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President Obama release National Strategy for Counter terrorism Today President Obama’s release National Strategy for Counterterrorism, which was presented by John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism in a speech at SAIS named “ Ensuring al-Qa’ida’s Demise ”.  The strategy articulates the United States’ broad, sustained and integrated campaign against al-Qa’ida, its affiliates and its adherents, consistent with the President’s enduring commitment to protect the American people. Download the 26 pages PDF released

Anonymous Antisec leaks Zimbabwe, Australia and Brazil governments data dumps Anonymous Hackers have published a mass of data including passwords that appears to have been stolen from the governments of Brazil, Zimbabwe, Australia and the Caribbean island Anguilla. One of the files released via Twitter appears to contain usernames and encrypted passwords for different areas of the Zimbabwean government's website. These login details include Gmail accounts, as well as gov.zw email accounts. Anonymous also released a file which appears to contain login details to Brazilian government websites. The rest of the release consists of SQL database files from Australian, Zimbabwean and Anguillan government websites, which appear to contain personal details of various individuals. 1.) Zimbabwean government dumps : Click Here  via Tweet 2.) Password files from various Brazilian Government servers : Click Here via Tweet 3.) Australia governments data dumps : Click H...

Sony Hiring Information Security Engineers After 14 Hacks, Finally Sony open  job recruitment for " Sr Application Security Analyst ". Sony Estimates 171 Million Dollar Loss due to PSN Hack. Also Sony CEO sorry for PSN hack, offers data theft insurance. Social network Facebook has hired a computer hacker who was recently sued by Sony for hacking the online game system PlayStation 3. Facebook did not reveal what 21-year-old George Hotz will do for the firm.  Hotz - also known by the alias "GeoHot" - gained notoriety in 2008 when he developed a software for unlocking the iPhone and allowing it to be used by other networks. He also released instructions on Sony PlayStation 3 that helped owners modify their consoles to run unauthorized applications and pirated games. It's been two months since the personal details of 100 million PSN and SOE users were stolen and Sony is still dealing with the fall-out. From SONY (Taleo): You will act as a S...

Indian shopping website  Groupon  leaks Email/Passwords of 300,000 Users Groupon subsidary – Sosata.com  leak the e-mail addresses and plain-text passwords for 300,000 users and also the sql file is index on Google. SoSasta.com offers its services in 11 cities - Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Delhi/NCR, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Nagpur, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru - and has mailed customers stating that they were made aware of a security breach. The email sent to the customers says: " Over this weekend, we've been alerted to a security issue potentially affecting subscribers of Sosasta. We wanted to let you know that the issue has been brought under control and your accounts are secure. However, as a precautionary measure, we recommend that you change your SoSasta password immediately, by visiting the SoSasta website (Sign-In using your existing password, then click on Profile followed by Change Password). If you use the same email/password combination at oth...

Anonymous Hackers target Orlando websites & #OpOrlando Press Release The next target for the hacktivist group known as Anonymous will be the city of Orlando. Anonymous has reportedly shut down the Orlando Chamber of Commerce website. In One Press Release Anonymous Call To Arms In Op Orlando Greetings Everyone -- Well the City of Orlando violated the cease fire with gusto,arresting not only two more FNB volunteers but additionallyarresting Keith McHenry the world wide President of Food Not Bombs.They are still holding Keith, and we are going to tear up Orlandobut good. Below you will find the latest Press Release. Please joinirc.anonops.li #OpOrlando for the assault at 10:00 AM Eastern Time. YOURS --  Commander X PLF Field Commander Last Press Release was : Anonymous Press Release - Operation  Orlando June 27, 2011 The City of  Orlando  has ignored our warnings, and our generous offer of a cease fire. On Wednesday last you not onl...

WWF's Philippine  website hacked Hackers attacked the website of the World Wildlife Fund 's Philippine,They replacing the home page with a YouTube video as shown. Visitors to the WWF Philippines site ( http://www.wwf.org.ph/ ) saw a video and a message that suggested a connection with an attack on the Bureau of Customs website. Message Posted by Hacker " This country is run by mahou shoujo... Powered by: Contract; Puella Magi Madoka Magica Squad ". The " mahou shoujo " was the same anime referred to in the page of a hacker who defaced the Bureau of Customs website earlier this month.

13 Years Jail for Phishing Attack A 27 year old man " Kenneth Joseph Lucas II " from Los Angeles has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for allegedly playing an active role in a phishing attack, aimed at stealing money from consumer bank accounts during the operation “Phish Phry” in 2009. The two year long Operation Phish Phry saw US Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Electronic Crimes Task Force and the US Attorney’s Office working in unison with the Egyptian law enforcement agencies. The US District Court for the Central District of Los Angeles had sentenced Lucas to 11 years in prison late last week. Read More Here