South Sudanese media blocked after threats from NSS – transcript revealed
August 17, 2020 Yet another South Sudanese media site blocked, despite government officials claiming that Internet blocking is not implemented in the country Blocking takes places after personal threats from the National Security Service to the editor of Sudans Post and the Sudanese hosting provider Qurium circumvents the blocking of three blocked South Sudanese news […]
Five months later, Myanmar still blocks 230 sites in secret
August 7, 2020 The secret block list includes not only fake news but legitimate media. The operator Telenor Myanmar redirects blocked users to an anonymous foreign server Qurium circumvents the blocking of In-Depth News Mandalay, a local news site in the Mandalay region, by means of Bifrost In March 2020, the Myanmar Ministry of Telecommunications […]
Cyberattacks on Premium Times Nigeria as the online newspaper is pressured for investigative story
10 March 2020 Cyber attacks launched after publishing of investigative story revealing rift within the government Pentesting attacks attributed to the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) University professor quickly identified a scapegoat, and then gave no further comments The online newspaper Premium Times Nigeria suffered a wave of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks […]
Revista Factum suffered week-long cyber attacks for denouncing corruption by the president of El Salvador
Spanish version below 9 March 2020 The government of El Salvador had banned Revista Factum from attending its press conferences and was subjecting them to a smear campaign The alleged perpetrator of the attacks has been identified as a computer engineer acting, from the University of Oriente, El Salvador University denies Qurium Media Foundation access […]
Phishing campaigns in Azerbaijan: The story of Fizza Eydarova
The story of Fizza Eydarova, editor of Azadliq.info, is an example of how regime critical journalists and human rights activists in Azerbaijan are being targeted with sophisticated phishing attacks at an increasing rate. The attacks were launched from AzerTelecom, one of the country’s largest Internet provider, with total impunity. According to Qurium’s investigation, the number […]
How we found an illegal prostitution Internet ring in Kazakhstan
September 2019 Dear Sir/Madam, The 31st of July 2019, hundreds of websites became unreachable from inside Kazakhstan and during several days no one knew why. This article investigates the real target of the blocking, “Rainbow Spa” and its connection to an illegal prostitution ring. Collateral blocking in Kazakhstan traced back to illegal prostitution ring https://www.qurium.org/alerts/kazakhstan/collateral-blocking-in-kazakhstan-traced-back-to-illegal-prostitution-ring/ […]
GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE IN KAZAKHSTAN – IN-DEPTH ‘QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS’ ON STATE IMPOSED SECURITY CERTIFICATE
July 25, 2019 “Who registered the domain qca.kz, used to distribute the certificate in the country?” “What kind of equipment can do the interception?” “Can I see the tampering in action?” The Kazakh government is imposing a digital certificate for all online devices, arguing that it will protect them from digital attacks. Questions about its […]
Phishing campaign against political activists and journalists in Azerbaijan linked to the government
15 January 2020 The phishing attempts used fake email addresses of prominent human rights defenders, journalists and members of the Council of Europe and were sent to colleagues and like-minded. One of the malware being spread, had the ability to obtain remote access to the victim’s computer Qurium’s forensics investigation can link the attacker to […]
Heavy cyber-attacks and fake news did not silence investigate media in Kyrgyzstan
19 December 2019 Media investigating high-level corruption in Kyrgyzstan were heavily attacked, but not silenced Denial of Service attacks against Kloop Media reached 65 Gbps, according to Qurium’s forensics report During the cyber-attacks, a cloned news site published fake news, accusing journalists of murdering the whistleblower of the corruption case. All started with a joint […]
The incoherent website blocking policy in Cuba
June 2020 Internet blocking in Cuba is implemented in an incoherent fashion, signaling lack of procedures and technical expertise Despite supporting the LGBT movement, the Cuban government is blocking a popular LGBT portal Internet blocking of dissidence voices is done in the name of promoting “moral and good manners” Cuba has become infamous for blocking […]
