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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 16th, 2013
Belgian Telecoms Company Belgacom Hacked, Spy Agencies Blamed

Belgian Telecoms Company Belgacom Hacked, Spy Agencies Blamed

The NSA and the GCHQ are the main suspects in this reportedly state-sponsored attack

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 12th, 2013
MacTalk Hacked, Defaced with Pro-Syria Message

MacTalk Hacked, Defaced with Pro-Syria Message

A hacker of SeCuR!TY L!0NS H4CK3RS has taken credit for the attack

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 12th, 2013
Vodafone Germany Hacked, Details of 2 Million Users Stolen

Vodafone Germany Hacked, Details of 2 Million Users Stolen

Hackers have gained access to bank account numbers and bank sort codes

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 11th, 2013
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Large Number of FOX Twitter Accounts via HootSuite

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Large Number of FOX Twitter Accounts via HootSuite

National Geographic accounts are also impacted by the hack

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • September 4th, 2013
Commander X Quits Anonymous and Hacktivism

Commander X Quits Anonymous and Hacktivism

The hacker is settling down for a quiet life with robotics

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 28th, 2013
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Australian Internet Company, NYT and Twitter Disrupted

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Australian Internet Company, NYT and Twitter Disrupted

Up to nine domains were impacted by the cyberattack

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 27th, 2013
Google Palestine Defaced Because Palestine Is Shown as Israel on Google Maps

Google Palestine Defaced Because Palestine Is Shown as Israel on Google Maps

Hackers used DNS poisoning to redirect visitors of Google.ps to a defacement page

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 23rd, 2013
Syrian Electronic Army Hijacks GoDaddy Account, Email Addresses of ShareThis.com

Syrian Electronic Army Hijacks GoDaddy Account, Email Addresses of ShareThis.com

The company claimed it was having "technical difficulties"

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 19th, 2013
Anonymous Hacks UK Government Site in Response to Detention of David Miranda

Anonymous Hacks UK Government Site in Response to Detention of David Miranda

The hackers say they're preparing something big in response to the recent NSA revelations

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 16th, 2013
Outbrain Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army, CNN, Time and Washington Post Impacted

Outbrain Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army, CNN, Time and Washington Post Impacted

The hackers were preparing to hijack The New York Times as well

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 14th, 2013
Facebook and Twitter Accounts of the New York Post Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

Facebook and Twitter Accounts of the New York Post Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

A total of six social media accounts have been hijacked

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 7th, 2013
Zimbabwe’s Presidential Election Accompanied by Cyberattacks

Zimbabwe’s Presidential Election Accompanied by Cyberattacks

Several websites reporting on the election have been hit by attacks

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 6th, 2013
Experts Say NSA Might Be Behind Tor Malware Attack

Experts Say NSA Might Be Behind Tor Malware Attack

Others say the IP address data has been misinterpreted

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 6th, 2013
DNS Servers of 3 Dutch Hosting Firms Hijacked, Thousands of Sites Serve Malware

DNS Servers of 3 Dutch Hosting Firms Hijacked, Thousands of Sites Serve Malware

Fox-IT researchers have published an analysis of the attack

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 5th, 2013
Hackers Host Child Abuse Images on Compromised Websites, IWF Warns

Hackers Host Child Abuse Images on Compromised Websites, IWF Warns

Experts have several theories as to who is behind these schemes

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 5th, 2013
Tor Service Freedom Hosting Reportedly Hacked, Alleged Operator Arrested

Tor Service Freedom Hosting Reportedly Hacked, Alleged Operator Arrested

The US is seeking the extradition of Eric Eoin Marques

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 3rd, 2013
Expert Uses Decoy Water Plant to Show Chinese Hackers Are Targeting ICS

Expert Uses Decoy Water Plant to Show Chinese Hackers Are Targeting ICS

Trend Micro's Kyle Wilhoit presented his findings at Black Hat 2013

 
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