Cyber of Emotion" hacks saudi websites

Many Saudi websites were hacked by a group that gave warnings that they would be making the attacks.The group known as “Cyber of Emotion” hacked more than 24 government websites over a period of two hours.

As reported by Al-Riyadh newspaper, the visitors to the website were directed to a page that read- “We do not want to harm the site. Had it been hacked by enemies, your personal information, emails and registration data would have been compromised."

The hackers said that their team had already warned their administrators that the websites are not properly secured and they should do something about it, but, the warnings were ignored, they claim.

The newspaper reported that the websites hacked included that of government hospitals, municipalities, education departments, social development offices and health departments.

The websites, however, started working properly a few hours after the attack.

Last year, the twitter account of Ministry of Justice was hacked by the same group.

Chinese Hackers targeting Indian institution to steal information

If we had to believe FireEye Inc, a US-based cyber security firm, hackers based in China are now targeting India to steal information about its border disputes and diplomatic intelligence.

The relationship between these two countries once broke in 1962 when both of them fought with each other over border issues. However, the situations between these countries have become a bit cool when Modi government came in power.

It is also said that the hackers were also active a month before the PM Modi visit to China.   

Now, it seems the cyber threat would make the thing worse as it was before.   

As per the company, an advanced campaign over the past four years has targeted more than 100 people, 70 percent of whom are in India. Earlier this year it identified a decade-long cyber espionage operation against businesses and governments in Southeast Asia.

“These attacks on India and its neighbouring countries reflect growing interest in its foreign affairs,” Bryce Boland, FireEye’s chief technology officer for Asia Pacific, said in the statement.

Along with the Indian institutions, the hackers also targeted Tibetan activists and others in Southeast Asia, in particular government, diplomatic, scientific and educational organizations, the security company said.

According to a news report published in The Financial Times, the hackers sent so-called spear phishing e-mails with Microsoft Word attachments appearing to relate to regional issues. Those messages contained a script which would create a “backdoor” in infected machines, allowing access to programs without detection by security measures.