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Mali Jihadists Support Their Struggle Online

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Jan

2013

Yesterday in Lille, the 5th CyberSecurity International Forum (FIC2013) ended with a speech by Manuel Valls, the French Minister of the Interior. Among the subjects, the Minister informed the audience about the increasing dangers of cyberjihad.Since January 11, France has been engaged in Mali. The Africans had appealed for urgent military aid to halt the […]

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MSRT October ’12 – Nitol: Counterfeit code isn’t such a great deal after all

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Oct

2012

Just recently, Microsoft shut down the command-and-control infrastructure (C&C) of Win32/Nitol malware – one of the most active DDoS-performing malware families today. The take down, dubbed as “Operation b70“, was a great success. To amplify its disruption, DDoS:Win32/Nitol was included in this month’s Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) release. Microsoft’s study [PDF] behind Operation b70 found […]

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Dissecting ‘Operation Ababil’ – an OSINT Analysis

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Sep

2012

Provoked by a questionable online video posted on YouTube, Muslims from the around the world united in an apparent opt-in botnet crowdsourcing campaign aiming to launch a DDoS (denial of service attack) against YouTube for keeping the video online, and against several major U.S banks and financial institutions. Dubbed “Operation Ababil“, and operated by the […]

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