the country’s National Crimin... |
10 May 2012
10:26 GMT |
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The website of the Kremlin and the one of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) are experiencing difficulties today after Anonymous hacktivists have launched distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against them.
A few days ago, the Russian faction of Anonymous revealed its intentions of protesting the re-e... |
9 May 2012
09:34 GMT |
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Today, on May 9, one hour ago to be more precise, Anonymous channels revealed that the main site of the United Nations became the target of a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. The reason: a Palestinian hunger strike “ignored” by the UN and the western world.
According to Akhbar, the Palestinia... |
9 May 2012
08:50 GMT |
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After Virgin Media’s website has been taken offline as a result of a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack, representatives of The Pirate Bay came forward with a statement to reveal their disapproval towards these types of actions.
“We do NOT encourage these actions. We believe in the open and free... |
9 May 2012
07:37 GMT |
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After the UK High Court ordered the country’s Internet service providers (ISPs) to block their subscribers from accessing The Pirate Bay, Virgin Media was the first to comply. They may live to regret the decision, because it has put them in Anonymous' spotlight.
Yesterday, on May 8, Twitter channels utili... |
9 May 2012
03:07 GMT |
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As they promised, hacktivists launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack on the site of the UK Supreme Court at the end of last week. Another target of the same operation was the website of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). “#TANGODOWN for those who have just joined us supremecourt.gov.uk &... |
7 May 2012
07:31 GMT |
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As expected, Vladimir Putin, Russia’s prime minister for the past four years, has reclaimed his position as the country’s president after the elections that took place on May 4. However, Anonymous Russia don’t seem to welcome his re-election and as a result they have launched an operation that targe... |
7 May 2012
04:54 GMT |
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On May 2, Avaaz.org revealed that its official website became the target of a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack which, according to them, was most likely funded by a government or a large corporation that wanted to shut them down.
The global civic organization is a representative of activists world... |
4 May 2012
08:00 GMT |
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The site of the Grupo Salinas was taken down with a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack after the company’s chairman Ricardo Salinas Pliego posted a message on Twitter in which he revealed that the first presidential debate would not be broadcasted.
According to Vanguardia, Salinas refused to allow the... |
3 May 2012
10:59 GMT |
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A distributed denial-of service (DDOS) attack has been launched against the site of the United Kingdom’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), the BBC informs. As a result of the large number of packets being sent its way, the website has been down since last night.
The precise reasons for which the website w... |
3 May 2012
08:03 GMT |
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Russian security experts from SecurityLab informed that on April 26 the visitors of the popular Russian social media website VKontakte unwillingly and unknowingly took part in a distributed denial-of-service attack against antigate.com, a site that offers image to text recognition services. According to the experts,... |
3 May 2012
03:24 GMT |
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Around 10 million IPs were recorded as sending large numbers of requests towards the DNS servers of UK2.NET, one of the most important hosting companies in the UK.
The organization’s representatives told The Register that they’d never witnessed such a big distributed denial-of-service attack before.
During th... |
26 April 2012
09:11 GMT |
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Hackers part of the L0NHwave99 crew continue the campaign dubbed Operation Digital Tornado launched back in February as a form of protest against the US government. This episode, entitled “The Judgementday,” targets the sites of NASDAQ, the New York Stock Exchange (nyse.com), the Miami Stock Exchange (ms4... |
26 April 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Some while ago we saw that cybercriminals were advertising distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks on YouTube with videos in which attractive young women were describing the organization’s products. The marketing strategy deployed by the company seems to be working since they have recently released a new c... |
26 April 2012
06:58 GMT |
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Philippines is under cyberattack. The sites of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, Philippine National Police, Department of Foreign Affairs and the one of the Department of Budget and Management have been targeted, presumably by Chinese hackers. Officials from the government of the Philippi... |
25 April 2012
10:17 GMT |
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Pastie.org, the popular paste site, has been targeted with two distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks. To protect other customers and its own networks, Rails Machine decided to no longer host and sponsor the service.
“I did not see this coming and did not expect my hosting company to just pull the plug s... |
25 April 2012
09:29 GMT |
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When it comes to online protests, especially the ones in which distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks are involved, the sites of the Central Intelligence Agency (cia.gov), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the one of the Department of Justice (justice.gov) often seem to be the favorite targets.
Today... |
24 April 2012
02:55 GMT |
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A few days after they hacked the official website of the University of the Philippines, Chines hackers strike once again. This time the targets were three websites managed by the country’s presidency.
