Risky Business #282 -- The future of hacktivism

Are we entering a post-Anonymous era?
31 May 2013 » Risky Business

This week's show is a cracker! We've got a great feature interview with journalist and author Parmy Olson about what the future might hold for Anonymous. Is it time for the Anonymous brand to be retired? The media has largely lost interest in its activities -- how could the hacktivism phenomenon bounce back to the same levels of notoriety as it experienced in 2011?

Tune in to find out!

This week's show is brought to you by Senetas, makers of absolutely kick-ass layer 2 encryption equipment.

In this week's sponsor interview we're chatting with Senetas co-founder and CTO Julian Fay about homomorphic encryption. This is where you can actually perform operations on data while it's still encrypted! It's all a bit twisted, but it's fascinating stuff and it's this week's sponsor interview topic.

Show notes

You can click through to the recording page here.

ASIO blueprints, Defence documents stolen - Hackers - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence
http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/344763,asio-blueprints-defence-documen...

Confidential report lists U.S. weapons system designs compromised by Chinese cyberspies - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/confidential-repor...

U.S. Government Seizes LibertyReserve.com - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/05/u-s-government-seizes-libertyreserve-...

Liberty Reserve Founder Indicted on $6 Billion Money-Laundering Charges | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/liberty-reserve-indicted/

Anonymous Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond Pleads Guilty to Stratfor Attack | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/hammond-plea/

Guantanamo Wi-Fi shuttered after Anonymous hacking threat | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57585420-83/guantanamo-wi-fi-shuttered-...

Twitter Enables Two-Factor Authentication | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/twitter-enables-two-factor-authentication/

Kim Dotcom Claims Ownership of Two-Factor Authentication | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/kim-dotcom-two-factor/

Holder Signed Off on Warrant Identifying Fox News Reporter as Criminal Conspirator | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/holder-signed-off-on-warrant/

WikiLeaks Donations Down to a Trickle | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/wikileaks-donations-down/

Drupal hacked, resets passwords after millions of accounts exposed \u2022 The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/30/drupal_sites_hacked/

Ruby on Rails Exploit Harvests IRC Botnet | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/ruby-on-rails-exploit-builds-irc-botnet-of-comprom...

Report Says Active Recovery Efforts Could Deter IP Theft By Foreign Attackers | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/report-says-active-recovery-efforts-could-deter-ip...

Hackers Who Breached Google in 2010 Accessed Company's Surveillance Database | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/google-surveillance-database/

ReVuln Discovers Zero Day Vulns in Gaming Clients | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/researchers-discover-dozens-of-gaming-client-and-s...

PayPal to Fix XSS Flaw, But No Reward For Researcher | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/paypal-to-fix-xss-flaw-but-no-reward-for-researcher/

Vulnerabilities Plague File Lite, File Pro iOS Apps | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/remote-code-injection-vulnerabilities-discovered-i...

Click-Fraud Falls as Microsoft Fights ZeroAccess Malware | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/microsofts-curbs-click-fraud-in-zeroaccess-fight/

Mac OS X Backdoor Found in Wild | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/another-mac-os-x-backdoor-reported/

Apple Patches QuickTime on Windows, Fixes 12 Bugs | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/new-apple-quicktime-update-patches-12-vulnerabilit...

Google Fixes More Than a Dozen Flaws in Chrome 27 | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/google-fixes-more-than-a-dozen-flaws-in-chrome-27/

Skype Beta Plugs IP Resolver Privacy Leak - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/05/skype-beta-plugs-ip-resolver-privacy-...

Google Strengthening Keys on SSL Certificates to 2048 Bits | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/google-strengthening-keys-on-ssl-certificates-to-2...

IBM open sources new approach to crypto \u2022 The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/03/ibm_open_source_homomorphic_crypto/

Rokia Traor\xe9 "Sikey" - Acoustic / TV5MONDE - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2OnJvbEiHc

We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency: Parmy Olson: 9780316213523: Amazon.com: Books
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316213527

Senetas - Data Protection through Encryption
http://www.senetas.com/

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The blueprints are already laid out. They need to execute the plan right there. - Mission Maids

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