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Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2017

Iranian hackers behind the Magic Hound campaign linked to Shamoon

Security researchers discovered cyber espionage operation dubbed Magic Hound campaign that is linked to Iran and the recent Shamoon 2 attacks. Security experts at Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new cyber espionage campaign linked to Iran that targeted several organizations in the Middle East. The espionage campaign dubbed Magic Hound, dates back at least mid-2016. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2017

IBM shares details on the attack chain for the Shamoon malware

Security experts at IBM published a report that includes precious details on the attack chain of the dreader Shamoon cyberweapon. The dreaded Shamoon malware, aka Disttrack, has resurrected and government agencies and threat intelligence firms are investigating the recent strings of attacks leveraging the dangerous disk wiper. We detected the Shamoon malware for the first time in August 15th, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2017

Possible Information warfare scenarios behind the Shamoon resurrection

The dreaded Shamoon has resurrected, which are possible political and technological scenarios behind the recent wave of attacks? The dreaded Shamoon has resurrected, a new version called Shamoon 2 was spotted by the security experts at Palo Alto Networks. Saudi Arabia Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)’s Abdulrahman al-Friah confirmed to Al Arabiya that at least 22 […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2017

Saudi Arabia is warning organizations of a wave of Shamoon 2 attacks

Saudi Arabia is warning organizations in the country of a resurrection of the dreaded Shamoon malware. A new strain of the Shamoon 2 malware was spotted by the security experts at Palo Alto Networks, this variant targets virtualization products. Shamoon, also known as Disttrack, was first spotted in a wave of attacks that targeted companies in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Among the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2017

Symantec speculates Shamoon 2 attacks aided by Greenbug hackers

Security researchers at Symantec believed that Shamoon 2 attacks leveraged credentials stolen by hackers of the Greenbug group. A few days ago security experts at Palo Alto Networks have spotted a new strain of the Shamoon 2 malware that was targeting virtualization products. In December malware researchers from Palo Alto Networks and Symantec discovered a new variant of Shamoon, so-called […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2017

A Second variant of Shamoon 2 targets virtualization products

A second variant of the Shamoon 2 malware was discovered by researchers at Palo Alto Networks, this threat also targets virtualization products. A new strain of the Shamoon 2 malware was spotted by the security experts at Palo Alto Networks, this variant targets virtualization products. Shamoon, also known as Disttrack, was first spotted in a wave of attacks that targeted […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2016

The dreaded Shamoon Wiper is back in a new attack

Shamoon wiper is back, security experts from Palo Alto Networks and Symantec spotted it in an attack on a single Saudi company. Do you remember the Shamoon malware? Shamoon, also known as Disttrack, was first spotted in a wave of attacks that targeted companies in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Among the victims, there was the petrol […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2016

Saudi government facilities hit by cyber attacks, Saudi cyber experts convened

Saudi government facilities have been hit cyber attacks, the Government is investigating with the support of Saudi cyber experts. Saudi government facilities have been targeted by major cyber attacks, in response, the Government has convened a group of cyber experts to examine the events. According to the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi cyber experts held urgent talks […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2015

Yemen Cyber Army will release 1M of records per week to stop Saudi Attacks

Hackers of the Yemen Cyber Army (YCA) had dumped another 1,000,000 records obtained by violating systems at the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The hacking crew known as the Yemen Cyber Army is continuing its campaign against the Government of Saudi Arabia. The Yemen Cyber Army (YCA) has released other data from the stolen archived belonging to the Saudi […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2015

Yemen Cyber Army hacked principal Saudi Gov networks

The group of hackers known as Yemen Cyber Army has hacked the computer systems at Saudi Arabia, they control also Interior Ministry and Defense Ministry. The group of hackers known as Yemen Cyber Army has hacked the computer systems at Saudi Arabia. The Hacking crew compromised the website, servers and databases belonging to the Saudi Arabia’s Foreign, […]

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Iranian hackers behind the Magic Hound campaign linked to Shamoon

IBM shares details on the attack chain for the Shamoon malware

Possible Information warfare scenarios behind the Shamoon resurrection

Saudi Arabia is warning organizations of a wave of Shamoon 2 attacks

Symantec speculates Shamoon 2 attacks aided by Greenbug hackers

A Second variant of Shamoon 2 targets virtualization products

The dreaded Shamoon Wiper is back in a new attack

Saudi government facilities hit by cyber attacks, Saudi cyber experts convened

Yemen Cyber Army will release 1M of records per week to stop Saudi Attacks

Yemen Cyber Army hacked principal Saudi Gov networks

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