Facebook Page more large Telecom Company SyriaTel would have been hacked by Syria, videos graphic spam

An Algerian hacker goes with the handle of the Virus DX has hacked the official Facebook page of the greater Syriacalled SyriaTeltelecommunications company.

After support for the page which has 153 030 loves, the hacker has changed his photo of cover of SyriaTel official logo in its own cover images that shows the Algerian flag with official logo anonymous group saying "Virus DX is here".

The attacker started posting materials anti-Government such as images and videos from YouTube graphics of chemical attack deadly week last on the civilian population in Syria.

It is unclear how the hacker got access to the page and what technique was used to hack the page. At the same time time there is no declaration of SyriaTel on the hack. However, the location of post still shows that messages are made from Damascus, Syria.

Syriatel is a private telecommunications company founded in 2000. It belongs to Rami Makhlouf, a cousin of President Bashar al-Assad. Syriatel controls 55% of the market of local services and mobile telecommunications subscribers more important in Syria.

At the time of publishing this article, the social media of SyriaTel page has been hacked and the graphical content.

Update: SyriaTel Facebook page has been restored where the page admin apologized for the inconvenience and assured that no personal data or the data has been disclosed.

 

Blog: Fake CNN emails to claim U.S. began bombing the Syria

We are currently a spam run which involves a (false) CNN report saying that the United States began bombing the Syria.

By clicking on the shortcut link will lead to an exploit Kit that targets older and vulnerable Adobe Reader and Java versions. The favor of the attackers using the feat of Java on the feat of drive, as Java exploits are generally more reliable.

The feat will download a Downloader Trojan on the system, which will eventually download various other malware.

We have seen these players use various methods for patients click on links in emails, including fake Facebook and emails from PayPal. They also tend to use different URL shortening services.

It is not surprising to see the cyber-criminals to jump on the news. If the United States decided for a military action against the Syria, we can expect much more malicious e-mails on the topic of the Syria.