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A security researcher called ProtocoL has found that sites such as the one of Cartoon Network (cartoonnetwork.com), Disney (disney.go.com) and Master Chef Australia (masterchef.com.au) contain cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. None of them is persistent, but that doesn’t make them far less dangerous.... |
18 May 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Hackers part of the UGNazi collective have gone silent for a while, but now they acquired another target on which they’ve launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. The break seems to have been caused by the fact that a number of the group’s members have been arrested. “We were quest... |
11 May 2012
06:42 GMT |
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The Eastern European hacker known as Sepo found that the Victoria Commercial Bank of Kenya's website (victoriabank.co.ke ) and the ones of SwedBank from Lithuania (swedbank.lt ) and Ukraine contained some vulnerabilities that might have allowed cybercriminals to gain access to customer information.
After being... |
23 April 2012
06:36 GMT |
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The popular e-learning platform Edmodo (edmodo.com), used by 6.6 million teachers and students worldwide, contains a number of vulnerabilities that could be leveraged by hackers to cause some serious damage to unsuspecting internauts.
The hacker known as Gambit provided us with information that demonstrates the exis... |
3 April 2012
13:11 GMT |
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Gambit, who recently reported a couple of vulnerabilities on the sites of AOL and Cisco, returns with another find. He discovered that Start Page (startpage.com) doesn’t filter user input strings, making the site susceptible to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. The hacker contacted the administrators of the... |
31 March 2012
02:33 GMT |
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By now, many internauts and security enthusiasts are aware of the fact that the LulzSec gang is back. Operating under the name LulzSec Reborn, the hackers have already made a couple of victims: Military Singles and CSS Corp. It turns out that after Sabu and the other LulzSec members were arrested, some hackers decid... |
28 March 2012
11:16 GMT |
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The grey hat hacker known as Freedom found a large number of sites that contain cross-site scripting (XSS) and other types of vulnerabilities. Since it’s clear that he knows a lot of things about XSS, we decided to get his opinion on the matter and asked him to share some information on what website administra... |
18 March 2012
04:51 GMT |
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About ten days ago Sophos Senior Technology Consultant Graham Cluley published an interesting post about an advertisement on an official website of the world renowned automobile manufacturer Volkswagen. The ad said “Unbelievable value (This site has not been hacked)” next to the picture and price of a Vo... |
17 March 2012
07:21 GMT |
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Security researcher Shadab Siddiqui provided us with proof to demonstrate that the large number of vulnerabilities having affected ThinkDigit.com could be exploited by an attacker not only to leak the site's internal path, but also to gain access to its entire database.
Think Digit is a popular website that off... |
15 March 2012
15:01 GMT |
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A few days ago, a former member of TeaMp0isoN, Hex00010, revealed to us that the dox they released on Sabu and the LulzSec collective last summer were used by the FBI to make the big arrest everyone is familiar with.
However, TeaMp0isoN doesn’t agree with Hex00010’s claims, so they come forward to clarif... |
15 March 2012
08:30 GMT |
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This is the story of a grey hat called Black Jester, from Sudan, Africa. He identified vulnerabilities on two sites owned by the United Nations, which are reportedly connected to the main United Nations site (un.org).
Unfortunately, this is not one of those stories in which a hacker or a security researcher aids a c... |
13 March 2012
09:36 GMT |
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A large part of the hacking community was shocked earlier this week to find out that one of the more vocal supporters of the Anonymous movement, Sabu, had been working with the FBI ever since the summer of 2011 when he was arrested. Few internauts expected that Sabu, now known as Hector Xavier Montsegur from New Yor... |
10 March 2012
07:29 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 home console managed to beat both the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Nintendo Wii when it comes to overall sales in the United States during 2011, and Microsoft has even bigger plans for its gaming platform for this year.
Steve Beinner, the director of marketing for first-party games working at Microso... |
5 March 2012
10:33 GMT |
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Seeing that a lot of websites are plagued with Iframe Injection vulnerabilities, independent security researcher Shadab Siddiqui made up an advisory to help website administrators recover their websites after such a security hole has been exploited. He also listed some safety measures that must be implemented in orde... |
4 March 2012
02:11 GMT |
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The official website of the Forbes 100 company Honeywell (honeywell.com) was found to contain a number of vulnerabilities, including cross-site scripting (XSS), an Iframe injection, and an image uploading flaw. The security holes were identified by independent security researcher Shadab Siddiqui which lately amazed ... |
2 March 2012
15:21 GMT |
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A group of Lebanese hackers called Mad HackerZ Team breached the country’s official Yellow Pages website (yellowpages.com.lb), leaking tons of information they found on its servers. We’ve contacted the hackers to find out about their reasons for hacking this and other sites.
