Posts Tagged ‘gov uk’

New Xtreme RAT Attacks on US, Israel, and Other Foreign Governments

Nov

2012

We recently documented an attack that leveraged the publicly available Xtreme RAT on targets in Israel and was widely reported in the media. Our friends at Norman were able to link the attack to a yearlong campaign against both Israeli and Palestinian targets. We have found that the attacks are still on-going. We have found that […]

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Fake HMRC leads to multi-phish

Sep

2012

Here’s something I haven’t seen before.. it starts with an email: From: HM Revenue & Customs [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 05 September 2012 14:27 Subject: Tax Refund Alert – Action Required How to complain, ask for a review or make an appeal Review process update Review process – the first 12 months. Find out more Claim Your […]

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Anonymous attacks UK Prime Minister and Home Office websites with DDoS assault

Apr

2012

Anonymous hacktivists have launched a distributed denial-of-service attack against the websites of 10 Downing Street and the British government’s Home Office website, preventing legitimate users from visiting the sites by flooding them with unwanted internet traffic.The hacktivists, operating under the Anonymous banner, say that they have launched the action in support of Pentagon hacker Gary […]

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