What else is known about Handala Hack? The group has existed since at least 2023. It takes its name from a character in the political cartoons of Palestinian artist Naji al-Ali. The group’s logo depicts a small Palestinian boy who is a symbol associated with Palestinian resistance. Check Point and other security firms have said… Read More »
One of the world’s most ruthless and advanced hacking groups, the Russian state-controlled Sandworm, launched a series of destructive cyberattacks in the country’s ongoing war against neighboring Ukraine, researchers reported Thursday. In April, the group targeted a Ukrainian university with two wipers, a form of malware that aims to permanently destroy sensitive data and often… Read More »
Getty Images reader comments 100 One day last October, subscribers to an ISP known as Windstream began flooding message boards with reports their routers had suddenly stopped working and remained unresponsive to reboots and all other attempts to revive them. “The routers now just sit there with a steady red light on the front,” one… Read More »
Enlarge / A Viasat Internet satellite dish in the yard of a house in Madison, Virginia. reader comments 5 with 5 posters participating Share this story Viasat—the high-speed-satellite-broadband provider whose modems were knocked out in Ukraine and other parts of Europe earlier this month—has confirmed a theory by third-party researchers that new wiper malware with… Read More »