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Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is about to face cyber attacks from Anonymous and hackers around the world The online hactivist group Anonymous has pledged to revive its #OpTrump campaign, which was launched last year against Donald Trump. Remember last year the same hackers conducted a cyber attack on Donald Trump’s election campaign website against his hate speech. […]
The NWH group conducted a series of powerful DDoS attacks on Salt Lake City Police, Airport and Banking website against the shooting of a Somali teenager Abidi Mohamed The attackers from New World Hackers group (NWH) claimed that they conducted a series of powerful “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attacks on the official website of Salt Lake […]
The anti-DDoS firm Staminus claims to provide total protection from cyber attacks — However, they couldn’t protect themselves from such attacks Anti-DDoS firm, Staminus Communications Inc., a California-based Internet hosting provider that specializes in providing protection for customers from massive “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attacks aimed at knocking sites offline, has itself apparently been massively […]
A group of security researchers from the Edinburgh Napier University elaborated a new DDoS amplification technique relying on the TFTP protocol. A group of security experts from the Edinburgh Napier University (Boris Sieklik, Richard Macfarlane and Prof. William Buchanan) have discovered a new vector for DDoS amplification attacks. Recently the security community has discovered several ways […]
Anonymous Italy Launches #OperationGreenRights- Targets Italian Government Portals with DDoS Local government portals of Apulia and Basilicata regions in southern Italy have been attacked by the members of the infamous hacktivists collective Anonymous. The attack is being touted by Anonymous as a reactionary attempt to showcase resentment against the ongoing Trans Adriatic Pipeline project (TAP). […]
Anonymous activists’ Trio Due to be Sentenced in March for Targeting French Police and Government French judicial system is known for its speedy justice and serving the culprits well. This is, therefore, not a surprise that a Paris criminal court is due to sentence the three apprehended Anonymous members accused of targeting government websites and […]
The contract between Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Galois was signed in January. However, HackRead had a chance to discuss the contract with Galois. Galois and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) have formalized a contract to develop technology for preventing and combating extensive, sophisticated DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) […]
Al-Qeeq’s Detention Enrages Anonymous- Widespread DDoS Campaigns Planned Against Israel Army The online hacktivist Anonymous is known for targeting Israeli cyberspace including government, defence and private sectors. Now, Anonymous’ protest against the Israeli military for Mohammed Al-Qeeq’s detention is getting intensified as the infamous hacker group has announced that it will be launched DDoS campaigns against the […]
Even though the annual cost of cybercrime to global business is a whopping £200bn, some members of staff still aren’t taking online security issues seriously enough. In fact, 93 percent of UK and US ‘knowledge workers’ engaged in at least one form of risky data security last year according to a survey by Intermedia. Therefore, […]
A group of hackers famously known as New World Hackers (NWH) is claiming to attack a number of state websites in North Korea. The group is associated with the infamous hacktivists collective Anonymous and the cyber attack seems to be prompted by the recent satellite launch from North Korea. NWH shut down three websites merely […]
Pastebin.com faced heavy DDoS attacks which forced the platform to go offline. Pastebin.com is a world renowned online platform where users can store plain text but it is often under cyber attacks from hackers and cyber criminals. On 30th January 2016 someone started carrying a series of powerful Distributed Denial-of-Service attack (DDoS) on Pastebin.com forcing the platform to […]
Millions of LG G3 smartphone users are at risk of losing critical personal data due to a severe security weakness dubbed as the ‘SNAP’ vulnerability. This vulnerability is so grave that it can lead to data theft, denial of service (DoS) attacks and phishing attacks on LG G3 smartphones. According to the blog post from […]
The cyber war between Armenians and Azerbaijani hackers seems never ending — Like this recent cyber attack in which the Armenian hackers from The Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) hacked Azerbaijani government portals and stole sensitive data. The Armenian hackers from Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) are back in action and this time with yet another cyber attack […]
The HSBC UK’s banking servers were under powerful DDoS attack — Bank claims it defended its system against the attacks The online banking system of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) the UK was hit by a series of DDoS attacks Friday morning, affecting the servers on one of the most important days that is the payday. […]
A couple of weeks ago Anonymous hacked Thai Police servers and also leaked 1GB data from country’s supreme court website — All against to expose wrongdoing in a murder investigation Just two weeks ago around 300, Thai Courts of Justice websites were taken down by Anonymous to register protest against the sentencing of two Myanmar […]
Anonymous hackers shut down Japan’s Narita International Airport website against Dolphin slaughter. The online hacktivist Anonymous conducted a powerful DDoS attack on the official website of Narita International Airport of Japan disrupting the service on Friday night to Saturday. The local police and airport authorities have confirmed the attack and stated that a series of DDoS forced the site […]
The internet has as many downsides as well as upsides but it’s the lack of knowledge about dangers on users’ behalf makes it easier for hackers to go about their business — Let’s take a look at some of the best hacking tools and scripts. Hacking can be used both for malicious purposes as well […]
Turk Hack Team conducted several cyber attacks on top Iranian and Russian Ministry websites since the beginning of the conflict at the Syrian-Turkish border. The famous group of Turkish hackers going with the handle of Turk Hack Team or THT has been busy conducting cyber attacks against Russia, Iran and anyone standing against the country’s […]
A new Linux malware has been discovered which aims to help criminals steal data and spy on the PCs of infected users. The renowned IT security software developers Dr.Web from Russia have discovered a new malware targeting Linux users with the ability to embed itself with JPEG file format and send a screenshot of user’s […]
The Internet’s largest torrents platform Kickass faced major outage due to a series of powerful DDoS attacks by unknown hackers Kickass Torrents is the biggest torrent portal on the Internet. It is also listed in Alexa’s top 100 sites and therefore, it is often the target of DDoSing groups and cyber criminals from around the […]
According to researchers, Anonymous hacktivists group is relatively much bigger than you anticipated and become quite popular among people all over the world. News about their existence first became public on social media, with members shown flaunting Guy Fawkes masks. It was all quite fitting, with the group calling themselves Anonymous and wearing such masks in all […]