The hackers published usernam... |
23 February 2012
10:10 GMT |
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This week, the Hackers around the world series features one of the most famous hacktivists of today. A member of TeaMp0isoN, TriCk is responsible for the data breaches that targeted major organizations such as the United Nations and the world renowned telecoms company T-Mobile.
Lately, he and his team have turned th... |
18 February 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Last week, members of TeamHav0k found a serious cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Songfacts, the popular site that offers music lovers tons of information on songs and artists ever since 1999. The hackers provided us with a proof-of-concept and we’ve forwarded the information to Songfacts, which quick... |
17 February 2012
05:38 GMT |
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Whenever a hacker collective defaces hundreds and maybe even thousands of websites all at once, few ever think about the owners of the commercial websites and the trouble they go through to deal with the effects of the hack. We’ve contacted one of these victims and it turns out that it’s not an easy tas... |
13 February 2012
13:51 GMT |
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The Megaupload closure coincided with the start of what was later known as the largest distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack in history, with reports saying that there were around 5,000 individuals, both hackers and simple activists, sending large amounts of packets at sites they considered guilty for the file-... |
10 February 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Hackers around the world moves on with SEPO, an Eastern European hacker that considers himself to be a gray hat that turns into a black hat if corrupt companies, governments, or Anonymous targets are involved. He is known for targeting major African and Middle Eastern companies and financial institutions such as the ... |
5 February 2012
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Operation Free Palestine, the op started by TeaMp0isoN, Anonymous and other hacktivist worldwide, continues. As a result, members of TeaMp0isoN published the credit card details of more than 26,000 Israeli citizens obtained from a couple of major Israeli websites, including One (one.co.li), the site that not long ago... |
2 February 2012
08:15 GMT |
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Our Hackers around the world series featured a great interview the other day with 13-year-old Australian hacker s3rver.exe, and after hearing his story, we concluded that he may be the youngest hacker in the world, without counting the ones that consider themselves ethical hackers.
For those who don’t know, s3... |
30 January 2012
14:31 GMT |
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This week’s interview from our series called Hackers around the world features a 13-year-old hacker from Australia who already made quite an impression on the international hacking scene after breaching Sony Pictures, Zuffa’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and some major government sites.
S3rver.e... |
29 January 2012
09:03 GMT |
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After yesterday they revealed that many high-profile websites contained major cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, hackers from TeamHav0k stepped it up a notch and initiated OP XSS 2.0 to show that even websites hosted on government (.gov) and education (.edu) domains are highly vulnerable. In OP XSS 2.0, the... |
24 January 2012
03:19 GMT |
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Notorious black hats that hacked thousands of websites in their lifetime gather gigabytes of information stolen from their victims, much of which is never published online. Phantom~, one of the members of TeaMp0isoN, decided to clean up his hard drive and publish tons of data he collected as a result of breaching sit... |
23 January 2012
08:19 GMT |
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This week, the series Hackers around the world presents a grey hat from Germany that’s famous for hacking into sites such as MySQL.com, CIA.gov. NASA.gov, and some famous university websites such as the ones that belong to Oxford and Harvard. The hacker, which many may know as D35m0nd142, was kind enough to off... |
21 January 2012
12:51 GMT |
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Since news got out that Megaupload had been closed and some of their administrators arrested, Anonymous hackers called all their supporters to launch massive distributed denial of service attacks against government websites and the ones owned by the media industry and their representatives.
We managed to get in touc... |
20 January 2012
06:08 GMT |
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The series Hackers around the world continues with another hacker from the Southern Hemisphere. This time, I've had the opportunity to speak to a hacker from New Zealand, an actor from the hacking scene you may remember for his many attempts to convince the University of Melbourne to patch up their security. S... |
14 January 2012
13:31 GMT |
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In the past couple of days most media outlets have picked up the news about the Sony Pictures hacking operation performed by Anonymous members. Since some things didn’t add up, I investigated the matter and some interesting things revealed themselves.
It turns out that one of the main actors of the operation, ... |
10 January 2012
02:47 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 home console from Microsoft is now the best selling game platform in North America and seems to be poised for a 2012 than is even better than last year but a number of analysts believe that the hardware needs to see improvements this year to remain competitive while the services offered to gamers also re... |
9 January 2012
16:41 GMT |
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The "Hackers around the world" series begins with the story of a Nepali hacker called Ardhapagal. Even though he’s still young and hacktivism is a relatively new concept for him, his actions already raise the interest of local authorities. Check out the interview to learn how he began his hacking life, wh... |
7 January 2012
13:21 GMT |
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When users hear of vulnerabilities, the first thing that pops into their mind is viruses, Trojans, worms and other elements that relate to malware or computer hacking. If Basic Input Output System (BIOS) flaws are involved, then everything seems even more dangerous, especially since, not long ago, we saw the maliciou... |
20 December 2011
04:30 GMT |
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A hacker considered that the fine G2 Secure Staff had to pay to an individual as a result of a discrimination lawsuit wasn’t enough, so he breached their poorly secured databases, leaking administrator log-ins and employee records. G2Secure Staff, a company that provides a wide range of aviation staffing and s... |
18 December 2011
09:18 GMT |
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The series in which we take a look at some highly important subjects discussed with Radware’s VP of Security Solutions, Carl Herberger, continues. As I promised yesterday, we’re going to see what he said regarding the attack mitigation systems that may be crucial for companies who are looking to make sure... |
14 December 2011
14:11 GMT |
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Recently I had the opportunity to chat with Radware’s VP of Security Solutions, Carl Herberger, and he had some interesting views regarding the never-ending battle between security experts and hackers, especially when it comes to cloud-based systems.
