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DEFCON Round Up: The Good, The Bad and The Underage
DEFCON, the cash-only, aliases-welcome hacker conference took place in the moral vacuum of Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend, as it has every Summer since 1993. This year there was no shortage of controversial presentations and panel discussions. If you were short the airfare, the $150 entrance fee,...
Hacker claims credit for shutdown of WBC church's Website !
Twitter post suggests 'The Jester' may have been responsible for knocking controversial church offline A Twitter message from Monday suggests that a seld-proclaimed "hacktivist" using the handle The Jester may have been responsible for knocking the controversial Westboro Baptist Church offline. I...
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...
HOLD — HBGary Federal News…
HBGary Federal, the beleagured security startup that has been the target of the online mischief making group Anonymous for the last week said on Monday that it was ceasing operations | its CEO Aaron Barr was stepping down. The consulting firm, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBGary Inc., had been...
Wikileaks: Controversial, But is it NSFW?
As government agencies and the military bar access to the WIkileaks documents, a poll of Web filtering providers finds most label the leak site more “newsy” than “naughty.” HED: Wikileaks: Controversial, But is it NSFW? DEK: As companies look to bar access to the WIkileaks documents or not Web...