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CNN reports Cyberwar raging in Syria

2011-11-28T06:26:00.001-05:00

Istanbul (CNN) -- A familiar digital chime rang on the computer. Someone was calling via Skype from Syria.

It was a law student and opposition activist from the city of Homs who uses the pseudonym Musaab al Hussaini to protect himself from arrest. He had fresh reports that security forces were shooting guns wildly in the neighborhood Baba

Hussaini was calling via Psiphon, an online encryption system he had just installed that morning. He said it protected him from detection by the Syrian security services, also known as mukhabarat.

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FBI Arrests Suspected LulzSec and Anonymous Hackers | #cybercrime #infosec

2011-09-26T06:51:00.001-04:00

The FBI arrested two alleged members of the hacking collectives LulzSec and Anonymous on Thursday morning in San Francisco and Phoenix and secured charges against a third suspect from Ohio, the Justice Department confirmed Thursday.

Search warrants were also being executed in New Jersey, Minnesota and Montana, an FBI official told FoxNews.com, which first reported the arrests.

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Comodo hacker claims more CA breaches | #diginotar #verisign #ssl

2011-09-21T05:27:00.001-04:00

In an interview with ZDNet Australia, the 21-year-old Iranian hacker, who goes by the alias "Sun Ich", said that he currently has access to three more CAs, and would continue to focus his efforts solely on CAs rather than any other targets. He wouldn't disclose which CAs he had tapped into.

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DigiNotar files for bankruptcy | #ssl #comodohacker #ca

2011-09-21T05:18:00.001-04:00

Disgraced digital certificate firm DigiNotar has filed for bankruptcy in The Netherlands.

Hackers broke into DigiNotar's systems in June before creating forged digital certificates in the names of Google and other high-profile targets. The forged Google.com SSL credentials were used to spy on 300,000 Iranian internet users, according to a subsequent analysis of authentication lookup logs on DigiNotar's systems. Comodohacker, the boastful Iranian black hat who had claimed credit for an earlier attack on digital certificate firm Comodo, also claimed credit for the DigiNotar hack.

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7 Lessons: Surviving A Zero-Day Attack | #pnnl #iw500 #apt

2011-09-20T20:40:00.001-04:00

When Pacific Northwest National Laboratory detected a cyber attack--actually two of them--against its tech infrastructure in July, the lab acted quickly to root out the exploits and secure its network. PNNL then did something few other cyber attack victims have been willing to do. It decided to talk openly about what happened.

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Cyber attacks coincide with 80th anniversary of Manchurian Incident | #china #Japan #cyberwar

2011-09-20T18:30:00.001-04:00

The wave of cyber attacks targeting the Japanese government and Japanese companies come in the wake of the 80th anniversary of the Manchurian Incident, which triggered the full-scale Japanese invasion of China.

On Sept 18 1931, a small amount of dynamite was used to damage a stretch of the railroad operated by Japan's South Manchuria Railway close to the town of Mukden, which is now known as Shenyang.

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Japan tells arms supplier to probe cyber attack | #Mitsubishi #china #cyberwar

2011-09-20T18:26:00.001-04:00

Japan told its biggest weapons supplier, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, to investigate a cyber attack on its computers on Tuesday, warning it may have breached contracts to supply billions of dollars of equipment by keeping quiet about the online assault.

Under the terms of an agreement the government imposes on all contractors, companies are obliged to inform it promptly of any breach of sensitive or classified information, a defense official said. Defense officials learnt of the August attack from local press reports Monday.

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Former Anonymous Members Writing a Book About Anonymous | #hackers #cyberwar

2011-09-20T18:22:00.001-04:00

Two prominent Anonymous associates are shopping around a book detailing the exploits of the hacktivist group from the inside, according to the Observer. But will anyone want to read it?

One co-author, Barrett Brown (above, in a still from an interview with NBC News), is an ex-heroin junkie from Dallas, Texas. He was an Anonymous spokesman until quitting over the direction the group was taking. The other author, Gregg Housh, is from Boston and became a de facto Anonymous spokesman because he appeared in a few news articles during Anonymous' anti-Scientology protests and journalists kept on calling him for comments.

