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Amsterdam’s 2012 edition of the Hack in the Box conference has yielded quite a few interesting tidbits about the jailbreaking scene, thanks to three famed hackers - @Pod2g (Cyril), @p0sixninja (Joshua Hill), and @pimskeks (Nikias Bassen). There’s still more to squeeze out of them, including an untethered... |
25 May 2012
03:18 GMT |
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Sony is still feeling the effects of the April 2011 PlayStation Network hacks, and the company is deploying a new range of sociological tools in order to prevent or detect and then eliminate all threats aimed at the recently renamed Sony Entertainment Network.
Brett Wahlin, who is the Chief Security Officer at Sony,... |
14 March 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Taco Bell has announced that hackers have tampered with a PlayStation Vita promotion it was running, resulting in a number of customers who were unable to pick up their new handheld despite apparently being entitled to one. A statement from the fast food chain states, “We have learned that during a short perio... |
24 February 2012
02:22 GMT |
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Sony is convinced that its tough stance on hackers and pirates is in the best interest of its player base and one leading executive from the company has expressed bewilderment at the hostility coming from some players who use the Sony gaming devices.Speaking to CVG Andrew House, who is the leader of the European divi... |
18 January 2012
04:18 GMT |
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Pakistani hackers are keeping themselves busy these days, taking down more than 100 websites over the weekend, many of which belonged to their declared enemy India.
Pak Cyber Army, Pak Cyber Pyrates and Pak Cyber Combat Squad are the groups to blame for the latest website defacements.
First, Pak Cyber Combat Squad ... |
5 December 2011
08:04 GMT |
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In a joint effort, US and Philippines authorities managed to arrest four members of a hacker collective that are suspected to have attempted a hack on AT&T.
The investigation that led to the arrest of the Filipinos started back in March when the FBI requested the aid of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group... |
25 November 2011
04:23 GMT |
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IT security professionals and even hackers can become targets for clever social engineering operations, a recent study revealing that some of them easily share account credentials after a few conversations.You might think that pros would be more aware of these attempts but a cleaver study conducted by Sabina Datcu fr... |
19 October 2011
04:42 GMT |
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Video game hardware maker and publisher Sony has announced that the PlayStation Network service has been hacked by an unknown assailant, with about 93,000 accounts compromised, and has urged users to change their log-in details in order to make sure that they are not affected in any way.
Phillip Reitinger, who is ... |
12 October 2011
02:51 GMT |
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The hackers called Anonymous slap the face of FBI officials by obtaining a file allegedly containing information on the group's members. The document, which seems to represent a scan of the physical file, is called Psychological Profiles of Anonymous Leadership and it's labeled “Law Enforcement Sens... |
9 September 2011
09:33 GMT |
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Dr. Richard Ford, director of the Harris Institute for Assured Information at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, gave his insight on cybercrime, revealing the challenges posed on modern society and national infrastructures.
In a recent interview given to Florida Today, Ford not only talked about the si... |
9 September 2011
05:59 GMT |
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The British police arrested two men in Mexborough, Doncaster, and Warminster in Wiltshire, individuals suspected of connections with some of the internet attacks orchestrated by the infamous hacker groups Anonymous and LulzSec.While the suspects remain in custody, police investigators have seized computer equipment w... |
5 September 2011
07:10 GMT |
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The police force in Johannesburg, South Africa has announced that it has taken down an organization that specialized in jailbreaking PlayStation 3 home gaming console and in distributing games that have been launched on the console.The local press reported that the Commercial Crime Unit in the city entered the house ... |
9 August 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Colombian hackers affiliated with Anonymous' AntiSec movement have hacked into a database belonging to the national police and leaked confidential information found inside.The hackers uploaded a PDF file online which contains various pieces of information including easy to crack password hashes."Today we have jo... |
22 July 2011
12:39 GMT |
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With more and more video game oriented sites attacked and more personal data stolen it seems that even game designers are now aware of the problem and a bit scared about the possible consequences.Speaking to Industry Gamers Cliff Bleszinski, who is one of the more outspoken video game designers, has stated that the P... |
22 June 2011
09:34 GMT |
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Two young hackers have been convicted in Germany for stealing and leaking unreleased songs by top recording artists including Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Mariah Carey.The two hackers, identified only as Christian M., 23, and Deniz A., 18, managed to install trojans on computers belonging to the managers of high-... |
20 June 2011
11:14 GMT |
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It seems that it will be a long hot summer for video game companies that are concerned about their security as word comes that the SEGA official website and forums have been hacked by an unknown group which has managed to steal the personal information of close to 1.3 million users.It seems that the information inclu... |
20 June 2011
03:45 GMT |
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It seems that the hacker related troubles for the video game industry are set to go on, with companies like Epic Games, Nintendo of Europe and Codemasters confirming that they have been recently attacked and that they are taking measures to protect their customers.Epic Games admitted that both its official website an... |
13 June 2011
09:19 GMT |
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A hacker group that has acknowledged it has already attacked Sony owned websites has publicly said that it plans to launch more attacks against the company, with one of the possible targets being the already stricken PlayStation Network.
