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Gabriella Coleman - In Lulz We Trust
her excellent Webstock talk about Anonymous.
lulzsec  Anonymous  hacking  anthropology  culture  video 
9 weeks ago by wrrn
Trigger Happy Camera Remote by Kevin Harrington — Kickstarter
You get the TriggerHappy Unit that connects your smart phone to your camera and access to the TriggerHappy App in the Apple App Store and Android Market.
camera  photography  hardware  hacking  iOS  apps 
10 weeks ago by wrrn
Go to trial; crash the criminal justice system : Network for Police Monitoring
“What would happen if we organized thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of people charged with crimes to refuse to play the game, to refuse to plea out? What if they all insisted on their Sixth Amendment right to trial? Couldn’t we bring the whole system to a halt just like that?”
law  systems  DDOS  hacking  activism  dissent  thepropagandasarecoming 
11 weeks ago by wrrn
Shruthi-1 | Mutable instruments
The Shruthi-1 is a hybrid digital/analog monosynth. Its hardware design is deceptively simple, but the sonic range is wide: sometimes grungily digital like a PPG-Wave, fat and funky like a SH-101, videogame-y like a Commodore 64, weird and warm like an ESQ-1 ; but more often than not, truly original.
diy  hacking  music  synthesis 
12 weeks ago by wrrn
Build Your Own Arduino-Based Laser Clock with a Salad Bowl, Laser Pointers, and Some Spare Time
If you dig DIY clocks or you just think lasers are cool, this is the kind of project that you might want to try, especially if you're getting started with Arduino projects. You'll need an Arduino, of course, and you'll also need a pair of laser pointers, a few servos and motors to make the lasers move as time passes, and of course, the IKEA BLANDA salad bowl
arduino  diy  electronics  hacking 
12 weeks ago by wrrn
LulzSec Leaders No Longer Anonymous After Arrests Worldwide
The FBI investigation with which Monsegur assisted has resulted in five further arrests today, as law enforcement officials around the world zeroed in on the remaining leadership of LulzSec. According to the same Fox News report, the five persons charged are:
Anonymous  lulzsec  hacking  security 
12 weeks ago by wrrn
LulzSec Leader Betrays All of Anonymous
This August conversation jibes perfectly with Fox's report, who says Sabu began working for the FBI in June after they busted him—it's unclear what his fate is now. What is clear is the enormous grin of the feds, who have finally fired one back after almost a year of humiliations and runarounds from Anonymous brass
Anonymous  lulzsec  hacking  security 
12 weeks ago by wrrn
#lulzsec – who needs enemies with friends like Laurelai ? #SnitchLog « Cliffsull's Blog
In it we see Laurelai – a member of ‘gn0sis’ who formed a large part of the #Lulzsec team bragging about how she was quite happy to ‘roll over’ on Sabu.
Anonymous  lulzsec  hacking  security  4thGenWar 
12 weeks ago by wrrn
Hacking Art in Brooklyn, with Cameras, Robot Costumes, Turntables, 3D Printing, and — JELL-O?
rt Hack Day, a 48-hour hackathon held at 319 Scholes, a non-disciplinary gallery and performance space in Brooklyn focusing on digital arts and experimentation. It was a seat-of-your-pants, DIY experience, from inception to closing party, a proto-institutional moment spun from the collective imaginations of artists, hackers, enablers and instigators
art  diy  hacking  creativity  media  hardware  music  video 
12 weeks ago by wrrn
Amazon.com: Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive (9781118143308): Bruce Schneier: Books
This book represents my attempt to develop a full-fledged theory of coercion and how it enables compliance and trust within groups. My goal is to rephrase some of those questions and provide a new framework for analysis. I offer new perspectives, and a broader spectrum of what's possible. Perspectives frame thinking, and sometimes asking new questions is the catalyst to greater understanding.
security  hacking  books  society  information-society  civil-liberties 
february 2012 by wrrn
GPS jamming rife, could PARALYSE Blighty, say usual suspects • The Register
the assembled nav-and-timing scare experts are also bigging up the fearful possibility that crooks or other miscreants might move on from mere GPS jamming to actual spoofing - in other words the satellite signals would not merely be blotted out but replaced by stronger ones designed to generate false position or time readings.
