Adobe to Patch Hacking Team Flash Zero Day

Adobe tomorrow is expected to release an updated version of Flash Player that will patch a zero-day vulnerability uncovered among the 400 GB of data stolen from Hacking Team. The controversial Italian intrusion and surveillance software vendor was breached and on Sunday, private documents,...

Lizard Squad vs Anonymous — 'PlayStation, Xbox and Tor Network' Attacks

It was the sad Christmas day for gamers all around the world!! A lot of people get new PlayStations and Xboxes on Christmas, but this Christmas they bought the game, popped it into the console for online gaming, and what they found? Oh Crap! I can't log on. It was the notorious hacker group "Liza...

Detekt Open Source Surveillance Detection Tool

Hours spent on long-distance phone calls to political activists in the Middle East, journalists in Africa or human rights organizations in Asia are stressful for Claudio Guarnieri, an independent security researcher, white-hat hacker and civil rights activist. Often he has to convince that party,...

Operation DeathClick APT Malvertising Campaign

Advanced persistent threat groups are using malvertising in order to compromise the networks of their adversaries in what appears to be an example of high-level, nation-state attackers borrowing tactics from the typically less sophisticated cybercriminal arsenals. Attackers are also borrowing fro...

Activist Mobilization Platform base.php base_path Parameter PHP Code Execution - Ver2 (CVE-2007-1571)

A code execution vulnerability has been reported in Radical Designs Activist Mobilization Platform AMP. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system...

Jacob Appelbaum 2013 30c3 keynote on NSA Surveillance

Cryptographer, developer and activist Jacob Appelbaum took to the pages of Germany’s Der Spiegel and the keynote dais of the 30th Chaos Communication Congress this weekend to deliver a damning expose of the catalog of backdoors, monitoring programs and products that potentially have and could be...

The Pirate Bay Cofounder 'Gottfrid Svartholm Warg' will be extradited to Denmark

Sweden today has announced the extradition of 30-year-old The Pirate Bay Cofounder 'Gottfrid Svartholm Warg' to Denmark where he is wanted for questioning on alleged hacking charges. He was living in Cambodia last year but was later arrested and deported to Sweden. Currently he is serving a...

Rise in website Defacement attacks by Hackers around the World

Last week we noticed a rise in cyber attacks particularly - website Defacement attacks on many governments and organizations of different countries by the hackers around the world. Targeted countries include Singapore, Mexico, Philippines, Australia, Egypt, United States, Syria and many more. Out...

Rise in website Defacement attacks by Hackers around the World

Last week we noticed a rise in cyber attacks particularly - website Defacement attacks on many governments and organizations of different countries by the hackers around the world. Targeted countries include Singapore, Mexico, Philippines, Australia, Egypt, United States, Syria and many more. Out...

Edward Snowden applies for political asylum in Russia

A Russian immigration source informed that the US intelligence agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has applied for political asylum in Russia. Few days back, Russian president Vladimir Putin has said Russia would never hand over Mr Snowden over to the United States but that if Snowden wants to st...

Researcher Discovers Mac Malware at Anti-Malware Workshop

In an Oslo Freedom Forum workshop offering advice to free speech advocates on how to better secure their devices against government surveillance, security researcher Jacob Appelbaum uncovered a new strain of malware with backdoor capabilities on the Mac machine of an Angolan activist attending th...

Stolen Winnti Certificates Used in Watering Hole Attack Against Tibet Orphans Site

The assault against Free Tibet and Uyghur supporters is unrelenting as another watering hole attack has been uncovered, this time against a caregiver site supporting Tibetan refugee children. The non-governmental organization NGO Tibetan Homes Foundation site remains compromised and is hosting a...

ABC hacked after anti-Islam politician Interview

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC is investigating data breach after Lateline interviewed Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders. A hacker going by the handle "Phr0zenMyst" has claimed to have hacked a web site associated with the ABC television program Making Australia Happy, leakin...

ABC hacked after anti-Islam politician Interview

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC is investigating data breach after Lateline interviewed Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders. A hacker going by the handle "Phr0zenMyst" has claimed to have hacked a web site associated with the ABC television program Making Australia Happy, leakin...

Google's Morgan Marquis-Boire on Online Spying

Surveillance operations by various governments against activists have become a major issue in some countries, and Morgan Marquis-Boire detailed the tools and tactics these regimes use...

RIP Aaron Swartz, A legendary Internet Activist

Aaron Swartz has committed suicide on January 11, 2013 in New York City. I have long been fought if you write something about this extraordinary boy, but not dedicate a tribute would be a shame. Aaron Swartz has decided to leave a huge void in the IT scenario. For me, as the entire world he is a...

RIP Aaron Swartz, A legendary Internet Activist

Aaron Swartz has committed suicide on January 11, 2013 in New York City. I have long been fought if you write something about this extraordinary boy, but not dedicate a tribute would be a shame. Aaron Swartz has decided to leave a huge void in the IT scenario. For me, as the entire world he is a...

New OSX/Imuler Variant Targeting Tibetan Activists

Researchers over at Intego have recently discovered a new variant of OSX/Imuler the data-stealing Mac malware, detected as OSX/Imuler.E which is believed to be targeting Tibetan rights activists. "This backdoor Trojan family was first discovered in September 2011 as a Mac PDF Trojan horse and has...

Anonymous hacker arrested for attacking Home Secretary website

In the UK a 41-year-old man has been arrested over a cyber attack on the website of the British Home Secretary Theresa May. He was arrested in a joint operation by Scotland Yard and local officers on Tuesday morning in Wedgewood Road. The man, who has not been named, was arrested on suspicion of...

Anonymous member Barrett Brown Arrested by FBI

Anonymous hacker Barrett Brown was arrested by the FBI last night, his apartment raided while he was in the middle of a live TinyChat session. For those that may not be familiar with Brown, he came to some notoriety last year for allegedly mounting an operation against the Zeta drug cartel in...