Hacktivism surged back into mainstream consciousness with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Less than two years later, politically-motivated groups and individuals were out in force again ...

Feature From triggering a water tank overflow in Texas to shutting down Russian state news services on Vladimir Putin's birthday, self-styled hacktivists have been making headlines.… But don't let the ...

Security researchers have observed increased geopolitical DDoS attacks against Romania. The data comes from recent research conducted by ASERT, which also noted that these attacks span various ...

After the militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel over the weekend, politically motivated hackers began carrying out DDoS attacks on websites originating from both countries. Most ...

Once dismissed as a relic of the early internet, hacktivism is making a dramatic return. Born in the mid-1990s as a form of online protest, its tactics were the weapon of choice for groups like ...

Several groups of hacktivists have targeted Israeli websites with floods of malicious traffic following a surprise land, sea and air attack launched against Israel by militant group Hamas on Saturday, ...

The Department of Justice on Tuesday unsealed two indictments charging a Ukrainian national with playing a central role in Russian state-sponsored cyber operations, a move that highlights the ...

Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky, a man from South Yorkshire with ties to the Yemen Cyber Army, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for his involvement in hacktivist campaigns. Al-Mashriky, 26, has an extensive ...

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and US partner the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a warning about the evolving threat from Russia-backed hacktivist ...

University at Buffalo Professor Shambhu Upadhyaya, PhD, (pronounced SHAM-Boo Oop-a-DYE-uh) teaches and conducts research in the area of computer security. He is director of UB's Center of Excellence ...