Hacktivism

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2016
Hacker Interviews – s1ege

Today, thanks to the support of Aveek Sen, I have interviewed the hacker that goes online with the pseudonymous of s1ege. s1ege is a member of the Ghost Squad and was one of earlier components of the AnonGhost hacker collective. The split occurred as Mauritania Attacker and few others of AnonGhost joined ISIS. Enjoy the interview […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2016
Ghost Squad hackers dox United Cyber Caliphate including Mauritania Attacker

Hacktivists from Ghost Squad Hacker group made revealed the identities of hackers affiliated with the ISIS cyber army called United Cyber Caliphate. Ghost Squad Hackers (GSH), a hacktivist group made public the identities of hackers affiliated with the ISIS cyber army called United Cyber Caliphate, including leader Mauritania Attacker. Facebook:https://t.co/VU25BTX4Gc pic.twitter.com/h7g4D1gQjd — s1ege (@s1ege_) 7 […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2016
‘Hacking Team’ and heterogony of ends: how the hack of Phineas Fisher can lead to unwanted worst consequences for the evolution of the Surveillance Tools and State Spyware.

The “heterogony of end” is a famous expression formulated in 1886 by the German philosopher Wihelm Wundt, what about the Hacking Team case? After the hack of the controversial government spying and hacking tool vendor Hacking Team by an outside attacker, a large  numbers of media headlines worldwide reported the events. [1,2,3] The hacker announced […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2016
WauchulaGhost targets ISIS Twitter Accounts and floods them with porn images

WauchulaGhost Hacker groups linked to Anonymous hijack ISIS supporters’ Twitter accounts and flood their profiles with PORN picture and irreverent messages. Anonymous is continuing its online battle against the ISIS propaganda machine, this time, Twitter accounts managed by the terrorist organization have been flooded with a large number of pornographic posts. It seems that the attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2016
GhostShell is back and leaked 36 million records

GhostShell is back and leaked 36 million records from vulnerable networks to invite experts to pay attention to the new MEAN Stack. GhostShell is back and once again to warn us about the poor security posture of many services, this time, he announced to have leaked 36 million accounts/records. The hacker is inviting experts to pay attention to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2016
Hacker Interviews – Speaking with GhostShell

GhostShell is back and I had the opportunity to interview him. It is important to understand the thoughts and opinion of talented minds like GhostShell. Yesterday I reported the news of the return of one of the  most popular hacker, Ghost Shell who exposed data from 32 companies and  launched a new campaign to punish […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2016
GhostShell is back and exposed data from 32 companies hacked through Open FTP

GhostShell is back, it exposed data from 32 companies and  launched a new campaign to punish negligent network administrators. The popular hacker crew GhostShell is back and is launching a new campaign to sensitize administrators to the importance of a proper security posture, but he’s doing it in his own way. GhostShell is a group of hacktivists most […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2016
OpIcarus: Anonymous crusade against the sick banking industry

Anonymous alongside with BannedOffline and Ghost Squad crews are resuming the OpIcarus targeting banking websites around the world. Hackers of the Anonymous collective alongside with Ghost Squad and BannedOffline continued their attacks on the banks worldwide under the campaign named OpIcarus. The Operation OpIcarus was resumed in March 2016, both Anonymous and Ghost Squad launched several attacks on financial institutions worldwide, including the bank […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2016
Anonymous presented OnionIRC, a chat service in the Dark Web

Anonymous announced OnionIRC, a new chatroom in the DarkWeb dedicated to teaching hacking and coding techniques and encryption mechanisms. Anonymous, the most popular collective of hacktivists, has announced a new chatroom in the DarkWeb dedicated to teaching its sympathizers hacking and coding techniques and encryption mechanisms. onionirchubx5363 . onion Port 6667 SSL: Port 6697 — Anonymous (@OnionIRC) […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2016
Former Reuters Matthew Keys sentenced to 2 years for hacking

This week the former Reuters journalist Matthew Keys was sentenced to two years in prison for helping the Anonymous collective in computer hacking. Matthew Keys, a former Reuters journalist, who was convicted in October 2015 of supporting the Anonymous collective, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for computer hacking charges. Keys has been […]