According to a statement made by a presidential spokesperson, on April 23, the sites of the Presidential Museu... |
23 April 2012
08:15 GMT |
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Hours after they threatened Formula 1 representatives for the race that’s about to take place in Bahrain, Anonymous hackers have launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack on the formula1.com site, as part of the operation dubbed OpBahrain. The main targets of the operation are not the Formula 1 or... |
21 April 2012
04:12 GMT |
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Hackers part of the UGNazi collective said they would continue to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks on sites that belong to the United States government, and it seems that they are keeping their promise. For the past 4 hours they have been attacking the State of Washington website, making it inacces... |
21 April 2012
03:42 GMT |
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UGNazi hackers, the ones that launched distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks on the Government of the District of Columbia's site (dc.gov) and the one of New York City (nyc.gov), are currently sending large numbers of requests towards the site of NASDAQ (nasdaq.com). “We have been attacking NASDAQ.... |
20 April 2012
03:10 GMT |
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Hackers part of the UGNazi collective, the ones who yesterday attacked the site of New York City, keeping it offline for close to an hour, return. Today, they target not only the site of New York City (nyc.gov), but also the one of the Government of the District of Columbia (dc.gov). Both sites, dc.gov and nyc.... |
19 April 2012
03:23 GMT |
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On April 14, the official website of the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) was attacked by Anonymous hackers and their supporters, but at the time, the organization managed to defend it. Now, the hacktivists behind OpTrialAtHome reveal that they will make another attempt on April 21.
“OpTrialAtH... |
18 April 2012
07:05 GMT |
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A hacker group called AlQaedaSec launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack on the official site of New York City (nyc.gov). “#TANGODOWN nyc.gov you just got #911'D! #Allah give us strength against the filthy sinners!” the hackers tweeted. s3rver.exe, one of the participants in the atta... |
18 April 2012
03:20 GMT |
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Anonymous hackers and their supporters have launched massive distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against the official site of the Central Intelligence Agency (cia.gov) and the one of the US Department of Justice (DOD - justice.gov).
According to one of the hackers that participated in the attacks, the webs... |
16 April 2012
03:31 GMT |
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Operation Blitzkrieg, the op initiated by Anonymous hacktivists against far-right and extremist groups, continues. While the hackers are more determined than ever to put an end to the activities of Nazis, an organization is promising a reward for anyone that can offer information regarding their identity.
Brian Whel... |
14 April 2012
06:17 GMT |
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Three sites, policiafederal.gov.br, dpf.gov.br, and pf.gov.br, belonging to the Brazilian Federal Police, have been targeted by Anonymous hackers and their supporters with distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks.
According to Havittaja, one of the hackers that coordinated the attacks, the sites have been down f... |
14 April 2012
04:27 GMT |
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The site of the Financial Services Roundtable (fsround.org), one of the companies named as a target of Operation Defense, has been taken down as a result of a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack launched by Anonymous and its supporters. Financial Services Roundtable is a firm that provides consumers ... |
13 April 2012
11:00 GMT |
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With SOPA out of the way, there’s a new controversial cyber bill that’s seen as a threat by the online community and as a result, Anonymous and supporters revealed their intentions of launching not only cyberattacks, but also physical protests to ensure that the law will never pass.
The Cyber Intelligenc... |
13 April 2012
06:12 GMT |
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Massive distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks were launched by Anonymous hackers and their supporters against the sites of TechAmerica and US Telecom, two major US trade associations that represent the telecoms industry.
The main reason for the attacks is the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CIS... |
11 April 2012
05:25 GMT |
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Operation Trial at Home was initiated over the weekend, with Anonymous hackers and their supporters launching distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against the sites of the Home Office (homeoffice.gov.uk), the Ministry of Justice (justice.gov.uk) and the one of the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister (number... |
11 April 2012
04:52 GMT |
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Since March 23, five important websites on which Al Qaeda promoted its ideals were taken down and experts believe that it’s the result of a cyberattack launched by a country that wants to test its cyber skills. According to the Christian Science Monitor, the short-term impact on Al Qaeda could be great because... |
5 April 2012
09:42 GMT |
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Operation Globo, the op launched by Anonymous hackers and their supporters to fight the censorship imposed by Brazilian TV network Globo and its affiliates, continues.
The attack schedule made public by hackers reveals that there are 9 new targets, most of which connected to Som Livre, a Brazilian record company ow... |
5 April 2012
04:12 GMT |
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The Anonymous community has once again united its efforts to fight censorship. This time, the targets were all the subdomains owned by Globo, the major Brazilian TV network that’s considered to be the fourth largest in the world.
OpGlobo started on April 2 and, since, a number of subdomains hosted on globo.com... |
4 April 2012
08:04 GMT |
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Websites managed by the Vatican have been once again targeted by Anonymous Italy. Unlike the first incident when the site was temporarily taken down with a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack, this time the hacktivists actually breached the systems, also disrupting the Radio Vatican site.
In their statement,... |
13 March 2012
05:32 GMT |
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