'Hacktivist' takes credit for WikiLeaks attacks via Twitter |
- 'Hacktivist' takes credit for WikiLeaks attacks via Twitter
- FDIC's IT Systems at Elevated Risk
- Analyst finds flaws in Canon image verification system
- WikiLeaks Missives Contain Many Tech Secrets
- Free software repository brought down in hack attack
| 'Hacktivist' takes credit for WikiLeaks attacks via Twitter Posted: InfoSec News: 'Hacktivist' takes credit for WikiLeaks attacks via Twitter: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/11/hacktivist-takes-credit-for-wikileaks-attacks-via-twitter.html By Nathan Olivarez-Giles Los Angeles Times November 30, 2010 A self-proclaimed "hacktivist" is apparently taking some credit for the Internet attacks that shut down many pages on WikiLeaks.org today. The hacker, who goes by the name Jester, claims on his blog to have used distributed denial of service attacks to bring down websites in the past Jester often claims responsibility for bringing down websites on his Twitter account using the phrase "tango down," which is used by the military to indicate that an enemy has been eliminated in a firefight. Today, he sent multiple tweets directed at WikiLeaks: [...] |
| FDIC's IT Systems at Elevated Risk Posted: InfoSec News: FDIC's IT Systems at Elevated Risk: http://www.govinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=3138 Gov Info Security November 30, 2010 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has worked hard to implement IT security procedures to safeguard its financial systems, but despite those efforts, the FDIC faces an elevated risk of the misuse of federal assets. That's according to Tuesday's Government Accountability Office report, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Needs to Mitigate Control Weaknesses, that also cited unauthorized modification or destruction of financial information, inappropriate disclosure of other sensitive information and disruption of critical operations that put the FDIC systems at risk. FDIC also failed to implement sufficiently access and other controls intended to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of its financial systems and information. For example, GAO said, the FDIC didn't always: [...] |
| Analyst finds flaws in Canon image verification system Posted: InfoSec News: Analyst finds flaws in Canon image verification system: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/113010-analyst-finds-flaws-in-canon.html By Jeremy Kirk IDG News Service November 30, 2010 A cryptographic system used by Canon to ensure that digital images haven't been altered is flawed and can't be fixed, according to a [...] |
| WikiLeaks Missives Contain Many Tech Secrets Posted: InfoSec News: WikiLeaks Missives Contain Many Tech Secrets: http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=228400240 By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek November 30, 2010 The cache of more than 250,000 sensitive diplomatic cables acquired by WikiLeaks, only a fraction of which have been released, appear to [...] |
| Free software repository brought down in hack attack Posted: InfoSec News: Free software repository brought down in hack attack: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/01/gnu_savannah_hacked/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 1st December 2010 The main source-code repository for the Free Software Foundation has been taken down following an attack that compromised some of the [...] |
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