‘Use at Your Own Risk’: Anonymous Releases Its Own Operating System
- Posted on March 14, 2012 at 12:59pm by
Liz Klimas
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According to The Hacker News, the “hacktivist” collective Anonymous — or at least a sect of the group — has launched its own operating system – ”Anonymous-OS”.
The Hacker News warns that since the operating system was not developed by a “genuine source” it can be “backdoored” by law enforcement or other hackers, so “[use] at your own risk.”
Anonymous-OS (Image: Anonymous-OS/Tumblr)
The Peruvian news site RPP reports (translated by Google Translate) that it includes hacker-friendly tools such as Find Host IP, Anonymous HOIC, Ddosim, Slowloris, XChat IRC and Tor. Some of these are used to help launch DDoS attacks — distributed denial of service — on other websites, taking targets down by overloading them with a continual stream of traffic. RPP, like Hacker News, also states that the site could very well hold malware and even speculates that it could be a government strategy to identify Anonymous members.
Screenshot from the Anonymous-OS. (Image: Anonymous-OS/Tumblr)
The Anonymous-OS Tumblr site (via Technomania) states that the operating system was created “for educational purposes” and “to [check] the security of web pages.” If you were feeling brave, Anonymous-OS can be download free of charge from the Tumblr site.
Somewhat ironic coming from a group that frequently is associated with illegal online hacking, the Tumblr site kindly asks its members to not attack any of the pages created in the OS. “If you attack to any web page, might end up in jail because is a crime in most countries!”
Update: Gizmodo has reported that the OS is full of Trojan malware. Hence the warning to download at your own risk.
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pkbene003
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 12:28pmWe are Legion? Sounds “Mark 5:9″ish to me….
Report Post »jefferson-not-jackson
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:03pmI dont think they are as powerful as they seem. Anybody can shut down a site. It isnt that hard I hear. Sure, I think it is illegal and horrible but these guys arent that big and dangerous.
Report Post »Ed_Kel
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 3:38pmI would never trust an OS like this one. With that said, Anonymous needs guidance. There are things that they stand for that we all can agree with, like exploiting child porn sites, but the way they go about conducting their business is giving them a bad wrap. Like they’re more concerned about their folklore image than actually making a difference.
Report Post »Onowicit
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:27pmthey will go the way of the white polyester leisure suite and the Elvis haircut and the floppy disk. Virtual pop culture. The are a TOOL of the social machine. They are few they are small they are no body’s. They are the virtual human shields of the upper echelons in the internet information war. My password is still anonymousucks. I am one. I will find you. I will NEO your ass. Be afraid punkers you can be found. Show your mask on my street and we will send a message to the big boys. your v is for vussys
Report Post »mmmrookatdat
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 3:17pmThe article and comments reminds me of the products of Space Balls. Space Balls the operating system. But now its anonymous. I can‘t wait for anonymous’s spring line of dresses or anonymous, the dinner ware collection. I’d buy anonymous the toilet paper. Just sayin’.
Report Post »sdarbro
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:51pmAnonymous next plans to release their Spring Glassware edition.
Report Post »haras42000
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:09ami thought they were have to made a big arrest of a dozen or so last week across the pond related to anonoymous, must have been another LIE.
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 11:45pmI’m removing my current OS and replacing it with my new Anonymous OS. The more I hear about Anonymous, the more I like them.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:25amThey are a front for Islamic Jihad.
Report Post »LookTowardsTheLight
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:26pm@sillyfreshness
So you support criminal theft and trespassing?
Report Post »urbanserf
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:55pmDude, they are openly saying it can be backdoored, second, do you really want to run an OS developed by active hackers with no identity? Word’s of advice, want another OS try Linux/Unix, Mac, or Windows (pick and choose).
If you still wanna screw around with this crazy new OS install it on a virtual environment (VMware, Parallels, VirtualBox etc…)
Report Post »Cemetery
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 11:29pmPerfect OS for script kiddies, by script kiddies.
Report Post »CryptoCop
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:29amYou beat me to it. 100% correct. Go ahead and load that onto your machine… make sure you do all your online banking in that OS too, while you’re at it. Wow.
Report Post »Aerocog
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 9:46pmSounds like you’ll hacked a lot if you use the OS.
Report Post »Misty5
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 9:43pmBefore there was Anonymous-OS, there was Backtrack.
- The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
Report Post »freelancer91
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 9:25pmThrow that in with the other 70 bazillion linux distros that have virtually no users. Real security professionals use Backtrack.
Report Post »PaxInVeritate
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:38amMaybe I’m misunderstanding, but Backtrack is Ubuntu/lLinux flavor.
Report Post »thejackal
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:51pmAnynomous is a bunch of pantywastes in thier mom’s basements…. Just shut off the power to their computers and they are as usless as breasts on a bull, or Barney Frank. I personally am loathe for the maggots to come out this spring with their stupid posters and smelly, disgusting camp sites. Eeeewwww they are disgusting parasites.
Report Post »TheePolitinator
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 3:16pmDon’t you mean bawney fwank?
Report Post »thejackal
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:44pmWe…. Are legions of unwashed filth! We….. will remeber to turn off the play station when we leave mom’s house. We…. Don’t forget to bring our hash pipe to the Occupy site.
Report Post »PaxInVeritate
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:42amIn the discourse of that generation… lmao
Report Post »LaBelle
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:19pmLike I’d ever trust anything put out by them anyway.
Report Post »V-Forge
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 6:25pmwell we can all hope that there ARE secret gov. hit squads to silence these people. I’m personally really tired of smarmy faceless trash like this group. Let them vanish i’m tored of hearing the whine.
Report Post »PoliticiansRCrooks
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 7:57pmYou can’t stop hackers. So keep being sick and tired.
Report Post »Christhefarmer
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:08pmcan if you allow the big companies to auto hack back. If every time you breached a service it. either smashed you with 100 servers or force feeds you a virus. Just think if companies were allowed to pay an isp money to change the data stream to a specific ip address that is currently attacking them… Hackers are cowards the people they are picking on cant really pick back.
Report Post »MammalOne
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 4:38pmEvery collective has snitches and rats. Cops. Soldiers. Politicians. Gangs. Mafias. Activists. That’s just the way she goes.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 5:29pmIts not to settle for a world without integrity.No matter what…just calling it like I see it. They do, without a doubt, roll with snitches…I don’t, no one I know will…no one I know ‘settles’ for snitches in their ranks…never settle. Your statement although factually ‘true’, overlooks the lack of integrity in society as a whole today. Very sad….anonymous claims a ‘moral high ground’…but lowers themselves to the level of gangsters, crooked politicians, traitor military, etc…society seems to accept lack of honor and integrity with a shrug…do not shrug…that is why society is the way it is, very sad.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 3:06pmIsn’t this the group who associates with snitches and rats?..interesting
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