LulzSec hackers plead guilty, admit attacks on CIA, SOCA, Sony and others
Southwark Crown Court in London has heard that three members of the LulzSec hacking gang have chosen to plead guilty to charges that they launched distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against a series of organisations including the CIA and the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency.
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Think cyber crime laws are bad now? Wait till you see the latest proposals
A very interesting article by Robert X. Cringely of InfoWorld:
Hoping to pursue an exciting and lucrative career in the world of crime? These days a Harvard MBA and a solid knowledge of international banking laws is as good a qualification as it gets. If you don’t have the grades or can’t swing the tuition, there’s always option B: Buy a weapon at a gun show, pull a stocking over your head, and head off to the nearest convenience store.
But whatever you do, don’t study computer science. Don’t learn about the intricacies of networking and Web servers. Don’t even think about messing with the InterTubes — then you’re truly dangerous, and an example must be made of you.
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A Famous document sharing website Scribd is the Latest Victim of Hack Attack
An interesting article from our partner at hackersnewsbullentin.com on Scribd being the latest victim of an attack:
The world-famous document sharing website Scribd is the Latest victim of hacking and announced that they were hacked , Scribd says that they discovered and blocked suspicious activity on Scribd’s network that appears to have been a deliberate attempt to access the email addresses and passwords of registered Scribd users
- Usernames
- Emails
- Encrypted passwords
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Google Maps contest under privacy investigation in India
An posting from NBC NEWS in the technology section about Google Maps contest under privacy investigation in India:
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Police in India are investigating to determine whether U.S. Internet company Google Inc. violated rules in a competition that asked users to add information about their local areas for its online map services after a government agency raised security concerns.
Google, which ran the “Mapathon” in India in February and March, said its aim was to make more local information accessible to all and that it did not break any laws.
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April’s Patch Tuesday from Microsoft includes another Internet Explorer patch
An posting from SC Magzine on Microsft patch:
Microsoft is readying nine patches to be released Tuesday as part of the software giant’s monthly security update.
Two of the nine fixes address vulnerabilities rated “critical,” meaning they could be exploited to execute remote code, while the remaining seven patches attend to flaws deemed “important,” according to an advance notification from Microsoft.
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Scribd Hack Exposes Thousands of Users
An posting from Tech News about Scribd Hack Exposes Thousands of Users:
It’s much easier to spend your Internet time watching funny cat videos than to actually do something productive, but the educational stuff is out there. Take Scribd, for instance: a virtual library of free content that ranges from book previews to science journal articles to official government documents. If you’re one of the estimated 50 million Scribd users, life isn’t all highbrow art magazines and travelogues, though. A recent hack has resulted in a few hundred thousand stolen passwords.
Scribd does not reveal exactly what kind of hack took place, but the malefactors made off with part of a password database
. But if you’re worried that you’ve been hacked, don’t be: There’s a 99 percent chance you haven’t. “Because of the way Scribd securely stores passwords, we believe that the passwords of less than 1 percent of our users were potentially compromised by this
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