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HBGary Federal One Year Later !

HBGary Federal One Year Later !

Feb 02, 2012
HBGary Federal One Year Later ! Doug Vitale sharing and interesting read with our Readers from his Blog  About HBGary Federal. In February 2011, the loosely knit collective of hacktivists known as Anonymous successfully compromised the corporate network of HBGary Federal (HBG Fed), a company that provided information security services to the federal government of the United States. This attack brought down the HBGary Federal website, compromised the Twitter and LinkedIn accounts of HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr, and resulted in the public release of thousands of internal documents and emails. Aaron Barr believed he had penetrated Anonymous. The loose hacker collective had been responsible for everything from anti-Scientology protests to pro-Wikileaks attacks on MasterCard and Visa, and the FBI was now after them. But matching their online identities to real-world names and locations proved daunting. Barr found a way to crack the code.In a private e-mail to a colleague at his secu
Lessons to learn from the HBGary Federal hack !

Lessons to learn from the HBGary Federal hack !

Feb 16, 2011
The Anonymous attack on HBGary may have amused some who enjoyed the sight of a security firm left embarrassed and exposed, but it should send a shiver down the spine of any IT administrator responsible for securing their own company. Because can you honestly put your hand on your heart and say a hack like the one against HBGary couldn't happen at your organisation too? As Ars Technica explains, a weakness in a third-party CMS product used by HBGary's website allowed Anonymous hackers to steal passwords that employees used to update the webpages. Unfortunately they were passwords that weren't encrypted strongly enough, and were possible to crack with a rainbow-table based attack. Amongst those exposed were CEO Aaron Barr and COO Ted Vera. Worse still, it appears that Aaron Barr and Ted Vera were using the same passwords for their Twitter and LinkedIn accounts, and even for an account which administered the entire company's email. By exploiting software vulnerabilities,
Making Sense of Operational Technology Attacks: The Past, Present, and Future

Making Sense of Operational Technology Attacks: The Past, Present, and Future

Mar 21, 2024Operational Technology / SCADA Security
When you read reports about cyber-attacks affecting operational technology (OT), it's easy to get caught up in the hype and assume every single one is sophisticated. But are OT environments all over the world really besieged by a constant barrage of complex cyber-attacks? Answering that would require breaking down the different types of OT cyber-attacks and then looking back on all the historical attacks to see how those types compare.  The Types of OT Cyber-Attacks Over the past few decades, there has been a growing awareness of the need for improved cybersecurity practices in IT's lesser-known counterpart, OT. In fact, the lines of what constitutes a cyber-attack on OT have never been well defined, and if anything, they have further blurred over time. Therefore, we'd like to begin this post with a discussion around the ways in which cyber-attacks can either target or just simply impact OT, and why it might be important for us to make the distinction going forward. Figure 1 The Pu
Anonymous hackers planning real-world attacks !

Anonymous hackers planning real-world attacks !

Feb 17, 2011
A computer security firm working to expose members of hacker group "Anonymous" pulled out of a premier industry conference here due to threats of real-world attacks on its employees. HBGary personnel have been peppered with threatening messages since Anonymous hackers looted data from its computer systems earlier this month, according to a message on the California firm's website Wednesday. "In addition to the data theft, HBGary individuals have received numerous threats of violence, including threats at our tradeshow booth," the company said. "In an effort to protect our employees, customers and the RSA Conference community, HBGary has decided to remove our booth and cancel all talks." Cyber security specialists and national security officials are in San Francisco this week to share insights on topics ranging from guarding "smart" power grids to blocking attacks on smartphones and computer tablets. Anonymous, the hacker group behind online
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Anonymous attacks US security company !

Anonymous attacks US security company !

Feb 07, 2011
HBGary chief Aaron Barr's Twitter account hijacked and personal details leaked in revenge for infiltration of hacking collective The loose hacker collective Anonymous says it has taken revenge on aUS security company whose principal claimed to have penetrated the group and identified some of its key people. They hacked the Twitter account of Aaron Barr, the chief executive of HBGary, and sent out a series of angry tweets while many Americans were watching the Super Bowl match on Sunday night, allegedly including Barr's social security number and address, and his mobile phone number. The tweets link to torrents of the company's emails. Members of the group also put up a brutal set of claims: "Anonymous has: "entire control of all emails for the company of hbgary.com. we have full admin control of "hbgaryfederal.com. we have wordpress control of hbgary.com "all emails will be put up in a torrent. "full access to all their finincials &q
The Hacker News Hacking Awards : Best of Year 2011

