Proxy providers used in repeated DDoS attacks against Russian exiled media Meduza.io
Meduza is one of the largest and most influential Russian regime critical news site that delivers daily news from all across Russia in Russian and English languages. Since January 2023 Meduza has been declared undesirable in Russia since the media outlet “poses a threat to the foundations of Russia’s constitutional order and security” and their website […]
The scam machinery – powered by paid Ads and bullet proof hosting
In a joint investigation with Le Monde, Qurium has investigated a number of fake articles – impersonating Le Monde news paper – spreading disinformation and linking readers to fraudulent crypto currency investment scams. Our investigation lead us to RPT Company, a Russian affiliate marketing organization run by Leonid Belov and Yakov Rutman, awarded for their […]
A lie told a million times becomes a fact
– Russian involvement in deep fake video of Maria Ressa on Facebook 4 March 2024 Deep fake videos of celebrities promoting fraudulent Bitcoin solutions are on the rise. The purpose is to encourage viewers to enroll into fraudulent Bitcoin platforms, but the poorly crafted deep fake video of Maria Ressa promoting the crypto-currency scam “Bitcoin […]
Monetization of hacked Facebook pages: Money to earn for everyone!
7 February 2024 Hacked Facebook pages is no news, millions of accounts are compromised every year. But what are they used for, and who monetizes on those accounts being hacked? Qurium’s investigation starts with a handful of hacked Facebook pages belonging to the Ugandan media group “Nation Media Group” which have been used to drive […]
Russian disinformation against Zelenskyy exposed on Times Square billboard
2 February 2024 In November 2023 the Ukrainian president appeared in a video clip seemingly filmed from Times Square, showing Zelenskyy advertising for a drug rehab center in Los Angeles. Although it was clear that the video was an action against Zelenskyy, the question was rather how it had been done. Had the attacker paid […]
Press release: Hundreds of sites cloned to promote a Chinese gambling network
15 November 2023 Online gambling is an industry that moves a huge economy. Its global market size is expected to grow with 9,3% from 2022 to 89 billion dollars (89,000,000,000) in 2023 according to market research. The Asia-Pacific region, including large economies like China and India, was the largest gambling region in the world in […]
DDoS attacks against Hungarian media traced to yet another proxy provider
– Attacks enabled by a stack of rotten actors 2 November 2023 No less than 40 Hungarian websites, nearly all of them regime critical media outlets, have suffered waves of DDoS attacks from April to September 2023. When the International Press Institute (IPI) reported on the attacks in late August, they became the next victim […]
Volatile networks used in DDoS attacks to silence media
19 September 2023 On September 7, Qurium reported how the infrastructure of proxy and VPN providers shamelessly is used to silence independent media in repressive regimes. Today we are following up with the third forensic report in the series Weaponizing Proxy and VPN Providers focusing on how network providers and hosting facilities use expendable IP […]
One year’s research of Qurium shows how proxy and VPN providers are used to conduct DDoS attacks
Somali journalist union under DDoS attack September 7, 2023 The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is a union with the mission to defend the rights of journalists and promote press freedom in Somalia, a country where journalists operate in a corrupt and violent environment. With more than 50 media workers killed since 2010, Somalia is the […]
QURIUM RESEARCH BEHIND WORLD STORY ON DISINFORMATION MERCHANTS
– Director of Eliminalia once again involved In January 2022, Qurium stumbled upon a number of fake news sites that flooded the web with made-up content to suppress legitimate articles and investigations by human rights groups and renowned journalists. All these “flooding websites” originated with “Communication Media Group”, CMG, located between a hardware store and […]
