After news that two of its games allowed the PS Vita to run homebrew
software, Sony pulled Hot Shots Tennis and Motorstorm Arctic Rift from
the PSN store to patch up the Vita firmware to 1.67 . However, the two
games were seemingly not the only ones harbouring the vulnerability, as a
new video has sprung up of a Vita running the hack post-patch, but
using a different
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Sony Patches PS Vita PSN Game Hack, Same Hack Found In Others
After news that two of its games allowed the PS Vita to run homebrew
software, Sony pulled Hot Shots Tennis and Motorstorm Arctic Rift from
the PSN store to patch up the Vita firmware to 1.67 . However, the two
games were seemingly not the only ones harbouring the vulnerability, as a
new video has sprung up of a Vita running the hack post-patch, but
using a different
50K Cards Compromised using Credit Card Processor
Some
50,000 credit and debit cardholders may have their information exposed
following a security breach at Global Payments. The breach occurred
sometime between between Jan. 21, 2012 and Feb. 25, 2012.
Both Visa and MasterCard have
confirmed they
Student Hacks Facebook, Gets Eight Months In Prison
I hope that British Student Glenn Mangham thinks that it was all
worth it. He has a long lonely road ahead of him and it won’t include
surfing social network sites. He was sentenced to eight months in jail for hacking into Facebook’s servers.
Mobile Phone Hackers Can Track Your Location Says Researchers
Researchers from University of Minnesota revealed some alarming results of their study: information regarding one’s location can be accessible to phone hackers via cellular networks.
Tracking a user’s location is important for mobile service providers
to deliver efficient products
A virus for cyberdefense? Japan has something cooking
For several years, Japan has been developing a computer virus that can track, identify, and disable cyberthreats, according to a story in the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper.
Fujitsu reportedly is working on the cyberweapon
for Japan's Defense Ministry under a 178.5 million yen ($2.32 million)
project initiated in fiscal 2008 by the ministry's Technical Research
and Development Institute.
Americans more susceptible to online scams than believed, study finds
The least and most likely demographics for scam susceptibility in the U.S.
(Credit:
The Ponemon Institute/PC Tools)
Facebook hands out White Hat debit cards to hackers
This is the Visa debit card Facebook is giving to some security researchers for reporting bugs.
(Credit:
Facebook)
Hackers release credit card, other data from Stratfor breach
The hackers released e-mail addresses, credit
card numbers and other data from people who had signed up or paid for
geopolitical intelligence briefings from Stratfor.
Hackers released more data obtained from a breach of Stratfor, including
e-mail addresses and credit card numbers, the geopolitical intelligence
firm confirmed to CNET today.
In a post on Pastebin
by someone using
Anonymous targets military-gear site in latest holiday hack
In what its calling another round of "LulzXmas festivities," an Anonymous-affiliated hacktivst group today is claiming yet another breach and posting of customer information.
Anonymous claims hack on security think tank
Anonymous is claiming to have stolen 200GB worth of data, including
e-mails and clients' credit card information, from a U.S.-based security
think tank, the Associated Press reported today.
The hacking group also used Twitter to post a link to a list of clients
apparently belonging to think tank Stratfor Global Intelligence.
Siri Curses at 12-year-old!?
The geeks that programmed Siri at Apple had a sense of humor. Siri will tell you the answer to life,
the universe and everything (42 naturally). Siri will also get cross if
you ask it to open the pod bay doors. That is nothing compared what a
mom and her 12-year-old son from the UK claim Siri said to the boy.
Hackers Eager To Launch A Satellite In The Name Of Freedom
Something incredible happened over at the Chaos Communication
Congress in Berlin on New Year’s Eve. According to news reports, the
hacker meet united those in attendance to embark on an ambitious
program. In fact, outside of government
and multinational efforts, no one has quite dreamed up a plan as
fantastic as theirs.
Apple TV Hacked To Run Fullscreen iOS iPad Apps At 720p (video)
In the video after the break
you can see Apple TV MobileX being used to run applications such as
Facebook, Maps, Safari and YouTube. However most
What is metasploit ?
The Metasploit Project takes penetration testing to a whole new level, not only finding vulnerabilities in applications, but also providing exploit code that so-called white hat and black hat hackers alike can use to test the real-world implications of these vulnerabilities. Metasploit founder, developer, and researcher H.D. Moore took some time away
Hacker Group Anonymous Vows To Destroy Facebook On November 5
Hacktivist group Anonymous, which has been responsible for cyber-attacks on the Pentagon, News Corp, and others, has vowed to destroy Facebook on November 5th (which should ring a bell).
Citing privacy concerns and the difficulty involved in deleting a Facebook
What is BackTrack ?
The BackTrack distribution originated from the Linux counterparts WHAX and Max Moser's Auditor Security Collection - "The Swiss Army Knife for security assessments". Both where focused on Linux-based penetration tests. While WHAX was
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