Anonymous did not claim responsibility for taking down the website, but an account claiming affiliation with the group did retweet the news it was down. Given the way in which Anonymous is organized—as that loose affiliation of hackers, it would only take a self-styled member to be involved in an attack for it to seemingly fit under its banner.
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With an umbrella agenda, self-styled members initiate and then co-ordinate areas of activity. As such, to characterize this as an overly organized attack would be wrong. That said, if some of the group's members were responsible for taking down MPD's website, that suggests the harnessing of a potent botnet in short order.
Other things to check out:
Who are Anonymous as the hacker group post a new video warning? | Metro News
The video, which shows an activist wearing the group's trademark Guy Fawkes mask, and speaking with an electronically manipulated voice, ends with the message: 'We Are legion. Expect us.'
Shortly after the video was released, the Minneapolis Police Department's website was disabled and taken offline.
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Anonymous are a group of online activists whose main aim is to target establishment hypocrisy and corruption.
A denial-of-service attack is a deliberate attempt to overwhelm an online service through superflous requests, thus rendering it unusable.
Apple Pays Hacker $100,000 For 'Sign In With Apple' Security Shocker
Secondly, and potentially even more of a shocker, because Apple didn't catch this critical security flaw itself during development.
That said, it's important to note that Jain said Apple carried out an internal investigation and determined that no account compromises or misuse had occurred before the vulnerability was fixed.
I spoke to Sean Wright, SME application security lead at ImmersiveLabs, regarding the vulnerability which he describes as being "a significant flaw." Wright also says that he "would have expected better testing around this from a company such as Apple, especially when it is trying to set itself a reputation as privacy-focused."
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Quite a lot has been going on:
Anonymous returns: Hacker group targets police, Trump administration - The Week
Police, in turn, have increased their use of force and the National Guard have been deployed in at least 15 states, adding to the visuals of police-versus-protesters that have come to dominate American social media. Night-time curfews have been ordered in over a dozen cities.
In the message, Anonymous criticises the US police system and states that they do not trust the police to deliver justice. The message ends with the usual warning, "We are legion. Expect us."
How to use Threat Modeling in Ethical Hacking | EC-Council Official Blog
In the war against cybercrime, hackers continue to frustrate the threat hunting process by inventing new ways of bypassing security measures. Ethical hackers are constantly deploying countermeasures and hardening their security infrastructure to ensure that hackers are kept at bay. As a result, threat modeling is making significant strides in the world of cybersecurity.
Threat modeling is the process of assessing, detecting, and mitigating risks to optimize the security of a network or application. A threat is anything that can exploit a vulnerability of a system to gain access.When modeling for threats, these three elements are considered:
'Scorching-hot hacked computer burned my hand' - BBC News
He reached down and looked inside his computer, which he liked to leave open and on display in his bedroom.
Instinctively he touched one of the components, swore and pulled his hand back. The graphics card was so hot it had burned his fingers.
The 18-year-old from Sheffield hadn't realised it yet, but this minor injury was caused by crypto-jacking.
Crypto-jacking is the unauthorised and illegal use of someone's computer to collect Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies.
Why Hackers Target SMBs
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Happening on Twitter
Wow. "Anonymous" came back from the depths. 😳 This is serious. The Legion is here. These hackers only come out w… https://t.co/nC8ZuRLIOx Specter_Smit (from Russdiculous® in BasedWorld) Sun May 31 03:43:00 +0000 2020
'Anonymous' hackers reemerge after Minneapolis Police Department's website crash, threaten to "expose [MPD's] many… https://t.co/wJQmXSocgz Complex (from New York) Sun May 31 18:39:55 +0000 2020
'We do not trust your corrupt organization to carry out justice' – #Anonymous threatens to expose #Minneapolis Poli… https://t.co/z0ZZaSNibQ RT_com Sun May 31 07:22:51 +0000 2020
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