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Wives of Russian Pilots Duped into Posing for Fake Calendar in Mini Skirts and Medals
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Wives of Russian Pilots Duped into Posing for Fake Calendar in Mini Skirts and Medals

Hindustan Times  

A group of Ukrainian hacktivists tricked the wives of Russian pilots into posing for a fake calendar to reveal the identities of their husbands. The group posed in front of a Russian fighter jet wearing their husbands’ medals. Most wives chose to dress up in mini skirts and high heels for what they believed was an initiative to boost the …

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Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin Purge Has Begun
2 months ago

Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin Purge Has Begun

Wired  

In what may be a first, the US Department of Justice this week charged a hacker with attempting to cause injury and death by launching distributed denial-of-service attacks against hospitals. The group’s DDoS victims included Microsoft’s Azure cloud services, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Israel’s missile alert system, according to prosecutors. And open source experts say some of the information Cybercheck claims …

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Original Anonymous member blows the lid on the international cyber group's secrets for the first time
4 months, 1 week ago

Original Anonymous member blows the lid on the international cyber group's secrets for the first time

Daily Mail  

An original member of the international hacktivist gang Anonymous has blown the lid on the highly secretive group for the first time in a newly released documentary. The organization started in an online chatroom in 2006 Gregg Housh, the original member of the international hacking gang Anonymous has blown the lid on the highly secretive group for the first time …

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Amid speculation that a CYBERATTACK caused Meta's mega outage, expert reveals what 'technical issues' may have led to loss of service
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Amid speculation that a CYBERATTACK caused Meta's mega outage, expert reveals what 'technical issues' may have led to loss of service

Daily Mail  

A hacking group has claimed credit for one of its biggest social media outages in years on Tuesday — when millions of accounts went down worldwide on Facebook, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Threads, and WhatsApp. Meta's loss of service came soon after the AT&T outage that some speculated was caused by malicious hackers, as well as the United Healthcare ransomware attack, …

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Today’s Cache | Israeli power plant cyberattack false alarm; Amazon’s prescription drones; US backing for Nvidia
1 year, 2 months ago

Today’s Cache | Israeli power plant cyberattack false alarm; Amazon’s prescription drones; US backing for Nvidia

The Hindu  

Israeli power plant cyberattack false alarm Kaspersky’s report has conclusively debunked claims of a cyberattack on Israel’s Dorad power plant by the hacktivist group Cyber Av3ngers. Kaspersky’s experts found no substantive evidence linking Cyber Av3ngers to either Moses Staff or Cyber Avengers, despite name similarities, raising suspicions of a possible framing effort. Amazon’s Prime Air division initiated drone deliveries for …

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Claims of cyberattack on Israeli power plant found to false: Report
1 year, 2 months ago

Claims of cyberattack on Israeli power plant found to false: Report

The Hindu  

Reports of a cyberattack on Israel’s Dorad power plant by hacktivist group known as Cyber Av3ngers were found to be false, a report from Kaspersky said. The individual behind the Cyber Av3ngers Telegram channel may also be attempting to frame Cyber Avengers as impostors” Kaspersky said. The channel shared messages that link its owners to past activities of “Cyber Avengers”, …

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Israeli cyber security professionals band together amid Gaza war
1 year, 2 months ago

Israeli cyber security professionals band together amid Gaza war

The Hindu  

As Israeli children listened to their teacher over Zoom, the image of a gun-toting man in fatigues appeared on the screen, according to a screenshot shared with Reuters. Israeli information security professionals are banding together to provide free cybersecurity services to Israeli companies amid a spike in hacktivist activity sparked by the war in Gaza, volunteers said. The organisers of …

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Hamas-Israel conflict enters cyber space as hacker groups target government and private digital assets: Report
1 year, 2 months ago

Hamas-Israel conflict enters cyber space as hacker groups target government and private digital assets: Report

