‪#‎OpIsraelBirthday‬: Hackers of the World Uniting Forces for a Massive Cyber Attack against Israel on 7 April 2014

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The online hacktivist AnonGhost along with a group of hackers has decided to attack Israeli cyber space on 7th April, 2014 when the country will be celebrating its birthday.<br /><br />One of AnonGhost’s representative told us that this cyber attack will be conducted under the banner of #OpIsraelBirthday in which every possible Israeli website will be targeted in order to show their solidarity with Palestine.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcH_v4JTjZPZRfdjNGrBXrDZy28UWoLruimaRb0tQkykAyRhbIkcTB39sOzXheU1IBi0paRwv3FvH_5bw3-sJyVoJ2BtHAKYk3OUi1HPfRz_UrRoGa_NHbfI4mVD7Vbj-kFvUO0ZDNqZFc/s1600/isreal+under+cyber+Attack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcH_v4JTjZPZRfdjNGrBXrDZy28UWoLruimaRb0tQkykAyRhbIkcTB39sOzXheU1IBi0paRwv3FvH_5bw3-sJyVoJ2BtHAKYk3OUi1HPfRz_UrRoGa_NHbfI4mVD7Vbj-kFvUO0ZDNqZFc/s1600/isreal+under+cyber+Attack.jpg" /></a></div><br />To give a better understanding about the op, hackers have released a video on YouTube which is available below:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XvdSBX3xBHg?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><br />Currently the teams involved in the operation are: Mauritania Attacker , Virusa Worm, Deto Beiber, Dr.SaM!M_008, M3GAFAB , Extazy007, PhObia_PhOneyz, Mr Domoz, Tak Dikenal, AnonxoxTN, Raka 3r00t, PirateX, Bl4ck Jorozz, Younes Lmaghribi, Indonesian r00t, BlackBase Hacker, CoderSec, h4shcr4ck, Mrlele, Donnazmi, TheGame Attacker, Man Rezpector, SaccaFrazi , Spec Tre, HusseiN98D, HolaKo, Mr.Ajword, Root Max, Egy Eagle, THE GREATEST, BiosTeRminat0r, Man Rezpector, Hani Xavi, Don Maverick, Psyco Hacker , Black Cracker, rummykhan, Root Max, VINUX, ARAFET, TITO_SFAXSIANO and SquiCk H4ck3r<br /><br />Last year these were the same group of hackers united from around the world against Israeli cyber space. Let’s see what they will do this time.<br /><br />Stay with us as we will be updating you as more team are expected to join as claimed by AnonGhost.</div>

‪#‎OpIsraelBirthday‬: Hackers of the World Uniting Forces for a Massive Cyber Attack against Israel on 7 April 2014

The online hacktivist AnonGhost along with a group of hackers has decided to attack Israeli cyber space on 7th April, 2014 when the country will be celebrating its birthday.One of AnonGhost’s represen…

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Hackers to use mobiles to mount DDoS attacks

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Mobile devices are reportedly being used for mounting attacks on businesses by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attackers.<br /><br />Prolexic Technologies' president Stuart Scholly said that in 2014, applications commonly used in DDoS attacks like Low Orbit Ion Canon (LOIC) will increasingly become ported to mobile platforms.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHkLAqNp7WroLQTsyV-s93RzNBcp10D0Aguse-P0Tp1V9gHEKfQ1VVb0bcsV7aFlD2RtkbhGP9KQNCFRLezWmtwlX9PFXWSwHMGLNGb85jYUPl1IE4Cr_E_a7r3EBEZjqpG8hZ_LhUlvW/s1600/ddos-attack-protection-plan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHkLAqNp7WroLQTsyV-s93RzNBcp10D0Aguse-P0Tp1V9gHEKfQ1VVb0bcsV7aFlD2RtkbhGP9KQNCFRLezWmtwlX9PFXWSwHMGLNGb85jYUPl1IE4Cr_E_a7r3EBEZjqpG8hZ_LhUlvW/s1600/ddos-attack-protection-plan.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />The company also detected the use of AnDOSid, an Android app that can mount an HTTP POST flood attack, PC World reported<br /><br />With easy availability of downloadable apps and open option for users to join DDoS campaigns, the increase in number of DDos attacks is said to be a game changer.<br /><br />A 2013 report released by an American-based DDoS protection firm suggested that mobile phones will continue to play a prominent role in DDoS attacks, targeting still infrastructure.<br /><br />According to the report, DDoS attacks on Prolexic clients in 2013 increased by 26% over the preceeding year and attacks on still infrastructure amounted to 76% of total recorded attacks, with the largest attack surpassing 179Gbps.</div>

Hackers to use mobiles to mount DDoS attacks

Mobile devices are reportedly being used for mounting attacks on businesses by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attackers.Prolexic Technologies' president Stuart Scholly said that in 2014, applica…

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20 Million Credit Cards stolen in South Korea, 40% Population affected by the Data Leak

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Since all threats to data security and privacy often come from outside, but internal threats are comparatively more dangerous and a difficult new dimension to the data loss prevention challenge i.e. Data Breach. The "Insider threats" have the potential to cause greater financial losses than attacks that originate outside the company.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEt7RAyhzVIuKHtCgpwsLQKEnp0UjBwXNq3hVXgzB5bqZyVfMsoRNcy2QVZDp5EO0wU8mW4esc66dkey4JFJNU9Wu9B5go_d4R0oOz3IMv63asf-Fn1iVMvK9niE6eAmZvt9alcwqOsmR/s1600/creditcards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEt7RAyhzVIuKHtCgpwsLQKEnp0UjBwXNq3hVXgzB5bqZyVfMsoRNcy2QVZDp5EO0wU8mW4esc66dkey4JFJNU9Wu9B5go_d4R0oOz3IMv63asf-Fn1iVMvK9niE6eAmZvt9alcwqOsmR/s1600/creditcards.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />This is what happened recently with three credit card firms in South Korea, where the financial and personal data belonging to users of at least 20 million, in a country of 50 million, was stolen by an employee, who worked as a temporary consultant at Korean Credit Bureau (KCB).<br /><br />“Confidential data of customers ranging from the minister-level officials to celebrities, including their phone numbers, addresses, credit card numbers, and even some banking records, have been leaked from Kookmin Bank, Shinhan Bank and several other commercial banks”,<br /><br />The stolen data includes the bank account numbers, customers' names, social security numbers, phone numbers, credit card numbers and expiration dates, according to the estimate by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS).<br /><br />The arrested employee behind the theft, later sold the data to phone marketing companies, whose managers were also arrested earlier this month.<br /><br />"The credit card firms will cover any financial losses caused to their customers due to the latest accident," the FSS said and assured that the Regulators have launched investigations into security measures at the affected firms.<br /><br />"Their parent firms seem to be taking a step back (from the issue) and not showing any responsible attitude, We will hold them fully responsible for the data leak if their sharing of client data among affiliates and internal control turn out to be the cause."<br /><br />Now this is not the first time when a company is facing data breach because of Insider Threat, last month an employee of Citibank Korea was arrested for stealing the personal data of 34,000 customers. In 2012, two South Korean hackers were arrested for data from 8.7 million customers in the nation's second-biggest mobile operator.</div>

20 Million Credit Cards stolen in South Korea, 40% Population affected by the Data Leak

Since all threats to data security and privacy often come from outside, but internal threats are comparatively more dangerous and a difficult new dimension to the data loss prevention challenge i.e. D…

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