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U.K. convicts Anonymous member \’Nerdo\’ for DDoS attack

In its ongoing pursuit to strike back at hackers, U.K. courts have convicted a member of Anonymous for conspiracy. A London jury found Christopher Weatherhead, a 22-year-old self described \”hacktivist,\” guilty of carrying out a campaign of Distributed Denial of Service attacks against major credit card companies that refused to process online donations to WikiLeaks, […]

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Algerian Hacker hijack Romanian Google and Yahoo Domain

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Algerian Hacker today hijack DNS Yahoo, Microsoft or Google and Paypal redirect users to a deface page. Credit being taken by Hacker going by name MCA-CRB, a serial website defacer. MCA-CRB is a prolific online graffiti artist who has defaced at least 5,000 sites, according to records kept by Zone-H. After Hijacking both domains resolve to

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Anonymous going to launch a portal called TYLER like wikileaks

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The Anonymous hacktivist community has released a new video to reveal the initiation of TYLER, an operation part of Project Mayhem 2012. “With censorship bills being passed and bills that attempt to rid us of our freedoms that this country was founded upon the time has now come to act. We have devised a

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8 percent of Android Apps are vulnerable – German security researchers

Android, Apps, Hackers, Security

Android applications are once again in the hotseat over possible security vulnerabilities. Security researchers at the Leibniz University of Hanover in Germany recently released a study (PDF) examining the way in which legitimate Android applications in the Google Play marketplace respond to attacks on security protocols known as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS).

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HSBC Bank attacked using Denial-of-Service(DOS)

Hackers, Security

This denial-of-service attack did not affect any customer data, but did prevent customers using HSBC online services, including Internet banking. We are taking appropriate action, working hard to restore service. We are pleased to say that some sites are now back up and running. We are cooperating with the relevant authorities and will cooperate with

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Hackers steal data\’s of \”Barnes & Noble\” Book Stores

Hackers, Security

Hackers broke into keypads at more than 60 Barnes & Noble bookstores and made off with the credit card information for customers who shopped at the stores as recently as last month. The company discovered the breach on September 14 but kept it quiet while the FBI attempted to track the hackers. Hackers broke into

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25 Worst Password of 2012

Hackers, Password, Security

Internet users continue to use many of the same weak passwords used a year ago, according to a new list compiled from password files released by hackers. Despite the vulnerability presented by weak passwords, many Internet users continue to put their security at risk by using common words or number sequences that are easily guessable.

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