Iran shares record cyber victory
Iranian media collected statistics on DDOS attacks on Iranian servers on the eve of the parliamentary elections on March 1
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Iran foils cyberattacks on public services
Iran’s state television said authorities have foiled massive cyberattacks that sought to target public services, both government and privately owned. The report late on Sunday said Iran thwarted the attacks that planned to target …
DDoS attack registered on Russian Defense Ministry website
The official website of the Russian Defense Ministry is down due to a DDoS attack, a source in the law enforcement said on Friday. "Specialists from the defense ministry are repelling a DDoS attack on the official website of the …
Blinken vows to take measures against Russia-based hackers
The United States has made it clear to Russia that it will take measures against hackers on the Russian territory if Moscow fails to deal with them, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. "We’re working to bring allies …
COVID-19 and inflation may become bigger enemies to North Korea than US
North Korea has been hit by sharp swings in currency and food prices as economic pressures stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic and international sanctions create new risks for Kim Jong Un
'Russian hackers' reportedly suspected of stealing U.S. State Department emails
"Russian hackers" are suspected of stealing thousands of emails from officials in the U.S. Department of State in a previously unreported attack, Politico reported, citing two sources in the U.S. Congress familiar with the …
Kyrgyz President's Facebook page hacked
Kyrgyz President's press secretary Galina Baiterek explained the situation concerning the last comments on Sadyr Japarov's Facebook page. Facebook users found insulting comments on Japarov's page addressed presumably to MP …
Major U.S. Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam
Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent U.S. figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West also requested …
How much damage do hackers cause to Russian banks over two years?
Over the last two years, cyber attacks caused 3 billion rubles of damage to Russia’s financial sector, deputy chair of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Lyudmila Bokova said at …
Pentagon's new weapons systems easily hacked
New U.S. weapons systems being developed by the US Department of Defense can be easily be hacked by adversaries, a new government report said. The Government Accountability Office said the Pentagon was unaware of how easy it could be …
Iraqi hackers hack ISIS website
A group of Iraqi hackers Daeshgram made a mockery of ISIS magazine, called Al-Naba, Al Arabiya reported. An image of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi surrounded by dancers and an editorial on the ISIS team at the World Cup caused …
Iran, China and US hit by cyber attacks
Hackers have attacked networks in a number of countries including data centers in Iran where they left the image of a U.S. flag on screens along with a warning: "Don’t mess with our elections", the Iranian IT ministry said. …
Russian Defense Ministry’s website suffers DDoS attacks
Russia's Defense Ministry’s website suffered DDoS attacks during the recent poll for new weapons' names, but all of them were thwarted, a ministry source said. "On the last day of the poll for new weapons' names, …
Android devices targeted by new botnet
There is a new botnet targeting Android devices by scanning for open debug ports so it can infect victims with malware that mines the Monero cryptocurrency, Bleeping Computer reported. The botnet came to life on February 3, and is …
Russia’s Interfax agency comes under hacker attack
Almost all services of Russia’s Interfax news agency have come under the attack by hackers, First Deputy Director General and Executive Director Alexey Gorshkov said. He said that almost all services of Interfax …
Kremlin: recent cyber attacks cause no serious problems in Russia
Cyber attacks like the one which hit Russia and other countries on Tuesday underline the need for a concerted international action to fight cyber crime, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Peskov also told a …
Central Bank: Cyberattacks do not disrupt operation of Russian banks
The Bank of Russia reported detection of cyberattacks aimed at Russian lending institutions, an official in the press service of the regulator told journalists, TASS reports. "According to the Central Bank, as a result of attacks …
Rosneft oil production unaffected despite cyber attack,
Russia's top oil producer Rosneft (ROSN.MM) said on Tuesday its servers had been hit been a large-scale cyber attack, but its oil production was unaffected, Reuters reported. "The company's servers underwent a powerful …
Russia's Rosneft reports massive cyberattack on its servers
Russian top oil producer Rosneft has reported "a powerful hacker attack" on its servers. "A powerful hacker attack has been carried out on the company's servers, and we hope that this has nothing to do with the …
Hackers strike 74 countries with stolen NSA hacking tool
Using a tool likely stolen from the United States intelligence community, hackers launched a massive cyberattack across the world on Friday, hitting government agencies and other organizations in up to 75 countries. The malicious …
