Comment Duh... (Score 1) 278
Obviously they all study engineering...
Comment Shielding (Score 2) 375
Try it, bitches.
Submission + - Anonymous Blamed for Porn Flood Drowning Facebook (tomsguide.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Has offensive material appeared in your Facebook news feed over the last twenty-four hours? If so, you're not alone, as security firm Sophos has confirmed the sudden-yet-offensive problem.
According to reports made by Facebook users, news feed content and personal messages now include explicit hardcore porn images, Photoshopped photos of celebrities in sexual situations, pictures of extreme violence and a photograph of an abused dog.
News of the problem began to surface as Facebook users took to Twitter to vent their anger. The complaints universally point out that porn-posters are unaware that their accounts have been compromised to publish the offensive material. Even more, they can't even see the images posted on their wall or in their message box after logging on.
Currently Sophos isn't sure how the offending content has been spread across Facebook, but assumes that it stems from a successful dose of spam.
"Whether users are falling for a clickjacking scheme, are being tagged in content without their knowledge, have poorly chosen privacy settings, have been tricked into installing malicious code, or have fallen victim to another vulnerability inside Facebook itself," Sophos reports. "What's clear, however, is that mischief-makers are upsetting many Facebook users and making the social networking site far from a family-friendly place."
But numerous reports are now pointing to a threat made by Anonymous, a threat to attack Facebook using a powerful "Guy Fawkes virus" they developed. According to the hacktivist group, it's a highly sophisticated work that takes control of your Facebook account and spreads to your friends' accounts without you actually being logged in.
"After the worm gets under control, Anonymous will use this to its advantage against corruption, and as an alternative attack towards groups who take on Anonymous," the group states in the video seen below, blatantly admitting to the Facebook attack back on Thursday. "We are Anonymous. We are a legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us."
As of this writing, Facebook has not issued an official statement.
According to reports made by Facebook users, news feed content and personal messages now include explicit hardcore porn images, Photoshopped photos of celebrities in sexual situations, pictures of extreme violence and a photograph of an abused dog.
News of the problem began to surface as Facebook users took to Twitter to vent their anger. The complaints universally point out that porn-posters are unaware that their accounts have been compromised to publish the offensive material. Even more, they can't even see the images posted on their wall or in their message box after logging on.
Currently Sophos isn't sure how the offending content has been spread across Facebook, but assumes that it stems from a successful dose of spam.
"Whether users are falling for a clickjacking scheme, are being tagged in content without their knowledge, have poorly chosen privacy settings, have been tricked into installing malicious code, or have fallen victim to another vulnerability inside Facebook itself," Sophos reports. "What's clear, however, is that mischief-makers are upsetting many Facebook users and making the social networking site far from a family-friendly place."
But numerous reports are now pointing to a threat made by Anonymous, a threat to attack Facebook using a powerful "Guy Fawkes virus" they developed. According to the hacktivist group, it's a highly sophisticated work that takes control of your Facebook account and spreads to your friends' accounts without you actually being logged in.
"After the worm gets under control, Anonymous will use this to its advantage against corruption, and as an alternative attack towards groups who take on Anonymous," the group states in the video seen below, blatantly admitting to the Facebook attack back on Thursday. "We are Anonymous. We are a legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us."
As of this writing, Facebook has not issued an official statement.
Submission + - Original developer of Age of Empires II willing to (heavengames.com) 1
ddcc writes: An original member of the Age of Empires II development team is willing to completely rewrite the engine and update the game for modern operating systems, but hasn't been able to get a definite response from Microsoft.
Comment Re:Aardvark huh? (Score 1) 167
I liked Aardvark, sure there were the "let me Google that for you" questions but all in all it was quite interesting. Unfortunately, within 3 months of Google buying them, nothing was going on, the admins disappeared and nothing new was happening.
Looks like Google bought them, stripped the tech they wanted and left it to rot.
Comment Re:On a side note - Vaccinations (Score 1) 229
Depends on where you are going. Malaria, for example is not found in most of South Africa (except the northern most parts)
Comment Re:I would love an invite, please! (Score 1) 1223
Done for you ;)
Comment Re:I'd appreciate an invite too (Score 1) 1223
Done ;)
Comment Re:As stated in the original story: (Score 2) 142
Agree, also it will cost $25,000 per annum on top of that. I think people jumping on the "this is bad" idea before reading all the facts. Go read this. Spending $200,000 and waiting 9-20 months just to get it taken down a week later isn't worth it, even for high rolling criminals.
Comment Re:Not much of a tooth brusher (Score 1) 116
Especially if the girl giving you head has a few rows of sharp teeth pointing backwards. Well maybe if you are into that kind of thing it wont bother you...
Comment Re:hahahahaha (Score 3, Funny) 892
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
Comment Re:Nisaan Leaf violates the laws of physics (Score 1) 180
Wish I had points to mod up. Just made my day!
Comment Re:Epic Forums (Score 1) 76
Yes please note the difference between *hashed* and *encrypted* as passwords are usually hashed to obfuscate them.
Submission + - Purported Proof of the Collatz Conjecture (uni-hamburg.de)
An anonymous reader writes: An esteemed professor at the University of Hamburg has released a purported proof of the infamous Collatz Conjecture.
Submission + - Sony compromised, again (washingtonpost.com)
Konsalik writes: The hacker group LulzSec on Thursday posted information it took from Sony Entertainment and Sony BMG on its site, called the LulzBoat.
Lulz Security said it broke into servers that run SonyPictures.com.
The information includes about a million usernames and passwords of customers in the U.S., the Netherlands and Belgium and is available for download and posted on the group’s site.
Lulz Security said it broke into servers that run SonyPictures.com.
The information includes about a million usernames and passwords of customers in the U.S., the Netherlands and Belgium and is available for download and posted on the group’s site.
