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Two data intelligence firms that decided to cooperate with HBGary’s plot to sabotage WikiLeaks have severed ties. Berico Technologies severed ties in the afternoon on February 11 and early in the morning on February 11 Palantir Technologies severed all ties and issued an apology. Dr. Alex Karp, co-founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies,apologized, saying according to the  Tech Herald : “I have made clear in no uncertain terms that Palantir Technologies will not be involved in such activities. Moreover, we as a company, and I as an individual, always have been deeply involved in supporting progressive values and causes. We plan to continue these efforts in the future… …The right to free speech and the right to privacy are critical to a flourishing democracy. From its inception, Palantir Technologies has supported these ideals and demonstrated a commitment to building software that protects privacy and civil liberties. Furthermore, personally and on behalf of the ...

“ Nmap (“Network Mapper”) is a free and open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, but works fine against single hosts. Nmap runs on all major computer operating systems, and official binary packages are avalable for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. In addition to the classic command-line Nmap executable, the Nmap suite includes an advanced GUI and results viewer (Zenmap), a flexible data transfer, redirection, and debugging tool (Ncat), and a u...

Strengthening cybersecurity is the goal of legislation being introduced in the U.S. Congress after reports of hack attacks on computer networks at Nasdaq OMX Group (NDAQ.O) and at oil and gas companies. "Cyber-threats are not on the horizon, they are upon us," Democratic Senator Robert Menendez, who is introducing the bill, said in a statement on Thursday. The bipartisan Cybersecurity Enhancement Act would fund more cybersecurity research, awareness and education. "Businesses and investors must trust that their investments are secure. We cannot allow security breaches to undermine our trust in the U.S. economy," said Menendez, from New Jersey. Hackers working in China broke into computer systems of five multinational oil and gas companies to steal bidding plans and other critical information, computer security firm McAfee Inc (MFE.N) said on Thursday. Nasdaq OMX, operator of the Nasdaq Stock Market, said over the weekend that it had found "suspicious ...

Operation Algeria, Part 2 by Anonymous Hackers Released ! FREE-THINKING CITIZENS OF THE WORLD, The Algerian government imposes, upon its own citizens, intolerable restrictions on their basic liberties. The Algerian government wants to enforce a future where injustices remain unchallenged and where existing exploitation of one man by another remains unpunished. The Algerian government hides the truth from its citizens and denies them free expression and access to information. Let's call for an end to censorship. Now is the time for freedom and transparency, a time for people to express themselves freely and to be heard from anywhere across the world. How else than through well informed citizens can a society prosper and flourish? The Algerian government hereby declares itself an enemy of Anonymous and the people. Anonymous hears the cries for freedom from the Algerian people, and has decided to step up. We cannot, and will not, remain silent while this injustice is being done....

Operation Tequila - Anonymous Hackers New target for Saturday, EXAfm.com ! Citizens of the world: Tequila is not finished... Following the #OpTequila, Anonymous has decided to support the protests that are going on February 12th in Mexico DF against the censoring measures taken by MVS and Mexican Government, and to give our solidarity to any people oppressed by the system. This support will be divided in two ways: Attacking the site www.exafm.com (IP: 74.54.222.101 PORT: 80 Method: TCP) using LOIC or any other DDoS tool, starting at 11 AM (Central Mexican Time). It belongs to MVS. Supporting the march going from the Auditorio Nacional to MVS headquarters, in solidarity with the Mexican people's cause always fighting for Freedom of Expression. Knowledge is free and that won't be negotiated. We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us! If you are going to the protest, don't forget your Guy Fawkes' mask: http://b...

Mubarak Resigns, Congratulations Egypt : Anonymous Press Release ! It was 18 days of sometimes violent demonstrations that forced the man who ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years to step down.  Friday was the day the demonstrators had been awaiting. The announcement of Mr. Mubarak’s resignation drew an immediate roar of cheers and honking automobile horns throughout Cairo that went on for hours. The announcement came from Vice President Omar Suleiman on state television. He said Mr. Mubarak was stepping down and had asked the military to take control of the country.  He ended his statement with the words “May God help everyone.”  Thousands headed to Cairo’s central Tahrir Square to join the tens of thousands already there.  Among them was 33-year-old Eman Saad. “My reaction?  It's amazing!  Freedom!” said an jubilant Saad. Anonymous Press Release : Congratulations Egypt! Sisters and Brothers of Egypt today is momentous. Today you write proud history. T...

Archives of all of HBGary 's conversations with the FBi, NSA, CIA, US Army, House and Senate ! 16K cia.zip  http://uiu.me/cia.zip 25M nsa.zip  http://uiu.me/nsa.zip 15M fbi.zip  http://uiu.me/fbi.zip 112M army.zip  http://uiu.me/army.zip 396K house.zip  http://uiu.me/house.zip 6.0M senate.zip  http://uiu.me/senate.zip

The Real Story about rootkit.com , HBGary E-mail ! HBGary E-mail Viewer greg@hbgary.com Go back Original file: 27606 click here to show this e-mail with HTML markup From: jussi jaakonaho <jussij@gmail.com> To: Greg Hoglund <greg@hbgary.com> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 22:15:54 +0200 Subject: Re: need to ssh into rootkit click here to show full headers Attachments: This e-mail does not have any attachments. did you open something running on high port? On Feb 6, 2011, at 9:43 PM, Greg Hoglund wrote: > ok let me know if you need me >  > On 2/6/11, jussi jaakonaho <jussij@gmail.com> wrote: >> tnx. >> i am also connected to the box, seems some people have download problems - >> have figured earlier that some chinese used chinese chars on names of files, >> which then our filtering stripped off when putting db etc. so some db >> editing >>  >>  >> _jussi ...

Anonymous used to be all about disrupting the Web sites of companies that helped block WikiLeaks’ funding. Now it’s starting to act like WikiLeaks itself. The group is planning, as early as today, to release 27,000 e-mails from the server of Greg Hoglund, the chief executive of software security firm HPGary, which it says could have permanently damaging consequences for the company. Anonymous has already posted around 50,000 emails of Aaron Barr, the CEO of sister organisation HPGary Federal, which revealed a report by the firm looking at ways to sabotage WikiLeaks in collaboration with Palantir Technologies and Berico Technologies. The emails also show that Bank of America, a potential target of WikiLeaks, was to hear the proposal via its outside law firm Hunton & Williams. A source from Anonymous says that most of the new e-mails from Hoglund are still unchecked and it is unclear who will be most liable when the information is made public, but added that briefly skimming the ...