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Hacktivism

Researchers uncover causes of MilitarySingles.com hack

Marcos Colon May 25, 2012

A common web application vulnerability, poor detection capabilities and a lack of adequate encryption led to the recent hack of a military dating site, which resulted in the exposure of the personal data on 170,000 people.

Officials preparing for cyber attacks, scams as Olympics nears

Dan Kaplan May 24, 2012

With the London Olympics set to kick off in July, U.S. security officials are warning about the event being a target for cyber criminals.

Anonymous hacks DoJ and dumps data online

Marcos Colon May 22, 2012

The infamous hacktivist collective Anonymous released a 1.7-GB archive of sensitive information after infiltrating the U.S. Department of Justice.

Targeted attacks cost companies an average of $200k

Marcos Colon May 22, 2012

A recent survey indicates that successful targeted attacks end up costing companies more than $200,000.

Alleged CabinCr3w member denies hacking police sites

Dan Kaplan April 18, 2012

A 21-year-old Ohio man has pleaded innocent to charges he hacked into the websites of the Utah Chiefs of Police Association and the Salt Lake City Police Department to release sensitive data, which included crime tips and personal information about officers.

LulzSec hacker reverses guilty plea for Sony Pictures attack

Dan Kaplan April 05, 2012

An accused member of the hacktivist group LulzSec pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles to charges of hacking into the systems of Sony Pictures Entertainment, according to reports.

Anonymous turns attention to Chinese web oppression

Dan Kaplan April 05, 2012

Anonymous has found a new target. The hacktivist group has defaced some 500 Chinese business and government websites over the last week, a protest against the government's censorship practices.

Tightening the fed's belt: Government Roundtable

Illena Armstrong April 02, 2012

At a recent SC Magazine Roundtable, gov't security pros bemoaned the difficulty in obtaining resources. But instead of crying over spilled milk, they traded ideas for mitigating risk in a down economy.

News briefs: LulzSec head worked with FBI, Sony breached, and more

Staff Report April 02, 2012

News briefs: LulzSec head Sabu worked with FBI, Extension in DNSChanger servers, Sony breached again, and more

Claims over entrapment, FBI-enabled hacks fly after arrests

Dan Kaplan March 07, 2012

As the news settles that a trusted member of Anonymous was actually an FBI informant, some are wondering whether his FBI handlers went too far when trying to gather evidence about other suspected hackers.

Anonymous hacker-turned-informant helps feds arrest five

Dan Kaplan March 06, 2012

Sabu, an Anonymous/LulzSec/AntiSec hacker beloved by many across the world, has spent the last nine months providing information to the FBI. What does this mean to the future of the hacktivist movement?

Hacktivism endures

Jim Romeo March 01, 2012

The threat posed by politically motivated attackers, known as hacker activists, or hacktivists, is far-reaching, yet authorities are finding it difficult to take down a structurally decentralized movement.

RSA Conference 2012: Hacktivism forcing organizations to look inward

Marcos Colon February 29, 2012

Hackvistim is not just resulting in high-profile breaches and data loss, it's also shedding light on the neglect many organizations are showing security.

RSA Conference 2012: CloudFlare's three weeks with LulzSec

Dan Kaplan February 29, 2012

A cloud-based start-up counted Lulz Security as a customer for three weeks last June, and the company's CEO took to the stage at the RSA Conference to recount what went down.

RSA Conference 2012: Security industry "at serious risk of failing"

Dan Kaplan February 28, 2012

The last 12 months have challenged the security industry more than ever before. But it's not too late to fight back, said RSA's Art Coviello in his keynote to open the annual security event.

Video: Hacktivism, Anonymous and the new security model

Dan Kaplan February 24, 2012

Noted security researcher Hugh Thompson, the chief security strategist at People Security and the program chairman of the RSA Conference, discusses how companies may reconsider controversial business decisions if they mean inciting the wrath of the Anonymous hacktivist collective.

Anonymous hacks FTC over Google privacy, ACTA

Dan Kaplan February 17, 2012

The Anonymous collective has again targeted the Federal Trade Commission, bringing down some of its websites and claiming to have rooted hundreds of its servers.

Hacktivist-led DDoS is now the most common type, study finds

Dan Kaplan February 08, 2012

DDoS attackers motivated by social or political purposes are more common than conventional criminals out for financial gain, concluded a new report from Arbor Networks.

Anonymous renders Canadian Nazis not-so-anonymous

Danny Bradbury February 08, 2012

Hacktivist online community Anonymous exposed prominent Canadian neo-Nazis last month after hacking into a fascist website.

Symantec code posted despite attempt to trap suspect

Dan Kaplan February 07, 2012

Email correspondence between a hacker and undercover agent may provide a glimpse into the type of blackmail that takes place when intellectual property is stolen.

Anonymous raids law firm over its defense of Marine

Dan Kaplan February 03, 2012

Anonymous stayed busy on Friday with the dump of 300 GB of emails and other communications, lifted from the law firm representing a U.S. Marine who recently escaped jail time for his role in a 2005 massacre.

FBI call gives clues into Anonymous, LulzSec probes

Dan Kaplan February 03, 2012

Security experts believe a member of Anonymous hacked into the email account of a law enforcement official, which provided them the credentials necessary to eavesdrop on an FBI-led conference call.

Symantec admits stolen source code impacts pcAnywhere

Dan Kaplan January 25, 2012

Big Yellow has done an about-face in light of new analysis that confirms users of its pcAnywhere software may be at risk to attack due to the disclosure of source code.

Evolution of online attacks mirrors the history of advertising

Cameron Byers, Astaro, Sophos sales engineer January 17, 2012

Similarities continue as we see more targeted, personalized attacks

Hacktivists expose personal info of T-Mobile staff

Greg Masters January 17, 2012

T-Mobile was hit on Saturday with a hacktivist attack, which resulted in the publication of personal information of some 80 of the wireless communications provider's employees.

Anonymous, Reddit to protest SOPA with blackout

Dan Kaplan January 12, 2012

Hacktivist group Anonymous and the popular news-sharing site Reddit both have pledged to go offline on Wednesday in protest of the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), an anti-piracy measure that critics believe amounts to an internet censorship bill.

Stratfor returns as Anonymous readies 5M stolen emails

Dan Kaplan January 12, 2012

An Anonymous representative said some 5.2 million emails stolen from Stratfor, a Texas-based global intelligence firm, will go live within the coming days.

Anonymous attacks Sony again, this time over SOPA

Dan Kaplan January 06, 2012

Anonymous said Friday that it is responsible for temporarily defacing the website and Facebook account belonging to Sony Pictures.

California union latest Anonymous police victim

Dan Kaplan January 03, 2012

Anonymous hackers affiliated with the group's "AntiSec" initiative stuck again over the New Year's weekend, this time dumping private data they stole by breaking into the website belonging to the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) union.