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• Apple now in Anonymous' sights

  Hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed another company scalp, this time an Apple server in the US which it claimed to have compromised this week.

• Hackers claims Apple online data was compromised

  A list of 27 user names and encrypted passwords apparently for an Apple website was posted to the Internet over the weekend along with a warning from hacker group Anonymous that the Cupertino-based computer maker could be a target of its attacks.

• Anonymous takes another shot at Arizona police

  The Anonymous hacking group has taken another swipe at police in Arizona, launching online attacks against several police union websites and publishing e-mail messages stolen from law enforcement officers.

• Anonymous claims LulzSec members, steps up attacks

  The decision by computer hacking group LulzSec on Saturday to fold operations may be helping another online group, Anonymous, which stepped up attacks over the weekend.

• Hacker civil war heats up

  In the midst of all the high-profile hacks rolling out almost daily, a hacker civil war is also under way. It's become almost as hard to keep up with the number of attacks carried out against hackers as it is to track the plethora carried out by hackers. Multiple hackers have claimed responsibility for disabling the Lulzsec website this week, while other hacking groups have made it their mission to reveal the real-world identities of Lulzsec members.

• Anonymous withdraws Indian hack under pressure

  The fledgling Indian operation of hacker group Anonymous attacked the <a href="http://indianarmy.nic.in/Index.aspx?flag=LfcULYFlbeQ=">website of the Indian army</a> on Friday, but reversed its decision after it ran into criticism from Indian supporters who were annoyed that the Indian army was targeted.

• New Zealand Parliament denies DDoS attack

  The New Zealand Government has denied reports of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the New Zealand Parliament website over the weekend, despite cyber activist group Anonymous claiming responsibility for outages.

• Hacker group 'Anonymous' sets sights on Sony

  A press release attributed to looseknit cyberactivist group Anonymous has targeted Sony in response to the corporation's legal action against hacker George Hotz (GeoHot) and Alexander Egorenkov (Graf_Chokolo).

• Seven ways to avoid getting hacked by Anonymous

  The hactivist group Anonymous used a series of simple technical and social exploits to crack the network of technology firm HBGary Federal, giving the company a schooling that other network security pros can learn from.

• Security researcher feels the wrath of Anonymous

  Wikileaks defenders Anonymous are firing both barrels at a security researcher who promised to name people in the group. Aaron Barr vowed he’d expose organizers of the online activist group Anonymous next week, but in response Anonymous hacked his Twitter account, broke into his company network and posted more than 44,000 of the company’s e-mails.They also posted his home address, phone number and Social Security number on his Twitter page.

• Operation Payback has new target: Corporate fax machines

  The activists behind Operation Payback have come up with a new way to annoy corporations that have severed their ties with WikiLeaks: bombard them with faxes.

• Anonymous 2009 pm.gov.au attack highlighted security risks: ASIO

  Anonymous’ distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks on the website of the Australian Prime Minister late last year highlighted potential risks to Australia’s national security, according to the nation’s top spy agency, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).
  

• AFACT hit by second round of DDoS attacks

  The loose-knit confederation of internet activists who organise under the banner "Anonymous" have launched a renewed distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) this week as part of "Operation Payback".
  

• AG's office defends record on Anonymous attacks

  The Federal Government has defended its ability to combat cyber-crime in the face of repeated successful attacks on Government websites carried out under the name Anonymous.

• Australian parliament Web site attacked

  The Australian Parliament's Web site was hit by an apparent denial-of-service attack Wednesday, two days after the hacking group Anonymous threatened attacks over the government's plan to filter Web content.