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A Web-Fomented Protest On Wall Street Is Louder Online Than Off | #anonymous #occupywallstreet #groundzero

2011-09-20T10:55:00.001-04:00

Even by participants' own estimates, the ongoing OccupyWallStreet demonstration in New York City hasn't been very big--between 500 and 700 protestors near the famous bronze bull statue at its peak on Saturday afternoon attended, and perhaps 200 slept over in a park near Ground Zero on Saturday and Sunday nights.

But this small action against bank bailouts, public spending cuts, and money in politics has drawn an outsized presence in the tech and media world. Highlights include high Twitter hashtag rankings, realtime crowd-sourced mapping, SEO optimization, and the possible involvement of WikiLeaks and hacker collective Anonymous.

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Wall Street Protests Continue, With at Least 6 Arrested | #occupywallstreet #CNN #wallstreet

2011-09-20T10:50:00.001-04:00

In a continuation of the demonstrations that began on Saturday, nearly 200 protesters marched along Wall Street and other parts of the financial district Monday morning, brandishing American flags and signs denouncing the economic system. At least six of them were arrested.

Office workers heading to their desks passed the protesters on the sidewalks with little incident. At times, the two groups squeezed shoulder to shoulder through narrow passages formed by metal police barricades.

The first three arrests came on Pine Street, when a police lieutenant ordered that two men wearing ski masks be taken into custody. Officers then arrested a woman wearing a plastic mask on the back of her head.

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11 Things You Can Do to Support the Protesters | #occupywallstreet #NYC #banksters

2011-09-20T10:40:00.001-04:00

These patriot occupiers are fighting for 99% percent of us. Those who are unemployed, uninsured, under employed and totally insecure in the face of ever increasing social and financial inequities. They are standing up for those who cannot be there right now.

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One in three PC users doesn't update their security software | #antivirus #AVG #cybercrime

2011-09-20T08:16:00.000-04:00

One in three UK PC users doesn't update their security software, says AVG.

A report compiled on behalf of the security firm byThe Future Laboratory revealed those aged 18 to 34 are the most reckless age group when it comes to updating their security software, despite growing up with an awareness of digital threats. AVG believes if they continue to behave like this there's a chance that in the future a cybercrime disaster that affects not just personal users but also businesses and governments could occur.

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US hawks hit Barack Obama on $4.2bn Taiwan deal | #F16 #china #DoD

2011-09-20T08:08:00.001-04:00

The US sale of weapons to Taiwan is the biggest issue of conflict between the superpower and China, and has grown in significance as the Asian giant has pushed ahead with its military modernisation.

US officials began briefings about the deal in Washington on Saturday, and reports emerged that the sale would include fresh parts for Taiwan's F-16 warplanes - two of which crashed last week - but no new planes

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Drones could provide updated intelligence on North Korean missile sites | #uav #china #dmz

2011-09-20T08:05:00.001-04:00

The U.S. is negotiating with South Korea to fly the RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drone near the Demilitarized Zone, a move that could provide an unprecedented view of goings-on in reclusive North Korea and draw the ire of China.

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Comodo hacker claims more CA breaches | #diginotar #SSL #Iran

2011-09-19T16:34:00.000-04:00

In his last statement via the ComodoHacker Pastebin account, he had said that he wasaiming to compromise three other CAs, but did not divulge whether he had them under control yet. CAs are responsible for authorising the digital certificates that determine which websites browsers can trust.

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The Cool Maneuvers and Battle On the Net | #cyberwar #cybercrime #infosec

2011-09-19T11:29:00.001-04:00

We are living in the age of the Cool Maneuvers, a period of intense and sustained virtual struggle on the Internet. But unlike the Cold War which was animated by fear of nuclear annihilation, the Cool Maneuvers cannot be attributed to any one event or factor. Broadly speaking the information revolution has restructured society, challenged centrally managed institutions, and empowered individuals. On the Internet anyone can become powerful, and many are attempting to become so.

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中国黑客发誓要结束网络犯罪 |#honkers #china #COG

2011-09-19T09:53:00.001-04:00

COG 黑客自律公约》参考了联合国大会2002 年的第57／239 号决议“创造全球网络安全文化”和2004 年的第58／199 号决议“创造全球网络安全文化及保护重要的信息基础设施”以及社会业界对黑客精神等方面的解释与研究。《COG 黑客自律公约》不是法律，若有不符合现行法律的，以现行法律为准。

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Chinese hackers pledge to reject cybercrime | #china #GongWei #WanTao

2011-09-19T09:16:00.001-04:00

Two prominent Chinese hackers have released a convention calling for the rejection of cybercrime and are asking their peers to support it, as China is increasingly seen as the source of international hacking attacks and cybertheft.