gps  locationaware  geo  hacking  space 
february 2012 by wrrn
She-Hackers: Female Millennials and Open Source Subcultures in Europe
This paper aims to contribute to existing scholarship in the field of digital anthropology by exploring the physical and virtual experiences of gender amongst 30 Millennial-aged F/LOSS hackers, coders and hacktivists living in Europe.
hacking  gender  ethnography  community  human  beinghuman 
february 2012 by wrrn
Research: Spies increasingly using Facebook, Twitter to gather data « intelNews.org
“Social Networking as a Paradigm Shift in Tactical Intelligence Collection”. In it, we argue that recent case studies point to social networking as the new cutting edge in open-source tactical intelligence collection.
social-software  surveillance  4thGenWar  panopticon  information-society  thepropagandasarecoming  data-mining  hacking  civil-liberties 
february 2012 by wrrn
SOCIAL MEDIA "TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION": Spying and Propaganda using Facebook, Twitter
The study leads us to believe that social media is solely an intelligence gathering tool, when in fact, a number of reports have shown that it is used for propaganda including the creation of fake identities in support of covert operations. Those practices are discussed in Army of Fake Social Media Friends to Promote Propaganda, Social Media: Air Force ordered software to manage army of Fake Virtual People and Pentagon Seeks to Manipulate Social Media for Propaganda Purposes, published on Global Research in 2011.
social-software  hacking  military  thepropagandasarecoming  4thGenWar  social-engineering  facebook  twitter  civil-liberties  panopticon 
february 2012 by wrrn
Researchers discover cell phone hackers can track your location without your knowledge
In a field test, the research group was able to track the location of a test subject within a 10-block area as the subject traveled across an area of Minneapolis at a walking pace. The researchers used readily available equipment and no direct help from the service provider.
mobile  hacking  GSM  privacy  tools  hardware 
february 2012 by wrrn
High Orbits and Slowlorises: understanding the Anonymous attack tools
The attacks on the websites of the Justice Department and others in the wake of the takedown of Megaupload.com were the first demonstration of the power of LOIC’s successor—a DDoS tool called the High Orbit Ion Cannon.
hacking  internet  security  Anonymous  lulzsec  tools  activism 
february 2012 by wrrn
From encryption to darknets: As governments snoop, activists fight back
t's become an open secret that governments ranging from Assad's Syria to local American law enforcement to the newly created government of South Sudan are actively trying to find out what is being said and transmitted over their airwaves and networks.

In response to the pressure, a huge range of projects, apps and strategies have been designed to protect mobile communications (voice, text, and data) as well as more traditional Wi-Fi networks and even individual computers
hacking  internet  privacy  security  activism  panopticon 
february 2012 by wrrn
Packet sniffers – SecTools Top Network Security Tools
we highly recommend reading the whole list and investigating any tools you are unfamiliar with. Click any tool name for more details on that particular application, including the chance to read (and write) reviews. Many site elements are explained by tool tips if you hover your mouse over them. Enjoy!
hacking  security  internet  protocols  tools  opensource 
february 2012 by wrrn
Hackerspace Global Grid [shackspace wiki]
hacking  communication  space  tools  CCC  eu  radio  networks  satellite 
january 2012 by wrrn
Hackers Plan Space Satellites | AMSAT-UK
Used together in a global network, these stations would be able to pinpoint satellites at any given time, while also making it easier and more reliable for fast-moving satellites to send data back to earth. “It’s kind of a reverse GPS,”
hacking  communication  space  tools  CCC  eu  radio  networks 
january 2012 by wrrn
Cognitive Dissidents
It dawned on me as we researched that one of the “distortion fields” surrounding “understanding Anonymous” is that we see in them what we WANT to see – like we do with a Rorschach ink blot test. We project. Our narrative says more about us, than it does about them. This is the double-edged sword that sometimes comes with symbols and iconography.
