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Benzinga's Top Articles For the Month of June
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 4:13pm | 3461) Did Amazon Just Go After Google? Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is purchasing Web advertising inventory and then reselling it at a premium. This business model could lead to billions of dollars in additional revenue for Amazon, as the company has been branching out to third-party sites. Using their...
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Hacktivists Discover Arizona Cops are as Paranoid as they are Racist
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 11:57am | 548It's safe to say Arizona has entered the Tyson/Sheen Zones. Bill Simmons, the incredibly talented social and sports columnist for ESPN and Grantland.com, invented what he called the Tyson Zone. Named for Mike Tyson, the Tyson Zone is the place where athletes or celebrities go when their behavior...
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Government Cannot Keep Anti-Hacking Manual From Hackers
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 12:49pm | 371Anonymous can now spend less time teaching new members and more time uncovering and releasing data proving government and corporate corruption, thanks to the United States government's inability to keep their anti-hacking materials from, well, hackers. (Yes, the irony is as delicious as mom's...
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Wall Street Vulnerable as LulzSec, WikiLeaks Signal Intent to Go After Banks
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 11:46am | 1320By Donn Perez Fresard Imagine leaks uncovering more "Fabulous Fab" types -- there's potential for damaging revelations that could lead to criminal investigations and punishment from the markets. Post-WikiLeaks, there's been a lot of talk about a new era of forced official transparency. Thursday...
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LulzSec, Anonymous Are Freedom Fighters
Friday, June 24, 2011 - 12:05pm | 888I support the efforts of hacktivists everywhere, working tirelessly under cover of darkness to expose the fraud, corruption, hypocrisy, and outright evil that dominates the corporate and government worlds. What started as a funny way to pass the doldrums of the day has morphed into a revolutionary...
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Minecraft, Eve Online, and Escapist Magazine Among Latest Victims of Hacker Attacks
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 3:35pm | 575Merely days after I speculated that Sony (NYSE: SNE) was the inspiration for the numerous hacker attacks that have occurred over the past six weeks, the Washington Post reports that Minecraft, Eve Online, League of Legends and Escapist Magazine have been taken down by a denial-of-service attack....