[nsp-sec] Heads up: "Fitna" & defacements (& bears, oh my!)

[Scott A. McIntyre]

Hi teams,

This is just a brief heads-up for awareness purposes.

Some of you may already know and be tracking this issue, but a Dutch  
politician is releasing a controversial film about the Koran in the  
next couple of weeks.  The film is called "Fitna" and you can find  
more context and background at:

<http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=wilders+fitna&btnG=Search 
+News>

And the film is likely to appear at:

<http://www.fitnathemovie.com/>

So a special heads up to:

AS      | IP               | AS Name
6245    | 205.178.145.65   | NETWORK-SOLUTIONS

I bring this to NSP-Security as we're seeing a definite rise in  
defaced/compromised websites from Turkish hacker groups.  The  
defacements are *NOT* in any way "radical" (yet) and I can't stress  
strongly enough that it would be most unfortunate for people to  
interpret this as a Chicken-Little event (the sky is NOT falling, the  
sky is NOT falling).

Indeed, the defacement messages are quite reasonable...referring to  
respect and belief in other religions, tolerance, and discouraging  
giving Wilders an audience to spread his message of hate.

The film has not yet been released, and the content is known only to a  
very select number of people, but here in The Netherlands people are  
preparing for potential headaches as it nears and reaches its release  
date.

Keep an eye out for defacements, potential packeting, the usual sorts  
of stuff.  If anything in particular happens which warrants NSP-Sec  
awareness, myself (and likely others) will post at the time.

Thanks,

Scott A. McIntyre
XS4ALL Internet / KPN-CERT / etc etc