May I Be Arrested For Using LOIC?
As you will probably know, as a consequence of the takedown of the famous storage site Megaupload and the consequent…
As you will probably know, as a consequence of the takedown of the famous storage site Megaupload and the consequent…
One of the most visionary information security predictions for 2012, was the one issued by Fortinet which defined the term…
There are really few doubts, this is the most (in)famous hacking collective. There is no new day without a new resounding action. They are Anonymous. They are Legion. They do not forgive. They do not forget. Expect Them.
Considered one of the early members, Barrett Brown is the alleged spokesperson of Anonymous.
A protest movement against the practices of the Church of Scientology by Anonymous. The project (or Operation) was started in response to the Church of Scientology’s attempts to remove material from a highly publicized interview with Scientologist Tom Cruise from the Internet in January 2008 and was followed by DDoS attacks and other actions such as black faxes and prunk calls.
Distributed Denial of Service (abbreviated DDoS) is the preferred weapon by Hackitivsts, since it does not need particular hacking skills and may also be centrally controlled (with a hive mind who define the target). The preferred tool for perpetrating DDoS attacks is LOIC, although next-gen tools are under development.
A satirical open wiki, launched on December 10, 2004 and defunct on April 14 2011. It is considered one of the sources of inspiration for The Anonymous.[1]
Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes, belonged to a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot, a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England. His stylised mask designed by illustrator David Lloyd and used as a major plot element in the “V for Vendetta“ Comic Book, is the symbol for the Anonymous. The failure of the Gunpowder plot has been commemorated in England since 5 November 1605.
The Italian Anonymous did it again and today have attacked for the second time in few days the vatican.va website.…
Cross Posted from TheAviationist. Nearly in contemporary with the breaking news that a judge in New Zealand’s High Court has…
Everyone dealing with Information Security knows very well that SNMP (which stands for Simple Network Management Protocol and corresponds to…
So, after announcing an alleged hack to Italian Prison Guards, the threatening tweets anticipating the latest hack, have suddenly disappeared…
Probably LOIC is not so safe as it was supposed to be. Yesterday FOX News (curiously the American province of…
Not even a single day has passed since the raid of the Italian Police against some alleged Italian Anonymous members,…
Update 07 July 2011: Updated content with the Italian Anonymous Press Release in English. Today the front pages of Italian…