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Just now Anonymous Hacker Releases 3 Videos... 1st two for Iran People and 3rd one for the Iran Leaders ANONYMOUS - OPERATION IRAN - Short Press Release 14 February Iran - A Message From Anonymous Iran Expect Us (Message to the leaders of Iran) Tehran Iran Hello, leaders of Iran. We are Anonymous. A nation striving for freedom has withstood tyranny long enough For 30 years you have promised lies after lies and issued false accusations of foreign involvement Your time has run out. These lies have been foiled by your own citizens who have shed their blood in protest They have risen against you and continue doing so by the millions 40 days and 40 nights have passed and you have continued your bloodthirsty bestial attacks on your own citizens. your brutal suppressive ways have been noted Knowledge is free but your citizens are not Yet We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. The last knock at your door is near Expect...

Microsoft yesterday accused a former manager of taking hundreds of megabytes of confidential company material when he left the firm for a new position at CRM rival Salesforce.com. In a motion filed with a Washington State Superior Court Thursday, Microsoft alleged that Matt Miszewski, formerly a market development manager in the company's government group, lied about retaining "a large trove of materials -- 600 megabytes of information comprising over 900 separate files (estimated at 25,000 pages)" of proprietary Microsoft information on his personal computer. Late last month, Microsoft sued Miszewski for violating non-compete and confidentiality agreements when he accepted a job as a senior vice president with customer-relationship management (CRM) vendor Salesforce.com. The state court then issued a temporary restraining order that blocked Miszewski from working at Salesforce.com, engaging in any competitive activities or providing services to any of his former cust...

It is no secret that in recent days,  Anonymous Operatives  have released a cache of HBGary Federal internal emails to the public.  Crowdleaks  has discovered that within these communications,  Aaron Barr  received a copy of Stuxnet  (a computer worm that targets the types of industrial control systems (ICS) that are commonly used in infrastructure supporting facilities)  from  McAfee  on July 28, 2010. In an effort to confirm this was in fact Stuxnet,  Crowdleaks  has decompiled some of the source code, which can be found. Throughout the following emails it is revealed that  HBGary Federal  may have been planning to use Stuxnet  for their own purposes. In a message sent to all email account holders at HBGary.com,  Charles Copeland  (Lead Support Engineer at HBGary, Inc.)   writes: from: Charles Copeland to: all@hbgary.com date: Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 9:54 PM subject: Stuxnet Worm Mail...

A Chinese technician quoted by U.S. Internet security firm McAfee Inc. as informing that hackers from China had attacked a number of US oil and gas companies over the past years has denied claims attributed to him in the 19-page report released on Thursday. In a telephone interview to the Wall Street Journal, Song Zhiyue, a technician for website hosting company Science & Technology Internet in northeastern Shandong province who has been named in the McAfree report, said, "What? You sure it's my company?" He also reportedly added, he has "no idea at all about hacking attacks on U.S. oil companies." Although McAfee did not name him as one of the hackers, the security firm, which saw Zhiyue as a conduit to the hacking, suspected that he "is aware or has information that can help identify at least some of the individuals." According to the McAfee report, Zhiyue claimed that he had heard of Chinese hackers targeting U.S. oil companies. He also sai...

Consumers are urged to be aware of fake online profiles, which may be used to gain the trust of online users looking love to scam them out of money. Using singles and dating websites, scam artists are pretending to be people looking for relationships. They often steal photos from social networking websites and claim to share similar interests with their victims. With social networking becoming ever prevalent in today's society, scammers have a large number of people to prey on. "Every year, scam artists use romance schemes to generate millions of dollars from unsuspecting victims, which makes it vital for consumers to exert caution when using online dating services." said Toby Barfield, President and CEO of Better Business Bureau. "Scam artists are constantly coming up with new ways to trick victims, and are even going as far as creating phony dating websites." Users of online dating sites have been urged to look out for the following warning signs when looking for romance this Valen...