Posts Tagged ‘political activists’

Anonymous Hackers Take Down Angola Government Websites Amid Protests

Dec

2013

Massive anti-government street protests have taken place in Angola after opposition leaders accused officials of being involved in the killing of two political activists last year. Anonymous hackers have joined the protesters. Over the past couple of days, hacktivists have been launching distribute denial-of-service attacks against all Angola government websites. A list of around 70 […]

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Spear Phishing in Google’s Pond

Jun

2011

Francis deSouza – Group President, Enterprise Products and Services, Symantec Earlier this week, Google posted a blog stating that the personal Gmail accounts of numerous users, including senior US government officials, Chinese political activists, officials in several Asian countries (predominantly South Korea), military personnel, and journalists had been attacked. Google said a campaign to obtain […]

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Targeted Attacks on Popular Webmail Services Signal Future Attacks

Jun

2011

Google recently revealed details surrounding a successful phishing campaign that targeted the Gmail accounts of government officials and of political activists. While there has been significant media coverage of the incident, there has been a variety of recent attacks on popular Webmail platforms. In addition to Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail have also been targeted. […]

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