“From antivirus software to firewalls and intrusion de... |
13 December 2011
10:21 GMT |
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Recently I had a great interview with Carl Herberger, Vice President of Security Solutions at Radware, and he shared some interesting things related to enterprise security, especially when cloud-based technologies are involved.
One of the topics we discussed was the difference between state and private organizations... |
12 December 2011
14:31 GMT |
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After recent events, one of the members of black hat collective contacted me and we had a chat about online security and the issues that make a website weak for hackers. Recently, hackers showed that many banks, credit unions and even sites belonging to the United Nations are highly vulnerable so I asked him what cou... |
9 December 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Wanting to further prove that government websites are not secure, hackers from TeamDX found a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability in the official website of City of Glendale, California. No damage whatsoever was done to the site, the only reason why the operation took place was to show how “security ... |
9 December 2011
04:27 GMT |
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Kahuna, the hacker that’s been keeping himself busy breaching government websites for the past couple of days, did it again. This time he hacked into the systems of Norwich Airport (norwichairport.co.uk) to show that not only governments like Bhutan fail to protect their digital assets. As a result of the brea... |
2 December 2011
02:41 GMT |
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While the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) claims that the data on the servers breached by TeaMp0isoN is outdated and the server itself is old, the hackers say that the logs they found prove otherwise. A few days ago, TeaMp0isoN managed to break into the servers of the UNDP, leaking usernames, passwords a... |
1 December 2011
09:47 GMT |
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Publisher THQ and developer Volition have not managed to create and implement a promised exclusive multiplayer mode that was set to be part of the PlayStation 3 home console version of Saints Row: The Third, prompting some to question why companies include such promises in their advertising material.
During the E3 t... |
16 November 2011
02:31 GMT |
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Video game publisher and hardware developer Microsoft has announced that the first two downloadable content packs for the upcoming The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be offered on the Xbox 360 home gaming console exclusively for 30 days since release before being offered on the PlayStation 3 from Sony and on the PC.
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29 August 2011
18:11 GMT |
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Sony has recently said that they are committing to spending 20 million dollars in the coming three years in order to bring more exclusive indie titles on the PlayStation Network and one of the executives working with the service says that the entire program is an effort to promote imagination in gaming.
Brandon St... |
25 July 2011
17:51 GMT |
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A report in a source that is focused on sports business deals suggests that video game publisher Electronic Arts and the National Football League have entered into a new agreement which extends their exclusive licensing deal until 2013. The report appears in the Sports Business Journal and means that after the game ... |
15 February 2011
14:51 GMT |
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Exclusive platform titles are a bit of a two-edged sword, slashing at both the developing studio as well as at the hardware manufacturers. A big game, a good game, which comes out on a single console does a lot for the reputation of the producer of both the platform and the developer. The console gets to enjoy a larg... |
22 January 2010
04:07 GMT |
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Madden NFL 10 is set to be one of the biggest videogame releases of the year and the publisher needs to make sure that all interested players have a chance to see what the game is all about before committing their money to a purchase.This can only be done through a demo of the game, and EA Sports has announced that i... |
18 June 2009
17:01 GMT |
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Not long ago, we were telling you that, in her approach to weight loss, television personality and socialite extraodinaire Kim Kardashian had found a very strong ally in Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet. She was not the only one to discover this special diet that places emphasis on calorie control for the most extraord... |
6 June 2009
09:21 GMT |
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The Anna Nicole Smith saga just entered a new chapter a few days ago, with the arrest of Howard K. Stern, her former attorney and partner, and two other physicians that were all accused of supplying the late star the drugs that eventually led to her death. Now, another man from Smith’s past, Mark “Hollywo... |
19 March 2009
11:36 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 is a console that hasn't enjoyed such a great amount of popularity since it was launched some time ago. Many argued that among the reasons for failing to sell very well was the lack of high-end third party exclusivities. Sure, games like Resistance or Uncharted, which were developed by an indep... |
3 February 2009
02:46 GMT |
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