The two hackers, Gong Wei and Wan Tao, released their "Hackers' Self-Discipline Convention" to the Chinese media and posted its contents on the internet. The hackers declined to offer further comment, but the document presents itself as a moral code that outlines appropriate hacking activities and eschews cybercrime.

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Extreme risks from new cybercrime threats | #AVG #wetware #antivirus

2011-09-19T08:00:00.001-04:00

The weakest link in the security chain when confronting cyberthreats, including cybercrime attacks, is human action, otherwise known as 'wetware' in security industry jargon. And, we are warned, the world maybe looking down the barrel at a cybercrime disaster affecting not only personal users but businesses and governments

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Wall Street May Be Blocked Off Again as Police Monitor Protests | #occupywallstreet #anonymous #NYC

2011-09-19T07:45:00.001-04:00

New York City police may limit access to Wall Street for a third day, requiring workers and residents to show identification, after a weekend of protests targeting financial firms.

The arrangements, including the identification requirement, "will be re-assessed" this morning, Paul Browne, a police spokesman, said in an e-mail.

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Protesters Begin Effort to 'Occupy Wall Street' | #wallstreet #protest #anonymous

2011-09-19T07:33:00.001-04:00

Protesters are gathering on Wall Street today in a movement they call "Occupy Wall Street."

As of noon, hundreds of protesters gathered at Bowling Green Park in Manhattan, home of the iconic charging bull in New York's Financial District as they prepare to "take the bull by the horns," as said on a flyer advertising the event.

"The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%," said a statement on the website Occupy Wall Street.

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Photos: Anonymous's Occupation Of Wall Street | #occupywallstreet #CNN #nypd

2011-09-18T12:51:00.000-04:00

Yesterday marked the beginning of the "occupation of Wall Street," a mass protest organized by left-leaning groups likeAnonymous and Adbusters aimed at corporate greed and designed to force President Obama to "capitulate" to their demands. While the exact ultimatum won't be made public until next Saturday, chants of "Whose street? Our street!" and "This is what democracy looks like! This is what hypocrisy looks like!" (shouted at banks) made it clear that the demonstrators were venting their well-founded anger at the "masters of the universe."

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According to some #OccupyWallSt: Just a Saturday Stroll Through the Park | #adbusters #dayofrage

2011-09-18T12:38:00.001-04:00

Over the summer, on the heels of Arab Spring, an anti-capitalist group called adbusters established a campaign to occupy Wall Street, beginning on September 17th. Whether coincidental or not, September 17th also happened to beConstitution Day. While there had been some unfounded unfounded speculation a few weeks ago that the SEIU's Stephen Lerner and ACORN founder Wade Rathke were behind the OccupyWallSt movement, there were never any signs that the Marxist-Anarchist protesters had any formal union backing—nor has there been anything posted on union websites about the occupation of Wall St.

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Protesters invade NYC Financial District | #occupywallstreet #foxnews #CNN

2011-09-18T10:56:00.001-04:00

More than 1,000 demonstrators descended on New York City's Financial District on Saturday for what could be a days-long protest of what they said was corporate greed favoring the rich at the expense of ordinary people.

The rally, dubbed #OccupyWallStreet on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook where word was spread, spurred the New York Police Department to lock down Wall Street near the New York Stock Exchange and Federal Hall, local media reported.

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Social Networking Spurs Wall Street Protest | #occupywallstreet #CNN #annonymous

2011-09-18T10:54:00.001-04:00

Sometimes you come across a story that really warms the cockles of your heart. I am talking, of course, about the report on UBS's star trader, Kweku M. Adoboli who lost $2 billion. He is only 31 years old. Now, what had you accomplished by the time you were 31? Mr. Adoboli had risen through the ranks to the point that he was entrusted with a trading account that let him accumulate a loss of $2 billion. Imagine this guy's potential! Limitless opportunities await him on Wall Street—at least, once he gets out of prison. And he could open a "think tank" like Michael Milken, devoted to proving that his trades might possibly have made good if only the world had cooperated.

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