‘Sudanese Hackers’ Target Swedish Rail over Qur’an Burnings
A group of hackers linked to Sudan took credit for denial of service (DDoS) attacks on the websites of Swedish rail companies in revenge for burnings of the Islamic Qur’an.
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Websites Crash Worldwide as Cloudflare Suffers Outage
Cloudflare, a web infrastructure provider and content delivery network, is reportedly suffering outages resulting in major websites crashing across the internet.
Report: Indian Police Detected over 40,000 Cyberattacks from China Since Border Clash
Indian police officials said on Tuesday they have charted “at least 40,300 cyber attacks” in the past four to five days against infrastructure and banking targets. The bulk of these attacks allegedly originated in China, which currently has very tense relations with India after a deadly clash along the disputed border in the Himalayas.
Editor: ‘The Post Millennial’ Conservative Website Hit by Cyberattack
The Post Millennial, a conservative news and commentary website based in Canada, says it has been the victim of a cyberattack. The site’s editor pointed out the attack came less than 24 hours after the site published an exclusive article about feminist Zoe Quinn.
Telegram Accuses China of Cyberattack During Hong Kong Protests
Encrypted messaging platform Telegram revealed a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyberattack targeting it for the past few days, perhaps not coincidentally beginning at the same time as the latest protest in Hong Kong against an extradition law favored by mainland China.
Obama on Massive Cyberattack: ‘We Don’t Have Any Idea Who Did That’
The search for perpetrators of last week’s massive cyberattack has begun. While President Obama said “we don’t have any idea who did that” in a talk-show appearance on Monday, Director of National Security James Clapper stated on Tuesday that preliminary evidence suggested it was not the work of a hostile foreign government.
China a Top Suspect in Bot Horde’s ‘Sophisticated’ Global Internet Attack
On Saturday, Chief Strategy Officer Kyle York of Internet routing company Dyn DNS posted a detailed account of the massive attack that kneecapped the Internet, beginning early Friday morning.
60% of World Wide Web Application Attacks Target USA
Sixty percent of all world wide web applications attacks targeted the United States in the first quarter of 2016, with the majority coming from China, USA and Turkey.
Turkey Accuses Russia of Hacking Government Websites
Several Turkish websites belonging to both private companies and government agencies came under cyberattack this week. Some in Turkey claim Russian hackers are responsible, suggesting the attacks might be the result of rising tensions between Turkey and Russia.
‘Anonymous’ Declare Cyber-Nuclear War on Jihadists
“Anonymous from around the world have decided to declare war against you, terrorists,” an affiliated member of the underground hacktivist movement threatened in a new video posted on YouTube as a response to the Paris attack on the Charlie Hebdo
