Christopher Mark Doyon, AKA Commander X, is the voice of the Peoples Liberation Front, and a high-profile and respected voice within Anonymous. He has now publicly debunked the idea of Anonymous 2.
Carder Christopher Schroebel gets seven years
Christopher Schroebel, a 21-year-old Maryland man, was arrested for credit card theft in November 2011. He pled guilty in June. Dutch national David Benjamin Schrooten, known as ‘Fortezza’ and ‘Xakep’, was extradited from Romania on associated charges …
Bloomberg pays out to Economist Group over CQ information breach
Bloomberg has agreed to pay the Economist Group, owner of CQ, an unspecified amount of money in damages because Bloomberg employees, who were formerly employed by CQ, accessed the publication’s information using their old log-ins and passwords.
FBI warns about Reveton ransomware scam
The FBI is warning about an increase in “drive-by” Reveton malware disguised as a message from law enforcement; it locks the computer and tries to extort money from the victim.
Is the Olympics Committee too heavy-handed in protecting its rights?
As the internet has learned, copyright holders can be insistent in protecting their legal rights. This now includes the London Olympic Organizing Committee (LOCOG), which has been surprisingly busy in issuing threats and warnings.
Entrust withdraws from the CAB security forum
The Certification Authority/Browser Forum is a consortium of certification authorities and browser vendors co-founded by Entrust in 2005 to ensure the security of EV SSL certificates used on the internet. Now Entrust has withdrawn.
Stalk a Democrat today: Obama for America app
Obama’s election campaign has developed and publicly released an app called ‘Obama for America’. Its purpose is to help campaign volunteers shore up votes – and tout for donations – by locating local Democrats.
South Korea leads nations in PC infections
South Korea surged to first place, vaulting past China and Taiwan, in PandaLabs’ quarterly ranking of countries with the highest percentage of infected PCs.
Reuters got caught up in a Syrian war of disinformation
Reuters has finally come clean on its hack – “a now closed vulnerability in the WordPress software” – but indicates that it is a small part of a widespread war of disinformation being waged between the two sides in Syria.
Microsoft releases internal attack surface analyzer tool
Microsoft has released to the public its internal attack surface analyzer tool, which catalogs changes made to an operating system attack surface by the installation of new software.