Tag: hackers
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Anonymous Promises Regularly Scheduled Friday Attacks
Anonymous, a group not known for discipline, is giving itself a weekly deadline, a new attack every Friday.
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Hackers Attack Chemical Weapons Maker on V-Day
While many celebrated Valentine’s Day on Tuesday, hackers celebrated a different holiday: the one-year anniversary of the uprising in Bahrain, sometimes called the February 14 Revolution.
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2/2 Defcon: Mind Reading, Brain Living
Scientists trial ‘mind reading’ computer // Window Installed Into a Live Brain // What Will Facebook Do With $10 Billion? // Google changes its privacy policy: Another reminder to use offshore email // FBI spyware not Skype responsible for spilling MegaUpload secrets // Police arrest 5 as hacking scandal spreads to Sun tabloid // NASA…
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Ground Zero: i9/11, Robotech Reality, War Pigs & More
Robotech Reality // i9/11 // The Faustian Plan // War Pigs Without Pretense: The Armageddon Conspiracy
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1/19 Defcon: Megatakedown, Koobfaced & More
Feds Shutter Megaupload, Arrest Executives // Anonymous Takes Down DoJ, UMG in Retaliation // Judge Orders Search of ‘News of the World’ Computers // Online Protest Against Obama’s Drone War Flops // Zappos Hacked, Tells 24m Customers to Change Passwords // US to Launch Space Arms-Control Initiative
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‘anonymous’ hack on stratfor the first step in ‘master plan’
hackers set to publish emails stolen from stratfor* from abcnews: The global activist hacking group Anonymous claims to have obtained thousands of credit card numbers and personal information from the high-profile clients of a leading analytical intelligence company, all in the name of charity. Up to $1 million was reportedly stolen from Stratfor, in Austin,…
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12/1 defcon: sopa, carrier iq & you
comedy of errors led to false ‘water-pump hack’ report* flashback: feds deny water utility hack* hackers target united nations development program website* crack this code & become a british spy* sopa on the ropes? bipartisan alternative to ‘net censorship emerges* critics line up to bash maker of secret phone-monitoring software* does your smartphone run carrier…
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Gary McKinnon Update: Renewed Hope For UK Hacking Trial
A judicial review of celebrated hacker Gary MacKinnon’s lengthy extradition proceedings, were conducted fairly according to an article at The Register. Nonetheless, MacKinnon’s mother Janis Sharp sees hope in Dominic Grieve, the present UK Attorney General, “… [he] has always insisted that Gary should be tried in the UK and that the forum should be…
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greece risks meltdown after bailout vote bombshell
video: greek bailout referendum stirs strong feelings* from reuters: The Greek government faced possible collapse on Tuesday as ruling party lawmakers demanded Prime Minister George Papandreou resign for throwing the nation’s euro membership into jeopardy with a shock call for a referendum. Caught unawares by his high-risk gamble, the leaders of France and Germany summoned…
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Insulin Pump Hack Delivers Fatal Dosage Over The Air
In a hack fitting of a James Bond movie, a security researcher has devised an attack that hijacks nearby insulin pumps so he can surreptitiously deliver fatal doses to diabetic patients who rely on them.
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national cyber security bulletin on anonymous
from the hacker news: DHS has analyzed the likelihood of Anonymous attacking industrial control systems (ICS) after the hacktivist group showed such intentions earlier this year. “Assessment of Anonymous Threat to Control Systems” that was drafted by the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) back in September. The document is not classified, but it…
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10/13 defcon: outage, buyout, lineup
video: fbi makes arrest after johansson emails hacked* mitsubishi heavy, japanese defense contractor, targeted by over 50 computer viruses* fake netflix app poses data-stealing risk* blackberrys buzz back to life after long outage* dennis ritchie, father of ‘c’ programming language, dies at 70* microsoft skype buyout is officially official* faithful line up as apple’s new…
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10/6 defcon: nsa, b of a, acta & siri
#phonehacking: news corp faces more than 60 claims* homeland security dept puts its websites in the cloud* hayden to congress: let nsa monitor public nets for threats* bank of america website disrupted for 4th day in a row* gps inventor urges scotus to reject warrantless tracking* video: americans offered sleep-monitoring datatouch card* video: US signs…
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dhs warns that hackers may be motivated by #occupywallstreet
from mediaite: The “Occupy Wall Street” protests have been a way to fuel people’s anger at Wall Street, and the Department of Homeland Security is concerned such high-profile events may inspire hackers to once again target big financial institutions. Members of the group Anonymous have been seen at the protests, and those who have work…