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Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post is hacked, website defaced to include threats

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Outsiders defaced the website of a prominent Israeli newspaper early Monday, posting a picture of an Israeli nuclear facility being destroyed by a missile along with a threat in both English and Hebrew. Hackers targeted the home page of the The Jerusalem Post, among the biggest newspapers in Israel, early Monday morning Israeli time, the paper reported. Above the image of the exploding facility was the message: “We are close to you where you do not think about it.” The defacement comes on the two-year anniversary of the U.S. government’s killing of Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of the the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of Iran’s armed forces. Israeli officials reportedly aided the U.S. operation, which targeted Soleimani with a drone strike shortly after he’d arrived in Baghdad. We are aware of the apparent hacking of our website, alongside a direct threat of Israel. […]

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DoJ Indicts Two Hackers for Defacing Websites with Pro-Iran Messages

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The two hackers allegedly hacked more than 50 websites hosted in the U.S. and vandalized them with pro-Iran messages. Continue reading DoJ Indicts Two Hackers for Defacing Websites with Pro-Iran Messages→

Encrypted Messaging Project “Matrix” Suffers Extensive Cyber Attack

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Matrix—the organization behind an open source project that offers a protocol for secure and decentralized real-time communication—has suffered a massive cyber attack after unknown attackers gained access to the servers hosting its official website and … Continue reading Encrypted Messaging Project “Matrix” Suffers Extensive Cyber Attack→

Case involving ‘AlfabetoVirtual’ website defacements ends in guilty plea

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A California man accused by federal prosecutors of defacing thousands of websites belonging to the U.S. government pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two felony counts of computer fraud, the Department of Justice announced. The DOJ says that Billy Anderson, 41, admitted to more than 11,000 instances of hacking into and defacing websites belonging to the military and government, as well as businesses. Anderson allegedly conducted these operations under the alias “AlfabetoVirtual,” which would appear on the defaced websites. “This case demonstrates that those who seek to commit cyber intrusions of government websites will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” said Geoffrey Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in a statement. While the DOJ says he “took responsibility for” thousands of defacements, Anderson’s plea is for two counts in particular. In July 2015, prosecutors say he gained access to a website run by the […]

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Why did Maria Butina want info on a phished civil rights group?

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Maria Butina, the Russian national accused of spying on the U.S., took a keen interest in a D.C.-based organization’s cybersecurity vulnerabilities soon after the group was hit by phishing attempts and its website was defaced with fake Islamic State messaging, according to a consultant who helped the group recover from the incident. The organization, which works on civil rights issues, was targeted through a “social engineering campaign,” said Jon Steinman, the co-founder of HillCyber, a cybersecurity consultancy. Soon afterward, Butina sent an email to the organization “asking to come meet with folks and interview them about their vulnerabilities,” said Steinman, who declined to name the group. Although the indictment against Butina centers on how she ingratiated herself with U.S. conservatives, her interest in left-leaning organizations also has been documented — the Washington Post reported that in the summer of 2017, “Butina began probing groups on the left … trying unsuccessfully to interview a D.C.-based civil rights group about […]

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Hacktivists expected to move on from vandalizing websites to more dangerous hacks, report states

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Website defacement is increasingly becoming a staple in the toolkit of activists looking to bring attention to their causes online, according to a report from cybersecurity company Trend Micro. This sort of hacktivism has experts worried that the types of hackers behind these seemingly benign attacks will eventually turn to more threatening cybercrime. Website defacement is a form of protest by which hackers take over a domain and replace the usual website with propaganda promoting a particular cause. It’s a protest sign that blocks access to a website that the hackers in most cases see as an enemy to their cause. The Trend Micro report highlights seven geopolitical events and conflicts that have been a major motivator for defacement incidents. They include: Israeli military operations and land occupations in Palestinian territories French magazine Charlie Hebdo publishing a controversial cartoon depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad in 2o15 border disputes between India and Pakistan Syrian airstrikes […]

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Oops! WikiLeaks Website Defaced By OurMine

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OurMine is in headlines once again—this time for defacing WikiLeaks website.

The notorious hacking group, OurMine, is known for breaching into high-profile figures and companies’ social media accounts, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, HBO, Game of Thrones and Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN).
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WordPress REST API Bug Could Be Used in Stored XSS Attacks

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The recently patched REST API Endpoint vulnerability in WordPress could be leveraged to pull off stored cross-site scripting attacks. Continue reading WordPress REST API Bug Could Be Used in Stored XSS Attacks→

President Donald Trump’s Website Hacked; Defaced By Iraqi Hacker

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During the 2016 presidential election campaign, we reported about how insecure was the mail servers operated by the Trump organization that anyone with little knowledge of computers can expose almost everything about Trump and his campaign.

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