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Anonymous continues its hack offensive against Westboro Baptist Church  19 December 2012 
Source: arsTechnica - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Over the weekend, Anonymous was stirred to action against an old nemesis: the Westboro Baptist Church. The most recent feud came in the wake of WBC’s appalling reaction to the Sandy Hook shooting Friday in Newtown, CT.
 
Power grid operators attacked via DDoS  14 December 2012 
Source: H Security - Posted by Anthony Pell   
The internet infrastructure of 50Hertz, a power grid operator that runs 220 and 380 kilovolt transmission networks in Northern and Eastern Germany, was attacked by unidentified criminals on 20 November. The EurActiv European news portal reports that the CEO of 50Hertz, Boris Schucht, announced at an event in Brussels that a botnet had hit the high voltage power grid operator's web pages and email infrastructure with a DDoS attack.
 
DDoS attacks against US banks peaked at 60 Gbps  14 December 2012 
Source: Network World - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Some of the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that targeted the websites of U.S. financial institutions this week have peaked at 60 Gbps, according to researchers from DDoS mitigation provider Arbor Networks.
 
Lock maker starts to pay for hackable lock fixes  10 December 2012 
Source: H Security - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Onity, the hotel security company, is replacing or repairing its Onity locks for free after design flaws left the locks vulnerable to being compromised with a $50 device, according to a report in Forbes.
 
How Multi-Layer Cloud Security Leaves Hackers In The Cold  07 December 2012 
Source: AOL Gov - Posted by Alex   
With the government's Shared First initiative, the emergence of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) and ongoing budget pressures, migrating to the cloud has moved from an ideal to reality for many government agencies.
 
Operation Hunt the Hunter: Anonymous targets 'revenge porn' man  04 December 2012 
Source: The Register UK - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Hacktivist collective Anonymous has set its sights on the former owner of a "revenge porn" website.
 
Hotels scramble for security solutions after hackers compromise room locks  03 December 2012 
Source: Fox News - Posted by Dave Wreski   
You might want to think twice about leaving your valuables in the hotel room. Millions of hotel rooms around the world are believed to be at risk to hacking break-ins after a 24-year-old Mozilla software developer figured out how to pick a widely-used room lock from a company called Onity.
 
Security Experts Blast iPad Hacker's 'Chilling' Conviction  29 November 2012 
Source: Live Science - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Computer-security experts worldwide took to Twitter and the Web last night (Nov. 20) to denounce the conviction of famed troll and hacker Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer.
 
Linux rootkit news "provides some comic relief"  27 November 2012 
Source: Sophos - Posted by Dave Wreski   
About two weeks ago, a posting on the Full Disclosure Mailing List announced a new Linux rootkit. Indeed, the posting didn't just announce the malware, but included a fully-working sample.
 
Newly Discovered Linux Rootkit Not Sophisticated But Effective  26 November 2012 
Source: CRN - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Researchers are analyzing a new rootkit for 64-bit Linux systems that injects iFrames onto websites and redirects traffic to malicious sites that install additional malware. It also accesses the system's memory and leverages the kernel to help conceal itself.
 
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