As has so often been the case with Anonymous over the years, however, what got hacked this week was our minds -or at least our attention spans - more than any IT systems operated by the Minneapolis Police Department.
That's true to form. Anonymous has often walked what Coleman refers to as the "line between organic support and illusion." With the latest convulsions of social unrest in the U.S., the group is "riding on the wave of increased visibility to get its message out," she said. That extends to efforts to subsume millions of K-pop fan accounts into the Anonymous collective.
Not to change the topic here:
Europe nears tipping point on Russian hacking - POLITICO
The European Union is getting ready to slap sanctions on a group of Russian hackers, according to three diplomats involved — a move that would mark a turning point in the bloc's efforts to address foreign hacking.
The sanctions, expected later this year, come after the German government announced it "had evidence" tying members of a Russian hacking group to the cyberattack on the Bundestag in 2015.
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Diplomats gathered physically Wednesday in Brussels to discuss the Bundestag hack and whether they should respond using a new cyber sanctions regime.
NSA warns of new cyberattacks by Russian military hackers - CBS News
The agency advised users to immediately update the software and warned that any outdated versions would likely remain vulnerable to attack.
"When the patch was released last year, Exim urged its users to update to the latest version. NSA adds its encouragement to immediately patch to mitigate against this still current threat," it said.
"It is an important sign that NSA is now providing this highly relevant context about which adversary is exploiting this vulnerability that is highly helpful for defenders to prioritize defense and other mitigation efforts," Alperovitch said.
What Do Hacking And Malware Have To Do With Ad Fraud?
Bad guys seem to be working overtime, especially now during the pandemic lockdowns when most folks are at home, on their personal devices. There are a number of reasons for this, including the fact that personal devices are usually less well-hardened than corporate devices, against malware and other malicious attacks. Several cyber security firms have confirmed this uptick in malvertising (malware-laced ads) since the middle of March 2020, when the quarantines began.
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Further, hackers love mobile devices because they are always on, and always connected to the Internet, unlike your laptop, which you turn off at night. Getting malware on mobile devices means the malware can make money from digital ads 24/7. When ad fraud becomes the dominant source of revenue, everything else is just bonus income. Hackers no longer rely on selling credentials on the dark web, profit margins unknown.
Many things are taking place:
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Hackers and hucksters reinvigorate 'Anonymous' brand amid protests - Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The amorphous internet activist movement known as Anonymous staged an online resurgence in the past week on the back of real-world protests against police brutality.
Born from internet chat boards more than a dozen years ago, the collective was once known for organizing low-skill but effective denial-of-service attacks that temporarily shut down access to payment processors that had stopped handling donations to the anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks.
Trump's Dirty Laundry: Anonymous Hackers Threaten To Reveal All
Now a similar smoke and mirrors trick could be played out once again, but this time by actors claiming to be part of the Anonymous hacktivist collective.
And there lies the rub, just as was the case with the REvil ransomware hackers, there appears to be precisely zero evidence of any actual Trump dirty laundry data to publish. It's not as if it's even possible to ask Anonymous for some proof, as Anonymous is a decentralized movement rather than an organization.
Hacker posts database stolen from Dark Net free hosting provider DH – Naked Security
In March, some 7,600 dark-web sites – about a third of all dark-web portals – were obliterated in an attack on Daniel’s Hosting (DH) , the most popular provider of .onion free hosting services. Its portal was breached, its database was stolen, and its servers were wiped.
That was punch one. Punch two landed on Sunday, when a hacker going by the name KingNull or @null uploaded a copy of DH’s stolen database to a file-hosting portal and then gave ZDNet a heads-up about the leak.
Happening on Twitter
Anonymous also hacked Chicago police radios and played 'F The Police' lol https://t.co/z9twAFp902 tipado (from Los Angeles, CA) Mon Jun 01 02:10:52 +0000 2020
Anonymous hacked the Minneapolis PD website, issued vid https://t.co/EvJhR52GZO Gramatik (from New York City) Sun May 31 04:28:20 +0000 2020
Anonymous hackers just hacked into Minneapolis Police department website and shut it in video message & say that sh… https://t.co/6kmwKaNcku LeonLidigu (from New Delhi, India) Sun May 31 07:52:48 +0000 2020
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