Anonymous  hacking  dissent  research  thepropagandasarecoming 
december 2011 by wrrn
Stuxnet weapon has at least 4 cousins: researchers | Reuters
Kaspersky recently discovered new shared components that search for at least three other unique registry keys, which suggests that the developers of Stuxnet and Duqu also built at least three other pieces of malware using the same platform, he added.
stuxnet  hacking  tools  4thGenWar  war  information-society  networks  panopticon 
december 2011 by wrrn
30 Years of Political Hacking
hackers  government  people  clubs  organization  hacking  from readability
december 2011 by wrrn
Is Anonymous Anarchy?
anarchism  protests  hackers  hacking  property  anarchy  from readability
december 2011 by wrrn
440,783 "Silent SMS" Used to Track German Suspects in 2010 - F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab
But then after making their pings, the agencies have been requesting network logs from mobile network operators. The logs don't reveal information from the mobile phones themselves, but they can be used to locate the cell towers through which the pings traveled. And thus, can be used to track the mobile targeted.
computing  hacking  mobile  surveillance  EU  Germany 
december 2011 by wrrn
Mexico's cartels build own national radio system - Yahoo! News
, a shadow communications system allowing the cartel to coordinate drug deliveries, kidnapping, extortion and other crimes with the immediacy and precision of a modern military or law-enforcement agency.
crime  security  networks  hacking  communication  radio  Mexico  drugs 
december 2011 by wrrn
Big crime meets big data - O'Reilly Radar
Malicious types of software, like viruses, worms, and trojans, are the main tools used to harvest personal data. Cyber criminals also use social engineering techniques, such as phishing emails populated with data gleaned from social networks, to trick people into providing further details. In the interview below, Goodman outlines some of the other ways organized criminals and terrorists are harnessing data for nefarious ends.
hacking  data-mining  crime  information-society  panopticon 
december 2011 by wrrn
Did A Twitter-Fueled Latvian Bank Run Start With One Account? [UPDATED]
This appears to be the first time it disrupted a financial institution, which could result in serious consequences.
twitter  hacking  social-engineering  information-society 
december 2011 by wrrn
Document Trove Exposes Surveillance Methods - WSJ.com
The techniques described in the trove of 200-plus marketing documents, spanning 36 companies, include hacking tools that enable governments to break into people's computers and cellphones, and "massive intercept" gear that can gather all Internet communications in a country.
surveillance  tools  government  hacking  panopticon  opengov 
november 2011 by wrrn
OMGWTF: Passwords of 93,000 Politicians, Reporters, Bloggers Leaked - Falkvinge on Infopolicy
Petzäll claimed that the leadership of the Sweden Democratic party (“SD”) had had access to most reporters’ and competing politicans’ email accounts for years, and that this was how they navigated their way into Parliament last year. To prove his point, he tweeted a number of MD5 password hashes and matching email addresses.
hacking  politics  Sweden  privacy  civil-liberties  information  4thGenWar  social-engineering 
october 2011 by wrrn
Exclusive: Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet | Danger Room | Wired.com
Military network security specialists aren’t sure whether the virus and its so-called “keylogger” payload were introduced intentionally or by accident; it may be a common piece of malware that just happened to make its way into these sensitive networks. The specialists don’t know exactly how far the virus has spread. But they’re sure that the infection has hit both classified and unclassified machines at Creech.
military  security  virus  hacking  4thGenWar  UAV  US 
october 2011 by wrrn
From the man who discovered Stuxnet, dire warnings one year later - CSMonitor.com
"There is no way to prevent the production and transfer of bits and bytes that can be transferred anywhere in the world by Internet. Arms control with satellite surveillance is impossible.... So I'm afraid cyber-arms control won't be possible"
hacking  stuxnet  4thGenWar  information-society  war  future 
october 2011 by wrrn
Gang Used 3D Printers for ATM Skimmers — Krebs on Security
Apparently, word is spreading in the cybercrime underworld that 3D printers produce flawless skimmer devices with exacting precision.
hacking  hardware  fabrication  3D-Printing  crime  from delicious
september 2011 by wrrn
All About Skimmers — Krebs on Security
The series I’ve written about ATM skimmers, gas pump skimmers and other related fraud devices have become by far the most-read posts on this blog. I put this gallery together to showcase the entire series,
hacking  atm  hardware  crime  from delicious
september 2011 by wrrn
Bots troll hacker forums to discover data breaches
The bots are quite adept at posing as cyber criminals or people involved in the trade of stolen information. The company has analyzed thoroughly how these people interact online, and the specific lingo is recreated by the bots.
