The hactivists involve the web e and social media with #OpHelpLebanon to promote verified ways to assist, share help links, or send messages of solidarity to those affected by the explosion.
CtrSec: Islamic State’s propaganda “is back to a lowest level of activity, similar to 2018 after a surge in 2019”, but is not over. It supports Daesh kalifs and ops, “in a new era of war against ‘crusaders’”.
Insikt Group cyber security experts: The number of large-scale, international hacking operations most commonly associated with hacktivism, fall dramatically after 2016. Here’s why.
The cyber attack hit especially Israeli websites, as part of #OpJerusalem. It demonstrates the risk for the cyber security of using unsecured third party plug-ins.
The company took all operations offline pending investigation into a website defacement attack and reported data breach. Mystery on the real cyber aggressors.
NCCIC/US-CERT issued some advices to counter possible cyber threats during Republic of Korea’s Winter Games. The attendees could be attacked by hactivist, cybercrime and cyber spies. Especially on mobile.