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Android users hit by ZooPark malware stealing data & recording calls

Kaspersky Lab has discovered a brand new cyber-spying campaign targeting Android users via Telegram chat app and infected websites while watering holes is the preferred attack vector. Watering holes is a technique in which famous websites are infected with malware so that visitors unknowingly get their devices infected. The main targets of this campaign are users […]

State Spy Programs, espionage & Monero mining – fingers point at Sandvine

Sandvine Products and Technology Used by Egypt, Turkey, and Syrian Governments to Install Spyware and Monero Mining. A Canadian security and human rights research group Citizen Lab has discovered that Turkey, Egypt, and Syrian governments are involved in the hijacking of local internet connections for the purpose of injecting surveillance malware. Moreover, Citizen Lab, run by […]

Muslim Brotherhood’s Website Suffers DDoS Attacks and Data Leak

The official English language website of Muslim Brotherhood movement was forced to go offline after facing massive DDoS attacks! Earlier today, a hacker going by the handle of SkyNetCentral conducted a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the official website of Society of the Muslim Brothers or Muslim Brotherhood (Al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun in Arabic) forcing the website to […]

Hacker Develops Undisputed KillerRat to Spy on Windows PCs

Egyptian Hacker Uses njRAT Codebase to Create KillerRat — The RAT goes completely hidden upon scanning. A new Remote Access Trojan/RAT has been created by an Egyptian hacker, which is so powerful that it lets hackers run their operations with advanced spying powers and without getting identified. The most interesting is that the old structure […]

Anonymous Hacks Egyptian Presidency and Other Government Websites

The Egyptian branch of the online hacktivist Anonymous conducted a massive cyber attack on Egyptian government websites in solidarity with protesters killed in August 2013. On Thursday, the Egyptian presidency website went offline, which in reality was a hacking attempt made on the site. The attack was carried out by an Anonymous group, told a Cabinet […]

Gaza Hackers Successfully Target Israel with ‘Porn Star Video’ Malware

Egypt and Gaza-based hackers seem to have united against the Israeli government, military network and research infrastructure since the traces of two ongoing malware attacks lead to Gaza- reveals Trend Micro report. Trend Micro’s report didn’t specifically name the targeted or affected websites and Israel’s National Cyber Authority spokesperson states that the government hasn’t received […]

Egyptian Ministry of Information Website Hacked by Libyan Hackers

The official website of Egyptian Ministry of Information has been hacked and defaced by hackers from a group going with the handle of Libyan Cyber Army. Egyptian ministry website was hacked few hours ago and left with a deface page, displaying Libyan flag on it. The reason for targeting the Egyptian Ministry of Information was not mentioned anywhere. However […]