Items Tagged with "Anonymous"
The Evolution of Hacking and Enterprise Information Security
February 28, 2011 Added by:Robb Reck
Defending our finances and data are no longer enough to keep our organization safe on the internet. We need to keep our company off of the front page. This new breed of hackers is not going away anytime soon. We need to adapt to them, as they certainly are adapting to circumvent us...
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More on the HBGary Federal Breach Revelations
February 25, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Revelations about the proposed tactics and operations set forth by HBGary Federal and the other security companies involved should be cause for concern amongst the information security community, as they largely portray security professionals as being techno mercenaries and hired guns...
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Hacktivists Deface Westboro Baptist Church Website
February 25, 2011 Added by:Headlines
That both The Jester and Anonymous attacked Westboro Baptist Church websites this week represents a very strange convergence, and the prospect that two highly active hacktivist camps might find more common ground is tantalizing to say the least...
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Hacktivism Makes for Strange Bedfellows
February 24, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Anonymous members and The Jester have publicly traded jabs for several months, each threatening to undermine and expose the other's operations. Strangely enough, they may have had a meeting of the minds when it comes to their mutual disdain for the Westboro Baptist Church...
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Anonymous: Herd Mentality or Convergence Theory Driven?
February 23, 2011 Added by:Scot Terban
Anonymous has said many times that they are a headless organization. No matter how many times they make that claim, it is functionally impossible. There will always be a core group of individuals that will be leading an operation. Anonymous is predicated on an infrastructure that must be maintained...
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SPOOK COUNTRY 2011: HBGary, Palantir, and the CIRC
February 19, 2011 Added by:Scot Terban
One has to look at the ends and the means to judge what is out of bounds. In the case of the Barr incident, we are seeing that true intelligence techniques of disinformation, psyops, and dirty tricks were on the table for a private company to use against citizens throughout the globe...
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Anonymous Claims to Have Stuxnet Code
February 19, 2011 Added by:Dan Dieterle
Apparently the hi-tech virus or information about it was obtained by the group after they hacked security company HBGary Federal. The security company had been tracking down leaders of Anonymous and was preparing to release the names at an upcoming security conference...
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HBGary Federal: Algorithms, Social Networks, and COMINT
February 17, 2011 Added by:Scot Terban
What Barr seemed to not comprehend is that the Internet is a stochastic system, and it is impossible to do what he wanted with any kind of accuracy. At least in the way he wanted to do it, you see, it takes some investigation skills to make the connections that a scripted process cannot...
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Anonymous Continues to Pursue Lawless Exploits
February 07, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Followers of the movement claim to champion free speech and freedom of information, but their actions more closely resemble the kind of thuggery employed by criminal networks who seek to silence a free press...
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FBI Acts on Another Anonymous DDoS Search Warrant
February 04, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The simple fact is DDoS attacks are illegal because they cause significant damage in much the same way that riots do - a finer point lost on the Anonymous participants. The right to free speech does not include the right to damage the property of others...
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FBI Executes Warrants for Anonymous DDoS Attacks
January 28, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The Anonymous script-kiddie roundup begins in earnest: FBI agents today executed more than 40 search warrants throughout the United States as part of an ongoing investigation into recent coordinated cyber attacks against major companies and organizations...
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Anonymous Calls UK Arrests a "Declaration of War"
January 27, 2011 Added by:Anthony M. Freed
In what is best described as rhetoric befitting a professional wrestling pay-per-view smack-down teaser, the non-entity known as Anonymous has taken offense with the United Kingdom for having the nerve to enforce their nation's laws, calling the arrests a "serious declaration of war"...
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Anonymous DDoS Participants Arrested in UK
January 27, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Anonymous DDoS attackers are typically teenagers and young adults who have little or no understanding of the risks and legal repercussions that can stem from participating in the attacks, and most operate under the misconception that they can not be identified by authorities...
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Anonymous DDoS Targets Egyptian Government Sites
January 26, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The international script-kiddie ensemble known as Anonymous has turned their DDoS attacks on Egyptian websites. Analysis shows server failure for Egypt's Ministry of the Interior website, and other reports indicate that the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology may also have been targeted...Anonymous DDoS Participants Arrested in UK
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Hacktivist Confirms Infecting Anonymous DHN.zip File
January 19, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The hacktivist known only as The Jester (th3j35t3r) has confirmed rumors that he had "infected" the latest version of the tool used by the Anonymous movement to perpetrate a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks...
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Researcher Links anonops.ru IRC with Cyber Criminals
January 14, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"Whenever a big event occurs around the world cybercrime jumps at the chance to exploit it. And this appears to be the case with WikiLeaks and Anonymous. What an opportunity for criminals to take advantage of a volunteer army eager to take part in a struggle"...




