Πέμπτη 19 Ιανουαρίου 2012

Anonymous says it attacks DOJ site after feds shut down piracy hub Megaupload

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- In one of the U.S. government's largest anti-piracy crackdowns ever, federal agents on Thursday arrested the leaders of and shut down Megaupload.com, a popular hub for illegal file sharing.
Hours later, Megaupload's fans turned the table on the feds. "Hacktivist" collective Anonymous said it set its sights on the U.S. Department of Justice and apparently knocked the agency's website offline.
"We are having website having website problems, but we're not sure what it's from," a DOJ spokeswoman told CNNMoney.
The DOJ website glitches came soon after various Twitter accounts associated with Anonymous took aim at the agency.
"One thing is certain: EXPECT US! #Megaupload" read one tweet from AnonOps.
One hour later, the same account tweeted a victory message: "Tango down! http://universalmusic.com & http://www.justice.gov// #Megaupload"
Universal Music's website also went down Thursday afternoon. The music company had been locked in a legal battle with Megaupload over a YouTube video that featured many of Universal Music's signed artists promoting Megaupload's site.
The websites of the Recording Industry Association of America and Motion Picture Association of America also went down Thursday afternoon. On Twitter, AnonOps took credit for the crashes.
Anonymous's favourite weapon for these attacks is what's called for a "distributed denial of service" (DDoS) attack, which directs a flood of traffic to a website and temporarily crashes it by overwhelming its servers. It doesn't actually involve any hacking or security breaches.
The Anonymous attack came soon after the DOJ announced the indictment of seven individuals connected to Megaupload for allegedly operating an "international organized criminal enterprise responsible for massive worldwide online piracy of copyrighted works."
Authorities said the operation had generated more than $175 million in illegal profits through advertising revenue and the sale of premium memberships.
According to the indictment, Megaupload, which launched in 2005, was once the 13th most visited website on the Internet, serving as a hub for distribution of copyrighted television shows, images, computer software and video games.
The site's popular MegaVideo subsidiary was widely known in tech circles for its copious selection of pirated content, including recent movies and episodes of hit TV shows.
Four of those indicted were arrested Thursday in Auckland, New Zealand, at the request of the U.S. Three others remain at large.
The individuals indicted are citizens of New Zealand, Germany, Slovakia and the Netherlands. No U.S. citizens were named, however, Megaupload has servers in Ashburn, Virginia and Washington D.C., which prompted the Virginia-based investigation.
FBI agents executed 20 search warrants in the U.S., while authorities conducted additional searches in eight other countries. Officials say they seized about $50 million in assets.
The news comes as lawmakers have turned their attention to anti-piracy legislation. Protests erupted both online and offline this week against two bills currently under consideration in Congress: the House's Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate's Protect IP Act (PIPA).
The bills are aimed at cracking down on copyright infringement by restricting access to sites that host or facilitate the trading of pirated content. But the legislation has created a divide between tech giants, who say the language is too broad, and large media companies, who say they are losing millions each year to rampant online piracy.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/19/technology/megaupload_shutdown/index.htm

Megaupload Megavideo Down January 19 2012


 Megaupload Megavideo Down January 19 2012 FBI takes down Megaupload.com
megaupload downNotorious file locker Megaupload has been taken down today as of 2:15PM, the day after SOPA was shelved. Seven individuals and two corporations- Megaupload Limited and Vestor Limited – have been charged by the FBI for piracy related crimes in the United States and New Zealand and forced to shut down Megaupload.com . This marks the largest criminal copyright cases ever in the history of the United States as the site generated $175 million in criminal proceeds and allegedly caused more than $500 million in damages to copyright holders.
In response to the closure, Anonymous has launched a distributed denial service attack on several web properties owned by those complicit in the Megaupload bust.

http://firstsearchblue.com/megaupload-down-fbi/

Δευτέρα 16 Ιανουαρίου 2012

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Σάββατο 7 Ιανουαρίου 2012

Register comdlg32.ocx on x64 and 32 Windows 7 / vista / xp

Today when I run an old tool on my x64 win7, following error message is displayed: Component ‘COMDLG32.OCX’ or one of its dependencies is not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid.
comdlg32.ocx missing error
Here is how to resolve comdlg32.ocx missing error.
  1. Download comdlg32.zip and extract comdlg32.ocx from zip file
  2. or download Download comdlg32.zip and save to Desktop.
  3. Move comdlg32.ocx to c:\Windows\system32 folder. For 64bit Vista/Win7, move comdlg32.ocx to c:\Windows\SysWOW64
  4. Open a command line window and run following command:
    regsvr32 c:\Windows\system32\comdlg32.ocx
    Note: a) On 64bit Vista/Win7, run this command instead:
    regsvr32 c:\Windows\SysWOW64\comdlg32.ocx
    b) For Vista/Win7 with UAC turn on, the above command needs to be run from elevated command prompt.
  5. Once comdlg32 is registered successfully, following message will prompt, DllRegisterServer in C:\WINDOWS\System32\comdlg32.ocx succeeded.
  6. Now launch the application again you should not see file missing error.
Update: Important note if you use WIN7: when registering comdlg32.ocx, it must be done as administrator, or regsvr32.exe will fail with error 0x8002801c.
To do this as administrator, Go to ‘All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt’, right click on ‘Command Prompt’ icon, and click on ‘Run as administrator’ to start a command prompt, then run the regsvr32 command

 http://devonenote.com/2010/02/register-comdlg32-ocx-on-x64-win7/
http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-debugging/59463-comdlg32-ocx.html


Πέμπτη 5 Ιανουαρίου 2012

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