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Operation Payback is Back with Target ' Copywrong (TBA) ' ! Just Now one more Press Release posted on Anonymous Official Website, that Operation Payback is back ! The Content of the Press Release is as shown below : Since early 2011, Anonymous has busied itself with very successful operations which it can be very much proud of. Not only has Anonymous proven that it is a force to be reckoned with, it has grown in strength and diversity, and it continues to gain numbers and attract attention from all over the world. Anons all over the world can be proud of what they have achieved. Operation Payback has now begun its "researching" phase, due to some actions taken by some copyright organisations, including "BREIN", who have censored popular sites on the internet over the past couple of weeks. This censorship can't be taken lightly, it is time to avert some attention to them and enable them to realise that this kind of censorship will not be tolerated

Hey, look: Ashton Kutcher's Twitter  account  was hacked in the name of Internet justice. Someone broke into his account and tweeted the messages above. Judging from their message, they probably used the notorious "Firesheep" application, which makes it easy for anyone to hijack other people's unsecured browsing sessions over wi-fi. The point the mysterious hacker(s) was making is that many of our favourite web applications, like Twitter, don't use high-security "SSL" encryption to protect their data. This makes it easier for people to snoop on users for nefarious means, like cracking down on Internet activists. Facebook recently enabled SSL, to the praise of human rights advocates and consumer groups. Kutcher's at TED right now, so he's probably been the victim of some well-meaning nerd. Kutcher should feel lucky that the person didn't feel like picking fights with random celebrities. Unless he's in on the prank…

It comes as no surprise that today's cyber threats are orders of magnitude more complex than those of the past. And the ever-evolving tactics that attackers use demand the adoption of better, more holistic and consolidated ways to meet this non-stop challenge. Security teams constantly look for ways to reduce risk while improving security posture, but many approaches offer piecemeal solutions – zeroing in on one particular element of the evolving threat landscape challenge – missing the forest for the trees.  In the last few years, Exposure Management has become known as a comprehensive way of reigning in the chaos, giving organizations a true fighting chance to reduce risk and improve posture. In this article I'll cover what Exposure Management is, how it stacks up against some alternative approaches and why building an Exposure Management program should be on  your 2024 to-do list. What is Exposure Management?  Exposure Management is the systematic identification, evaluation,

Operation Icarus : Will Anonymous shut down the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) ? Anonymous Hackers starts  Operation Icarus , They Release a Press Release Regarding This, as Posted Below :  Operation Icarus Attention Brothers: The opportunity to create financial chaos and public unrest and from that, there will be a previously unachieved amount of lulz to be had. Charge your lasers and aim them at the the New York Stock Exchange. (NYSE.com) It has been said that humanity is not an end in itself but rather a means to an end. We have shown the world our strength to deny ignorance, overcome adversity, fight oppression and even the power to throw a wrench in the system that perpetuates it. We are enslaved within a matrix of institutions with the illusion that each stands alone, each fighting for power, for profits, for the scraps on the table that represent humanities dwindling resources. In reality however, these institutions; the arms industries, banking and other financial i

Big internet company from the United States, Google, appeared to be a mouthpiece for the people of Libya. Google ever did it during the regime of President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak cut off internet connection. Now, Libya under the power of President Muammar al-Gaddafi also blocked Internet services, including social networking site Twitter. So, Google took the initiative to launch the service of speak to tweet for the people of Libya. The service allows Libyan people to preach the information about the situation in the country to the outside world. They only need to call the phone numbers provided by Google. Furthermore, Google will process and disseminate the information through Twitter account. And, as broadcasted on Al Jazeera TV, this is the phone number provided by Google to be a mouthpiece of the people of Libya: +1 650 419 4196, +3 906 622 0729 4, +4420331 8451 4. GOOGLE LAUNCHES SPEAK TO TWEET SERVICE #LIBYA #BENGHAZI #TRIPOLI PHONE NUMBERS ARE :  +16504194196, +39066

What is Wireshark? Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education. What's New Bug Fixes The following vulnerabilities have been fixed. See the security advisory for details and a workaround. o Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of the Red Hat Security Response Team discovered that Wireshark could free an uninitialized pointer while reading a malformed pcap-ng file. (Bug 5652) Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.14 and 1.4.0 to 1.4.3. CVE-2011-0538 o Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of the Red Hat Security Response Team discovered that a large packet length in a pcap-ng file could crash Wireshark. (Bug 5661) Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.14 and 1.4.0 to 1.4.3. o Wireshark could overflow a buffer while reading a Nokia DCT3 trace file. (Bug 5661) Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.14 and 1.4.0 to 1.4.3. CVE-2011-07

Google has just acquired a small German software company called Zynamics. The company, which was founded in 2004, focuses on reverse engineering — that is, analyzing software (malware in particular) for which no source code is available. It's an incredibly interesting and complicated problem to try to solve, which makes the Zynamics team and product a perfect fit for Google, a company that's known for tackling interesting and complicated problems. A Google rep said in an e-mail, "We're delighted to have the Zynamics team aboard and hope their tools and skills in fighting malware will help us better protect Google's users." While we're not completely sure what the fate of the company will be, we do know that its goals and expertise line up particularly well with Google's aims in online security. Currently, Zynamics's offerings focus on the needs of information security specialists and malware analysts. Its products are allegedly both innovative and time-saving. The company's

A letter to all Anonymous from Anonymous Hackers : Operation shutdown ! A letter released by Anonymous Hackers for all Anonymous .... as shown below : Anonymous We are anonymous, and we are Legion, for every one of us you find, and everyone you manage to take down, ten shall take his place, we do not forgive, we are many and therefor can't forget. We have conflicting goals and wants, yet we act as one, therefor we are the face of chaos, we are the perfect observer, composed of people from every standpoint and therefor impartial and the only true Harbingers of judgment.  We laugh in the face of tragedy, we mock those in pain, we ruin the lives of other people simply because we can, these things we do for the lolz and we do them with no remorse, no caring, no love, and no sense of morality, we attack all things in this way, we can, we will, and we have destroyed countless that stand to harm anonymous. Our power lies with our numbers. We choice to use loic in our attacks. We do