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Suggested The Linux 3.1 Kernel logo This new logo was proposed just this weekend and the current discussion to see whether it will be accepted for Linux 3.1 can be found in this LKML thread . To mark the upcoming release of the Linux 3.1 kernel IBM’s Darrick Wong has proposed changing the familiar solo-Tux logo to something more, well, befitting of the version number. This proposed logo for the Linux 3.1 kernel isn't to raise awareness for any animals or other causes. but to poke fun at Microsoft Windows 3.1. Darrick Wong of IBM has proposed replacing the Tux logo in the Linux 3.1 kernel with a new logo that makes mockery of Microsoft's Windows 3.1 operating system that began selling 19 years ago.

Truth Alliance Network and 20 Churches websites hacked by Muslim Liberation Army 20 Churches websites and Truth Alliance Network defaced by Muslim Liberation Army. Hacker with name "XtReMiSt" deface all these 21 websites and post above image and message on homepage as shown. Message posted by hackers " To Raise A Voice Against Quran Burning Day and Illegal occupation of Israel and India in Palestine and kashmir.. and to show why muslims are raising their voice against america....Message Delievered with peace... !!! " Further message posted by him : Sites like Church of God of North America, Legacy Church, First United Church of God, First Church of God Madisonville, First Baptist Church Hyannis, Meet the Pastors - First Church of God has been defaced. List of hacked sites is here .

Federal Nigerian Government Websites Hacked by Elemento_pcx & s4r4d0 Nigerian Government Websites defaced by hacker with name " Elemento_pcx & s4r4d0 ". Defacement page   contain the message " Fatal Error!by Elemento_pcx & s4r4d0 ..."Be yourself but not always the same" ... G. The Thinker ...Help? s4r4d0 [at] yahoo.com & elemento_pcx [at] yahoo.com.br ". Mirror of hack also posted to Zone-H .

Linux Foundation & Linux.com multiple server compromised The Linux Foundation has pulled its websites from the web to clean up from a “security breach". A notice posted on the Linux Foundation said the entire infrastructure including LinuxFoundation.org, Linux.com, and their subdomains are down for maintenance due to a security breach that was discovered on September 8, 2011. Multiple Servers that are part of the Linux Foundation & Linux.com infrastructure were affected during a recent intrusion on 8 September which " may have compromised your username, password, email address and other information ".  More from the Linux Foundation announcement: We are in the process of restoring services in a secure manner as quickly as possible. As with any intrusion and as a matter of caution, you should consider the passwords and SSH keys that you have used on these sites compromised. If you have reused these passwords on other sites, please change them immediately. ...

Hundreds of domains hacked by X-NerD hacker More than 250 websites are defaced by Pakistani hacker " X-NerD " and a custom page can be seen their at site/x.php . List and Mirror of all 250+ hacked sites are here .

The George Washington Institue for Sustainability hacked by Cocain TeaM The George Washington Institue for Sustainability website got hacked and defaced by Cocain TeaM hackers. Mirror of hack available on Zone-H . The George Washington University is located four blocks from the White House and was created by an Act of Congress in 1821. Today, GW is the largest institution of higher education in the nation's capital.

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14 Years in Jail for mass credit card theft A 21 year old man received a 14 year prison sentenced on Friday for running an online business that sold counterfeit credit cards encoded with stolen account information with losses estimated at more than $3 million. Tony Perez III, of Hammond, Indiana, pleaded guilty to the charges on April 4. In his plea, Perez said he sold counterfeit credit cards encoded with stolen account information. Perez found customers through criminal "carding forums," Internet discussion groups set up to aid in the buying and selling of stolen financial account information and related services. When the US Secret Service raided his apartment in June 2010, they found data for 21,000 stolen credit cards and equipment needed to encode them onto blank cards. Credit card companies said losses from the card numbers in Perez's possession topped more than $3 million. In addition to the prison term, Judge Liam O'Grady of U.S. District Court for th...