The Hacker News Hacking Awards : Best of Year 2011

Dec 31, 2011
The Hacker News Hacking Awards : Best of Year 2011 2011 has been labeled the " Year of the Hack " or " Epic #Fail 2011 ". Hacking has become much easier over the years, which is why 2011 had a lot of hacking for good and for bad. Hackers are coming up with tools as well as finding new methods for hacking faster then companies can increase their security.  Every year there are always forward advancements in the tools and programs that can be used by the hackers. At the end of year 2011 we decided to give " The Hacker News Awards 2011 ". The Hacker News Awards will be an annual awards ceremony celebrating the achievements and failures of security researchers and the Hacking community. The THN Award is judged by a panel of respected security researchers and Editors at The Hacker News. Year 2011 came to an end following Operation Payback and Antisec, which targeted companies refusing to accept payments to WikiLeak's, such as, Visa and Amazon. Those attacks were carrie
The Real Story about rootkit.com ,HBGary E-mail !

The Real Story about rootkit.com ,HBGary E-mail !

Feb 11, 2011
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 Hackers Release Stuxnet Worm Online !

Anonymous Hackers Release Stuxnet Worm Online !

Feb 16, 2011
The group of anonymous "hacktivists" that made headlines for online cyberattacks in December just released a bombshell online: a decrypted version of the same cyberworm that crippled Iran's nuclear power program. The ones and zeroes that make up the code called the Stuxnet worm -- described as the most sophisticated cyberweapon ever created -- were reportedly found when the faceless group hacked into the computers of HBGary, a U.S. security company that the anonymous collective viewed as an enemy. And the security experts spoke with said the leaked code was serious cause for concern. "There is the real potential that others will build on what is being released," Michael Gregg, chief operating officer of cybersecurity firm Superior Solutions. Gregg was quick to clarify that the group hasn't released the Stuxnet worm itself, but rather a decrypted version of it HBGary had been studying -- which could act almost like a building block for cybercrooks. "A
Anonymous Hackers Attacks its Own Investigating Group !

Anonymous Hackers Attacks its Own Investigating Group !

Feb 08, 2011
If you were missing some of the Dan-Brown-novel-in-real-life action, Anonymous is aback to ample you up. This time, they tweeted that they managed to auspiciously drudge into the website of one of its investigators, HBGary Federal as able-bodied as its CEO, Aaron Barr's Twitter account. And like the mark of Zorro, Anonymous tweeted from Barr's annual saying, "Today we accomplished anybody a lesson. Back we absolutely adjudge to chaw aback adjoin those who try to accompany us down, we chaw hard". In accession to hacking into his Twitter account, the accumulation additionally claimed to accept been able to abstract claimed advice about Barr like his home address, amusing aegis cardinal and corpuscle buzz number. The accumulation additionally claimed to accept afraid into COO, Ted Vera's LinkedIn account. Anonymous afraid into HBGary's websites, hbgary.com and hbgaryfederal.com, which accept aback been taken down. Anonymous had put up a folio in the aboriginal
Launching AnonLeaks, Ready To Dump More HBGary E-mails !

Launching AnonLeaks, Ready To Dump More HBGary E-mails !

Feb 11, 2011
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
Two Firms That Plotted Against WikiLeaks Finally Apologize !

Two Firms That Plotted Against WikiLeaks Finally Apologize !

Feb 12, 2011
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 entire company, I w
Anonymous Hackers Pay Back FBI Snitch with 50,000 Leaked Emails !

Anonymous Hackers Pay Back FBI Snitch with 50,000 Leaked Emails !

Feb 07, 2011
Right now you can download a 4.7 gigabyte book abounding of about 50,000 emails baseborn from a computer aegis able called Aaron Barr. That's what happens aback you cantankerous the hacking aggregate Anonymous. Hackers from Anonymous, best-known for attacks on Scientology and Wikileaks detractors, besmirched Barr's online activity Sunday black afterwards acquirements he planned to accommodated with the FBI tomorrow and duke over advice he'd aggregate about them. They defaced the website of HBGary Federal, the D.C.-based computer aegis close Barr works for. Again they took over Barr's Twitter account, tweeting his amusing aegis cardinal and a book absolute 50,000 HBGary aggregation emails. They alike affirmation to accept wiped his iPad. Barr became a ambition of Anonymous afterwards he appeared in a Financial Times commodity this weekend claiming he'd "penetrated" the group, anecdotic associates by watching their chats and allegory amusing networking p
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