What Is The Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC)❓ Defend methods

For a tool that can cause serious damage to a website, LOIC is relatively simple. What it does basically is to send multiple requests and flood a targeted IP with TCP or UDP packets or HTTP requests. One person cannot single handedly use LOIC to cause DoS, so a number of users have to come togeth...

13 Anonymous Members indicted and accused of participating in 'Operation Payback'

A U.S. Grand jury indicted and accused 13 members of the hacking group Anonymous for allegedly participating in the cyber attacks against a number of websites as an anti-copyright campaign called "Operation Payback" Hackers took down the sites by inflicting a denial of service, or DDoS, attack,...

13 Anonymous Members indicted and accused of participating in 'Operation Payback'

A U.S. Grand jury indicted and accused 13 members of the hacking group Anonymous for allegedly participating in the cyber attacks against a number of websites as an anti-copyright campaign called "Operation Payback" Hackers took down the sites by inflicting a denial of service, or DDoS, attack,...

Paypal hacker escaped jail

In London today, an 18-year-old anonymous hacker received an 18-month youth rehabilitation order and a 60-hour unpaid work requirement for his involvement in "Operation Payback". One strike against Paypal alone cost the site £3.5 million pounds. But Jake Birchall escaped jail today after the judg...

Paypal hacker escaped jail

In London today, an 18-year-old anonymous hacker received an 18-month youth rehabilitation order and a 60-hour unpaid work requirement for his involvement in "Operation Payback". One strike against Paypal alone cost the site £3.5 million pounds. But Jake Birchall escaped jail today after the judg...

Skype Illegally handed over data of alleged Anonymous Paypal Hacker

Dutch media report Skype has Illegally without court order distributed a 16 years old user's personal information including user name, real name, email addresses and the home address used for payment to a private company consistently a police investigation into Anonymous-sanctioned cyber attacks ...

The Hacker News Hacking Awards : Best of Year 2011

The Hacker News Hacking Awards : Best of Year 2011 2011 has been labeled the "Year of the Hack" or "Epic Fail 2011". Hacking has become much easier over the years, which is why 2011 had a lot of hacking for good and for bad. Hackers are coming up with tools as well as finding new methods for...

Operation #Payback Next target #OpSony by #Anonymous

Operation Payback Next target OpSony by Anonymous Anonymous Next Press Release as follows : Dear SONY, Congratulations! You are now receiving the attention of Anonymous. Your recent legal actions against fellow internet citizens, GeoHot and GrafChokolo have been deemed an unforgivable offense...

#OperationPayback Next Traget : Warnerbrosrecords.com !

OperationPayback Next Traget : Warnerbrosrecords.com ! The Next Target of Anonymous Hackers is Warnerbrosrecords.com, They Release a note with reason of it, as given below ... Reason : Limewire has been sued for 75 TRILLION Dollars by 13 record companies. Every single US household would have to...

RIAA Targeted by Anonymous Operation Payback !

The rogue hacktivist movement Anonymous is apparently breaking out the Low Orbit Ion Cannon again for a reprise of the Operation Payback campaign, this time setting their distributed denial of service DDoS attack sites on the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA. The campaign to disrupt...

Anonymous Publishes Bank of America Documents, Alleges Fraud

The hacker collective known as Anonymous published a collection of e-mail messages that allege mortgage fraud at U.S. banking giant Bank of America. The documents – more than two dozen e-mail messages – are from Balboa Insurance Group, a Bank of America subsidiary that provides insurance for auto...

#OperationPayback , Next Target Bmi.com by Anonymous Hackers !

OperationPayback , Next Target Bmi.com by Anonymous Hackers ! Operation Payback's third target since its revival is www.bmi.com We will not rest until our demands our met. We are Anonymous We are Legion We do not Forgive We do not Forget Expect Us News Source : Anonymous :P...

Operation Payback is Back with Target 'Copywrong (TBA)' !

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 i...

'Anonymous' Hacktivists Attack African Government Sites !

"Anonymous," the shadowy hacktivist group that's attacked PayPal, the record industry and the Church of Scientology, has upped the ante: It's now taking on entire countries. The group launched massive distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks on at least eight Tunisian government websites...

FBI raids ISP in Anonymous DDoS investigation !

Authorities in the U.S. and Germany have raided Internet Service Providers in hopes of tracking down the hackers who launched distributed denial of service DDoS attacks against Web sites such as Visa.com, PayPal.com, and Mastercard.com earlier this month. In documents posted Wednesday to the...

'BitTorrent' exploit could be used to stage massive cyber attacks !

With the Federal Bureau of Investigations FBI treating successful cyber attacks by "Operation Payback" as criminal offenses, a new level of ambiguity is being introduced into the enforcement of cyber crime laws. The FBI was treating efforts by "Anonymous" and "4chan" as an "unauthorized and knowi...

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...

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 Clarifies Its Identity and Mission in Recent Statement

On December 10, 2010, Anonymous released a press statement to clarify its identity and objectives. Who is Anonymous? Anonymous, often misunderstood, is not a conventional group. Instead, it is an internet gathering without formal structure. Both Anonymous and the media acknowledge the perceived...

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...