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Anonymous Open Letter to Citizens of United States of America ! Just Now another Open Letter by Anonymous hackers released on Twitter m as below : Dear US Citizens,                           We, Anonymous, would like to offer you, America, the opportunity to join and support our movement.We are a group that formed on the internet--one that knows no constructs or absolutes, and one that has recently grown exponentially. We would like to introduce an Operation. An Operation that involves Americans getting our Natural Rights and dreams back. Right now, you can help by passing on the Information. Information is Power. Share the Power of the Information with other like-minded individuals. The more people we represent, the more Power we have, both as individuals and as Anonymous. Thank you for your time and your Power.                    ...

Hackers hack into TripAdvisor 's members Database ! Travel site TripAdvisor has warned subscribers to expect more spam following the theft of its member database. The travel review and information website said that an unspecified vulnerability allowed miscreants to make off with a portion of its email database. TripAdvisor does not collect members' credit card or financial information, and no passwords were obtained as a result of the breach. TripAdvisor has promised to tighten up its security in the wake of the incident, which is under investigation internally. The US-based website, which serves an international client base, has also reported the matter to police. Subscribers were notified of the breach by email, a copy of which was passed onto El Reg.. The incident comes days after ne'er-do-wells got their hands on the Play.com email list, sending targets links to a supposed Adobe software update that actually served up malware. Play.com blamed the incident on it...

XSS vulnerable on dmoz.org ! http://www.dmoz.org/search?q=%3Cimg%20src=%22http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bCYQxIvMQ2U/TRG6cWyFNjI/AAAAAAAAAW8/ZEHFUPXBmLk/hackernews.jpg%22/%3E View the compromised page

Iran has tricked a web firm into issuing fake security certificates for Gmail, Skype, Hotmail and more. Comodo Group, a US-based certificate authority firm with 15% of the market, admitted that one of its affiliate's accounts in Southern Europe had been hacked, letting the attackers create fake SSL security certificates for six websites. Such digital keys let websites offer secure services, and fake versions could be used to spoof sites, gather login details and watch user activity. The fake certificates target Microsoft's Live platform, Gmail and Google, Skype, Yahoo, and Mozilla Firefox extensions. The attack was quickly discovered, with the attacker still using the account when it was shut down. Comodo's CEO Melih Abdulhayogl said the attack appeared to originate in Iran, as it would have required access to the country's DNS infrastructure. "We believe these are politically motivated, state-driven/funded attacks," he said in a blog post, adding it wa...

There's confusion tonight as to whether international cyber vandals have tried to hack websites run by the Department of Internal Affairs. A group called Anonymous has threatened to attack internal affairs because it operates a filter that identifies child porn websites - which the cyber activists believe is an act of censorship. They use YouTube to threaten - and now it's New Zealand’s turn. “On March 28, at approximately 5pm Eastern Standard Time, a series of coordinated anonymous server attacks will be carried out on the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs website,” says their video. March 28 is next Monday, but since Tuesday this week the Internal Affairs website has been frequently off line, and the Civil Defence website has had to move to a temporary server. But it might not be an Anonymous attack. “Usually when they take a site down they will leave a message up saying ‘we’ve done this’ and why and how long it will go on for,” says Technology Writer Dylan ...

EC-Council Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI) First Look Training ! Join this live online training led by EC-Council lead trainer Kevin Cardwell, as he shares with you some of the interesting topics from EC-Council Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI) program. In this session, Kevin will be covering the following modules: Module 26: Network Forensics & Investigating Logs Module 27: Investigating Network Traffic Module 28: Router Forensics In this 3 hours online training session, you will be introduced to network forensics, you will learn how normal network traffic patterns look during protocol analysis, and you will get to see indications of attack attempts that are typically encountered when analyzing network traffic from a cybercrime event. This training session will conclude with an introduction to router forensics, an area that is often overlooked as a potential source of evidence, and Kevin will share and show why forensics investigat...