A screen shot of the defacement letter Anonymous posted to HBGary Federal’s website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The pro-WikiLeaks hacker group Anonymous has reportedly “unplugged” HBGary ( www.hbgary.com ) from the Internet after the hackers compromised the security firm’s network over the weekend, accessing about 50,000 corporate emails and private information, according to a report by SC Magazine . The group claimed responsibilty for the attack, which was apparently motivated by HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr’s plans to release vital information about Anonymous.

An image of NASDAQ trading wall (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — NASDAQ OMX Group ( www.nasdaqomx.com ), the company that owns the NASDAQ stock market system confirmed on Saturday that its network was repeatedly breached by hackers.

An image of NASDAQ trading wall (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — NASDAQ OMX Group ( www.nasdaqomx.com ), the company that owns the NASDAQ stock market system confirmed on Saturday that its network was repeatedly breached by hackers. Though the trading platform was never compromised in any of the attacks, the hackers did manage to infiltrate a service that allows company leaders to securely share private information. NASDAQ OMX Group said that hackers were targeting its application Directors Desk, a managed communication system for corporate boards

Are Operation: Payback Spent? (Wikileaks.org) Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 10:42:53 AM Last week three teenagers were arrested in relation to the DDoS attacks launched on MasterCard, PayPal and Visa on behalf of Operation: Payback.

A screen shot of the newly restored WikiLeaks.org site (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says his organization is facing a “very aggressive” and secretive illegal investigation by US officials following last month’s release of 250,000 sensitive US diplomatic cables . Assange was released from a UK jail cell Thursday after being granted bail, following 10 days of imprisonment

A screen shot of the newly restored WikiLeaks.org site (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says his organization is facing a “very aggressive” and secretive illegal investigation by US officials following last month’s release of 250,000 sensitive US diplomatic cables . Assange was released from a UK jail cell Thursday after being granted bail, following 10 days of imprisonment

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) earlier this month pulled the plug on the WikiLeaks web site, forcing the latter to find a new web hosting company.

Operation Payback’s Twitter stream; a Netcraft chart of Moneybookers.com performance (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — WikiLeaks hackers The Anonymous group has taken down Moneybookers.com making it the latest target in a string of ongoing attacks the group has launched in support of WikiLeaks.

Facebook and Twitter See More Spam Attacks Facebook and Twitter users take heed: Expect those surges of spam you’ve been experiencing to recur. Hackers and spammers have staked out new turf for attacking the popular social networks, and it’ll take the good guys some time to shore up defenses, cybersecurity experts say. Here’s what’s happening: Hackers are aggressively probing Twitter and Facebook for security holes, especially ones they can use to tap into mechanisms for rapidly disseminating content to millions of users.