Looking through CCTV feeds that should not be public … [Read more...]
“Julian and WikiLeaks, the very ideals of WikiLeaks, are not one in the same”
Mai 19, 2013 By
Julian Assange is the man in the middle of Alex Gibney's documentary, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. Focus World Warning: plot points of We Steal Secrets: the Story of WikiLeaks are discussed in this Q&A. Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney doesn't shy away from controversy. In fact, he may gravitate towards it. His previous works cover the fall of Enron (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room), the Elliot … [Read more...]
We Steal Secrets: the rise and fall of WikiLeaks in classic Hollywood terms
Mai 19, 2013 By
Warning: potential spoilers ahead in this film review. Alex Gibney's new documentary hits select theaters on May 24. All movies have heroes and villains and Alex Gibney's documentary, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, felt like vintage silver screen. Two-thirds of the way through, the film established clear roles. Our protagonist is Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder and underdog hacker hero. His evil nemesis is actually … [Read more...]
DDoS-for-hire service works with blessing of FBI, operator says
Mai 19, 2013 By
A website that accepts payment in exchange for knocking other sites offline is perfectly legal, the proprietor of the DDoS-for-hire service says. Oh, it also contains a backdoor that's actively monitored by the FBI. Ragebooter.net is one of several sites that openly accepts requests to flood sites with huge amounts of junk traffic, KrebsonSecurity reporter Brian Krebs said in a recent profile of the service. The site, which accepts payment by … [Read more...]
Hostile invader: Ladybug species carries spores that kill competitors
Mai 19, 2013 By
The Open University Invasive species have become a problem on nearly every continent. Native species that may have had millions of years to adapt to their environment are somehow trivially displaced by a species that originated somewhere else. How is it that the invaders can be so phenomenally successful against what should be well-entrenched competition? A new study shows that in at least one case, some insect invaders engage in a … [Read more...]