MasterCard downed by ISP, not Anonymous hackers

MasterCard downed by ISP, not Anonymous hackers Two days before Anonymous declare that MasterCard again down by Ddos attack in support of Wikileaks & Anonymous via twitter. It was shortly after MasterCard went down that someone on Twitter, known as ibomhacktivist, promoted "MasterCard.com DOWN!!!...

MasterCard downed by ISP, not Anonymous hackers

MasterCard downed by ISP, not Anonymous hackers Two days before Anonymous declare that MasterCard again down by Ddos attack in support of Wikileaks & Anonymous via twitter. It was shortly after MasterCard went down that someone on Twitter, known as ibomhacktivist, promoted "MasterCard.com DOWN!!!...

ISP Outage, Not Hackers, Take Down MasterCard's Site

UPDATE: An Internet Service Provider outage, not hackers, was to blame for the unavailability of MasterCard’s website early Tuesday morning according to a statement from a company spokesman. “We can confirm that MasterCard’s corporate, public-facing website experienced intermittent service...

MasterCard again down by Ddos attack in support of Wikileaks & Anonymous

u MasterCard again down by Ddos attack in support of Wikileaks & Anonymous Today ibomhacktivist tweet "MasterCard.com DOWN!!!, thats what you get when you mess with @wikileaks @AnonCentral and the enter community of lulz loving individuals :D" We have check that is MasterCard.com is really down &...

MasterCard again down by Ddos attack in support of Wikileaks & Anonymous

u MasterCard again down by Ddos attack in support of Wikileaks & Anonymous Today ibomhacktivist tweet "MasterCard.com DOWN!!!, thats what you get when you mess with @wikileaks @AnonCentral and the enter community of lulz loving individuals :D " We have check that is MasterCard.com is really down ...

Is Google Wallet Secure? What You Need to Know

Google announced its long-awaited mobile payments platform, Google Wallet, in New York City on Thursday. The company claims it will revolutionize commerce. But with stories about massive data breaches and hacks an almost daily occurance, consumers are most concerned about whether Google Wallet is...

Anonymous Hacker Group Helps Take Down Insupportable Websites !

Hacker group Anonymous takes down websites across the world for the greater good: peace, freedom of information and solidarity. Anonymous, which began as a movement in 2003 on a series of internet chat boards, has gone from targeting small time hypocrites to large multinational corporations...

WordPress under massive DDoS attack !

Readers of Financial Post or National Post blogs might have found them difficult, if not impossible, to access Thursday morning. That is because WordPress, the platform through which every FP and NP blog has been published for the past 10 months, has been under attack by hackers for the past...

Italian government site (www.governo.it) Hacked !

Software hacker group "Anonymous" launched attacks Sunday against the Italian government's website citing political grievances, ANSA news agency reported. "Anonymous" announced its distributed denial-of-service DDoS assaults earlier in the day, saying they were launched because "the political and...

FBI Conducts Search Warrants At 40 "anonymous" Supporters Wikileaks !

The FBI announced today that they have executed over 40 search warrants in connection with the UK Metropolitan Police against Wikileaks DDoS'ing participants of "enemies." Unlike police met, the FBI did not reveal many details about who may have executed the arrest warrants against, or more...

FBI Chases Pro-Wikileaks Hackers !

U.S. intelligence agencies, the FBI, has asked all countries work together to jointly support track hackers who managed to paralyze the site Wikileaks 'enemy' Wikileaks. Reported by Yahoo News from the Smoking Gun website on Saturday 01.01.2011, FBI showed detailed written statement about the...

4chan back online after being downed by DDoS attacks !

A coordinated DDoS attack from an unknown source temporarily knocked 4chan offline in the latest attack against the high-profile group. The 4chan forum helped to create and cultivate the Anonymous hacker group that has used DDoS attacks against numerous companies in recent months as part of...

Lessons From the WikiLeaks DDoS Attacks

Denial of Service DoS attacks are a common method used to take down Websites, servers, or even sections of the Internet. These attacks typically come in two forms: Distributed DoS DDos and DoS attacks. DDoS create a flood of traffic to a Website, server, or section of the internet that overwhelms...

Anonymous Vows Continued Attacks on Companies Opposing WikiLeaks

A pro-WikiLeaks hacker has stated that an Internet insurgent group will continue targeting companies that oppose the whistleblowing website.For the first time, the cyber-insurgent "Bass" from the group Anonymous spoke on camera, revealing details about their operations and their expanding...

Google and Godaddy Head Coalition Against Rogue Pharmacies

Herbal Viagra peddlers beware: Google and GoDaddy are coordinating the establishment of a non-profit organization dedicated to curbing the spread of illegal online pharmaceutical companies. The two firms plan to share information and work together to educate consumers about the dangers of buying...

Anonymous Claims Responsibility for Moneybookers Attack

Anonymous, a loosely affiliated group of Internet vigilantes, has claimed responsibility for various Internet attacks against organizations perceived as hostile to WikiLeaks. Today, the group sought to portray itself as more focused on symbolic protest rather than outright disruption. These claim...

Anonymous Launches Fax-Based Attack on WikiLeaks Opponents

"Operation Payback" is evolving, as attackers have initiated a fax-based campaign against companies that severed ties with WikiLeaks. Hacktivists from the group "Anonymous" are urging members to send faxes to Amazon, MasterCard, PayPal, Visa, Tableau Software, and Moneybookers. This action aims t...

Dutch Teens Arrested for Cyberattacks on Mastercard and Visa

A Dutch hacker collective called Revspace aims to "re-educate" Dutch teens suspected of cyberattacks against Mastercard, Visa, and the Dutch National Prosecutors Office, transforming them into "ethical hackers." Last week, Dutch police arrested a 16-year-old boy for participating in web attacks...

Mastercard says,We're recovering from Wikileaks related attacks !

Mastercard said Thursday that it is recovering from a series of attacks related to the Wikileaks flap. In a statement, Mastercard said: MasterCard has made significant progress in restoring full-service to its corporate website. Our core processing capabilities have not been compromised and...

Anonymous Targets WikiLeaks Critics in Operation Payback Campaign

Do you support WikiLeaks? Are you angry at critics trying to suppress it? Maybe you're considering joining online protests to shut down the websites of its opponents. Don't. A group of vigilantes named Anonymous has turned their Operation Payback campaign, previously targeting antipiracy...