Archive for the ‘Black Hat’ Category
Anonymous declares war on United States
“Our time for democracy is here. Our time for real change is here. This is America’s time, to have its own revolution. Therefore, Anonymous has decided to openly declare war on the United States government. This is a call to arms. We call upon the Citizens of the United States to stand beside us in overthrowing this corrupted body and call upon a new era. Our allegiance is to the American people, because they are us, and we are them.”
Types of hackers: “know your enemies”
The Seven Levels of Hackers article from govinfosecurity.com is a nice primer on the hacking community and the different types of hackers out there. It’s short and sweet but worth checking out.
Interpol all over You-know-who
Myfoxny.com reporting that Interpol has arrested 25 “Anonymous” suspects. The smackdown may be here.
h/t Drudge.
Wikileaks and Anonymous go up against Stratfor
A match made in Hades. Probably inevitable though as they plan to publish emails stolen from Stratfor – 5 Million of them.
International Business Times has more here.
UK hacker unmasked
The UK Independent has revealed the identity of the hacker in the News of the World hacking case. Guy’s name is Philip Campbell Smith.
Read more here.
U.S. suspending drone flights?
I said the other day that I didn’t think that Iran could hack U.S. drones. Debka is saying that I was wrong.
I still think they should have been quiet about it but they don’t take hack-craft advice from me.
This Iranian is saying they did it via the GPS system. New advice: Keep talking, scumbags.
Oh, and give us back our spy.
News of the World hacking update – some settlements
The BBC reports that seven of the World of the News/News International hacking victims have settled.
In other news, it may also have included computer hacking as well as phone.
Glee star twitter account hacked – for ninth time.
Um, change your password? I guess some songs got out there early too… could have been worse for her.
More from musicrooms.net.
Closing in on some bad guys
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
“As few as 12 different Chinese groups, largely backed or directed by the government there, commit the bulk of the China-based cyber attacks stealing critical data from US companies and government agencies, according to US cybersecurity analysts and experts.”
Not sure what the government plans to do about but shining a spot light on these groups may make them scurry back to their holes.
You know who presents their year in review
Look if you must: here.
H/T: ITportal.com
