China .cn Domain Available Again after DDoS Attack

Long fingered as the source of denial-of-service attacks and other hacks against foreign interests, China’s .cn domain was targeted on Sunday and approximately one-third of the sites registered to that domain were kept offline for a period of time. A statement from the China Internet Network...

Bank DDoS Attacks Resume

A number of U.S. banks are dealing with online service disruptions as hacktivists reportedly have launched another round of distributed denial of service DDoS attacks against financial institutions. According to sitedown.co, customers for PNC Bank, Wells Fargo, Citibank, Bank of America and a...

DDoS Attacks on Major US Banks Resurface

UPDATE — The group that claimed responsibility for large-scale distributed denial-of-service attacks against major U.S. banks in September and October has carried out another flurry of attacks that are still ongoing today. Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters posted its latest threat on Pastebin,...

Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters threaten American Banks again

The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters published a new message on their Pastebin profile , warning of a new round of cyber attacks against U.S. financial institutions, beginning this week. In September and October, al-Qassam launched widespread distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks against...

HSBC hit by Anonymous denial-of-service attack

The multinational bank HSBC has blamed a denial of service attack for the downtime of many of its websites worldwide on Thursday night and the Anonymous group has been quick to take credit. "Banks are the sole cause of our current worldwide economic problems. They deserve to get hit. RBS, Lloyds...

Capital One Financial Corp latest victim of Cyber Attack

Capital One Financial Corp. said it's the latest target in a new round of coordinated cyber attacks aimed at disrupting the websites of major U.S. banks, and SunTrust Banks Inc. and Regions Financial Corp. said they expect to be next. The so-called "Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters" posted a...

Hackers disrupt Interpol website against Anti-Islam film

A hacker group "Kosova Hacker's Security" based in the Middle East take down Interpol website yesterday. According to claim of Hackers, they are doing this cyber attack on a law enforcement agency to show their protest against the controversial Anti-Islam film, Innocence of Muslims. According to...

Automated Toolkits Named in Massive DDoS Attacks Against U.S. Banks

Attackers targeting major U.S. banks with distributed denial of service attacks are using a number of toolkits to automate the job. Prolexic Technologies, a security company specializing in DDoS protection services, identified one toolkit called itsoknoproblembro, a kit that attacks multiple port...

'Historic' DDoS Attacks Against Major U.S. Banks Continue

PNC Bank appears, as promised, to be the latest victim of hacktivists carrying out denial-of-service attacks against major U.S. financial services institutions. PNC, out of Pittsburgh, joins Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America on a list of banks taken offline reportedly by a...

Bank of America Website under Cyber Attack from Islamic Hackers

Bank of America's website experienced periodic outages Tuesday due to cyber attacks launched in retaliation for "Innocence of Muslims," the amateurish film whose mocking portrait of the Prophet Muhammad has incited deadly riots throughout the Middle East. "Cyber fighters of Izz ad-din Al qassam"...