scifi  future  bot  hacking  security  surveillance  4thGenWar  from delicious
september 2011 by wrrn
Hacker Rattles Internet Security Circles - NYTimes.com
In the annals of Internet attacks, this is likely to go down as a moment of reckoning. For activists, it shows the downside of using online tools to organize: an opponent with enough determination and resources just might find a way to track their every move.
hacking  activism  information-society  security  4thGenWar  from delicious
september 2011 by wrrn
How an omniscient Internet "sextortionist" ruined the lives of teen girls
the truly odd "sextortion" behavior was Mijangos's calling card. Indeed, as the government later put it, he "dedicated considerable time to toying with victims." If he obtained access to a woman's computer, he searched for incriminating photos and video—or accessed the webcam and tried to take some of his own. If he obtained access to a man's computer, he instead impersonated the male and reached out to the man's girlfriend to ask for nude photos.
hacking  crime  human  social-engineering  psychology  from delicious
september 2011 by wrrn
Anonymous speaks: the inside story of the HBGary hack
Over the last week, I've talked to some of those who participated in the HBGary hack to learn in detail how they penetrated HBGary's defenses and gave the company such a stunning black eye—and what the HBGary example means for the rest of us mere mortals who use the Internet.
Anonymous  lulzsec  hacking  HBGary  security  activism  from delicious
august 2011 by wrrn
'Anonymous' hacker quits, calls group's members hypocrites and its efforts fruitless
Ok,<br />
So Over The Past Few Days I Have Been At A Cross road With Anonymous. Why? Because I Started To Think.
lulzsec  Anonymous  hacking  security  activism  4thGenWar  from delicious
august 2011 by wrrn
The Rabbit-Hole | DIY UAVs for Cyber Warfare – Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform
Rabbit-hole was created in order to provide a community environment to those individuals working on the fringes of existing UAV communities. Rabbit-hole.org is for project/ideas that may not be tolerated or understood by the common hobbyist.
hardware  drone  uav  hacking  wireless  mobile  from delicious
august 2011 by wrrn
DailyTech - Exclusive: British Police Duped by LulzSec Into Arresting the Wrong Guy
A series of chat logs published by anti-LulzSec American "hacktivist", th3j35t3r ("The Jester") indicate, however, that the department may be enmeshed in another debacle.  
AntiSec  lulzsec  hacking  police  activism  from delicious
july 2011 by wrrn
Did Security Firms Pitch Bank Of America On Sabotaging WikiLeaks? - Andy Greenberg - The Firewall - Forbes
According to a report at the tech news site Tech Herald, data intelligence firms including Palantir, Berico and HBGary were all recruited by the law firm Hunton & Williams to propose ways of subverting or sabotaging WikiLeaks on behalf of Bank of America
wikileaks  hacking  security  4thGenWar  BankOfAmerica  Anonymous  from delicious
july 2011 by wrrn
"Military Meltdown Monday": 90K military usernames, hashes released
The press release even contained a mock invoice for an "audit" of Booz Allen's security systems. The total bill—$310—includes charges for such things as network auditing and password dumping. Other aspects of the hack, had a zero charge; Anonymous billed nothing for "media and press," on the grounds that "Trolling is our specialty, we provide this service free of charge."
Anonymous  hacking  security  AntiSec  4thGenWar  US  military  from delicious
july 2011 by wrrn
Secret agents raid Apple store webcam 'artist'
applestore  computers  hacking  art  via:zite  from delicious
july 2011 by wrrn
Exclusive first interview with key LulzSec hacker - tech - 04 July 2011 - New Scientist
I was at the point of no return when I realised that I could make a change. Operation Tunisia was it for me. Then HBGary [a security firm attacked by LulzSec]. Now Antisec is the biggest movement in years, unifying all hackers and free thinkers across Anonymous and other groups. There's no going back.
lulzsec  hacking  activism  4thGenWar  interview  from delicious
july 2011 by wrrn
JOURNAL: Lulzsec as an Open Source Insurgency - Global Guerrillas
Lulzsec has some claims to being an open source insurgency.  It operated as a foco by generating a plausible promise: its hacks were high profile and successful, proving that it's possible to successfully attack/damage all big organizations despite the billions they spend on computer security.
