Obama wins support from leaders in Congress for Syria military strike U.S. President Barack Obama won the support of leaders from both parties in the House of Representatives for limited strikes against President Bashar al-Assad‘s forces Understanding the Syrian Civil War Consortium News Chillingly, the just cited Wikileaks memorandum notes that the assembled military and intelligence officers … Read more
Facebook says 74 governments, including USA, demanded data on 38K users In the first half of 2013, agents of 74 different governments including our own demanded the personal data related to about 38,000 Facebook users. About half of these demands came from authorities in the United States. Facebook “is the latest technology company to release … Read more
The PRISM spin war has begun The war over how to spin revelations of the National Security Agency’s latest spying program has officially begun. Anonymous lays out plan for its independent news site, funded by $55,000 from Indiegogo It?s been some six weeks since ?hacktivist? group Anonymous raised $55,000 from Indiegogo to build its … Read more
How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication on Twitter (And Everywhere Else) Twitter rolled out two-factor authentication last week, joining a growing group of tech companies to support the important security feature. Two-factor authentication can help mitigate the damage of a password breach or phishing attack. Hacking overshadows closer US-China military ties U.S. National Security Adviser has … Read more
Turnaround: Marissa Mayer?s first 300 days as Yahoo?s CEO Yahoo has been plagued by leadership changes among its C-level positions for years. Many of its CEOs have been struggling to find ways to either cut down on cost or innovate on products, but none appear to have been able to turn the company?s performance and … Read more
The Internet of Things: In action By 2015, six billion objects in the world will be connected to the internet. While it may seem tricky to grasp as a concept, the internet of things is nothing simpler, and more stunning, than objects being connected to the internet. At its most mind-blowing, these objects are … Read more
Four LulzSec hackers have been jailed for up to 32 months each by a UK court Four members of the notorious LulzSec hacker group have been sentenced in London today following a number of high-profile hacks and DDoS attacks affecting companies such as Sony Pictures, PBS and Fox.com in 2011 and 2012. Lulzsec?s Topiary: The … Read more
U.S. Financial Regulator Considering Setting Rules for Bitcoin from Mashable! by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai U.S. Govt. Attack on Megaupload Bears Hallmarks of ?Digital Gitmo? from TorrentFreak by Robert Amsterdam Digital Gitmo, by Robert Amsterdam New Zealand is celebrated worldwide for its human rights. Renowned as being the first country in the world to grant suffrage … Read more
Digital analysis of Istanbul on #MayDay This article intends to draw attention to the unwarranted and disproportionate violence conducted by the police. Additionally to clarify how the Turkish Government is determined to silence the public. Teargas and Water Cannons for Istanbul’s Labor Day Protesters from Global Voices Online by Stratos Moraitis Teargas enveloped Istanbul as … Read more
Eric Schmidt: Money is the only reason Julian Assange redacted WikiLeaks files from FP Passport by John Hudson Back in 2011, Google executive Eric Schmidt conducted a secret interview with Julian Assange while the WikiLeaks founder was under house arrest in Britain. The nature of the interview has not been revealed until now, a week … Read more
Anonymous raises $54,798 through Indiegogo to kick-start its dedicated news site for Your Anon News from The Next Web by Nick Summers Who Really Opposes CISPA? from EFF.org Updates by Rainey Reitman In a hearing earlier today on the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), Representative Mike Rogers dismissed the opposition … Read more
Anonymous claims Mossad hack; experts not convinced Infosecurity Magazine The Mossad hack was first announced via Twitter, with comments from @YourAnonNews such as ?NOW: #RedHack and #Anonymous engaging Israel, releasing dox on govt officials, military, police and politicians. #OpIsrael?, and ?Mossad Hacked by Anonymous, RedHack breach Mossad servers, hackers claim GlobalPost (blog) RedHack, a … Read more
Dan Bull song tribute to Aaron Swartz Hacker group Anonymous downs US government site from Hurriyet Daily News Hacker group Anonymous said it disabled the US Sentencing Commission’s website.. Aaron Swartz didn’t face prison until Feds, led by Ortiz, jumped on case from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin Declan McCullagh writes at CNET News: “State … Read more
Anonymous Hacks MIT, Leaves Farewell Message for Aaron Swartz from Mashable! by Stan Schroeder Anonymous hacks MIT web pages in tribute to Aaron Swartz from The Next Web by Josh Ong MIT to Investigate its Role in Aaron Swartz Case from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick Aaron Swartz digital archive from Boing Boing by Cory … Read more
4 Simple Changes to Stop Online Tracking from EFF.org Updates by Dan Auerbach Whoa, you aren’t browsing with Javascript, congratulations! You probably don’t need this tutorial, which will look broken for you. Just install an adblocker with a privacy/tracking protection list, block third-party cookies, block referers, and install HTTPS Everywhere. ***** The Pirate Bay ditches … Read more