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Don't Use Your Name

A hacktivist defaced a government site and signed his real name .A group of hacktivists that included one Shahee Mirza defaced a Bangladesh government military Website, mocking the government for weak security practices. "HACKERS R NOT CRIMINAL," Mirza wrote, adding, "WE ARE GINIOUS." He also left a banner “HACKED BY SHAHEE_MIRZA." "One can only imagine what the prisons are like in one of the poorest countries in the world," said Alan Wlasuk, CEO of 403 Web Security.

Benevolent Worms Can Still Have Teeth

A hacker released a worm that would download and patch vulnerable BIND DNS servers. The worm also contained a stealthy backdoor to give remote control and access of the infected system. Max Butler wrote and released a Linux ADM worm variant that attacked BIND DNS servers, downloaded and applied a patch to fix BIND vulnerabilities. The worm also maintained a stealthy backdoor that gave Butler or any other hacker in the know remote access and control of the systems. Butler claimed he never intended to use the backdoor.

Naïve Hackers Will Get Caught

Newbies and enthusiastic activists didn't realize the Low Orbit Ion Cannon tool used by Anonymous to launch distributed denial of services attacks didn't mask user IP addresses, making them easier to find. The Low Orbit Ion Cannon allowed users to form a voluntary botnet to launch distributed denial of service attacks against companies severing times with WikiLeaks. The tool did not conceal the user IP address. "Hackers broke the No. 1 rule of attack: Wear a mask," said Imperva's Noa Bar Yosef.