December 2010
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Operation Payback - success or failure?
Just how successful were the Anonymous Operation Payback DDoS attacks? Now that the hysterical press coverage has died down, it’s time to take stock.
It’s important to understand the nature of Anonymous: it’s not like a cybercrime gang aiming a botnet at a blackmail target. Nor is it like the Chinese attempting to take down Google.
Anonymous is more amorphous. The group (and we have to have some...
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An alternative DNS
Peter Sunde, formerly of the Pirate Bay, has announced his intention to create an alternative DNS infrastructure so that the Internet is no longer under the control of the authorities - particularly those in the US.
Perhaps prompted by the recent taking down of 82 websites in the US accused of selling counterfeit goods or infringing copyright, Sunde tweeted:
“Hello all #isp of the world....
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Are mobile broadband numbers recycled?
Recently, we’ve been making heavy use of a mi-fi unit (see some of our adventures here). It’s currently fitted with a mobile broadband SIM from French telcom SFR.
In addition to net access, you also get SMS text messaging. And since using the SFR SIM we’ve been getting a weekly bank account update.
Only it’s not for our account.
The SMS message is being sent by BNP...