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Anonymous OpIcarus is underway and the new targets include banking sites in France, UAE, Philippine, Tunisia, Trinidad and Tobago! It looks like the online hacktivist group Anonymous is furious with no plans on giving up on the ongoing operation OpIcarus. We are saying that on the basis of a sudden increase in their cyber attacks on the […]
Anonymous, BannedOffline group and Ghost Squad are still conducting short term cyber attacks on banking sites around the world — Here is an update of their recent attacks! After a short break, Anonymous, BannedOffline and Ghost Squad are back in action — Their latest targets to face the fury are banking websites in Jordan, South Korea, Monegasque […]
Viking Horde malware gains root access of any Android device — It can steal your personal data, conduct DDoS attacks and ad frauds. Android devices are under constant threat of malware attacks, recently, an IT security firm Check Point has exposed a dangerous malware targeting Android devices. They call it Viking Horde malware which has infected several […]
Anonymous and Ghost Squad have conducted another series of cyber attacks on banking websites in Kenya, Panama, Bosnia and Herzegovina — The hacktivists vow to carry on targeting the financial giants! It’s been over a week since Anonymous and Ghost Squad began conducting cyber attacks on banking websites worldwide. It’s the weekend now but the hacktivists […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous and Ghost Squad Attackers are targeting banking websites worldwide for operation OpIcarus. Though they have their difference, when it comes to OpIcarus it seems the Anonymous hacktivists andGhost Squad group have found mutual interests. It all started when Ghost Squad was hailed as heroes after targeting the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) website before doing what could be deemed […]
OpIcarus has found another target and this time it’s the Central Bank of Cyprus. A group of hacktivists shut down the official website of Central Bank of Cyprus earlier today for operation OpIcarus, an online operation aimed at targeting banking and financial institutes worldwide. Operation OpIcarus was launched in January 2016 and restarted in March 2016. […]
Anonymous shut down the bank of Greece website in a powerful DDoS attack — Vows to target more banks against financial corruption. The online hacktivist Anonymous recently relaunched operation OpIcarus directed towards banking sector in Europe and the United States — The first bank coming under the fire is the Bank of Greece who had their website […]
Attackers have found a new target and this time it’s the official website of the Black Lives Matter movement. Ghost Squad hacktivists have conducted a series of some powerful DDoS attacks on the official website of Black Lives Matter movement forcing it to go offline for the visitors. In the first phase of the attack which was conducted yesterday GS DDoSed […]
Good thing is that the servers weren’t connected to the Internet so no damage was done The Gundremmingen nuclear power facility’s computer systems have been identified to be loaded with malware by the German electrical utility company RWE employees. This nuclear power plant is around 75 miles away from Munich and seemingly it is plagued with […]
Short Bytes: According to a recent revelation, a hacking group called Armada Collective collected more than $100,000 just by sending a DDoS threat in an email to online businesses. The spooked businesses were asked to pay the amount in Bitcoin in the form of a protection money. A hacking group called the Armada Collective has earned […]
Pro-ISIS hackers from all over the world have joined hands to make a new hacking unit to target the US and West. Hackers supporting the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) aka Daesh terrorist group have joined hands with other terrorist supporting groups to form a joint team and collectively target the cyberspace in the West. The super hacking unit […]
“This is not a joke,” e-mail threatening massive DDoS says. Except it is. In less than two months, online businesses have paid more than $100,000 to scammers who set up a fake distributed denial-of-service gang that has yet to launch a single attack. The charlatans sent businesses around the globe extortion e-mails threatening debilitating DDoS attacks […]
Anonymous has shut down the official website of KKK Knights — It has been about 4 hours that the site is down The official website of Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) has been shut down in a series of powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks just a few hours ago. The group behind this […]
Anonymous NWH targets Denver police department domain with DDoS attack to register protest against the fatal shooting of 39-year-old Dion Avila An Anonymous-linked team of attackers called New World Hacking (NWH) has conducted a series of powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on Denver city, county and police website earlier today forcing the site to go offline — The […]
Stressful Friday for Gamers as Blizzard’s Servers Targeted by Infamous Lizard Squad through DDoS DDoS attacks have become so widespread that every other day we hear about some website getting targeted and victimized. It has become the most common method of instigating a cyber-attack against private or government websites as well as private publications. However, […]
Anonymous conducted DDoS attack on Dalhousie University website against 2015 rape case — Anonymous demands punishment for the culprits In November 2015, HackRead reported about the hacktivist group Anonymous forcing Halifax Regional Municipality police into reopening the investigation of a sexual assault case involving an 18-year-old girl Jane Doe attacked by a fellow student on Halloween night […]
“Anonymous” vows to carry on its annual assaults on Israeli infrastructure linked to its #OpIsrael campaign on April 7, 2015 — However, it seems more hype than harm The first attacks in connection with #OpIsrael occurred in 2013, wherein some divisions of the Anonymous hackers mutually launched multiple organized cyber-attacks against Israeli websites on the eve […]
Turkish hackers have been targeting Armenian websites and Armenian hackers are targeting Azerbaijani government — Meanwhile Azerbaijani hackers are missing from the picture A group of Turkish hackers going by the online handle of Turk Hack Team (THT) have decided to side with Azerbaijan over the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and conducted a series of cyber […]
Bitcoin’s Secure Wallet Service Coinkite Inc. Closing Down due to never-ending DDoS Attacks and Governmental Nagging Bitcoin exchanges around the world face cyber attacks every now and then, some owners give up while some fight back. In the case of Bitcoin startup Coinkite Inc., it is now officially announced that its secure wallet service, which […]
Anonymous-linked Hackers Attack NASA’s System for Allegedly Keeping a Huge Secret Anonymous is a loosely connected group of hacktivists that doesn’t appreciate governments keeping secrets or conducting operations that somehow violate user privacy. So, to register their resentment what they do is attack the agency’s systems and hack critically important data. The same modus operandi […]
Short Bytes: As promised, the hacktivist group Anonymous has started its #OpTrump campaign. The Anonymous hackers have leaked tons of personal information about Donald Trump and dumped it online. They are also planning to do more damage by DDoSing Donald Trump’s websites and some famous universities. Earlier this week, Anonymous declared a war on Donald Trump […]