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Inside the Attack that Crippled Revision3

revision3.com — As many of you know, Revision3’s servers were brought down over the Memorial Day weekend by a denial of service attack. It’s an all too common occurrence these days. But this one wasn’t your normal cybercrime – there’s a chilling twist at the end. Here’s what happened, and why we’re even more concerned today, after it’s over, than we were on SaturdMore… (Security)

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RIAA Website Wiped Clean by “Hackers”

torrentfreak.com — Apparently the RIAA is so busy suing consumers that they forgot to hire a decent programmer. With a simple SQL injection, all their propaganda has been successfully wiped from the site.More… (Security)

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MIT student newspaper publishes the banned DEFCON slides

tech.mit.edu — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has sued three MIT students — Zackary M. Anderson '09, Russel J. Ryan '09, and Alessandro Chiesa '09 — and MIT to prevent the disclosure of security weaknesses in subway ticketing systems.More… (Security)

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Hackers brutalize Scientology's security defenses

z15.invisionfree.com — This evening, Splongcat of project chanology revealed IP adresses, which were hacked through prolexic Anti-DDoS services. Appareantly PROLEXIC security is no match for Anonymous hackers, who claim that the company is "amateuristic and unable of basic networking at best." Splongcat comments: We did it for lulzMore… (Security)

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Internet Censorship is On it's Way. The i-Patriot Act

yff365.com — Amazing revelations have emerged concerning already existing government plans to overhaul the way the internet functions in order to apply much greater restrictions and control over the web.More… (Security)

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Lifehacker: How to Track Down Anyone Online

lifehacker.com — When you're trying to find someone online, Google's not the only game in town. In the last two years, a handful of new people search engines have come onto the scene which offer better ways to pinpoint people info by name, handle, location, or place of employment.More… (Security)

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YouTube hijacked by Pakistan, caused global outage!

blogs.zdnet.com — YouTube has been blocked by Pakistan's government because it contained “blasphemous content, videos and documents". Shortly after, Pakistan shutdown YouTube globally by (possibly accidentally) hijacking their IP space via BGP!More… (Security)

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The Pirates Can't Be Stopped

portfolio.com — Ethan and I had first started talking over an untraceable prepaid phone...He eventually agrees to speak in person...He hands me a flash drive containing documents...He also pulls out a...sheet of paper bearing my name, the first five digits of my Social Security number, a few pictures...and addresses going back 10 years. "I had to check," he said.More… (Security)

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