lulzsec  hacking  4thGenWar  security  opensource  war  activism  from delicious
july 2011 by wrrn
Anonymous Launches A WikiLeaks For Hackers: HackerLeaks - Andy Greenberg - The Firewall - Forbes
“You download it, we’ll disclose it for you,” the site’s homepage reads, listing potential booty such as “databases, exploits, security flaws, documents, and email spools.”
hacking  wikileaks  surveillance  data  information-society  thepropagandasarecoming  from delicious
june 2011 by wrrn
A sinister cyber-surveillance scheme exposed | Barrett Brown | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Odyssey. The programme appears to allow for the large-scale monitoring of social networks by way of such things as natural language processing, semantic analysis, latent semantic indexing and IT intrusion
hacking  4thGenWar  US  surveillance  semantic  SentimentAnalysis  data-mining  from delicious
june 2011 by wrrn
Stuxnet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stuxnet is a Microsoft Windows computer worm discovered in July 2010 that targets industrial software and equipment.[1] While it is not the first time that crackers have targeted industrial systems,[2] it is the first discovered malware that spies on and subverts industrial systems,[3] and the first to include a programmable logic controller (PLC) rootkit
hacking  4thGenWar  stuxnet  war  US  Israel  Iran  from delicious
june 2011 by wrrn
Hackers publish "private" Tony Blair info - Boing Boing
Posted to pastebin, the release contains the names, address and other contact info of numerous people and a detailed resumé said to be Kay's. It also states that the information was obtained in December 2010 and that Team Poison still has access to the webmail server that yielded it.
TeaMp0isoN  hacking  security  information-society  Blair  from delicious
june 2011 by wrrn
LulzSec Versus TeaMp0isoN: When Hackers Attack Hackers | WebProNews
Did they get to big for their britches, or did they step on the feet of some “true” hackers, opening the doors for retaliatory strikes from groups who fight the same way? Well, something happened, and as a result, there’s a LulzSec backlash brewing
hacking  lulzsec  TeaMp0isoN  security  computing  activism  4thGenWar  network-theory  from delicious
june 2011 by wrrn
LulzSec Hacks UK Government, Begins Operation Anti-Security | ExtremeTech
“We have blissfully obtained records of every single citizen who gave their records to the security-illiterate UK government for the 2011 census.” But, in an effort to show that someone at LulzSec has some semblance of a soul, it continue
hacking  UK  government  security  lulzsec  crime  from delicious
june 2011 by wrrn
HMRC To Use ‘Web Robots’ To Hunt Down Tax Cheats | eWEEK Europe UK
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is extending its campaign against tax cheats with the news that it will use ‘web robots’ to trawl cyberspace.<br />
The announcement from the HMRC says that it will utilise “web robot” software to search the internet and find targeted information about specified people and companies. HMRC also says that by using the software it can more accurately pinpoint people who have failed to pay the right tax.
government  hacking  tools  search  tax  UK  HMRC  from delicious
june 2011 by wrrn
Playable Archaeology: An Interview with Telehack's Anonymous Creator - Waxy.org
I had to know more. With the help of Paul Ford, I interviewed Forbin about the project — using Telehack's send utility, naturally. Read on for the full interview about his motivations, how it's built, and why he's chosen to remain anonymous.
games  hacking  computing  history  beinghuman  from delicious
june 2011 by wrrn
How to Hide from Machines « DIS Magazine
Ideally, your face would become the anti-face, or inverse. In the animal kingdom, this inverse effect is known as countershading. A similar effect can be achieved by creating a partial inverse that targets key areas of the face.
surveillance  sousveillance  technology  cctv  hacking  from delicious
march 2011 by wrrn
GPS chaos: How a $30 box can jam your life - tech - 06 March 2011 - New Scientist
a NASA-appointed executive committee for "space-based positioning, navigation and timing" warned that jamming devices could cause disaster if activated in cities.
gps  geo  hacking  humancomputer  technology  mobile  from delicious
march 2011 by wrrn
Teenagers jailed for running £16m internet crime forum | UK news | The Guardian
To users, Gh0stMarket appeared as lines of computer code and broken English. On the site hackers and fraudsters traded anonymously in compromised databases containing thousands of personal details including account numbers, pins and passwords.
hacking  data-mining  social-software  crime  super-empowerment  from delicious
march 2011 by wrrn
How one man tracked down Anonymous and paid a heavy price
"Simple: fire Aaron, have him admit defeat in a public statement," said Topiary, when asked what the group wanted. "We won't bother you further after this, but what we've done can't be taken back. Realize that, and for the company's sake, dispose of Aaron."
