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  Herald Sun   WHEN you set out to destroy Anonymous, you would expect retaliation from the activist group. But a war between the group and a former member, who now profits from ratting them out, has descended to violent and vulgar threats against uninvolved children, reports Gizmodo. Jennifer Emick, 40, …

Chris Dougherty Virtual Threat Contributing Writer   In this day and age we all depend heavily on the Internet and social networking to stay informed about important happenings around the world and in our own communities. What many people may not realize is the fact that there is a cyber …

Anonymous Virtual Threat   Questions? So you want to join Anonymous? How to get in contact with others? How do I recognize other Anonymous? Have you been infiltrated? How do I protect my privacy? What is the right thing to do? How many Anonymous are there? Answers So you want …

Eduard Kovacs Softpedia  After many people suspected that he was setting up his own downfall in order to raise money for himself, The Jester (th3j35t3r) came forward to prove them wrong. It all started when a Twitter user named Smedley Manning (@cubespherical) published a number of screenshots that allegedly proved …

Mary-ann Russon Network World A hacker who claims to hate both Anonymous and notorious BitTorrent website The Pirate Bay (TPB) has claimed responsibility for the DDoS attack that TPB has been suffering under for the last 24 hours. The Pirate Bay suffers DDoS attack The user, who goes by the Twitter handle @AnonNyre, has been …

Antone Gonsalves CSO   The malware business growing around Google Android — now the leading smartphone operating system — is still in its infancy. Today, many of the apps built to steal money from Android users originate from Russia and China, so criminal gangs there have become cyber-trailblazers. Sophos and …

Catherine Solyom NationalPost   Christopher Doyon, a.k.a. Commander X, sits atop a hillside in an undisclosed location in Canada, watching a reporter and photographer make their way along a narrow path to join him, away from the prying eyes of law enforcement. It’s been a few weeks of encrypted emails …

Liz Klimas TheBlaze NHGRHJJUWQGP A new hacking group with the name “The Unknowns” has targeted NASA, the European Space Agency, the U.S. Air Force, Harvard University and others but not as an outright malicious attack. The group has said it released information it hacked from these organizations to show them …

Taylor Armerding ITWorld    Is a cyberattack by Iran against the U.S. a realistic threat? And if so, could it be defeated by a technique called “bullet time,” that slows Internet traffic just enough to give critical infrastructure defense systems time to respond? There is considerable disagreement over that, with …