Hacktivism @ HOPE
I was invited to represent the Citizen Lab at HOPE in New York City by the CULT OF THE DEAD COW (cDc). HOPE is a convention hosted by 2600. The cDc organized a panel on hacktivism that included Sharon...
View ArticleThe Hacker Grow-Op
Wired covered the Hacktivism panel at 2600′s HOPE in New York City and spoke with Oxblood Ruffin of the cDc as well as Prof. Ron Deibert from the Citizen Lab. Apart from reaffirming that “Hacktivism...
View ArticlePolitical Viruses & Worms
Viruses and Worms that appear to be politically motivated are not new, but Stian recently informed me about (more here) a worm circulating in China that apparently links to or contains references to “A...
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Lycos, Spammers & Electronic Civil Disobedience
Lycos has just launched a new screensaver that attempts to disrupt, but not disable, websites used by spammers to sell products. The goal is to slow down access to these sites by implementing a...
View ArticleFifth HOPE Audio Files Available
The audio files from 2600′s Fifth Hope are now available. I spoke on the Cult of the Dead Cow’s Hacktivism Panel. The audio file in mp3 format are available: Part 1: cdc-hacktivism-1.mp3 Part 2:...
View ArticleDetecting & Evading Filtering
At the Internet & Democracy 2005 conference in London we had a session on “Detecting and Evading Filtering”. The goal was to explain some techniques used to better determine filtering and give an...
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X Marks the Spot
After the French Government tried to get GreenPeace to remove a GoogleMap from their site that showed the location of secret, genetically modified maise GP marked the spot with a crop circle. The map...
View ArticleAgents Provocateurs
Faced with video uploaded to YouTube the Sûreté du Québec have been forced to admit that they infiltrated the protest the summit in Montebello. Armed with rocks the fake protesters pushed their way to...
View ArticleCanada imposters crash APEC
An Australian comedy group impersonated the Canadian delegation to APEC and managed to drive their motorcade into a restricted area before they were arrested: Eleven of the pretend Canadians — all cast...
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Defacement Flare-Up & Truce
On November 17, 2008 the web site of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (OGRA), www.ogra.org.pk, was defaced by an Indian defacement group called Hindu Militant Group (HMG). By November...
View ArticleIran DDOS
There have been a variety of good reports (zdnet, sans, fp ) on the DDOS campaigns targeting Iranian sites after the election. However, one of the things I’ve noticed is the tendency to characterize...
View ArticleIran DDOS 2
I just read a great post by Jose Nazario suggesting that there hasn’t been much evidence of the use of botnets. But the most interesting point he makes is where he points out that the site under attack...
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