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Senate Bill 13 targets Anonymous and its Guy Fawkes masks, according to members of Anonymous, a hacker collective. The bill by Sen. Don Barrington, R-Lawton bans the use of masks and other facial coverings in public places. Thus, two Anonymous members were stopped from putting on the group’s signature masks in the Oklahoma City on Monday. […]
Pirate Bay’s Trimmed down Version Creates Rift between the Staff – Staff Members adamant on bringing back the site’s full version. The Dispute: Pirate Bay is returning, which could have been big news had a rift between the site’s management and staff was not created. Reportedly, the website will resume operation from this weekend but the […]
On Friday, several foreign-based virtual private network (VPN) providers reported a disruption in their services to Chinese users. Providers such as StrongVPN and Golden Frog noted that Chinese users faced difficulties in accessing some of their sites. The list of inaccessible sites kept changing each day. VPNs facilitate the connection between a computer, a smartphone […]
After threatening to hack jihadist websites, the group vows a clean-up of dark web in the wake of Westminster Child Abuse Anonymous internet collective, a group well-known for attacking corporate and government websites, is again in news and this time it is planning to expose international Pedophile networks. Anonymous’ project is partly prompted by the contentions […]
HealthCare.gov’s camaraderie with Marketers Revealed – Apparently the US federal Website has been sharing Patient Data with Marketers. The United States’ federal website HealthCare.gov reportedly has been leaking the personal data of its consumers to advertising and marketing purveyors. This website is responsible for making registrations and selecting consumers for health insurance under the Affordable Care […]
The City of Ford Lauderdale boosted its cyber security network with a heavy investment of $430,000 to bring in more improvements after it encountered a hacking attack by a cyber –activist group called Anonymous last month for its homeless laws. On the contrary, the city official said that the investment was not specifically in response […]
“123456” remains and retains the top position in the most popular or rather “worst password” list, says SplashData News, which compiles millions of stolen passwords that are made public and then arranges them in decreasing order of occurrences. The report noted that simple numerical passwords still remain common like last year and the first time […]
Outlook email users of China faced an outage over the weekend, possibly a victim of man-in-the-middle attack, according to media reports. Chinese users could not access the Outlook email, a free email service from the Microsoft, on Jan 17. Only IMAP and SMTP protocols on desktop and mobile were affected while the web interface remained […]
Stackexchange.com, a world renowned network of question and answer website is currently offline for unknown reason. A tweet from Stack Exchange’s twitter handle has also confirmed the outage, currently investigating a routing issue with the network provider. It is unclear what the exact reason for outage is but considering cyber attacks these days, it can be a DDoS […]
Since April 1994, when the first cable connected to China‘s Internet, the Beijing government strives to maintain control over online content accessed by the Chinese people. Since then, many sites have been banned in the country. And when they are not completely banned, they suffer from constant censorship. Last month, Gmail service in China was completely blocked […]
A group of pro-Russian hackers is claiming responsibility for recent attacks that brought down German government websites including the page for Chancellor Angela Merkel, the foreign ministry and the lower parliament. The group calls itself CyberBerkut and claims itlaunched those cyber-attacks over Germany�s supporting stance towards the �criminal regime in Kiev�. The timing of the […]
News went viral yesterday claiming online hacktivists Anonymous have threatened to leak a sex tape of Australian model Iggy Azalea unless she apologizes to American rapper, singer, and songwriter Azealia Banks on some racial issue. Well based on our investigation and conversation with some of the most reliable Anonymous handles on Twitter, we found out […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous has conducted a massive cyber attack on the official website of Oakland police, fire department and city website. As a result all targeted sites have been shut down. Anonymous targeted the Oakland City Hall, Oakland police and fire departments website around 11 a.m. It’s been few hours now that all sites are still […]
The hacktivist group Anonymous has taken down the official website of City of Cleveland – Ohio, against the shooting and killing of a 12-year-old boy going with the name of Temir Rice. In a YouTube video message, Anonymous had warned the Cleveland police department to conducted an investigation, reveal the identity of officer who shot […]
NATO is assisting its member nations and partners to fend off cyberthreats. One such effort, NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS), was launched on 1 October 2014 to support Jordan in its war against ISIS or ISIL. The NATO has set up a team of cyber experts to help Jordan defend its key infrastructure points […]
NATO’s cyber security drills are underway in Estonia and are most likely to replicate attacks launched by the cyber wing of Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) and Russia. Around 400 experts from 16 countries are participating in the “Locked Shield” exercise this year. The cyber war drills are organized by NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), taking place […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous has a message for Israeli government in which the group has asked elite hackers from around the world to join them and conduct a massive cyber attack against the state of Israel. A YouTube video message uploaded couple of days ago talks about Israeli airstrike on Gaza and criticizes the killings […]
Norway�s�top financial institutions came under massive cyber attacks on Tuesday.Anonymous Norway appears to be behind this attack. The attack�on Norway�s�top financial institutions/banks, such as�Danske Bank,�Norges Bank,�Sparebank and renowned insurance agencies�Gjensidige and�Storebrand had their services disrupted. Other than banks, a telecom company and three national airlines also�came under attack. In an interview with Dagens N�ringsliv business […]
An Israeli soldier has received massive online support after being suspended for aiming gun at a Palestinian teenager, reported by AFP. A YouTube video shows an Israeli solider and Palestinian youth auguring with each other when the elite Nahal infantry unit soldier identified only as David aimed the gun at the teenager. Just few hours […]
Earlier it was reported how Reddit developer, Internet genius and hacktivist Aaron Swartz was found dead in his Brooklyn, New York apartment, where he had allegedly hanged himself. Now a documentary ‘The Internet’s Own Boy”, based on his life, struggle and death is about to go public. To promote the documentary, a very powerful trailer has been released. […]
The online collective Anonymous has attacked the Boston Children’s Hospital over the recent Justina Pelletier child-custody case, said a recent report by The Boston Globe. The medical center has been experiencing cyber assaults since last few weeks. Although there are no direct indications that the attack could be from the Anonymous group, cybersecurity experts did not rule out their […]