LulzSec, a group that has claimed responsibility that have taken down the Son... |
31 May 2011
10:32 GMT |
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Sony seems to have become a favorite target for hackers with an Internet service provider that it owns and operates, called So-Net, now targeted by unknown groups, with about 100,00 Yen in virtual currency stolen from some of its customers.
The value of the stole currency is low, about 1,224 in dollars, and just 1... |
23 May 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Kazuo Hirai, who is the president of Sony, has said that just a small number of gamers have so far taken the action of calling into the support center of the company in order to request that their PlayStation Network accounts be terminated.
The executive added that Sony will continue to monitor the situation and t... |
18 May 2011
15:01 GMT |
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The password reset system that Sony has been directing users who use the PlayStation Network to has been revealed to have a significant security issue, which potentially allows hackers to change the passwords of legitimate users while only using the email account they have registered with PSN and the date of their bi... |
18 May 2011
10:22 GMT |
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The PlayStation Network and associated services that have been down since April 20 have been brought back online by Sony over the weekend, but the company still has some way to go before it can regain the trust of gamers, but at least one leading game developer believes that the company should be supported by all the... |
16 May 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Video game publisher Square Enix has confirmed that an unknown group of attackers has managed to penetrate the security of a number of its websites, including the one for the upcoming Deus Ex: Human Revolution, managing to get access to about 25,000 anonymous email addresses and a number of professional resumes for p... |
16 May 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Video game publisher Sony has managed to get the PlayStation Network service back online over the weekend and the Sony Online Entertainment maintained services, with gamers now able to play online-based content and able to contact others through friends lists. Those who have PSN accounts are now able to sign into th... |
16 May 2011
02:54 GMT |
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Sony is considering offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for hacking into its online systems and compromising the personal and financial information of over 75 million customers.According to All Things Digital, the option is still being discussed inside the company, but if a de... |
9 May 2011
11:44 GMT |
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A Canadian gamer has launched a class action suit against Sony because of the recent security issues with the PlayStation Network service and is asking the courts to award no less than 1 million Canadian dollars in damages.
McPhadden Samac Tuovi LLP, a law firm in Toronto, has announced the suit and has asked othe... |
4 May 2011
10:32 GMT |
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The PlayStation Network has been suffering a series of small problems starting with late on Monday and the official website for both Sony and PlayStation have been having problems as Internet group Anonymous seems to be making good on their threat to target the company. The official Twitter account which handles sup... |
5 April 2011
04:37 GMT |
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Video game publisher THQ and developer Kaos Studios have announced that they are planning to launch a new patch for their first-person shooter Homefront, with the biggest addition being a way to detect the players who are cheating in the multiplayer section of the game.The official website says that the hacking and c... |
31 March 2011
03:24 GMT |
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More names of actresses and female athletes have emerged in an investigation regarding the hacking of celebrity email accounts and theft of intimate photos.According to TMZ, Oscar winner Natalie Portman, 2010 gold medalist skier Lindsey Vonn and 2004 Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Carly Patterson are amongst ... |
22 March 2011
07:29 GMT |
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Nintendo has launched a new firmware update for the Wii home console, called Wii Menu 4.3. The company is saying the new version is intended to limit the use of unauthorized files on the console, the ultimate goal being the elimination of the “homebrew” mods that have been developed for the gaming gadget.... |
23 June 2010
06:09 GMT |
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In a groundbreaking first, a scientist managed to infect himself with a computer virus. The malicious code took refuge in a chip that Mark Gasson, a researcher at the University of Reading, had placed in his hand. From this location, the virus was transmitted to a computer in the scientist's lab, from where it c... |
27 May 2010
06:45 GMT |
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We reported yesterday that on Sunday, players got a taste of what the new Digital Rights Management solution created by Ubisoft, set to be included in all future releases, could do when one of its components malfunctioned. The official Ubisoft servers were down for quite some time and because the authentication proce... |
9 March 2010
05:12 GMT |
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A group of hackers has yet again managed to infiltrate the firmware inside the Pentagon and to get away with an undisclosed number of terabytes of sensitive data. It's not yet clear who has been behind the infiltration, but the US government and publications such as the Wall Street Journal have already begun to ... |
21 April 2009
09:38 GMT |
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The Internet environment, as far as hacker attacks go, has come a long way since the early days, when a single individual would try to hack into a secure network just for the fun of the experience. Over the past few years, cyberattacks have become a very effective way of targeting an enemy nation, without actually ha... |
16 March 2009
11:52 GMT |
