Your identity up for grabs
Security was a big issue in 2011 with more sophisticated and a wider range of threats than ever before wasting even more of everyone's time at a cost of billions of dollars.
Hacktivists expose the intelligence gap
As long as western governments fail to live up to their ideals, there will be those who are determined to embarrass them Over Christmas a busy, secretive group were at work, with their own views on who had been naughty and nice. However it was not Santa's elves, but the amorphous " Anonymous " collective making the decisions. This group of hackers released a vast trove of email addresses ...
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Hackers hit Stratfor again, just for laughs
The hackers behind the year-end attack on the security consulting firm Stratfor have struck again, although this time it appears they are just out for a few laughs.
Security Trends of 2011: The Shadow of Anonymous and the Year of the Internet Hactivist
Every time there is a door, you need a lock because there’s a bad guy that wants to get in and the Internet is no different. Corporations generally sit on the leading edge of new technology and in this case … Continue reading → Security Trends of 2011: The Shadow of Anonymous and the Year of the Internet Hactivist is a post from: SiliconANGLE We're now available on the Kindle! Subscribe today .
The Hacks That Mattered in the Year of the Hack
A year ago,few people had heard of Anonymous, understood what a DDoS attack was, or even realized that hackers were capable of bringing down entire networks. But as geek bloggers love to point out, 2011 was the year of the hack, the year that Anonymous became a household name and armies of its devotees took to the streets, all wearing Guy Fawkes masks like that final, mind-blowing, Parliament ...
Anonymous targets US security thinktank Stratfor
Hacking movement boasts of stealing confidential client list and mining it for credit card numbers The loose-knit hacking movement Anonymous claims to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of US-based security thinktank Stratfor. One hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals' accounts to give away as Christmas donations ...
Hacktivists: Doin’ It For the Lulz Since 1903
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VIDEO: ‘Anonymous’ Hackers Disrupt US Security Think Tank
LONDON (AP) -- The loose-knit hacking movement "Anonymous" claimed Sunday to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor.