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 […]
Russian facial recognition technology with links to the military found on the principal provider of Azerbaijan
11 December 2019 Qurium Media Foundation found facial recognition technology, from the Russian company NtechLa, on servers in Ukraine, Serbia, Singapore and Azerbaijan The military contracting company Rostec owns 12,5% of NtechLa The same backbone Internet provider that runs FindFace in Azerbaijan is blocking the news website Gununsesi.info FindFace, a facial recognition technology developed by […]
KONTACTO – a mobile application to track voters in Colombia
On Sunday (Oct 27th), regional elections takes place in Pereira, Colombia. A few days before the election, a mobile App called KONTACTO was leaked to the media, supposedly capable of election manipulation. In collaboration with the investigative journalists at Cuestión Publica (Colombia), Qurium releases the forensics report “KONTACTO – a mobile application to track voters […]
Disclosure of company facilitating massive cyber attacks against 20+ regime critical Philippine websites
Victims of attacks are filing lawsuit against company enabling them March 29, 2019 “We’re in,” Dr. John Brule said on March 29, 1994, when the Philippine Internet had just been born. 25 years later, a coalition of Philippine media outlets and civil society organizations are taking legal actions against Suniway Group of Companies Inc, the […]
Demonstration in front of the National CERT of Philippines for failing to act on cyber attacks targeting regime critical media and civil society organizations
Media and organizations from Philippines have held a demonstration in front of the National Computer Emergency Response Team on the World Day Against Censorship. They protested because the NCERT did not act after their call for help and investigation of some of the longest Distributed Denial of Service attacks in the history of the Internet, which are targeting groups which are critical of the government.
Violent cyber attacks against Philippine independent media
A veteran online news site from the Philippines, Bulatlat, is suffering violent cyberattacks since 19th January. Ronalyn Olea, Bulatlat’s managing editor, says they believe the aggression is politically motivated: “The Duterte administration is known for being ruthless in violating human rights. It has deliberately launched a campaign to undermine the Philippine media in its effort […]
