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Coordinated Cyber Attacks Hit Websites Due To Russian-Georgian Conflict

2008-08-12 15:05:04 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Conflict between Georgia and Russia on the ground has been accompanied by the relaunch of cyber-attacks against Georgian government websites. The Georgian presidential (www.president.gov.ge) and other government websites (such as www.parliament.ge) were left inaccessible by assaults over the weekend, in a repeat of attacks in late July before...
 
Tags: georgian government websites, government websites, attacks, conflict, breakaway region, georgian presidential, cyber-attacks, russia, weekend
 
 
 
 
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DDoS Attack Graphs from Russia vs Georgia's Cyberattacks

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2008-10-15 15:01:58 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Georgian President's web site. The report also includes DDoS attack graphs and related details worth going through The last large cyberattack took place on 27 August. After that, there have been no serious attacks on Georgian cyberspace. By that is meant that minor attacks are still continuing but these are indistinguishable from regular...
 
Tags: georgia, attacks, georgia cyber attacks, attack, georgia cyber attack, ddos attack, russian cyber attacks, graphs, russia
 
 
 
 
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The Russia vs Georgia Cyber Attack

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2008-08-11 19:35:55 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Georgian sites; abusing public lists of email addresses of Georgian politicians for spamming and targeted attacks; destroy the adversarys ability to communicate using the usual channels -- Georgia's most popular hacking portal is under DDoS attack from Russian hackers Some of the parked domains acting as command and control servers for one...
 
Tags: georgia cyber attack, cyber attack, attack, georgia, georgia president, russian, russian web, ddos attack, russian hackers
 
 
 
 
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Cyberattack Against Georgia Preceded Real Attack

2008-08-18 13:11:09 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Georgian government blamed Russia for the attacks, but the Russian government said it was not involved. In the end, Georgia, with a population of just 4.6 million and a relative latecomer to the Internet, saw little effect beyond inaccessibility to many of its government Web sites, which limited the government's ability to spread its message...
 
Tags: georgia, indirect russian action, russian, georgian government, government, russian troops, spread, georgia spread, government web sites
 
 
 
 
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Caught Red-Handed: Russian MiG Downs a Georgian Drone

2008-04-21 20:50:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
A Russian MiG 29 shoots down what the neighboring Georgians claim was an unarmed drone used by their interior ministry. And what's more, they say they've got the proof ... on video
 
Tags: russian mig, georgians claim, drone, interior ministry, video, shoots, proof
 
 
 
 
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Downed Georgian Drone Stirs International Incident

2008-04-24 04:35:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
Georgia's claim that a Russian MiG shot down one of its drones brings condemnation from the United States, denials from Russia and a nice little video clip from Russia Today
 
Tags: russian mig shot, drones brings condemnation, russia, video clip, claim, nice, denials, georgia
 
 
 
 
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Website For The President Of Georgia Under Distributed Denial Of Service Attack

2008-07-20 22:08:02 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
...Georgian time). Shadowserver has observed at least one web-based command and control (C&C) server taking
 
Tags: website, attack, president, shadowserver reports, shadowserver, georgian time, georgia, mikhail saakashvili, denial
 
 
 
 
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Russia's 'Full Scale Invasion' of Georgia

2008-08-09 22:30:00 by Noah Shachtman in Wired Security
 
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili says "Russia has launched a full scale military invasion." He's calling for "an immediate ceasefire" in a conflict that Russian officials claim has killed 2,000 and left 30,000 homeless
 
Tags: russian officials claim, scale military invasion, russia, homeless, ceasefire, conflict
 
 
 
 
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Did the U.S. Prep Georgia for War With Russia?

2008-08-10 18:00:00 by Nathan Hodge in Wired Security
 
The United States isn't exactly a detached observer in Russia's war with Georgia. The American military has been training and equipping Georgian troops for years
 
Tags: russia, american military, georgia, georgian troops, war, observer