Hacktivism

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2019
Anonymous Belgium hacker identified after dropping USB drive while throwing Molotov cocktail

Belgium police have identified a member of the Anonymous Belgium collective while investigating an arson case at a local bank. The Anonymous member is a 35-year-old man from Roeselare, Belgium, was arrested after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Crelan Bank office in Rumbeke, back in 2014. According to ZDnet, the hacker has been exposed […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2019
US DoJ’s superseding indictment charges Assange with violating Espionage Act

The United States Department of Justice charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 18 counts on the alleged violation of the Espionage Act. A federal grand jury returned an 18-count superseding indictment that charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with counts related to illegally obtaining and disclosing classified information. British authorities arrested Assange on April 11 at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2019
Anonymous and LulzSec target the Italian Police and doctors

In the last 10 days, the collectives of Anonymous and LulzSec continued their operations carrying out several cyber attacks. The main objectives of the attacks carried out by Anonymous and LulzSec ITA were the Italian doctors and the Law enforcement agencies Forces, in particular, the Police and the Carabinieri. They protest against the abuses the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2019
Number of hacktivist attacks declined by 95 percent since 2015

According to a study conducted by IBM, the number of hacktivist attacks that caused quantifiable damage has declined by 95 percent since 2015. Even if in Italy the cells of the popular Anonymous collective are very active, the overall number of hacktivist attacks that caused in quantifiable damage to the victim has declined by 95 […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2019
LulZSec and Anonymous Ita hackers published sensitive data from 30,000 Roman lawyers

A group of hackers has stolen and published online sensitive data of 30,000 Roman lawyers, including the Mayor of Rome. The announcement was made on Twitter by Lulzsec and Anonymous Ita. The story is very simple, LulZSec, the collective of hackers recently hit the Italian Ministry of the Environment, has collected a huge amount of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2019
Ecuador suffered 40 Million Cyber attacks after the Julian Assange arrest

Ecuador suffered 40 million cyber attacks on websites of public institutions since the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Last week, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. after Ecuador withdrew asylum after seven years. In response to the arrest acktivist communities launched several attacks against the Ecuador government. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2019
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange arrested and charged in US with computer hacking conspiracy

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. after Ecuador withdrew asylum after seven years. Seven years ago, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took refuge in the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case. In 2012 a British judge ruled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2019
[SI-LAB] #OpJerusalem 2019 – JCry ransomware is now infecting Windows users

Over the last few days, a new ransomware campaign infected several users around the world as part of the #OpJerusalem campaign. SI-LAB analyzed this malware and noticed that it does not use sophisticated techniques. Criminals used UPX packer to protect malware code written in Go and a RSA public certificate is hardcoded inside malware to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2019
Reading the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018

According to the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018, 2018 has brought significant changes in the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with cybercrime organizations and nation-state actors. I’m proud to present you the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018, the annual report published by the ENISA ETL group that provides insights on the evolution of the cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2019
Hacktivist Martin Gottesfeld 10 years in prison for hospital cyberattack

The American hacktivist Martin Gottesfeld (34) has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for carrying out DDoS attacks against two healthcare organizations in the US in 2014. The alleged Anonymous member, Martin Gottesfeld, was accused of launching DDoS attacks against the two US healthcare organizations in 2014, the Boston Children’s Hospital and the Wayside […]