Anonymous avenges MegaUpload shutdown by taking out DOJ, Universal Music,...
Anonymous, a group of hacker activists commonly referred to as 'hacktivists,' has gained notoriety over the past several years for threatening and then often following through with hacking attacks on...
View ArticleVIDEO: Cybercrime expert Mikko Hypponen on government, criminal and...
Mikko Hypponen, a cybercrime expert, examines three kinds of cyber attackers in the world -- criminals, hacker activists ('hacktivists') and governments. Criminal hackers are motivated by profit and...
View ArticleAnonymous and the rise of hacktivism
The day after the anti-SOPA/PIPA protests (the largest coordinated protest in the history of the Internet), the Department of Justice took down Megaupload. It would seem hard to argue that the timing...
View ArticleACTA: How an anti-piracy treaty offers less opportunity for public input
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is still on the move across the globe. ACTA has a similar aim to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) twin bills that were...
View ArticleRecent developments with Anonymous
Anonymous continues to make headlines. In recent weeks, the hacktivist group has hacked the mail server of the Syrian Ministry of Presidential Affairs, raiding 78 inboxes of the regime’s staffers....
View ArticleHigh-Tech Nova Weekly: Top five trends for 3/5-3/9
Here's the high-tech trends that topped the charts this week! CONSUMER PRODUCTS iPad 3 Well, it's no surprise the biggest story this week was the iPad 3. As far as what the key features are, its...
View ArticleHacktivist Sabu: Anonymous traitor or FBI martyr?
Hacktivism: a term coined about 14 years ago that now has more meaning than ever in the history of our world. Hacking of Indonesian government websites, the Mexican finance department website, the...
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