Internet culture
Turkey recovers from cyberattack amid criticism of solution
Turkey has begun recovering from a week-long cyberattack amid criticism from IT experts over its decision to help solve the issue by prohibiting international access to the country's DNS, daily Hürriyet has reported.
Face dancing, a crazy new viral trend taking social media by storm (pics + vid)
Planking and the Ice Bucket Challenge are so 2014… to ‘get with it’ try face dancing, a new and exciting opportunity to enjoy 15 minutes of fame on social media. All you need to do is paint your face with figures and then scrunch forward with face gesturs to make the figure move.
The girl who made Bieber searching for her desperately – Who is she?
Justin Bieber spotted a mystery girl on Instagram on Monday and wanted eagerly to find out her identity.
The famous singer uploaded an image of the unknown beauty asking his fans to help him identify her.
He captioned the image: ‘OMG who is this!’. Immediately he received many messages from female fans claiming to be the young lady, as Daily Mail reports.
Anonymous hacktivists take down ISIS with viagra and prozac
Anonymous hacktivists took down Isdrat, the ISIS site, less than a week after it first appeared on the Tor browser of the dark web by inundating it with advertisements for anti-depressant Prozac and Viagra drugs for erectile dysfunction. In this way, the group sent a message urging extremists to calm down. Anonymous statement was:
Anonymous: ISIS leak that Nov. 22 is Armageddon for Paris and the world, but is it true?
Anonymous, the loose collective of online hacktivists, leaked out information on Saturday regarding the next Islamic State terror attacks in Paris and other locations around the world, including the United States, Indonesia, Italy and Lebanon – not Greece – all at the same time.
Anonymous renegade hacktivists frustrate intelligence services as much as ISIS (vid)
Anonymous, in a series of messages on Twitter and YouTube feature warnings of cyberattacks against ISIS in retaliation for the November 13 terrorist attacks.
Anonymous cyber war continues and ordinary citizens are called to help
Anonymous hackers are going global in their cry for assistance in shutting down ISIS-affiliated social media accounts and websites. In a message to the world, the global hackers said “the more the merrier” with links to how-to guides.
Anonymous hackers declare war on ISIL after Paris attacks
The Anonymous hackers collective is preparing to unleash waves of cyberattacks on Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) following the attacks in Paris last week that killed 129 people, it said in a video posted online.
A man wearing a Guy Fawkes mask said ISIL militants who claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks were "vermin" and Anonymous would hunt them down.
Anonymous vs. ISIS: Paris attacks spearhead a cyber war (vid)
Hacker group Anonymous declared war against ISIS after the Paris attacks on Friday. A YouTube video, in French, said it would use its knowledge to “unite humanity” and warned terorrists to expect them. A spokesperson wearing the Anonymous mask said: “Anonymous from all over the world will hunt you down.
You should know that we will find you and we will not let you go.
France holds a moment of silence for the victims at 11 a.m.
France will hold a moment of silence at 11 a.m. GMT for the victims of multiple attacks around Paris that began late on Friday, November 13. The death toll now stands at 129 of which 103 have been identified. More than 350 people were injured in the attacks, with 99 sustaining serious injuries.