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Online services are becoming very important nowadays and, when it comes to game consoles, they are a big deciding factor in terms of which one to buy and which one to avoid. As such, the three big console manufacturers are investing a lot of money into their Internet-powered services, whether it is Xbox Live, PlaySta... |
25 February 2009
16:01 GMT |
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The gaming industry has rarely been the victim of Internet frauds but it seems that with the increase of popularity for online digital content distribution networks, like Steam or GameTap, hackers have begun exploiting the users of such websites by luring them in with fake promises in order to make them divulge their... |
27 January 2009
11:01 GMT |
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It seems that the PlayStation 3 gaming console from Sony has uses beyond simply playing the newest Prince of Persia. Some people have used the console as a Linux based computer, while others are using it, via the Folding@home program, to sort through data which could improve our knowledge of diseases and could lead t... |
5 January 2009
14:21 GMT |
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As most of the international community focuses its attention on drug traffic, cyber-crime is becoming increasingly aggressive, and the number of Internet attacks, be they through denial-of-service, spam, malicious software or viruses, is constantly going up. Hackers in Russia and China are mainly behind these attacks... |
30 December 2008
09:34 GMT |
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Hackers and phishers don't rest until they devise a new scheme, by which they can force honest web users into giving them their personal information. A number of phishing schemes have recently been reported that appear to use a scenario based on recent worldwide events. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has re... |
13 May 2008
07:12 GMT |
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As an update to the evolution of the lawsuit between News Corp. and DISH Network Corp., we bring you news about shocking statements of a Senior Manager at News Corp. The legal process between the two companies is a result of the testimony of a computer hacker who revealed he had been hired by News Corp. to develop pi... |
8 May 2008
08:07 GMT |
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Hacking into the schools network seems to be a rather usual behavior with students from the United States educational establishments. With an increasing number of students who are capable of breaking into their own school network, one has to wonder about the level of security of these networks. According to the Chica... |
8 May 2008
04:42 GMT |
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If you have been a student, you most certainly know how inconvenient it is when you receive a low school grade. The wonders of technology have allowed the creation of computer-based school networks in economically developed countries like the United States. Like everything else that is based on a computer, these scho... |
7 May 2008
11:36 GMT |
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Hacking has become more and more organized in the past years. Very rarely will a computer geek be seen sending spam and phishing all by himself, organizations have been formed and there's even a black market dealing with acquiring security vulnerabilities, paying up to one hundred grand depending on how severe t... |
21 February 2008
16:56 GMT |
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Criminals have found out that using hacking to sabotage law enforcers is quite an efficient tactic. It's not the first time something like this happens, but it's a first for anti-money laundering website, Bobbear. The British site had been built to inform the community about websites used for cyber-crime, s... |
12 October 2007
06:15 GMT |
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Hackers are known to have a taste for sites that attract a lot of visitors, and next year is election year in the United States. Malicious users could take advantage of the traffic electoral sites are going to get, for their own inscrutable purposes, as pointed out by security experts on Symantec's website. Now... |
11 October 2007
14:41 GMT |
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Some people just have no idea what they are doing. Here we go again - this is another case of overzealous security that can seriously end up in hurting the ones who should be protected! General Motors is going to come up with a system to make car thefts history at least in their opinion! The technology is called Sto... |
11 October 2007
03:31 GMT |
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Now that's really weird. I haven't heard of such a hack going on in a very, very long time. Nowadays hackers are driven by financial considerations and those that hack sites and modify them (without anything being related to money) usually do it to send out a message. That was the case of the Turkish hacker... |
10 October 2007
14:36 GMT |
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Apparently, being stupid doesn't only have severe consequences in real life, but in cyber-space as well. And this isn't just one of my crazy opinions - it's certified by a McAfee study. People are using the same simple passwords for a lot of accounts. Sure, it's easy to remember a single password ... |
10 October 2007
07:02 GMT |
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China has a very large population, the largest in the world, with more than 1.31 billion people! One huge country and a pretty well informatized one too. I guess that due to this huge number of inhabitants and the fact that a lot of them have PCs, computer virus infections spread real fast. All a malware writer has t... |
9 October 2007
11:15 GMT |
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eBay is just like the Pentagon, every week there is news of some hackers targeting them and doing something pretty bad. Several days ago, a data leak on eBay's forum made the news - some hacker posted sensitive data belonging to a lot of users on it (the forum). Also, eBay has acknowledged more than once that th... |
9 October 2007
05:51 GMT |
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