Alex Howard on Government Security, Internet Freedom and Open Gov

In the triumphant return of the Digital Underground podcast, Dennis Fisher talks with Alex Howard @digiphile of O’Reilly Media about the open government and open data movements, how they’re affecting security and the ways in which Internet freedom and privacy play into the current climate online...

Libyan authorities restrict internet access !

The Libyan government could pull the plug on the country's internet as protests sweep the country. On Friday and Saturday night the country experienced a near black-out, with continued patchy access this week, according to a Google Transparency Report. Libya has had periods of partial or total...

More than 199 Indian govt websites defaced in last 6 months !

The government today said 199 government websites have been defaced by foreign hackers in the last six months. "The website of Central Bureau of Investigation CBI was defaced by a foreign hacker "Pakistan Cyber Army" on December 3, 2010. In addition to this, a total of 198 government websites wer...

Denial of Service vulnerability in Megapolis.Portal Manager

Hello 3APA3A! I want to warn you about Denial of Service vulnerability in Megapolis.Portal Manager. It's commercial CMS from Softline, which in particularly widespread among Ukrainian government sites including ministry, parliament, two special services and many other web sites. In 2006-2007 I...

Anonymous Apologize for their Kindness & Effort, Anonymous Press Release 20 Feb,2011 (Must Read) !

Anonymous Apologize for their Kindness & Effort, Anonymous Press Release 20 Feb,2011 Must Read ! NOTE : One More Press Released By Anonymous Hackers on there official site/Facebook/Twitter. We are Publishing This news, just as the Media of "Hacking Field" . These is No relation b/w 'The Hacker...

Online security losing cyber battle !

THE internet was never meant to do sensitive banking transactions, cyber criminals are winning the war against online security and Australia's easy going nature is making us vulnerable targets to ever-more sophisticated internet thugs. That was San Francisco-based internet security watcher and...

Anonymous Hackers Help Iranian Activists Fight The Regime !

The inscrutable "voice" of international Internet collective Anonymous, a shadowy organization that has carried out a number of attacks on websites worldwide. In recent days, with Iranians taking to the streets to protest the government, the country's Islamic authorities have boosted their...

CBC Reports Canadian Government Hacked By Chinese

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is reporting that key government agencies in Canada were the targets of a sophisticated cyber attack aimed at stealing sensitive government information. The attack was first detected in January, 2011, and prompted Canada’s Finance Department and Treasury Board off...

Operation Bahrain ( #opbahrain ) - Anonymous Press Release !

Operation Bahrain opbahrain - Anonymous Press Release ! Dear Free-Thinking Citizens of THE WORLD, The Bahrainian government has shown by its actions that it intends to brutally enforce its reign of injustice by limiting free speech and access to truthful information to its citizens and the rest o...

China hackers attack Canadian Government Computer Systems !

Foreign hackers successfully penetrated the computer systems of the Canadian federal government. Last month was the first sign that the system had been compromised. The attacks, said to have come from China, hit both the Finance Department and the Treasury Board. Although no statements have been...

E-Mails Hacked By Anonymous Hackers Raise Concerns !

Late last year, activists attacked websites belonging to companies that refused to do business with WikiLeaks, an online group that has disclosed classified U.S. government documents. When the activists, who called themselves Anonymous, found out they were being investigated by the Internet...

Hacked security firm backs out of security conference !

It has really got to hurt when you run a computer security company and an outlaw hacker group manages to steal and post on the Internet embarrassing emails connecting you to much-publicized plans for crushing the enemies of large corporations through unsavory means like disinformation and...

Anonymous Surpasses Wikileaks !

The exploits of Anonymous to hack the systems of firms providing spying services to governments and corporations suggest that the WikiLeaks mini-era has been surpassed. Much of WikiLeaks promise to protect sources is useless if the sources are not whistleblowers needing a forum for publication...

Pentagon Requests Half Billion in Funding to DARPA

In the Pentagon’s 2012 defense budget request, DARPA stands to receive roughly a half billion dollars in funding to “invest in cybertechnologies.” However, what that means is unclear. The announcement represents growing concerns by the federal government that the United States is sorely...

U.S. Government Shuts Down 84,000 Websites By Mistake !

The US Government has yet again shuttered several domain names this week. The Department of Justice and Homeland Security's ICE office proudly announced that they had seized domains related to counterfeit goods and child pornography. What they failed to mention, however, is that one of the target...

Operacion Tequila ( OPTEQUILA ) announced By Anonymous Hackers !

Operacion Tequila announced By Anonymous Hackers ! Statement from Anonymous on Operation Tequila Anonymous is a group of independent individuals without a leader. We would like to present to the Mexican people and the world, our collective decisions and thoughts through the following statement...

CBI seeking Pakistan government's help in identifying members of a hacker group 'VERGIL'

The CBI will seek Pakistan government's help in identifying members of a hacker group 'VERGIL' operating from that country and was allegedly involved in defacing the official website of Bureau of Police Research and Development BPRD in 2010. Accepting a CBI plea, a Delhi court today issued a...

Chinese man flip-flops on hacking claims in McAfee Report !

A Chinese technician quoted by U.S. Internet security firm McAfee Inc. as informing that hackers from China had attacked a number of US oil and gas companies over the past years has denied claims attributed to him in the 19-page report released on Thursday. In a telephone interview to the Wall...

Two Firms That Plotted Against WikiLeaks Finally Apologize !

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,...

Free Android encryption comes to Egypt, The revolution will be encrypted !

Free cellphone encryption is coming to Android users in Egypt courtesy of San Francisco software maker Whisper Systems. Until now, Redphone and TextSecure, voice- and text-encryption apps respectively, have generally been available in the US only. Whisper Systems has been working on making the...