Tech Stocks Week in Review Featuring iPad
From Trefis.com
Apple Stock: iPad Business More Valuable Than Mac Desktops - We estimate that Apple’s iPad business accounts for 4% of the $267 Trefis price estimate for Apple’s stock compared to about 3% for Apple’s Mac desktop business…
Tech Stocks Week in Review Featuring Dell
From Trefis.com
Trefis Analysis: Notebook PCs 17% of Dell’s Stock on February 25, 2010 Dell shipped an additional 1.2 million notebook PCs in 2009 over 2008. We expect growth in the global notebook market to drive Dell’s notebooks sales in the future…
Exclusive Video of XerXeS DoS Attack Demo
By Anthony M. Freed, Director of Business Development, Infosec Island Network
Infosec Island has gained exclusive access to a video demonstration of the XerXeS DoS attack as it is unleashed on the Taliban website www.alemarah.info, and carried out by infamous patriot hacker The Jester (th3j35t3r). The video release follows an earlier announcement that The Jester has been working to improve and automate aspects of the attack method, which unlike a DDoS attack, requires only one low spec machine to implement…
Tech Stocks Week in Review Featuring Cisco
From Trefis.com
Trefis, named for its focus on trends, forecasts, and insights, is revolutionary in its forward-looking approach to stock analysis, which incorporates an intuitive look at the relationship between a company’s product divisions and its stock price. Services for Routers and Switches Make up 18% of Cisco’s Stock - Cisco makes a significant amount of money by providing troubleshooting and maintenance services to its hardware customers….
Tech Stocks Week in Review Featuring Apple
From Trefis.com
While many will equate the mobile age with just cell phones, the reality is that many new devices with entirely new use cases will enter our lives and create amazing experiences. This mobile age will require companies to have deep expertise in BOTH hardware and software to create breakthrough products, and I am bullish on Apple because I believe they uniquely have both the hardware and software skills to lead this transformation…
Vigilante Hacker Fans Have Eyes Wide Shut
By John-Patrick Skaar, Network Security Expert at Alcatel-Lucent
Everyday the news bombards us with security issues of minor or major magnitude. Currently, some of the hottest topics are the Chinese Google Hacking, Botnets, Online War between organized Crime Cartels, and Vigilante Hackers on a Jihad Crusade. Applauding hacking vigilantes like The Jester is just another road to hell paved with good intentions…
Jester Unveils XerXeS Automated DoS Attack
By Anthony M. Freed, Director of Business Development, Infosec Island Network
Anti-jihadi hacker The Jester (th3j35t3r), continues his campaign against militant Islamic websites, and now reveals the development of an automated version of his DoS attack, which he calls the XerXeS project. While most of the conversations concerning Jester are regarding the ethics and lawlessness of his crusade, no one has addressed the fact that The Jester has developed an attack technique that could be employed against our own critical systems…
More Talks with Anti-Jihadi Hacker The Jester
By Anthony M. Freed, Director of Business Development, Infosec Island Network
Anti-jihadi hactivist The Jester (th3j35t3r), the self-proclaimed Nicest Hacker in the World, has returned for part two of our conversation concerning his campaign of intermittent disruption of militant pro-jihad websites. Part one, Q&A With anti-Jihadi Hacker The Jester, elicited both ire and accolades for the cyber-vigilante in nearly equal volume, revealing just how polarizing the issues surrounding ownership, permissions and access have become in this age of information.
Vigilante Hackers as Heroes, but at What Cost?
By John-Patrick Skaar, Network Security Expert at Alcatel-Lucent
In the online world where personal information in extremely large volumes is merchandise for organized crime, where law enforcement is more focused on building war-rooms and appointing cyber security tzars, and where everyone leaves a digital footprint, cyber vigilantes have become something like worshiped heroes…
Q & A With Anti-Jihadi Hacker The Jester
By Anthony M. Freed, Director of Business Development, InfosecIsland.com
Recently we have witnessed the emergence of international hactivist and vigilante “The Jester” through his crusade against jihadi and militant Islamic networks, and some third party networks that contain evidence of having been infiltrated by rogue elements. Jester’s activities raise an important question: Where do cyber vigilantes fall on the infosec ethics spectrum?
