Anonymous and the FBI Once again Anonymous has done something few expected possible, they intercepted a phone call between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Scotland Yard. This was not really hacking, but hacking probably led to it. Most believe that Anonymous hacked into a FBI email account (not too difficult considering password security being so low), and received a simple phone number and code to get on the conference call. Many who have been […]

Are we really secure? The basis of our modern internet system is Domain Name Servers, and the basis of our “secure” websites are SSL certificates. It seems that both have these have been attacked recently, and we did not even know about it. VeriSign, the number one provider of DNS services for .com, .net, and .gov websites, was attacked in 2010. They revealed this recently to their investors, and to the rest of the world. […]