Tag: hackers
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10/14 Defcon: Settlements, Citizenship & Commercial Gain
School district pays $610k to settle webcam spying lawsuits // Comcast pushes bot alert program nationwide // Facebook is ‘killing privacy for commercial gain’
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10/7 Defcon: Spooks, Satnav & Sightings
Pentagon says ‘the global cyberwar is just beginning’ // Obama pressures ISP’s to censor websites // Microsoft wants govt licensing net access // AOL says Infowars ‘whipping the internet into a frenzy of anxiety’ // UFO forces airport closure in China
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Secret-Spilling Sources At-Risk Following Cryptome Breach
cryptome says: Wired complicit in federal crimes by hacker from threat level: Secret-spilling site Cryptome was hacked over the weekend, possibly exposing the identities of whistleblowers and other confidential sources, according to a hacker who contacted Wired.com and claimed responsibility for the breach. The hacker said two intruders from the group Kryogeniks breached the long-running…
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Virtual Flag Terrorism: New Clues Point to Israel As Author of Stuxnet
New clues released this week show a possible link between Israel and sophisticated malware targeting industrial control systems in critical infrastructure systems, such as nuclear plants and oil pipelines.
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new world next week – sep30
fbi raids, cyber storm iii, phoney farmer’s markets Welcome back to the New World Next Week – the video series from CorbettReport.com & MediaMonarchy.com. This week: Story #1: FBI Raids on Antiwar Activists – Intimidation, Not Investigation Related: The Mysterious Institute That Spied on Activists Story #2: ‘Cyber Storm III’ Tests US on Cyber Attack…
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‘cyber storm iii’ tests US on cyber attack
stuxnet & cyberstorm3 are unrelated, nothing to see here… from defencetalk: US keyboard warriors were doing battle Tuesday with a simulated cyberattack on government and private computer networks that undermines basic trust in the Internet. The “Cyber Storm III” exercise involves participants from seven US government departments, including the Pentagon, 11 US states, 60 private…
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Defcon 9/9: Sex, Spies & Vulnerabilities
Craigslist unexpectedly pulls adult services listings // CIA money behind wi-fi positioning system, or WPS // Google pays $8.5M to settle buzz privacy invasion suit // DHS cybersecurity watchdogs miss 100s of vulnerabilities on their own network
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Defcon 8/26: Dirty Tricks & Moon Rocks
Realtime track of X-37b: US military’s top secret X-37b shuttle ‘disappeared’ for 2wks, changed orbit // Scientists hack into cars’ computers & control brakes, engine // Missing moon rock unveiled in Colorado // Physicist Kaku talks aliens on MSNBC
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defcon 8/19: flashback flares & jackal hacktivism
video: top physicist says solar flare would set us back 100yrs* sun affects earth more than you might realize* call it ‘operation ajax truth’: iranian activists deface uk genetics website* 19 aug ’53 – anglo-american military coup in iran* ‘day of the jackal’ & ‘odessa file’ author/journalist blames nsa for wife’s laptop hack* wikileaks says…
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defcon 8/12: cyber lies & gag orders
cyber lie exposed: power plants not connected to internet* dhs needs to take threat of emp attack seriously, physicist warns* google ceo: no anonymity is the future of web* google raided by s. korea police street view probe* appeals court rules against secret police gps tracking* cars hacked through wireless tire sensors* geoeye & digitalglobe…
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Defcon 8/5: Gold Mines & Greatest Threats
The web’s new gold mine: Your secrets // Obama wants FBI to access browsing history without warrant // Google & Verizon near deal on pay tiers for web // Biometric & other locks fail to foil hackers at defcon // Now aiming to seize control, hackers target power plants as US, industry scramble to respond…
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Defcon 7/29: Leaky Lawsuits
100 million Facebook pages ‘leaked’ on torrent site // ‘Minority Report’ technology used by UK police to predict crimes // Tokyo trials digital billboards that scan passers-by // 2nd student sues school district over webcam spying
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feds look for wikileaks founder at nyc hacker event
from cnet: Federal agents appeared at a hacker conference Friday morning looking for Julian Assange, the controversial figure who has become the public face of Wikileaks, an organizer said. Eric Corley, publisher of 2600 Magazine and organizer of The Next HOPE conference in midtown Manhattan, said five Homeland Security agents appeared at the conference a…
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Defcon 7/15: Tracked, Traced & Databased
Consumer group sniffs Congresswoman’s open wi-fi // Fmr. NSA exec Thomas A. Drake may pay high price for media leak // NSA executive leaked after official reporting process failed // Mobile phones ‘causing memory loss’ // Teens using digital drugs to get high