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Famous whistleblowers Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden and Julian Assange can be seen standing in Berlin now as their life-size bronze statutes were unveiled on Friday. In Berlin’s Alexanderplatz, the statutes of whistleblowers Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange were unveiled for public on Friday. These personalities are deemed heroes by the political left for […]
The cyberwar between Armenian and Turkish hackers is reaching a new height. It begin with Pope Francis’ remarks in which he used the word ‘genocide’ to refer to mass killings of Armenians by Turks. In reply, Turkish hackers conducted a DDoS attack and shutdown the official website of Vatican City. The same Turkish hackers then started targeting […]
Last week, we reported how Anonymous hacked, defaced and deleted several x-rated Animal abuse websites. Today the same Anonymous hackers have targeted the world’s largest Bestiality forum (beastforum.com) with a DDoS attack, forcing it to go offline. History: Anonymous hackers started an operation under the banner of #OpBEAST. The purpose of this operation is to raise awareness […]
According to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Mr. Jeh Johnson, the department will be opening a Cybersecurity related Satellite office in Silicon Valley. Jeh Johnson was addressing at the world’s largest cyber RSA security conference where he announced the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) plan to open an office in the Silicon Valley. It’s also pushing back […]
Los Angeles and Orange Counties patients could order medical marijuana through Nugg, a new app. They may even schedule marijuana deliveries and pickups with the app A trio of USC students namely Alex Milligan, Collin Mann and Kam Babazade have developed a web-based app Nugg. It is an online medical marijuana ordering system. The app […]
Brazilian Ministry of Culture is planning to sue Facebook on blocking the picture of an Indian woman from 1909 just because her breasts were exposed. The ministry claims that Facebook is illegally exposing its censorship standards on Brazil. Brazil will sue Facebook for blocking picture of indigenous woman Reportedly, Brazilian Cultural Ministry isn’t happy with […]
Anonymous hackers have started a new operation under the banner of #OpNullDenmark and #OpBEAST. The purpose of this operation is to raise awareness about animal cruelty and websites promoting bestiality content (sexual relations between a human being and a lower animal). Though the operation is more active on Twitter, some Anonymous hackers decided to target such websites […]
If you are a cybersecurity specialist then U.S Military is ready to hire you. Lt. Gen Cordon announced that U.S Military is planning to create Cyber Branch 17, a new cybersecurity wing. The department is thinking of launching a new career option for civilians who can help the military to secure its servers against the increasing […]
The famous international, non-profit, journalistic organisation WikiLeaks published thousands of hacked Sony Emails. You can now access, read and search all the hacked documents — Sony is not happy about it. On Thursday, WikiLeaks published 170,000 emails and 30,000 documents belonging to Sony Pictures, acquired from world-renowned hack where North Korea was blamed for breaching Sony […]
DEA has been a client of the controversial Italian surveillance tech firm Hacking Team since 2012 — DEA has bought spyware capable of intercepting all sorts of communication. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) firstly placed an order in August 2012 and has bought the software called Remote Control System/RCS. This software can intercept telephone conversations, social […]
Turkish hacker shutdown Vatican City official website against Pope Francis’ remarks in which he used the word ‘genocide’ to refer to mass killings of Armenians by Turks. The website was taken down just an hour ago after which the Turkish attacker (going with the handle of @THTHerakles) announced that he will keep targeting the site until an apology is […]
If you thought only the United State government loves censorship, you are wrong — Here are some shocking revelations about Pakistani Sopa & PIPA. Cyber terrorism is the main area of concern to every government and head of state nowadays but some governments adopt a completely disoriented approach to counter the threat of cybercrime by introducing laws that […]
The infamous online hacker group Anonymous’ Quebec branch has taken the credit for penetrating the Montreal Police department website and the officers’ union. On Friday, at 10:30PM, the Montreal police website went down and minutes later the Montreal police brotherhood also was shut down. The Police department website remained off until Saturday. According to a […]
China to Use Stronger Weapons to Censor the Web and it is called Great Cannon — It can block websites and interrupt international traffic like no one else. Lately, China has been bombarding American websites with Internet traffic in a bid to take out such services that let China’s web users to view websites that […]
Is ISIS Behind BBC’s ‘Operational error’ that Interrupted its Broadcast and Left presenter flustered? Supposedly, BBC News Channel fell prey to a cyber-attack from ISIS when ‘hackers’ were able to interrupt the channel’s live broadcast and upload propaganda material of Islamic State. The appearance of the words “Je suIS IS” on TV Screens left viewers stunned […]
Two officers from Georgia’s correction facility had to resign when the picture of a beaten teen inmate having a leash bent around his neck was posted online on Facebook seemingly with a contraband mobile phone. According to authorities, two prisoners from the Al Burruss Correctional Training Centre involved in the March 27 incident were transferred […]
”Task Force Cyber Secure” was signed and established by Chief of Staff (CSAF) General Mark Walsh III on March 20, 2015 as part of the continuous effort to effectively address cyber threats and vulnerabilities affecting the US Air Force’s core missions. According to the USAF press release, the said task force is geared to address […]
The Anonymous hacktivist group has just released a list of websites allegedly supporting the ISIS extremist group. The list also contains names of companies hosting or protecting these sites from DDoS and other cyber attacks. Originally, this list was compiled by “GhostSec” (A group working with other hacktivists to expose social media accounts, websites and other handles […]
Anonymous hackers from Ireland have vowed to target government of Ireland on 5th May 2015, shutting down its IT system and leaking confidential information online. Now this can be termed as a clear cut threat to the Irish government. Anonymous, the notorious group of hacktivists, has posted on its Facebook page “Anonymous Ireland expect us” […]
After attacking Indiana government website for passing Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), hackers have now started attacking anyone supporting the RFRA. The official website of an Indiana based Nonprofit organization ‘Right to Life’ was taken down by hackers in a powerful DDoS attack Tuesday morning for supporting the controversial anti-LGBT — Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The individuals behind this cyber […]
Anonymous hacktivist group continues its efforts to expose social media profiles of the notorious rebel group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria/ISIS militants and its supporters by gathering a list of 26,000 plus Twitter handles of alleged connections of the extremist group. Earlier in March, a CtrlSec outfit member that is active online by the nick […]