The total number of arrests made concerning Sodinokibi/REvil and GandCrab ransomware is now seven. Europol launched a multi-agency operation to catch REvil ransomware operators (Ransomware-Evil) based on their findings of an old ransomware strain, GrandCrab, which authorities believe is the predecessor of REvil. Dubbed Operation GoldDust; around seventeen countries took part in the operation. These […]
UAE and Kuwait government agencies are targets of a new cyberespionage campaign potentially carried out by Iranian threat actors, according to new research. Attributing the operation to be the work of Static Kitten (aka MERCURY or MuddyWater), Anomali said the “objective of this activity is to install a remote management tool called ScreenConnect (acquired by […]
A group of hackers going by the handle of “Group_Dmar” hacked and defaced the official website of Kuwaiti Parliament on Saturday when the country was gearing up for its parliamentary election. Hackers left a deface page along with a brief message in Arabic accusing Mr. Abdul Hamid Dashti, a member of parliament of being an Iranian agent […]
Some hack for a reason, some hack for no reason and some hack to teach others a lesson — This hack is to teach bad admins a lesson. A hacker going by the handle of “Websites Hunter” on Twitter breached into the server of Kuwait Automotive Imports Company (Kaico.net) and stole personal details of 10,000 customers on […]
The anti-Bashar Al Assad hacker from Syria hacked into the official website of Uzbekistan Embassy in Kuwait and demanded governments around the world to bring peace in Syria. Dr.SHA6H also known as Free Syrian Hacker is a high-profile hacker from Syria. He is known for hacking top government websites. Now after a break he is back in news by defacing […]
The official website belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kuwait was hacked and defaced on 26th March, 2014 by unknown hackers but reading the message on site shows they are Anti Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. Hackers left a deface page along with a message, asking Kuwaiti government and other Middle Eastern countries […]
The official website of Lebanese parliament (www.lp.gov.lb) was hacked and defaced by “Team Kuwaiti Hackers” on Saturday. The hackers left their defaces page with an image of Sheikh Ahmad, Shaikh of Bilal Ben Rabah Mosque in Lebanon along with a message in Arabic language bashing the Lebanese parliament for supporting Syrian government and apposing Hizbullah. According to the deface message “The Huzbullah has always bullied […]
A group of hackers from Team Kuwait Hackers have hacked and defaced the official website of Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (www.pmo.iq). The website which was hacked on 2nd Feb, left with a deface page and a message in Arabic language with an image of Nouri al-Maliki insulting him with a shoe on his forehead. According to the deface message: […]
The famous online Hackavist group Anonymous have hacked and defaced the official website of Diwan of the Kuwaiti Crown Prince (cpd.gov.kw), sends greeting to the Prince and the protesters who were allegedly tortured and jailed by the Kuwaiti government. The group left a Christmas card ”type of” deface page along with a deface message, Christmas greetings to Anonymous hackers and supporters arrested by […]