Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group NoName057(16) Launches Cyber Attacks on Ukraine and NATO Organizations

Threat Level Actors Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary NoName05716 is a pro-Russian hacktivist group that has been conducting a campaign of DDoS attacks on Ukraine and NATO organizations since the early days of the war in Ukraine. The group has targeted...

Russian Hacktivist Group Targets Political Websites with DDOS Attacks

A Russian hacktivist group calling itself “The People’s Cyberarmy” called on its members to target the American Democratic party website at with DDOS Distributed Denial of Service attacks this morning, November 8th, 2022, which is Election Day in the United States. A post in their Telegram channe...

DDoS attacks in Q3 2022

News overview In Q3 2022, DDoS attacks were, more often than not, it seemed, politically motivated. As before, most news was focused on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but other high-profile events also affected the DDoS landscape this quarter. The pro-Russian group Killnet, active since...

Hackers Aid Protests Against Iranian Government with Proxies, Leaks and Hacks

Several hacktivist groups are using Telegram and other tools to aid anti-government protests in Iran to bypass regime censorship restrictions amid ongoing unrest in the country following the death of Mahsa Amini in custody. "Key activities are data leaking and selling, including officials' phone...

Researchers Identify 3 Hacktivist Groups Supporting Russian Interests

At least three alleged hacktivist groups working in support of Russian interests are likely doing so in collaboration with state-sponsored cyber threat actors, according to Mandiant. The Google-owned threat intelligence and incident response firm said with moderate confidence that "moderators of...

Russian ‘Hacktivists’ Are Causing Trouble Far Beyond Ukraine

The pro-Russian group Killnet is targeting countries supporting Ukraine. It has declared "war" against 10 nations...

Hacktivists Expanding DDoS Attacks as Part of International Cyber Warfare Strategy

In April 2022 it was reported that pro-Russian hacktivist group, KILLNET, carried out a series of Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attacks against a number of websites including the United Nations UN, The Organization for Security and Cooperation OSCE an organization founded in Finland, and oth...

This Hacktivist Site Lets You Prank Call Russian Officials

To protest the war in Ukraine, WasteRussianTime.today auto-dials Russian government officials, connects them to each other, and lets you listen in to their confusion...

Russia Releases List of IPs, Domains Attacking Its Infrastructure with DDoS Attacks

As the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to escalate, the Russian government on Thursday released a massive list containing 17,576 IP addresses and 166 domains that it said are behind a series of distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks aimed at its domestic infrastructure. Some of the...

Planned Parenthood Breach Opens Patients to Follow-On Attacks

Planned Parenthood’s Los Angeles PPLA division has been hacked, with cyberattackers making off with sensitive personal health information for at least 400,000 patients. In a data-breach notice PDF filed with the state of California, the organization said that it had detected the intrusion on Oct...

Far-right host Epik confirms its data was breached by Anonymous

By Waqas The domain registrar Epik has confirmed that its systems were hacked by a group affiliated with the Anonymous hacktivist collective. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Far-right host Epik confirms its data was breached by Anonymous...

Anonymous Leaked a Bunch of Data From a Right-Wing Web Host

The hacktivist collective targeted the domain registrar Epik for providing services to clients including the Texas GOP, Parler, and 8chan...

Crossing the Line: When Cyberattacks Become Acts of War

The Cold War concept isn’t outdated. In the decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the battleground has simply shifted from conflicts between ideological proxy governments to cyberspace. And the opponents have grown from a few primary nations into a broad range of sovereign threat actors. Th...

Tesla Ransomware Hacker Pleads Guilty; Swiss Hacktivist Charged for Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday announced updates on two separate cases involving cyberattacks—a Swiss hacktivist and a Russian hacker who planned to plant malware in the Tesla company. A Swiss hacker who was involved in the intrusion of cloud-based surveillance firm Verkada and exposed...

Tesla Ransomware Hacker Pleads Guilty; Swiss Hacktivist Charged for Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday announced updates on two separate cases involving cyberattacks—a Swiss hacktivist and a Russian hacker who planned to plant malware in the Tesla company. A Swiss hacker who was involved in the intrusion of cloud-based surveillance firm Verkada and exposed...

Joe Biden Campaign Subdomain Down After Hacktivist Defacement

A subdomain used by President-elect Joe Biden’s official campaign website was defaced last week by a self-proclaimed Turkish hacktivist and still remains out of commission. The subdomain, vote.joebiden.com, was part of the official campaign website JoeBiden.com used by the Biden campaign leading ...

News Wrap: Fake Minneapolis Police Breach, Zoom End-To-End Encryption Debate

Threatpost editors Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch and Tara Seals discuss the top security news stories of the week, including: Reports emerged earlier this week that the Minneapolis police department had been breached by hacktivist group Anonymous. Security expert Troy Hunt debunked the reports, however...

Researchers Uncover Brazilian Hacktivist's Identity Who Defaced Over 4800 Sites

It's one thing for hackers to target websites and proudly announce it on social media platforms for all to see. It's, however, an entirely different thing to leave a digital trail that leads cybersecurity researchers right to their doorsteps. That's exactly what happened in the case of a hacktivi...

This Week in Security News: Toll Fraud & Small Business Struggles

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn why telecommunications fraud has turned into a multi-billion euro criminal industry. Also, understand what cybersecurity struggles sma...

Anonymous hacks Russian Govt website against ongoing censorship

By Waqas On May 10th, 2018, the online hacktivist group Anonymous conducted a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Anonymous hacks Russian Govt website against ongoing censorship...