The Hindu  

The Hamas- Israel conflict entered cyberspace with hacker groups supporting either side launching cyber-attacks with an aim to sow confusion or alarm. Pro-Israeli hacktivists meanwhile were also active, with the official Hamas website being taken down by a hacker group called India Cyber Force, a report from Cybernews said. Anonymous Sudan, another hacktivist group widely suspected to be Russian, also …

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Activist Hackers Are Racing Into the Israel-Hamas War—for Both Sides
54 years, 11 months ago

Activist Hackers Are Racing Into the Israel-Hamas War—for Both Sides

Wired  

After an attack on Israel by Hamas on Saturday, Israel declared war and fighting escalated throughout the weekend. Within hours of Hamas militants and rockets entering Israel, such “hacktivist” attacks started to spring up against both Israeli and Palestinian websites and applications. “I saw at least 60 websites get DDoS attacks,” says Will Thomas, a member of the cybersecurity team …

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Delhi, Mumbai Police face massive cyberattacks from Pakistan-based hackers on G20 Summit eve
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi, Mumbai Police face massive cyberattacks from Pakistan-based hackers on G20 Summit eve

Firstpost  

The Delhi and Mumbai Police faced a slew of massive cyberattacks from Team Insane PK, a hacktivist group allegedly based out Pakistan. The attack took place on the eve of the G20 Summit in New Delhi During the ongoing G20 Summit 2023, both the websites of the Delhi Police and Mumbai Police experienced technical issues and temporarily became inaccessible due …

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Bangladesh Hacktivists Target India With DDoS Attacks, Data Breaches: Report
1 year, 4 months ago

Bangladesh Hacktivists Target India With DDoS Attacks, Data Breaches: Report

News 18  

A hacktivist group known as Mysterious Team Bangladesh has been linked to more than 750 distributed denial-of-service attacks and 78 website defacements since June 2022, primarily targeting government, financial, and transportation sector organisations with strong focus on India, a new report has shown. According to the cybersecurity firm Group-IB, the group emerged in 2020 but only began to garner global …

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Government issues cybersecurity alert after Indonesian hacker group attacks 12,000 Indian websites – India TV
1 year, 8 months ago

Government issues cybersecurity alert after Indonesian hacker group attacks 12,000 Indian websites – India TV

India TV News  

According to a cybersecurity notice issued by the Centre, an Indonesian cyber attack group is purportedly targeting 12,000 government websites in India. According to the alert, the hacktivist organisation has also issued a list of government websites that it claims to be targeting, including state and federal government websites. Last year, a Malaysian hacktivist group hacked Indian government websites in …

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Darktrace records growth amid increased hacktivism and AI threats
1 year, 9 months ago

Darktrace records growth amid increased hacktivism and AI threats

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cybersecurity group Darktrace has announced …

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Centre releases data on hacked govt websites, data breaches in 2022-23
1 year, 10 months ago

Centre releases data on hacked govt websites, data breaches in 2022-23

Live Mint  

In the years 2022–2023, 50 government websites have been hacked, said Ashwini Vaishnaw - the Union Minister for Communications, Electronics, and Information Technology. Vaishnaw added that there were six, seven and eight data breach events involving government organisations in the years 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively, according to data recorded by CERT-In and provided to them. "CERT-In has further informed …

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Hacktivism Is Back and Messier Than Ever
1 year, 11 months ago

Hacktivism Is Back and Messier Than Ever

Wired  

During its brutal war in Ukraine, Russian troops have burnt cities to the ground, raped and tortured civilians, and committed scores of potential war crimes. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine spawned scores of hacktivist groups on both sides of the conflict, while in Iran and Israel, so-called hacktivist groups are launching increasingly destructive attacks. This new wave of hacktivism, which …

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Data hack reveals right-wing Liberty Counsel pushed Trump in apparent violation of IRS rules
2 years, 3 months ago

Data hack reveals right-wing Liberty Counsel pushed Trump in apparent violation of IRS rules

