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Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2015
SEA – Syrian Electronic Army defaced the US Army website

The hackers of the SEA, the Syrian Electronic Army, defaced the US Army website exploiting an Army’s commercial content delivery network provider. After a short period of silence, the group SEA and defaced the official website of the US Army and added a pop-up message displaying the following text: “Your commanders admit they are training the people they […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2015
FBI warns of attacks against WordPress-based sites run by ISIS sympathizers

The FBI is warning that individuals sympathetic to the ISIS are running mass-hacking websites exploiting known vulnerabilities in WordPress. The FBI is warning administrators of WordPress websites about the possibility of cyber attacks carried out by sympathizers of the ISIS  terrorist group. Unfortunately, it is quite simple to compromise websites based on the popular content management system (CMS) that […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2015
Anonymous hacked the website of the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz

The security portal secnews.gr revealed that Anonymous has taken over the website of the German politician Martin Schulz and has stolen sensitive data. According to the exclusive information provided by the Greek security portal www.secnews.gr the hacktivist group Anonymous has taken over the official website of the German politician Martin Schulz. An unknown person contacted Secnew’s journalists […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2014
ISIS Hacked Keighley Cougars Rugby Team’s Website

A group of hackers supporting the ISIS hacked the Keighley Cougars rugby team’s website, the attackers defaced the website with pro ISIS slogans. Keighley Cougars rugby team’s website has been hacked by Islamic extremists, ISIS. Users who tried to the website on Sunday were met by a black web page featuring “Hacked By Team System […]