Tag: hackers

  • defcon 10/13: moon updates, socialnet & hack attacks

    moon crash: public yawns, scientists celebrate*cloud of confusion over success of nasa moon ‘bombing’*the moon is not enough*moon orbiter detects pole-plunge hotspots in dark bottom*soon, ‘cybugs’ to access areas where people can’t go*facebook ensnared in two social networking patent disputes*reservella: the shadowy company behind the pirate bay*big-box breach: the inside story of wal-mart’s hacker attack*…

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  • defcon 9/24: f the cc, felonies, netflix & spacejunk

    fcc to propose ‘net neutrality’ rules*fcc position may spell the end of unlimited internet*should the president have the power to turn off the internet?*presidential internet kill switch may still be alive*feds move to control the internet*cybersecurity: one step forward*cybersecurity vs cyberwarfare*obama cyberczar to regulate the information highway*will the US president have the authority to shut…

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  • Defcon 9/17: The Moon & Malware, The Cloud & Psyops

    Lawmakers criticize obama spacepanel for dissing moon plan // pressure builds on obama to appoint cybersecurity coordinator // uk police ‘encouraged’ to hack more // hathaway on cyber security for the 1st time after leaving the white house // white house collects web users’ data without notice

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  • Defcon 9/10: Czars, Satellites, Da Vinci & Anonymous

    Defcon 9/10: Czars, Satellites, Da Vinci & Anonymous

    obama close to appointing cybersecurity chief // cyberattack? the internet power grab by the obama white house // the US needs a cybersecurity czar now // theories emerge on secret satellite launch // da vinci code fans targeted by real international conspiracy // ‘anonymous’ declares war on australia over internet filtering

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  • econocrash: blood money, insider trading, banksters & biometrics

    econocrash: blood money, insider trading, banksters & biometrics

    ‘blood oath’ sealed stanford deal, court is told*kroll gave all-clear to stanford*borrowing to pay interest on borrowing is a ponzi scheme*insiders selling stocks at highest level since may ’08*sec investigating apple for insider trading*fed urges secrecy on bailed out banks*flashback video: kucinich says the fed is paying banks not to make loans*bloomberg wins its lawsuit…

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  • defcon 8/26: citizen soldiers, social networks & criminal skills

    dodbuzz originally called this piece ‘citizen soldiers wage cyberwar’,but then they changed it later to ‘russkie civvies waging cyberwar’…from dodbuzz: A new report by the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit (USCCU) finds that citizens quickly became cyber warriors when the Russians started attacking Georgia. Our friends at AvWeek have a neat piece that includes an interview…

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  • cyber/spacewar: antisocial networking & the coming cybercom

    cyber/spacewar: antisocial networking & the coming cybercom

    denial-of-service attack knocks twitter offline*twitter crashes: hackers to blame?*what’s on the pentagon’s mind? facebook*marines ban twitter, myspace, facebook*skype could be cut off for good over dispute*google ceo resigns from apple board*apple & google: collusion or sleeping with the enemy?*white house cyber adviser melissa hathaway resigns*’cyber czar’ resigns;let’s not replace her*white house struggles to fill cyber…

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  • cyber/spacewar: attacks & anniversaries

    cyber/spacewar: attacks & anniversaries

    world wide wiretap: cyber attacks traced to the uk & USfrom threat level: International fingerpointing in the recent cyberattacks against U.S. and South Korean web sites has widened to include the UK and U.S., as researchers examining the attacks trace them to a server in the United Kingdom. But the UK company that owns the…

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  • cyber/spacewar: well-timed attacks, nasa, nsa & saic

    cyber/spacewar: well-timed attacks, nasa, nsa & saic

    US suspects north korea was behind cyber attacks from dpa: The United States believes North Korea was responsible for a massive cyber attack on government and other websites during the past week, Fox News reported Wednesday. An unnamed US defence official told Fox the attack targeted dozens of websites, including the ones for the US…

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  • cyber/spacewar: homeland hackers & a paid internet

    cyber/spacewar: homeland hackers & a paid internet

    hacker ‘dark tangent’, jeff moss, joins dhs security council bills would kill dhs satellite surveillance officefrom fcw: A senior House Democrat has introduced legislation that would kill the controversial National Applications Office (NAO), a Homeland Security Department-run program to make intelligence and military satellite imagery available to civilian agencies for domestic purposes. Rep. Jane Harman…

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  • 5/21 newspurge

    5/21 newspurge

    cyber/spacewar:internet generation ‘ill-prepared for adult life’*wolfram alpha suffers last minute launch hitch*fbi ‘going dark’ budget request for hi-tech surveillance capabilities soar*corporate media exploits teen idol to push cyberbullying bill*internet data heads for 500b gigabytes*youtube restores the alex jones channel*related: nytimes/press attack conspiracy theorists of ‘new world order’ film*future combat systems not killed*army promises their new…

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  • cyber/spacewar: nuking hackers & hacking the nukers

    cyber/spacewar: nuking hackers & hacking the nukers

    ‘unified quest 2009’: army war games for future conflicts doj budget details high-tech crime fighting toolsfrom abcnews: The release of the 2010 budget request has shed more light on some FBI surveillance programs the bureau is currently developing and testing. While the FBI has been criticized at times for its slow reforms after the 9/11…

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  • cyber/spacewar: eu, on/off, net censorship & hate speech

    cyber/spacewar: eu, on/off, net censorship & hate speech

    US to radically improve its cybersecurity. yup! you bet! nrc study calls for covert cyberattack against ‘non-state’ enemies from kurt nimmo: The National Research Council is pushing for the offensive use of “cyberattack” against enemies foreign and domestic. “The current policy and legal framework regulating use of cyberattack by the United States is ill-formed, undeveloped,…

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  • 5/1 newspurge: mayday, mayday

    obamessiah & the apostles of war top dems complicit in torture coverup*obama rejects truth panel*obama legal team wants defendants’ rights limited*court rebuffs feds, reinstates torture suit*’state secrets’ cannot hide cia torture program, appeals court rules*dems refuse to allow skeptic to testify alongside gore at congressional hearing*video: gore denies that ken lay & goldman ceo’s helped…

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  • cyber/spacewar: social networking & spyware

    cyber/spacewar: social networking & spyware

    pirate bay prosecution could spawn flurry of lawsuitsfrom telegraph: The entertainment industry yesterday hailed the successful prosecution of the four founders of the illegal file-sharing website Pirate Bay, as a major victory in its battle to recoup billions of pounds in lost revenue… Lawyers believe that the sentencing of Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Fredrik…

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