Raw Story  

A data hack reveals the right-wing Liberty Counsel may have violated IRS rules against political activity. The hacktivist site Enlace Hacktivista released a 25-gigabyte Liberty Counsel database containing nearly seven years of donor records, which show that 501 nonprofit organizations controlled by the evangelical organization encouraged supporters to vote for Donald Trump -- an apparent violation of IRS rules prohibiting …

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Hacker groups from Malaysia, Indonesia initiate cyber war against India over Nupur Sharma's remark
2 years, 5 months ago

Hacker groups from Malaysia, Indonesia initiate cyber war against India over Nupur Sharma's remark

Firstpost  

The group have been identified as Dragonforce Malaysia and Hacktivist Indonesia Ahmedabad: Two hacker groups from Malaysia and Indonesia initiated a cyber war against India in the aftermath of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s controversial comments on Prophet Muhammad during a TV debate, the police said. “Hacker groups Dragonforce Malaysia and Hacktivist Indonesia belonging to Malaysia and Indonesia declared cyber …

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Wray: FBI blocked planned cyberattack on children’s hospital
2 years, 6 months ago

Wray: FBI blocked planned cyberattack on children’s hospital

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The FBI thwarted a planned cyberattack on a children’s hospital in Boston that was to have been carried out by hackers Wray told a Boston College cybersecurity conference that his agents learned of the planned digital attack from an unspecified intelligence partner and got Boston Children’s Hospital the information it needed last summer to block what would have …

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North Korean IT Workers Are Infiltrating Tech Companies
2 years, 7 months ago

North Korean IT Workers Are Infiltrating Tech Companies

Wired  

As Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine heads towards its hundredth day, opposition from Ukrainian forces is as strong as ever. International sanctions imposed against North Korea, for its continued development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, mean the nation can’t trade with other countries or bring outside money within its borders. The risks of hiring North Korean workers range from …

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Ukraine’s Defense—and Hacktivists—Have Raised Over $4M in Cryptocurrency
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine’s Defense—and Hacktivists—Have Raised Over $4M in Cryptocurrency

Wired  

This story was originally published on on February 8, and has been updated to include events following Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine. Cryptocurrency payments to military and hacktivist groups in Ukraine aimed at countering Russian aggression against the country rose sharply in the second half of 2021, according to cryptocurrency tracing and blockchain analysis firm Elliptic. And now, in …

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Why the Belarus Railways Hack Marks a First for Ransomware
54 years, 11 months ago

Why the Belarus Railways Hack Marks a First for Ransomware

Wired  

For years, idealistic hacktivists have disrupted corporate and government IT systems in acts of protest. On Monday, a group of Belarusian politically motivated hackers known as the Belarusian Cyber Partisans announced on Twitter and Telegram that they had breached the computer systems of Belarusian Railways, the country's national train system, as part of a hacktivist effort the attackers call Scorching …

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Belarus hacktivists target railway in anti-Russia effort
2 years, 10 months ago

Belarus hacktivists target railway in anti-Russia effort

Associated Press  

A Belarusian hacktivist group says it has launched a limited cyberattack on the national railway company, aimed at impeding the movement of Russian troops and freight inside the Moscow-allied country. The group, Belarusian Cyber Partisans, said it had disrupted the online sale of tickets in Monday’s attack and was working to fix that as it did not intend to disturb …

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"Ted Cruz is the Zodiac killer": Texas GOP website hacked over new abortion ban
3 years, 3 months ago

"Ted Cruz is the Zodiac killer": Texas GOP website hacked over new abortion ban

Salon  

The Texas Republican Party's website is back up after being penetrated and commandeered over the weekend by hacktivist group Anonymous, who used the site to protest the state's embattled abortion ban. According to the Dallas Morning News, members of Anonymous replaced the site's webpages with pro-choice and anti-Republican rhetoric, posting the words "Planned Parenthood" and "Ted Cruz is the Zodiac …

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