The mysterious lawyers of Alexander Mashkevich
November 23, 2021 Qurium continues its investigations into the shady dealings of reputation management companies. Recently, Qurium has received two emails from “legal representatives” of Alexander Mashkevich, an Israeli-Kazakh billionaire, businessman and investor who has major holdings and close political relationships in Kazakhstan. Both representatives have requested Qurium to remove a certain article published by […]
CONFIRMED by CERT-PH: Philippine Army involved in DDoS attacks against independent media
September 23, 2021 In July 2021, Qurium Media Foundation reported on brief but frequent denial of service attacks against the Philippine alternative media outlets Bulatlat and Altermidya, as well as the human rights group Karapatan. The result of the initial digital forensics investigation was the finding of a link between the attack and the infrastructure […]
Who enabled the attacks against Karapatan?
August 25th, 2021 Last week, Qurium revealed that the Philippine human rights group Karapatan, a long term enemy of the Duterte regime, was suffering a lengthy DDoS attack. The attack, lasting for 25 consecutive days, involved multiple attack vectors and changed strategy and infrastructure several times during the course of the attack. The malicious traffic, […]
Human rights group under intensive DDoS attack
August 18, 2021 For the past three weeks, the Philippine human rights alliance Karapatan has suffered a heavy and sustained DDoS attack. The attack comes only a month after the waves of DDoS attacks targeting the alternative media outlets Bulatlat and Altermidya, which Qurium could link to infrastructure controlled by the Philippine government and army. […]
Phishing attack against Azerbaijani political and human rights activists
July 16, 2021 On July 7th, several prominent human rights and political activists in Azerbaijan received a targeted phishing mail impersonating Human Rights Watch. According to Qurium’s analysis, the mail included a link to a malware, with the capability of webcam and Desktop recording, execution of Windows commands and extraction and uploading of selected files […]
Investigation of DDoS attacks against independent media shows links to Philippine government and army
July 1, 2021 Qurium Media Foundation has received brief but frequent denial of service attacks against the Philippine alternative media outlets Bulatlat and Altermidya, as well as the human rights group Karapatan during May and June 2021. When launching a digital forensics investigation to attribute the attacks, Qurium found links to the Department of Science […]
MYANMAR’S OFFICIAL SOCIAL APPLICATION OKPAR – FLAWED PRIVACY BY DESIGN?
May 5, 2021 Qurium Media Foundation has analyzed the mobile application OKPar App that has been advertised as the official social application in Myanmar. The App offers a number of services, including an IM chat. OKPar claims to be secure and offer end-to-end encryption, but Qurium’s investigation shows that it leaks sensitive information: “OKPar App […]
DARK OPS UNDERCOVERED: EPISODE II – ELIMINALIA
– WHAT IS HIDING BEHIND THE FAKE DMCA COMPLAINTS? Last week, Qurium revealed how Eliminalia removes unwanted content from Google search results by abusing GDPR and the DMCA and filing fake complaints based on manipulated information. This week Qurium is following up on the Eliminalia case focusing on the content. What type of information are […]
Dark Ops Undercovered: Episode I – Eliminalia
April 12, 2021 Welcome to Qurium’s new series of forensic investigations: ‘Dark Ops Undercovered’. Learn how fake DMCA and GDPR are abused to hinder the freedom of the press when investigating corruption or abuses of power. In recent months, several media outlets hosted by Qurium have received requests from fake law firms to remove articles […]
Nigeria attempts to silence the investigative media Peoples Gazette by ordering blocking
February 2, 2021 Peoples Gazette, a Nigerian independent news outlet, is not reachable from a number of mobile Internet providers from inside the country since the 26th of January 2021. Peoples Gazette is a new investigative media that during its first four months in operations have revealed illicit financial transactions of Nigeria’s political elites and […]
