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Sabu of LulzSec Speaks with NewScientist Reporter
It looks like one of the hackers tied to the hacker group LulzSec has spoken with a journalist at NewScientist. In his short exchange he paints a picture of being involved in these hactivist movements due not just to motivations spurred from seeking the ‘lulz’ (or in Internet slang, doing something for laughs) but because ...
Dropbox’s Updated Terms of Service: What You Should Know
In attempt to reconnect with users who have felt burned by numerous security concerns jumping out of their service from both technical and social angles, Dropbox have decided to address this head on by updating their Terms of Service (ToS), Privacy Policy, and Security Overview. In a blog post the cloud-storage company explained that they ...
In Wake of Hack Leading to Bitcoin Crash, Mt. Gox Begins to Grow Up
In a press statement yesterday, MtGox.com acknowledged the security issues and the hack that lead to the crash of the bitcoin economy earlier in June. After freezing all of their assets in the wake of the crash, Mt. Gox has undergone a lot of changes and expects further evolution of their service in the near ...
Zynga IPO Filing Lists for $1 Billion
It looks like the expected Zynga IPO has appeared on the books in the form of an S-1 filing with the SEC. The filing is still subject to change (and incomplete as it contains a number of blanks) but it looks like Zynga intends to raise almost $1 billion from the IPO. From the filing, ...
Kaspersky Labs Uncovers Highly Sophisticated Botnet that Forms “Indestructible” Network
It appeared in 2008, pulling itself out of the mire of malware ecology to quickly become dominant in its niche. Originally named TDL by its creator—identified as TDSS by Kaspersky Labs—the malware eventually became to grow into a botnet known as TDL-4 (the most recent variation.) It has a pool of infected computers 4.5 million ...
Google+ Early Adopters Discover First Privacy Flaw
Google+ is out and the Internet populace has hit it like a bag of hammers (so hard in fact that Google had to shut down invites for a while due to overwhelming demand.) In the wake of this sudden surge of attention, possibly generated by all the hype, a potential privacy flaw as surfaced: it’s ...
FBI Closing in on LulzSec with Search Warrant in Ohio
A federally sealed search warrant was executed by the FBI in Hamilton Township but no arrests have been made. While much of the news appears to be reporting that it was an area “teen” the actual age of the target is unknown. Speculation aims at a hacker with the handle m_nerva (who lives in Ohio), ...
GeoHot (George Hotz) Famous iPhone and Sony Hacker Now Working at Facebook
George Hotz, also known as GeoHot, has been confirmed by Facebook as being in their employ. Hotz is best known for his engineering prowess with the iPhone and as the person who broke the cryptographic protection on Sony’s PlayStation 3 gaming console. He then published the root key on the Internet under his handle GeoHot, ...
Supreme Court of the United States Kills California Anti-Video Game Law
There are few better litmus tests to how technology is affecting culture as to when the technology of entertainment mixes with the masses. As technology advances, so do the current bugaboos. In recent years, video games have joined the ranks of what penny novels, comic books, and even music lyrics have faced in their apparently ...
CloudFlare Speaks Up on Censorship and LulzSec
During their criminal hacking rampage, the hacker celebrity group LulzSec ran a webpage to house links to torrents, Pastebin posts, and the distribution of their ill-gotten booty. To protect this webpage from other hackers and attempts to take it down, they signed it up for the cloud-based web performance and security network service CloudFlare. For ...