Anonymous  hacking  privacy  security  4chan  from delicious
february 2011 by wrrn
Attack Toolkits Dominating the Threat Landscape | Information Security News, IT Security News & Expert Insights: SecurityWeek.Com
Because attack kits are becoming easier to use, cybercrime is no longer limited to those with advanced programming skills. Participants now include a mix of individuals with computer skills and those with expertise in traditional criminal activities such as money laundering
hacking  tools  crime  future  thepropagandasarecoming  from delicious
january 2011 by wrrn
Did a U.S. Government Lab Help Israel Develop Stuxnet? | Threat Level | Wired.com
Questions have been raised about the involvement of U.S. government researchers in the creation of a digital weapon that experts believe may have sabotaged centrifuges at a uranium-enrichment plant in Iran.
stuxnet  virus  hacking  information  4thGenWar  war  from delicious
january 2011 by wrrn
German hacker uses rented computing to crack hashing algorithm • The Register
What used to be the stuff of distributed computing projects with worldwide participants that took many months to bear fruit can now be done by a lone individuals in minutes and using rentable resources that cost the same price as a morning coffee to carry out the trick. Roth's proof-of-concept exercise cost just $2.
computing  hacking  distributed  cloud-computing  super-empowerment 
november 2010 by wrrn
The Geometry of Finance: “Bizarre Robot Traders” « socializing finance
if this kind of burst had come in at a time when we were getting hit hardest, I guarantee it would have caused delays in the [central quotation system],” Donovan said. That, in turn, could have become one of those dominoes that always seem to present themselves whenever there is a catastrophic failure of a complex system.
economics  finance  trade  computing  algorithms  hacking 
october 2010 by wrrn
Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: New Class of Malware Will Steal Behavioral Patterns
Today, Yaniv Altshuler at Ben Gurion University and a few pals argue that the value of this data makes it almost inevitable that malicious attackers will attempt to steal it. They point out that many companies already mine the pattern of links in their data for things like recommender systems.
data-mining  hacking  identity  panopticon  markets  security 
october 2010 by wrrn
EU calls Stuxnet 'paradigm shift' as U.S. responds more mildly | InSecurity Complex - CNET News
While official U.S. response has been comparatively mild, the European Union's cybersecurity agency says Stuxnet represents a "paradigm shift" in critical infrastructure threats and that current defense philosophies need to be reconsidered.
security  hacking  war  4thGenWar  distributed  network-theory  virus  the 
october 2010 by wrrn
WikiLeaks and Hacktivist Culture | The Nation
This is not a one-man or even one-group operation. It is a network of thousands motivated by a shared hacktivist culture and ethic. And with or without Assange, it is not going away.
wikileaks  hacking  information  distributed  power  activism 
september 2010 by wrrn
The British Tabloid Phone-Hacking Scandal - NYTimes.com
“There was simply no enthusiasm among Scotland Yard to go beyond the cases involving Mulcaire and Goodman,” said John Whittingdale, the chairman of a parliamentary committee that has twice investigated the phone hacking. “To start exposing widespread tawdry practices in that newsroom was a heavy stone that they didn’t want to try to lift.”
hacking  media  news  UK  politics  privacy  surveillance 
september 2010 by wrrn
Julian Assange: the whistleblower | Media | The Guardian
"We have values. I am an information activist. You get the information out to the people. We believe a richer intellectual and historical record that is fuller and more accurate is in itself intrinsically good, and gives people the tools to make intelligent decisions."
wikileaks  information-society  activism  hacking  politics  beinghuman 
july 2010 by wrrn
Zeus baddies unleash nasty new bank Trojan • The Register
The unknown cybercrooks have tightened this focus with the latest version of the cybercrime toolkit, meeting customer demand in a manner akin to legitimate software developers releasing localised versions of tools in key geographical markets. ®
hacking  crime  distributed  information-society  networks  network-theory 
july 2010 by wrrn
iTunes accounts hacking more widespread than initially thought. The facts, and what you should do.
