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Wikileaks

Mitigating the next WikiLeaks: Insider threats

Dan Geer, chief scientist emeritus at Verdasys May 01, 2012

The operating environment itself must be altered, says Verdasys' Dan Geer.

White House order tackles insider threat post-WikiLeaks

Angela Moscaritolo October 07, 2011

The order follows a seven-month, government-wide review, prompted by the leak of classified U.S. documents by whistleblower site WikiLeaks.

Can we stop hacktivism?

Matthew Pascucci, information security analyst, financial services firm October 04, 2011

The answer is "no," but that doesn't mean security professionals are hopeless in defending their networks against politically minded intruders. Not to mention, you have more in common with them than you might think.

Former HBGary Federal CEO bows out of DEFCON talk

Angela Moscaritolo July 27, 2011

Former HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr has withdrawn from a scheduled appearance at the DEFCON conference after being threatened with legal action, according to a report.

Anonymous spokesman on Sony hack: "It wasn't us"

Dan Kaplan May 04, 2011

A top Sony executive said in a letter Wednesday to a Congressional subcommittee investigating the PlayStation Network breach that evidence shows Anonymous was responsible.

Vendors and cyber offense

Angela Moscaritolo April 01, 2011

Do revelations stemming from the Anonymous hack that HBGary Federal was engaged in shady, potentially illegal, activities cast the security industry as a whole in a negative light?

Report: HBGary Federal CEO Barr steps down

Dan Kaplan March 01, 2011

Disgraced HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr has resigned, according to a report Monday in Threatpost. Barr's troubles began early last month when he told the Financial Times that he was prepared to reveal information about the Anonymous hacking group at a security conference in San Francisco the following week. Anonymous responded by hacking into security firms HBGary and HBGary Federal (whose site is currently offline) and publishing tens of thousands of emails belonging to its executives. The emails revealed some troubling things, including plans by HBGary Federal and two other firms to silence WikiLeaks supporters, including Salon.com journalist Glenn Greenwald. Barr said he was stepping down "to focus on taking care of my family and rebuilding my reputation." - DK

Post-WikiLeaks: Back to basics

Maurice Hampton, information security and privacy services leader, Clark Schaefer Consulting March 01, 2011

Dust off your company's risk assessment process and make sure it is up to date because this is where your approach to defending against a WikiLeaks type of threat is going to start.

Anonymous defaces Westboro site during live interview

Dan Kaplan February 24, 2011

Despite its original intentions, Anonymous has defaced the website of the hate-spewing Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas.

Anonymous says no plans, now, to attack Westboro

Dan Kaplan February 22, 2011

The hacking collective known as Anonymous apparently does not plan to next target the hate-mongering Westboro Baptist Church.

RSA Conference 2011: The future of WikiLeaks-like sites and their impact on organizations

Dan Kaplan February 16, 2011

Security professionals fretting a WikiLeaks-style disclosure at their organization should be much less concerned with Julian Assange's whistleblower site and more worried about copycat sites already on the rise, said Kevin Poulsen, senior editor at Wired.com.

The WikiLeaks challenge: Remember the risks associated with third-party exposure

Kimberly Kiefer Peretti, director of the Forensic Services practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers February 13, 2011

When guarding against data breaches, organizations must consider the security postures of their closest partners, such as law firms and cloud providers.

Three security companies attempt to make mockery of the First Amendment

Dan Kaplan February 11, 2011

Most security companies, I like to believe, are noble and ethical enterprises. Yes they make good money out of the fact that the online world is a dark, scary place, but they also provide an invaluable service: protecting innocent individuals and organizations from the dangers that lurk in the shadows.

Anonymous takes over security firm in vengeful hack

Dan Kaplan February 07, 2011

HBGary has "completely unplugged from the internet" as the security firm moves into investigatory and damage control mode following the infiltration of its network by the hacker group Anonymous.

A free internet is as American as apple pie, right?

Dan Kaplan February 04, 2011

After speaking last night with a journalist who is covering the anti-government protests in Egypt, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow joked that she had been tempted to stop everything during the interview to tweet what the reporter had been telling her.

Five charged with "Anonymous"-led DDoS attacks

Dan Kaplan January 27, 2011

More members of the Anonymous gang have been charged for their role in DDoS attacks against anti-WikiLeaks websites.

WikiLeaks-prompted assessments due this month

Angela Moscaritolo January 06, 2011

Federal departments and agencies that handle classified data are required by Jan. 28 to complete an assessment of the safety measures they have in place to protect national security information, an effort prompted by the leak of confidential U.S. documents by whistleblower site WikiLeaks.

DDoS attacks commonly leaned on to mute rights groups

Greg Masters December 27, 2010

Advocacy groups and independent media face a variety of damaging cyberattacks, and there is little they can do to stop them, a new study from Harvard University concludes.

Future crimes: Are WikiLeaks, piracy and malware related?

Charles Jeter, ESET cybercrime investigator December 14, 2010

Could a cargo ship's thwarted piracy reveal more than bullet holes and bloodstains? A theoretical view of why compromised shipping cargo information could make pirates and hijackers rich.

Stuxnet: Precursor to kinetic warfare?

Charles Jeter, ESET cybercrime investigator December 01, 2010

Was the delay of the Stuxnet worm cleanup the true motive behind the assassination of Iranian cyberwarfare and nuclear scientist Majid Shahriari? Was Wikileaks content responsible for the timing of the attack? Analysis follows.