It would appear that CloudAccess.net and their ISP GridFast.net have been the victim of a targeted Distributed Denial of Service Attack affecting up to and including level 3 routers. CloudAccess.net is a host most commonly known by the JOOMLA content management framework and more so by ‘trial’ users of the JOOMLA content management system via demo.joomla.org/. JOOMLA; […]
Sony has drafted in security experts to figure out who hacked into its systems – and how they did it – before stealing personal data on 100 million consumers of the company’s services. Both the firm’s PlayStation Network and Online Entertainment service remain suspended in the aftermath of high-profile hack attacks that have turned Sony […]
It is probable that the personal information breached in this latest round of Sony security breaches is of duplicate data to that which was breached belonging to the previus 70 million users. Sony warned that personally identifiable information for an additional 25 million customers was exposed after discovering a massive security breach extended to its online computer […]
On the 6th April 2011 the hacking orientated TV ‘Breaking-In’ aired on Fox. Breaking_in is about a team of so called ‘penetration-testers’ who are contracted to test the security of their customers. Prior to it coming to air, one of two things was going to happen. A chance that the show would be a real to […]
As a penetration tester hired to pierce the digital fortresses of Fortune 1000 casinos, banks and energy companies, Kevin Finisterre has hacked electronic cash boxes, geologic-survey equipment, and on more than one occasion, a client’s heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system. But one of his most unusual hacks came during a recent assignment testing the security […]
Sony shut down its website for online PC games on Monday, almost two weeks after it closed the PlayStation Network following a criminal intrusion that stole personally identifiable information from 77 million account holders. The move by Sony Online Entertainment affects online playing of games such as Everquest, Dungeon Overlord, and Free Realms, and comes […]
Sony is getting ready to return to service some PlayStation Network offerings, amid ongoing analysis to try and identify the source of the April attack on its San Diego data centre hosted in an AT&T network facility. While maintaining that it has not yet seen any evidence that credit card data was compromised in the […]