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Pro-government Syrian hackers are using malware attacks against activists

via Allthingsd
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Dec 28, 2013
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TECHi's Analysis

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Using social-engineering techniques and remote-access tools, Pro-government Syrian hackers are using malware attacks against journalists, workers at non-governmental organizations, activists, and others. Basically any person or organization that is sympathetic to the Syrian rebels, and the attacks are on the rise.

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Allthingsd's Report

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When we hear about Syrian hackers working on behalf of the regime of embattled President Bashar al-Assad, we think of the Syrian Electronic Army, the group of digital troublemakers that has hammered the Twitter feeds and websites of several Western media organizations, and has attacked Twitter itself.

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