Books every infosec professional should read olson lists a comprehensive timeline of significant hacktivist events, but does not get bogged down trying to cover all aspects of the anonymous movement. Parmy olson, london bureau chief for forbes, offers the first indepth look at. In late 2010, thousands of hacktivists joined a mass digital assault by anonymous on the websites of visa, mastercard, and paypal to protest their treatment of wikileaks. In their attempts to take on governments and ridicule the gullible, they take few prisoners. After some acid comments on the book of antoine bevort, for a participatory.
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Hacktivism began earlier than that of course 1994 was the first documented case that i could find, but it did not strike fear into the hearts. But, according to we are anonymous, by parmy olson, the london bureau chief for forbes magazine, it had taken a single hacker and his botnet to close paypal. Back bay books books every infosec professional should read. In 2011, lulzsec, a sister organisation, broke into and blocked computer systems at visa, mastercard and paypal. We are anonymous by parmy olson center for digital. A wellresearched, wellwritten, thoughtful and sensitive account of hacker culture for once. Inside the hacker world of lulzsec, anonymous, and the global cyber insurgency 2012 in pdf,epub. Inside the hacker world of lulzsec, anonymous, and the global cyber insurgency we are anonymous is a thrilling, exclusive expose of the hacker. June 5th, 2012 so this is partly about random members of anonymous, and those who eventually came together to form the elite crew lulzsec. I dedicate this book to the legions behind anonymous those who have donned. We, of alcoholics anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. Parmy olson has clearly done her research and writes with authority and provides a great deal of insight into the inner world of anonymous and lulzsec. Parmy olson is a journalist for forbes magazine known for her work on the hacktivist movement anonymous. Sangers book also looks at the origins of the malicious computer worm, stuxnet.
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Parmy olson does an excellent job of wading into the shady world of anon and lulzsec there are plenty of flaws, however, it is definitely worth the time and far better than i anticipated. Inside the hacker world of lulzsec, anonymous and the global cyber insurgency 2012 by parmy olson the anonymous franchise really hit its stride between the years of 2010 and 2011. She describes herself as covering agitators and innovators in mobile. Trying to understand that phenomena is quite the task and parmy olson, in her 2012 book, we are anonymous. We are anonymous by parmy olson download free ebooks. Early in her career with forbes magzzine, she wrote a series of articles about the subprime mortgage crisis. In 2012, little, brown and company published her book we are anonymous. Ddos attacks of anonymous rely on ddos tool provided to the hacktivist. The writing is clear and skillful, with the significant exception of technical descriptions, which are consistently sloppy.
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