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Anonymous DDOS Oakland police site after violence Cyber activists associated with Anonymous have targeted the Oakland Police Department (OPD) and other law enforcement agencies that participated in a controversial crackdown against OccupyOakland protestors. A DDOS (distributed denial-of-service) attack against the department's website www.oaklandpolice.com is underway, and the website currently is unreachable. AnonyOps tweet " I'm amazed and proud of #occupyOakland protesters who stood defiant, peaceful in the face of lethal force by Oakland PD. " Police fired a number of tear gas canisters, concussion grenades, rubber bullets and non-lethal rounds at demonstrators on Tuesday night, drawing widespread condemnation for the use of heavy-handed tactics against unarmed civilians. The attack was first announced via Anonymous' AnonOps Twitter feed. " @Anon_Central : Admin/User/Password Dump of oaklandnet.com Problem Oakland authorities? F--- you! >> p...

How to Beat Evil Governments When Your Internet Turned Off ? Bruce Sutherland explain at DefCon 19 Conference that " How To Get Your Message Out When Your Government Turns Off The Internet " . Bruce Sutherland  is a network systems architect and software developer with Domex Computer Services Inc, based in Melbourne Beach, FL. How would you communicate with the world if your government turned off the Internet? Sound far-fetched? It isn't. It already happened in Egypt and Lybia and the US Congress is working on laws that would allow it to do the same. In this talk we'll explore how to get short messages out of the country via Email and Twitter in the event of a national Internet outage. Remember, data wants to be free. Bruce has worked in the industry for over 20 years and has recently been working on building and hardening web-based applications. He has been an amateur radio operator since 2003 and enjoys making contacts worldwide via amateur radio satellite ...

India's leading telecom Company  BSNL hacked by Pakistani Hacker A Pakistani hacker "KhantastiC haX0r" today hack into the official website of India's leading telecom Company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) . This is not 1st time when BSNL become victim of any cyber attack. Pakistani Hackers hit Indian Corporate and National Government Websites, Servers time by time Just for FUN or so called Cyber War b/w these two countries. This year 2011, Attack/ defacement are less than the records of previous years. Most of the hacking groups from India now become White hat hackers and working for Cyber Security Awareness and Development. We wish same for all Pakistani hackers to start working for Security and Development. Anyway, The Hacker domain is  https://bsnl.co.in/tender1/  .

A newly released report by cybersecurity firm CTM360 reveals a large-scale scam operation utilizing fake news websites—known as Baiting News Sites (BNS)—to deceive users into online investment fraud across 50 countries. These BNS pages are made to look like real news outlets: CNN, BBC, CNBC, or regional media. They publish fake stories that feature public figures, central banks, or financial brands, all claiming to back new ways to earn passive income. The goal? Build trust quickly and steer readers toward professional-looking scam platforms like Trap10, Solara Vynex, or Eclipse Earn. Scammers use sponsored ads on Google, Meta, and blog networks to push traffic to these sites. Ads often carry clickbait headlines—"You won't believe what a prominent public figure just revealed"—paired with official photos or national flags to make them feel legit. Clicking the ad directs users to a fake article, which then redirects them to a fraudulent trading platform. Many of these scams follow a...

The Hacker News (THN) wishes its readers a very Happy Diwali To Readers,                     On this auspicious occasion of Diwali, all of us here at THN would like to wish you a very Happy Diwali and a wonderful year ahead ! We hope the lights of the season andthe festivities bring you and your family tons of joy and good luck. A festival full of sweet childhood memories,sky full of fireworks, mouth full of sweets, house full of diyas and heart full of joy. The word Diwali means " Rows of lighted lamps " , Known as the Festival of Lights, Diwali holds significance to the Hindu, Sikh and Jain religions and is a public holiday in India.We should pledge that we will make an all-out endeavour to make Diwali 2011 a pollution-free festival. The Hacker News has evolved to work closely with and within the cyber security communities in an effort to make the internet more secure. THN is dedicated to making your learning a valu...

Latest Security Flaw in Skype Enables IP address & Location Tracking The serious breach in the widely-used, internet video chat program means that any evil computer nerd could easily hunt down users' whereabouts, according to a study co-authored by an NYU-Poly professor. The flaw in Skype could allow a skilled hacker to find out the IP address from which a user has logged in to Skype, thereby determining the location of Skype users, which is a massive breach of privacy and security. The company is trying to downplay the flaw, claiming that the ability to derive IP addresses was common with all web based communication clients. The flaw can reportedly be exploited without the user's knowledge, and can be executed on a massive scale. The reserch team demonstrated this by scheduling hourly calls to tens of thousands of Skype users. Adrian Asher, Skype's chief information security officer, said that IP addresses are easily uncovered in most web communications clients....

Japan under Heavy Cyber Attack ! In last two days several Cyber attacks breach corporate and National Security of Japan. First, Japanese parliament hit by cyber attack from China according to Report. A server located in China was used for the attack on the Japanese Lower House. This led to an extraordinary meeting of a key subcommittee after it emerged that hackers had access to emails and documents belonging to the chamber's 480 legislators for at least one month. The personal computers and servers of Japanese lower house lawmakers have been hit by a cyber attack, and passwords and user IDs may have been stolen. Next, Information on military aircraft and nuclear power plants may have been stolen in a series of cyberattacks on Japanese defence contractor Mitsubishi Heavy. Mitsubishi Heavy said late last month that 83 computers at 11 of its facilities had been hit by cyberattacks but no leakage of information on products and technologies had been confirmed. Christo...

The Hacker's Choice releases SSL DOS Tool German hacker group "The Hacker's Choice" officially released a new DDoS tool. The tool exploits a weakness in SSL to kick a server off the Internet. Establishing a secure SSL connection requires 15x more processingpower on the server than on the client.THC-SSL-DOS exploits this asymmetric property by overloading theserver and knocking it off the Internet.This problem affects all SSL implementations today. The vendors are awareof this problem since 2003 and the topic has been widely discussed.This attack further exploits the SSL secure Renegotiation featureto trigger thousands of renegotiations via single TCP connection. Download: Windows binary: thc-ssl-dos-1.4-win-bin.zip Unix Source : thc-ssl-dos-1.4.tar.gz Usage: Use " ./configure; make all install " to build and Run :  ./thc-ssl-dos 127.3.133.7 443 Tips & Tricks for whitehats 1. The average server can do 300 handshakes per second. This would require 10-25% of your lapt...