The app developer that began this entire investigation has now had their account (and apps) removed, but we’ve discovered a number of other developer accounts with very similar, if not more “innovative”, approaches to stealing users money. The Apple App store is filled with App Farms being used to steal.
apple  appstore  hacking  distributed  security  identity  panopticon 
july 2010 by wrrn
WikiLeaks Was Launched With Documents Intercepted From Tor | Threat Level | Wired.com
The activist believed the data was being siphoned from computers around the world by hackers who appeared to be in China and who were using the Tor network to transmit the stolen data. The activist began recording the data as it passed through his node, and this became the basis for the trove of data WikiLeaks said it had “received.”
hacking  information  security  power  wikileaks 
june 2010 by wrrn
Mobile network hack reveals sensitive cellphone data • The Register
"Nick and Don looked behind the towers and found a whole other wrongness. You're literally down to the situation where you can't be secure unless you pull the battery out of your phone."
GSM  mobile  hacking  wireless  information-society  panopticon 
april 2010 by wrrn
International man of mystery
''Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.''
wikileaks  government  journalism  politics  hacking  surveillance  power 
april 2010 by wrrn
Who watches WikiLeaks? | Media | The Guardian
it has proclaimed itself the "intelligence service of the people", and plans to have more agents than the CIA. They will be you and me.
information  wikileaks  privacy  government  power  thepropagandasarecoming  hacking 
april 2010 by wrrn
How Wikileaks shone light on world's darkest secrets - World Politics, World - The Independent
Whatever the gaps in its procedures, there is little doubt that the website is at the forefront of a new information era in which the powerful, corrupt and murderous will have to feel a little more nervous about their behaviour. "There are reasons I do it that have to do with wanting to reform civilisation," Assange said in an interview with salon.com last month. "Of course, there's a personal psychology to it, that I enjoy crushing bastards. I like a good challenge."
media  politics  freedom  power  activism  wikileaks  panopticon  hacking 
april 2010 by wrrn
Computational Finance | Quantitative Investing | Nerds on Wall Street
“Leinweber isn’t half as crazy as people said! He foresaw the profound change that wired technology would bring to markets (robots trading millions of shares in six milliseconds). Now he nails the Stupid Financial Engineering Tricks that dumped the markets, and offers his patented, sound insights on how the nerds will help bring us back.”
ai  computing  finance  hacking  curious  thepropagandasarecoming 
april 2010 by wrrn
Home Office and Ministry of Justice Hack Day
geek + data + government officials = success/open data/new process
UK  opendata  government  politics  hacking  events 
march 2010 by wrrn
Facebook As A Spear-Phishing Tool - Hacked Off - Dark Reading
It works like this: To prepare for a phishing attack, we start by focusing on the company Facebook group sites that were established by the employees of our client. Using a bogus identity, we join the company Facebook site and start mining the names and email addresses of individuals who identify themselves as employees. In the event they don't provide a company email address, we use the Internet to learn and use the email naming convention of our client, and then build our list based on that.
facebook  hacking  identity  phishing  panopticon 
march 2010 by wrrn
Biggest hacker training site shut down
Hubei province named Black Hawk Safety Net as the largest hacker training site in China, which openly recruited members and disseminated hacker techniques through lessons, trojan software and online forum communications.
hacking  tools  distributed  learning  networks  china 
february 2010 by wrrn
Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones - WSJ.com
Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed insurgents intercepted the video feeds by taking advantage of an unprotected communications link in some of the remotely flown planes' systems
surveillance  military  UAV  drone  hacking  Iran  iraq  war  4thGenWar 
december 2009 by wrrn
Technology Review: Security in the Ether
"My remark was not intended to say that cloud computing really is 'swamp computing' but, rather, that terminology has a way of affecting our perceptions and expectations. Thus, if we stop using the phrase cloud computing and started using swamp computing instead, we might find ourselves being much more inquisitive about the services and security guarantees that 'swamp computing providers' give us."
cloud-computing  security  information-society  hacking 
december 2009 by wrrn
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