Posts Tagged ‘Hacktivism’

SOURCE Boston Security Conference and Training 2012 – Hacktivism, Duqu and Building Successful Security Programs

Apr

2012

2012 SOURCE Boston kicked off the first of three days with an opening talk on hacktivism and the Anonymous movement, Costin Raiu and Vitaly Kamluk presented the latest in Duqu C2 research, and Vercode’s Shyama Rose talked about designing and building out strategic programs for complex organizations. It’s a difficult subject to get right, finding […]

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Anonymous Supporters Tricked into Installing Zeus Trojan

Mar

2012

In 2011, dozens of Anonymous members who participated in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in support of Anonymous hacktivism causes were arrested. In these DDoS attacks, supporters using the Low Orbit Ion Cannon denial-of-service (DoS) tool would voluntarily include their computer in a botnet for attacks in support of Anonymous. In the wake Anonymous member arrests […]

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The Rise and Fall of Anonymous

Oct

2011

Following my previous blog on Francopol 2011, here are some data and slides from my own talk on the Anonymous Group.Anonymous circles are not the only component of hacktivism, merely a loose collection with the highest media profile. Other representatives of this informal protest movement include the “Indignants,” who use social networks around the world […]

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