What will come of all the hacking ?
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Shame that video said it started on the 15th.
Scripts are all anyone uses now. The only thing that strikes as them being amateur is 'hackers' don't normally DDoS a server down then go in steal all they can and run away laughing.
They'll 'normally' ,and this is why so much goes unnoticed, make a distraction etc. DDoS then go in and make backdoors so they can happily get back in when they want and then sneak out so as far as server administrators are aware no data was touched.
I'm not really sure what the point is in this recent hacking. All they seem to be doing is showing they can do something powerful and shocking. It's just a bit chaotic. Anyone can grab a gun from the street and start causing unprecedented mayhem, but if we all did that, what would we have left?
LulzSec hacking group announces end to cyber attacks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13918458
Must be worried that the police are getting too close.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13918458
Must be worried that the police are getting too close.
Yes, for really isn't safe. Someone can just set up an end node and take all the data that comes through it. Not go mention the fact someone else may be using your own IP for something dodgy.
If you really needed to be secure you'd buy an SSL VPN offshore somewhere (probably with a stolen/anonymous card) and then run your connection through that and hope they don't log anything...
MAC address obtained from TCIP/IP transactions being traced/recorded.
Manufacturer advises which stores are the most likely to have sold that MAC address based on whatever shipping records they keep.
Store CCTV has recorded you purchasing the 3G dongle.
Simples.
Spoof your MAC address for a start, or run through a virtual machine. The CCTV may be a harder proposition though.
Tor is for anonymity not for confidentiality, yes people can see what your doing but not where it's coming from.
They could work that out pretty sharpish. I can't see anyone who really thinks of themselves as a hacker using it, just people thinking they are "cool" spamming forums and the like.
In other words if you use for for nefarious deeds then you're probably a bit stupid and in for a shock!
I just got an email from 'freedomhub.net' saying my email was found on their latest release. Sure enough, it was. On "Random gaming forums (50k users).txt."
The "password" is just in a e56e22e5b8ac... etc format, is this just an encrypted sql password return or something? There's also 3 characters next to it in a separate column, for example: `e$ - what do those represent?
Anything to worry about?
The "password" is just in a e56e22e5b8ac... etc format, is this just an encrypted sql password return or something? There's also 3 characters next to it in a separate column, for example: `e$ - what do those represent?
Anything to worry about?
Presumably you'd use it as another layer of defense in depth, running an end to end encrypted connection through it.
If the hashes are salted (probably what the additional chars next to the hash are), then if it's a strong password it's still relatively safe. Obviously change it anyway though.
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I doubt it was, I don't even know what forum it was for though. Unfortunately, I do use the same passwords for a lot of things, so I have changed a lot of them...
TOR is from the perspective of direct IP back tracing... however its not so secure any more from other perspectives (there are ways to essentially skip the middle ground with a fair chance of success these days if your a big government agency).