Archive for the ‘Security Advisories’ Category

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LinkedIn Hacked

It’s most likely true – LinkedIn has been hacked. It was reported that some hacker in a Russian online forum had claimed he had uploaded over 6 million password hashes for LinkedIn accounts, but no user names were reported as being uploaded.  

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Chinese Backdoor Found In Widely-Used US Military Microprocessor

On the evening of one of United States’s most widely celebrated holidays – Memorial Day, comes some disheartening yet not-so surprising news. Cambridge University researchers have recently discovered that a microprocessor that is widely used by the US Military, contains a “backdoor” that would allow reprogramming or shutdown of the processor.  

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TheWikiBoat Readies DDoS Attacks #OpNewSon

It’s being dubbed “Operation NewSon” or, OpNewSon for short.  It’s slated to be a massive DDoS attack orchestrated by another Anonymous spin-off calling themselves “TheWikiBoat”.

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Operation Anti-Security – LulzSec & Anonymous Team Up

- LulzSec & Anonymous are either one in the same or they are two independent groups as they state and have finally teamed up.  Their goal – to bring government corruption to an end.  This ties in with the latest post by Anonymous in initiating “The Plan”.  The plan is to be carried out in [...]

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Sony Playstation Network Hacked

I’ve actually been holding off on posting this news since last week, but since Sony has come forth with more details it would seem now is a good time to bring it up. Long story short – The Sony Playstation network has been hacked.