Hacktivism

Technologies Used In Internet Censorship and Control Murdoch (2013) opines the Internet as an entity where control is always fought over for by those that use it. He further demystifies the internet, breaking it down to the two protocols that define it. These are the transmission control protocol – TCP- and the Internet Protocol –Ip. It is these protocols that enable the connection of two separate networks to each other. The protocols enable the easy connection of separate networks, without the

YOU ARE USING WITH AND WITHOUT TOR. Tor allows users to surf the net, chat and send instant messages anonymously, and is employed by a large form of folks for each licit and illicit functions. Tor has, maybe, been utilized by criminal enterprises, hacktivism teams, and enforcement agencies at cross functions, typically simultaneously; likewise, agencies among the U.S. government multifariously fund Tor (the U.S. State Department, the National Science Foundation, and – through the Broadcasting Board

Introduction Prevalent to the current trend now is the dependency of the society on Information technology and communication systems. Every aspect of human life is one way or the other linked and controlled by information technology tools. The importance of information technology cannot be over emphasized as its unavailability could lead to a form of disaster or the other. Pivotal infrastructures like finance, healthcare, education and security are driven by information technology. However, information

Ask audience question: Was Robin Hood good or bad? Please put your hand up if you think he was good… Please put your hand up if you think he was bad… Robin Hood – a thief, killer, vandal, anti-monarchist. Yet, in folklore he’s a hero, a saviour, a glorious rebel! And why is that? Did he have good intentions? Is it because he give money to the poor? Yes. And that’s why this criminal is considered a good person. Now most of us are too young, but recently, a website called Ashley Madison was hacked

Music as intellectual property The readings explore the concept of music as intellectual property and delve into the many issues that consequently arise in the practice of “musical borrowing or quoting, digital sampling and the Digital rights management control over “netizens”. Mc Leod introduces the issue of musical sampling as a copyright infringement with the example of Danger mouse and his tribute to The Beatles and Jay-Z in his Grey Album. As fans were warned to “cease and desist” the author

Anonymous and Anomie Robert Merton was one of the leading theorist of anomie, which can be defined as "social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values; a weakening of the normative order in society or societal normalness; [or] cultural chaos produced when social organization fails to respond to non conformity of its members" (Arrigo 316). In his theories, Merton argued that there was "tendency for social norms to lose their regulatory force, but strain on the individual contributed

Introduction Where to put security controls and how to design them is more important than which controls you put on a compliance checklist. Identifying and prioritizing key security controls, however, is part art and part science. By defining key controls based on cyber risks (translated into business risks), an organization can more easily right-size the its control set and adapt it to their needs. Information Security risk assessment processes that are near real-time, gated by a change control

In Watch Dogs 2, the player takes control of Marcus Holloway, a young hacker from Oakland who was convicted of a crime he didn’t’ commit due to the Big Brother-like surveillance system ctOS 2.0. Afterward, he sets out to take down the mal-purposed software and Blume, the company behind it. To accomplish this, he enlists with the hacktivist group DedSec and takes on a variety of missions in and around San Francisco. While first playing the game, I noticed how different it felt from the original entry

Think of your organizational assets from the eyes of an attacker motivated by crime, espionage, hacktivism and even warfare. In other words, what are our Top Threats and how do we know? Interview the Chief Risk Officer and Business Unit leadership and ask them “what keeps you up at night?”. Then tie these answers to Corporate objectives and strategies

Abstract Interconnected computer information systems have become essential aspects of today’s society. All forms of communication, from education, personal brand identity, to commerce and finance, use these systems creating a permanent personal presence for all of us within this digital world. Individuals, who reveal or threaten to reveal these personal identities for various reasons, are sometimes referred to as hackers who can also form hacker activist groups; also known as hacktivists. One