Azerbaijan

Capital: Baku
President: İlham Əliyev (2003 – Today)
Population: 10 million

Reports on Press freedom:

• Freedom House Country Report 2022
• RSF Country Report

Forensics reports

• [Jul 16, 2021] Phishing attack against Azerbaijani political and human rights activists
• [Apr 27, 2020] Sandman and Fineproxy behind the DDoS Attacks against TimeTV.Live
• [Mar 3, 2020] Targeted sophisticated phishing attacks against dissidents in Azerbaijan is trending
• [Feb 17, 2020] Finding “man”, the phisher of journalists in Azerbaijan
• [Jan 15, 2020] Fishing fishers in Azerbaijan
• [Dec 3, 2019] Find Face and Internet blocking in Azerbaijan
• [Oct 30, 2019] Fineproxy used to launch DDoS attack against site critical of Azerbaijani state oil company’s leader
• [July 24, 2019] DDOS: the inconvenient business visitor of Name.com
• [April 19, 2019] Media websites from Azerbaijan under DDOS.
• [Jan 7, 2019] SUS-759: Sandvine and Internet blocking in Azerbaijan
• [Jan 7, 2019] Political motivated attacks against azadliq.info
• [Aug 6, 2018] Azerbaijan and the fineproxy DIY DDOS service (Region40/QualityNetwork)
• [Apr 10, 2018] Corruption, Censorship and a Deep Packet Inspection Vendor
• [Jan 16, 2018] Flooding the messengers
• [Jun 1, 2017] 24saat.org also under blocking inside Azerbaijan – Alternative Sites
• [Apr 30, 2017] The original court notification in Azerbaijan
• [Apr 7, 2017] Azadliq.info reloaded
• [Apr 1, 2017]  Deep Packet Inspection and Internet censorship in Azerbaijan
• [Mar 10, 2017] News media websites attacked from Governmental Infrastructure in Azerbaijan
• [Dec 2016] How Azerbaijan is trying to block main opposition media news
• [Dec 2016]  (Extra technical Details) How Azerbaijan is trying to block main opposition media news
• [Dec 2016] Akamai Load Balancing and Internet Congestion in Azerbaijan [RU]

Press releases

• [Jul 16, 2021] Phishing attack against Azerbaijani political and human rights activists
• [Jan 15, 2020] Phishing campaign against political activists and journalists in Azerbaijan linked to the government
• [Dec 11, 2019] Russian facial recognition technology with links to the military found on the principal provider of Azerbaijan

Media

• [Jul, 16 2021] AIW Attention, phishing attack detected
• [Jul, 16 2021] 24saat Phishing attack against Azerbaijani political and human rights activists
• [Jul, 16 2021] Meydan.tv Phishing attack against Azerbaijani political and human rights activists
• [May 3, 2020] Valigia Blu Phishing, furti d’identità, censura: contro giornalisti e attivisti attacchi online sempre più sofisticati
• [May 4, 2020] Я не буду больше молчать Sandman и FineProxy стоят за DDOS атаками на сайт timetv.live
• [May 1, 2020] I will not be silent anymore Sandman and FineProxy behind the DDOS attacks against timetv.live
• [Apr 28, 2020] IT Security News Sandman and Fineproxy behind the DDoS Attacks against TimeTV.Live
• [Apr 28, 2020] Hackademicus Sandman and Fineproxy behind the DDoS Attacks against TimeTV.Live
• [Apr 28, 2020] Security Affairs Sandman and Fineproxy behind the DDoS Attacks against TimeTV.Live
• [Feb 20, 2020] Meydan.TV Azərbaycanda “phishing” hücumlarının arxasında olan “adam”
• [Mar 4, 2020] Я не буду больше молчать Целевые изощренные фишинговые атаки против диссидентов и активистов в Азербайджане на пике активности
• [Mar 3, 2020] I will not be silent anymore Targeted sophisticated phishing attacks against dissidents in Azerbaijan is trending
• [Jan 16, 2020] Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Aseyev And Halaziuk; Ismayilova’s Travel Ban; Iranian Media Post-Crash
• [Jan 15, 2020] Azadliq.info Fishing Phishers in Azerbaijan
• [Jan 15, 2020] 24saat Fishing Phishers in Azerbaijan
• [Jan 14, 2020] Aiw Mass phishing attack against Azerbaijan civil society
• [June 6, 2019] I will not be silent anymore SUS-759: Sandvine and Internet blocking in Azerbaijan
• [Apr 11, 2018] Meydan.tv Korrupsiya, senzura və DPİ satışı
• [Apr 11, 2018] SVT Opinion Journalister lever farligt i valtider, även på nätet
• [Apr 10, 2018] Human Rights Club Corruption, censorship and a deep packet inspection vendor
• [Apr 10, 2018] Azadliq.info Korrupsiya, senzura və İsraillə İT alveri
• [Apr 10, 2018] 24saat.org Korrupsiya, Senzura və DPI Saticisi – Senzuranin İflasi!
• [Apr 10, 2018] Open Democracy Azerbaijan’s digital crackdown requires a political solution
• [Apr 10, 2018] Radio Free Azerbaijan’s digital crackdown requires a political solution
• [Apr 13, 2017] BBG Major Azerbaijan internet provider reportedly blocking RFE/RL
• [Apr 11, 2017] EurasiaNet State and Dissidents Acquire New Weapons for Cyber War
• [Mar 13, 2017] 24saat.org, Xəbər saytlarına hücum edənlər Nəqliyyat Nazirliyinin binasında oturur
• [Mar 10, 2017] Azadlıq Radiosu VirtualRoad: Hakerlər Azərbaycan hökuməti ilə bağlıdırlar
• [Mar 10, 2017] Azadlig News Hakimiyyətin müxalifətçilərə qarşı necə haker hücumları təşkil etdiyi ifşa olundu HESABAT
• [Jan 18, 2017] Council of Europe, Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists, Azadliq Newspaper Stops Publishing in Azerbaijan After Arrest of Financial Director
• [Jan 18, 2017] Article 19, Azerbaijan: Censorship of main opposition paper