Late Friday night, the hacktivist group Anonymous took control of the U.S. Sentencing Commission website in a new campaign called “Operation Last Resort.” The website was still experiencing downtime as of 11am PT this morning, and according to a ZDNet report, the website was re-hacked on Sunday afternoon and turned into a playable video game Read more…
Tags: Aaron Swartz, Anonymous, critical infrastructure, Federal Cybersecurity, government, Hacktivism, Operation Last Resort
This post was updated on January 27. See end of file for update. There has been a great explosion of chatter in the last day around Anonymous’ “Operation Last Resort” (a.k.a. #OpLastResort). The entities behind the various “official” communications around this operation have a sense of humor that we must point out (especially because if Read more…
Tags: Anonymous, Barrett Brown, Data Protection, Last Resort, malware, McAfee Labs, Network Security, OpLastResort, social networking, Swartz, twitter, USSC
After the publication of the 2013 Threats Predictions from McAfee Labs, I have received many queries regarding our expectation of a possible slowdown in Anonymous activity this year. Some readers agreed, while others were more skeptical. With this blog, I will attempt to explain these positions. The Anonymous signature Today, many people use the Anonymous Read more…
Tags: Anonymous, decline, Hacktivism
Proactive and preemptive. That’s the caliber of protection we are working toward integrating into all of our network security products. Because without proactive and preemptive protection, online security will never be completely secure. Thankfully for all of us, McAfee Labs knows this is the key too. That’s why, every year McAfee Labs publishes its Threat Read more…
Tags: 2013 predictions, and Data Loss Prevention, Anonymous, content security, cyberthreats, DLP, Email Protection, firewall, global threat intelligence, government networks, hacktivists, IT Security, McAfee, McAfee Labs, McAfee Network Security, Network IPS, Network Security, security, Threats Predictictions, web protection
Since March 20, the @Anonw0rmer Twitter account has been silent. Its owner, w0rmer, is known as a member of the CabinCr3w group, a hacker team linked to Anonymous. In early February, as part of the Operations PiggyBank and PigRoast, the CabinCr3w members were suspected of hacking various police department- or law enforcement-related websites including: West Read more…
Tags: Anonymous, Exif, Hacktivism, Open Source
Did you imagine that the recent arrests of LulzSec members would put a dent in their activities? It seems not, as two new groups have already taken action. We should keep in mind that some of the online actions by Anonymous can be seen as beneficial. Two of their targets have included the pornography industry Read more…
Tags: Anonymous, Hacktivism, LulzSec, pornography
Last year we decided to bite the bullet, max out the credit cards and take our kids to the US. We had such a fantastic time: Disneyworld and Harry Potter world in Orlando, the Smithsonian in Washington, Hollywood and the walking zombies in New York. Yes, walking zombies. We were in New York when the Read more…
Tags: Alex Merton-McCann, Anonymous, children online safety, cyber security, cybermum, cybersafe, families online, Family Safety, Hacktivism, Holidays, McAfee, mothering advice, mothering Internet safety, Mummy blogger, Occupy Wall Street, online safety, online threats, parental advice, predictions, spam
The news is circulating of the recent arrests of many of LulzSec’s members. From the Fox News site: “Law enforcement agents on two continents swooped in on top members of the infamous computer hacking group LulzSec early this morning, and acting largely on evidence gathered by the organization’s brazen leader–who sources say has been secretly Read more…
Tags: Anonymous, FBI, hacking, Hacktivism, LulzSec
I have had so much going on this past week and there has been so much going on in technology news of course. Murphy’s Law has been in full effect! My son had surgery last week, so to say I have been a bit busy (and stressed) is an understatement. He is on the mend Read more…
Tags: Anonymous, Anonymous Group, cybermom, good parenting, malware, mobile security, online child safety, parental controls, QR codes
Following my previous blog on Francopol 2011, here are some data and slides from my own talk on the Anonymous Group. Anonymous circles are not the only component of hacktivism, merely a loose collection with the highest media profile. Other representatives of this informal protest movement include the “Indignants,” who use social networks around the Read more…
Tags: Anonymous, Hacktivism, identity exposure, identity theft
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