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Is Anonymous still a “hacktivist” collective?

14

Oct

2011

Members of the Internet collective known as “Anonymous” are often described as hacktivists. But are they really? Or are they really just activists (is that what they’ve become)? We follow various Anonymous news accounts on Twitter and ever since the sub-collective, LulzSec, petered out, Anonymous has shifted away from talking about online attacks and hacks […]

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Are you monitoring your business’s Google Place?

06

Sep

2011

Running a small business can be a difficult job (particularly in today’s economic climate). Competition can be very cut-throat… and dirty tricks are sometimes played by the unethical. For example: In 2003, Saad Echouafni, owner of Orbit Communications (a satellite television reseller), paid for an Ohio botmaster (Richard Roby) to DDoS the websites of two […]

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Welcome to Android Malware

31

Aug

2011

Android malware has been around for a while now, but it has been somewhat uncertain how prevalent infected devices are. The Wildlist has been used as a measure to show which viruses are prevalent. What is interesting about the first Extended Wildlist in August 2011 is the inclusion of three pieces of Android-based malware. I […]

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