NOD32 and Kaspersky Websites Hacked

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Jack

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Again we are presented with a situation that shows how even companies that should keep us protected are vulnerable to the attacks launched by cybercriminals. This time, NOD32’s website in Ukraine and Kaspersky’s Costa Rican site were defaced.

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Kaspersky was hacked by Algerian hackers Over-X, indoushka and Saousha and according to Cyberwarnews, this is not the first time they fail to properly secure their site. The attackers don’t state their reasons for taking down the page, but it’s most likely one of the situations where they want to show how weak its security is.

At the time of writing, Kaspersky’s website (kaspersky.co.cr) is still down, proudly displaying the image placed by the hackers.

On the other hand, NOD32 in Ukraine (nod32.in.ua) acted quickly on restoring their services after being attacked by hackers known as KhantastiC haX0r and Shadow008.

“HellO NoD32. Where is Security ?! Are U Hacked ? Yesh ! U have been Hacked Once Again :D !!! Everyday Someone Get Hacked Today is your Day. Impossible only means it has not been done...” state the hackers on the defaced page.

The ones responsible for taking down the NOD32 site kept themselves busy over the past few days, making a lot of victims, mostly from India and Bangladesh.

The Zone-H mirrors of their hacks reveal that most of the sites were hosted on government domains, which seem to be the favorite targets of this duo.


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McLovin

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Not all AV companies been hacked but some of them will be. Sad to see that Kaspersky and NOD32 got hacked. They are a great AV products. Hope no other company gets hacked.
 

3link9

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I heard AVG has some Hole on their site.... Hope they patch it soon if they haven't already.
This stuff happens -_-
 

jamescv7

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Its like Kasperksy website or domain is one of the most security website to be hacked.

So it means the hackers found a hole on that site easily so they hacked Kaspersky website numerous times before.
 

win7holic

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which hacked, not the international sites, but the branch website (in some countries)
I think not too worrying, as long as it's not the international wesite (. com) :)
 

malbky

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Just see guys the main .com website nor the .in nor .usa of kaspersky was hacked. It was some smal country like costa rica's website was hacked. It is because this website will be hosted in cost rica so probably not much security for that website. Remember the first time kaspersky was hacked. Download kis or kav injected malware in your pc.
 
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