Source: CERT Polska
Since Saturday evening, we have been experiencing multiple attacks targeting websites under gov.pl domain. Most of the attacks are DDoS, attributed to Anonymous who declared radical protests after Polish government revealed plans to sign the ACTA treaty on January 26th.
Tag Archives: Distributed Denial of Service Attacks (DDoS)
DDoS attacks against Polish government websites
January 25, 2012 – 11:02 am
Ongoing Attacks on Human Rights Web sites and the Problem of Attribution
April 22, 2011 – 10:48 am
“A number of cyber attacks took place against human rights groups this week; including Armorize’s discovery of a variant of a “drive-by-download” attack on Amnesty International’s Web site. As this Armorize blogpost explains, “A drive-by download attack refers to the process of a user visiting an infected page and subsequently gets installed with malware, without his/her knowledge and without having him/her to click on or to agree to anything.” In the case of this week’s attack on Amnesty International, a “drive-by-cache attack” (term dubbed by Amorize) was launched.”
Chinese Hackers Attack Change.org Platform in Reaction to Ai Weiwei Campaign
April 19, 2011 – 12:56 pm
“Attackers use distributed denial of service attack to bring down the world’s fastest growing social action platform after more than 90,000 people in 175 countries call for release of Chinese dissident artist.
Chinese hackers temporarily brought down the world’s fastest-growing social action platform after more than 90,000 people in 175 countries endorsed an online call for the release of internationally acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
Weiwei, best known for his role in the construction of the Beijing Olympic stadium and his recent Sunflower Seeds exhibition at the Tate Modern, has become an increasingly outspoken critic of the Chinese government in recent years, in particular over the handling of the 2008 earthquake in the country’s Sichuan province.”
Internet-based attacks on critical systems rise
April 18, 2011 – 1:38 pm
“Internet-based attacks on critical systems such as gas, power and water have increased around the world, a report suggests.
Security firm McAfee surveyed 200 IT executives working for utility companies in 14 countries.
Eight out of 10 said their networks had been targeted by hackers during the past year.”
From BBC News
Malaysiakini down, hit by cyber attacks
April 12, 2011 – 6:13 pm
“A cyber attack beginning at 11am today shut down Malaysiakini servers simultaneously, making the website inaccessible to readers four days ahead of the Sarawak election.
The Malaysiakini technical team has determined it to be a denial-of-service attack, where an attacker uses computers in different parts of the world to swarm Malaysiakini servers to the point that they are unable to cope with the massive traffic.”
From Malaysiakini
Hackers attack websites of Russian paper, blog
April 8, 2011 – 12:59 pm
“A cyber attack on Friday paralyzed the website of a popular Russian independent newspaper, days after similar attacks knocked out Russia’s most popular blogging site, Live Journal.
The Novaya Gazeta newspaper’s website went down early Friday after a massive denial-of-service attack, Dmitry Muratov, the newspaper’s editor, told The Associated Press.
Muratov said the attacks aim to “discredit the public platforms which express alternative points of views.” He said he believed the attacks are linked to Russia’s 2011 parliamentary election and its presidential election in 2012.”
From The Globe and Mail
U.S. trains activists worldwide in phone, Internet protection
April 8, 2011 – 11:53 am
“WASHINGTON – The United States is training thousands of cell phone and Internet pro-democracy campaigners worldwide to evade security forces in what it calls a “cat-and-mouse game” with authoritarian governments.
The U.S. government is sponsoring efforts to help activists in Arab and other countries gain access to technology that circumvents government firewalls, secures telephone text and voice messages, and prevents attacks on websites.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is campaigning hard for freedoms of expression, assembly and association online – what she calls the world’s town square or coffee house of the 21st century.”
From The Vancouver Sun
Second- and Third-Generation Controls Rise in Russian Cyberspace
April 7, 2011 – 1:26 pm
“As governments in the Middle East have cracked down on Internet traffic outright this year, Russian authorities have expanded their control over cyberspace in a more indirect manner, employing a voluntary Internet patrol group, paid pro-government commentators, alleged DDoS attacks, and a new surveillance system to increase pressure on Russian netizens.”
From OpenNet Initiative
“Anonymous” attacks Sony to protest PS3 hacker lawsuit
April 4, 2011 – 4:31 pm
“The hacker hordes of Anonymous have transferred their fickle attention to Sony. They are currently attacking the company’s online Playstation store in retribution for Sony’s lawsuit against PS3 hacker George Hotz (aka “GeoHot”). A denial of service attack has temporarily taken down playstation.com.
While most Anonymous attacks remain online-only hacks or protests, Operation Sony will feature a real world component. On April 16, Anonymous wants people to gather at their local Sony stores to complain in person.”
From Ars Technica
Internal Affairs website back online after outage
March 25, 2011 – 11:26 am
“New Zealand–The Department of Internal Affairs website is now back up and running after it was shut down – only days before it was due to be hacked by international cyber activist group.
The website and some other Internal Affairs websites have been down since the beginning of the week – and many still remain affected. The department says it is continuing to get the sites restored.
The outages come after “hacktivist” group Anonymous promised a “denial of service” attack on the department’s websites in protest over Internal Affairs implementation of internet filtering which aims to limit the international trade in images of child sexual abuse.”
From New Zealand Herald
