Hackers belonging to the Anonymous hacktivist group are reportedly planning a concentrated attack on hundreds of popular Israeli Internet pages beginning on Valentine’s Day. Data security agencies have discovered that “bots” were planted in the computerized systems of a number of commercial companies, and the bots are set to become operational on February 14, effectively shutting [...]
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Israel to receive a not-so-romantic Valentine’s gift from Anonymous
Posted: 7th February 2012 by infosecindia in DDoS, NewsTags: Anonymous, cyberattacks, hacktivist, Israel, Valentine's Day
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LulzSec attacks SOCA, begins #antisec campaign against governments
Posted: 20th June 2011 by infosecindia in DDoS, NewsTags: #AntiSec, hack, hacktivist, LulzSec, Serious Organised Crime Agency, SOCA
UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency, SOCA has become the latest victim of the LulzSec hacktivist group as its website was sporadically inaccessible today in a possible DDoS attack. Post the announcement LulzSec made about its attack on the CIA’s website, a message on Twitter announced the news of the denial-of-service attack: Tango down – soca.gov.uk – [...]
After Spanish arrests, 32 alleged Anonymous members arrested in Turkey
Posted: 13th June 2011 by infosecindia in DDoS, Law & OrderTags: Anonymous, DDoS, hacktivist, LOIC, Low Orbit Ion Cannon, Turkey
The Anadolu Agency reported today the alleged members of hacktivist group Anonymous were arrested in 12 cities, including Ankara and Istanbul in Turkey. Turkish police are reported to have detained 32 people in connection with internet attacks that have disrupted access to government websites. The detained suspects have been taken to Ankara for questioning. The arrests come just days [...]
LulzSec playing hide and seek with US intelligence
Posted: 9th June 2011 by infosecindia in Law & Order, NewsTags: FBI, hacktivist, Lulz Security, LulzSec, LulzSec website, lulzsecurity.com, lulzsecurity.org
Hacktivist group, LulzSec that recently claimed responsbility to hacks on Sony, Nintendo, Fox.com and even FBI, is playing hide and seek with federal agencies at the moment, who are trying to bring down its online presence as of now. The group’s website, Lulzsecurity.org has been brought down by the agencies who have placed the following [...]
LulzSec strikes at Sony for the second time: over 1 million user records exposed
Posted: 3rd June 2011 by infosecindia in Data Loss, Data Privacy, NewsTags: and welcome to Sownage, data breach, hack, hacktivist, LulzSec, LulzSec website, Pastebin, personal information, PII, Sony, SonyPictures.com, very bit of data we took wasn't encrypted, We're LulzSec
Hacktivist group, LulzSec has struck Sony for the second time in a row, after it exposed the databases electronic giant’s Japan websites. In the latest hack, LulzSec has exposed personal information or PII that included the names, birth dates, addresses, emails, phone numbers and passwords of people who had entered contests promoted by Sony and [...]
Anonymous prepares strike against PROTECT IP Act in Operation Payback
Posted: 24th May 2011 by infosecindia in DDoS, NewsTags: Anonymous, hacktivist, IRC, MPAA, Operation Payback, PROTECT IP, RIAA, US
The notorious hacktivist group Anonymous, which was recently blamed for the hack on Sony PlayStation Network is preparing for yet another assault. The group is calling its members and supporters for Operation Payback, on the lines of Operation Payback that attacked websites of companies like PayPal and Mastercard in support of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. [...]
Websites of hacktivist group Anonymous hacked!
Posted: 9th May 2011 by infosecindia in DDoS, NewsTags: AnonOps, AnonOps.net, AnonOps.ru, Anonymous, Encyclopedia Dramatica, hack, hacktivist
The infamous Anonymous group that has claimed responsibility for attacks on New Zealand government sites, on NeoNazi websites, has been blamed for Sony hack among other attacks in the name of online activism or what can also be described as hacktivism has become a target of its own tactics. AnonOps, one of the most active [...]
Anonymous officially denies involvement in PSN outage
Posted: 22nd April 2011 by infosecindia in DDoS, NewsTags: AnonOps, Anonymous, cyberattacks, DDoS, hacktivist, outage, PlayStation, Playstation Network, PS3, PSN, Sony
Sony’s Playstation Network is still suffering an outage even after more than 48 hours since it began. According to Sony’s blog, the interruption in service may last into the long weekend – for at least another “full day or two”. Sony released a statement through its EU blog, saying that the network outage may be [...]
Anonymous warns New Zealand against Copyright Law
Posted: 21st April 2011 by infosecindia in Law & Order, NewsTags: Anonymous, Copyright Law, hacker, hacktivist, New Zealand, right to information
While the New Zealand government tries to bring in The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill, they have caught the attention of a rather unexpected group. The new Bill will allow the New Zealand government to use legal means to punish those who download alleged copyright material without paying for it. Punishments for these so [...]
Android, Anonymous Hacktivist Group Feature in the Most Serious Issues of Q1 2011
Posted: 8th April 2011 by infosecindia in NewsTags: Android, Anonymous, app store, hacktivist, marketplace, mobile
> According to a PandaLabs Quarterly Report of 2011, the first three months of 2011 witnessed some particularly intense virus activity and there have been three serious incidents during this period: the largest single attack against Android cell phones, intensive use of Facebook to distribute malware, and an attack by the Anonymous hacktivist group against [...]