Qatar is Down ! Syrian Electronic Army hijacks major Qatar websites

The Syrian Electronic Army SEA is at it again. The hacktivist group, who are known to back Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has hacked many high profile Qatar based websites, including the Google, Facebook, Aljazeera and Government - Military websites. Starting at about 4:25 am GMT 5:30+, the...

US news agency GlobalPost's twitter and website hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

In a series of high profile hacks, 'Syrian Electronic Army SEA' just a few minutes before took control twitter account and website of 'GlobalPost', a US based news agency. 'Syrian Electronic Army is an organized hacking group loyal to the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and known for their high...

US news agency GlobalPost's twitter and website hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

In a series of high profile hacks, 'Syrian Electronic Army SEA' just a few minutes before took control twitter account and website of 'GlobalPost', a US based news agency. 'Syrian Electronic Army is an organized hacking group loyal to the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and known for their high...

New Mac OS Malware exploited two known Java vulnerabilities

A new Mac OS Malware has been discovered called OSX/Leverage.A, which appears to be yet another targeted command-and-control Trojan horse, that creates a backdoor on an affected user's machine. The Trojan named 'Leverage' because the Trojan horse is distributed as an application disguised as a...

New Mac OS Malware exploited two known Java vulnerabilities

A new Mac OS Malware has been discovered called OSX/Leverage.A, which appears to be yet another targeted command-and-control Trojan horse, that creates a backdoor on an affected user’s machine. The Trojan named 'Leverage' because the Trojan horse is distributed as an application disguised as a...

Turning your iPhone or Android camera into Microscope

Have you ever been wanting to take a picture of something you're looking at under your microscope but you just can't? Well, but now the Microphone Lens turns your iPhone or Android camera phone into a portable handheld microscope. By attaching a lightweight, inexpensive device to the back of a...

Email Spam Claims US Attacks Syria and Leads to Malware

A new phishing campaign is disseminating malicious links with emails purporting to come from CNN saying that the United States has initiated military strikes against the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad. One such email, obtained by Kaspersky Lab and posted on Securelist, comes...

FBI Cyber Division put 'Syrian Electronic Army' Hackers in wanted list

The Syrian Electronic Army SEA, a pro-regime hacker group that emerged during Syrian anti-government protests in 2011, and involved in cyber attacks against western media organizations are now in the FBI's wanted list. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued an alert warning of cyber attac...

FBI Cyber Division put 'Syrian Electronic Army' Hackers in wanted list

The Syrian Electronic Army SEA, a pro-regime hacker group that emerged during Syrian anti-government protests in 2011, and involved in cyber attacks against western media organizations are now in the FBI's wanted list. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued an alert warning of cyber attac...

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso Discuss the NYT Attack, News of the Week

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso discuss the big stories of the last couple of weeks, including the Syrian Electronic Army’s attacks against the registrar for the New York Times and Twitter, and the release of Facebook’s first transparency report. Download: digitalunderground124 Subscribe to the...

Inside the Response to the New York Times Attack

Late Tuesday morning, one of the engineers in CloudFlare’s San Francisco office saw a message on Twitter saying that the New York Times Web site was down. Minutes later, more messages appeared, as security researchers and others began looking into the situation and realized that someone may have...

New York Times, Twitter and Huffington Post Domains hijacked by Syrian Electronic Army

Media companies including the New York Times, Twitter and the Huffington Post has been unavailable since Tuesday after the external malicious attack by a group of hackers supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad. For the second time this month, the New York Times' website has gone down. "The New...

Syrian Electronic Army Hack Results in Compromise of Domain Data For NY Times, Twitter

The Syrian Electronic Army, a group known for attacking high-profile media sites in the last year or so, has in the last few hours compromised the domain information for a large number of sites, including the New York Times home page and some of Twitter’s domains. Security researchers say that th...

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks the Outbrain service; Washington Post, CNN suffers

After months of disrupting the Twitter accounts of major U.S. media outlets, The Syrian Electronic Army Leader Says that they won't Stop hacking. Just two days before SocialFlow, a social media optimization platform was hacked by Syrian Electronic Army and readers on certain stories being...

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Washington Post

One day after the New York Times Web site was offline for several hours due to what experts speculated was an attack, the site of the Washington Post was hacked, apparently by the Syrian Electronic Army. Officials at the Post said that the attack followed closely on the heels of the SEA hacking t...

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks the Outbrain service; Washington Post, CNN suffers

After months of disrupting the Twitter accounts of major U.S. media outlets, The Syrian Electronic Army Leader Says that they won’t Stop hacking. Just two days before SocialFlow, a social media optimization platform was hacked by Syrian Electronic Army and readers on certain stories being...

Pakistani hackers hit Indian Eastern Railways Website just before Independence day

Just four days before the Independence day, The Pakistani hacker known as 'MindCracker' from Pakistan Cyber Army team hacked into the Indian Eastern Railways website and deface some internal pages, as shown in the screenshot taken by us few hours before. At the time of reporting, website...

Pakistani hackers hit Indian Eastern Railways Website just before Independence day

Just four days before the Independence day, The Pakistani hacker known as 'MindCracker' from Pakistan Cyber Army team hacked into the Indian Eastern Railways website and deface some internal pages, as shown in the screenshot taken by us few hours before. At the time of reporting, website...

Pakistan Army site and Facebook pages compromised by Indian hacker Godzilla

Pakistan Army site pakistanarmy.gov.pk and Three Facebook pages hacked by an Indian hacker 'Godzilla'. Hacker told 'The Hacker News' that, using a CMS vulnerability they got access into the Pakistan army website using credentials i.e. Username: magadmin password: $%modern! . Then they left a...

Pakistan Army site and Facebook pages compromised by Indian hacker Godzilla

Pakistan Army site pakistanarmy.gov.pk and Three Facebook pages hacked by an Indian hacker 'Godzilla'. Hacker told 'The Hacker News' that, using a CMS vulnerability they got access into the Pakistan army website using credentials i.e. Username: magadmin password: $%modern! . Then they left a...