First Sony now Square Enix…
Updated: Hackers have broken into two websites belonging to Japanese video games maker Square Enix. The company confirmed that the e-mail addresses of up to 25,000 customers who had registered for...
View ArticleSony PSN hack – un-picked
Security analysts have narrowed down the probable causes of the infamous Sony PlayStation Network breach. Sony is slowly restoring its PlayStation Network and Online Entertainment service following a...
View ArticleAmazon cloud used to mount Sony PSN attack – what a surprise….
The hackers who breached the security of Sony’s PlayStation network and gained access to sensitive data for 77 million subscribers used Amazon’s web services cloud to launch the attack, Bloomberg News...
View ArticleSony PSN hack targets user accounts
Four days after the PlayStation Network reopened, Sony has taken down login and password recovery pages for the service following reports they contained a serious flaw that was actively exploited to...
View ArticleBreach on Sony-owned ISP let’s loose $1,220 in virtual cash
Sony’s So-Net Entertainment subsidiary was hacked by intruders who made off with about $1,200 worth of virtual points, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The hacker stole the points from about...
View ArticleSony BMG Greece – The latest hacked Sony site
In what seems to be a neverending nightmare it appears that the website of Sony BMG in Greece has been hacked and information dumped. An anonymous poster has uploaded a user database to pastebin.com,...
View ArticlePSN Breach will cost Sony…a lot!
The cost of a criminal intrusion that exposed sensitive data for more than 100 million Sony customers and resulted in a 23-day closure of the PlayStation Network will cost the company at least $171...
View ArticlePSN finally restored in full…but for how long?!
Sony has announced all PlayStation network functionality – including access to the PlayStation Store – will be fully restored by the end of the week. While a few areas in Asia will still have features...
View ArticleFull return of the Sony PSN Network…for how long this time…?
The PlayStation network is back in business, hip hip hooray. Sony announced today that the full restoration has begun, fulfilling a promise made a few days ago that all services would be up and running...
View ArticleAnd again…new Sony hack exposes more consumer passwords
Hackers who last week broke into the website of television network PBS have turned their attention to Sony’s movie division, publishing what appeared to be the email addresses and passwords belonging...
View ArticleDisable Java NOW, users told, as Java 0-day exploit hits web
A new browser-based exploit for a Java vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on client systems has been spotted in the wild – and because of Oracle’s Java patch schedule, it may...
View ArticleDisabling Java Plug-ins
In recent years, the Java development platform has become a favored target for hackers, leading to a growing list of Java-specific vulnerabilities being discovered and exploited by various malware. As...
View ArticleOracle knew about critical Java flaws since April 2012
The critical Java vulnerabilities that have security experts cautioning users to disable Java in their browsers are not new discoveries, a security firm claims. On the contrary, Oracle has known about...
View ArticleDouble Trouble: Critical Java zero-day exploits TWO bugs
A potent Java security vulnerability that first appeared earlier this week actually leverages two zero-day flaws. The revelation comes as it emerged Oracle knew about the holes as early as April....
View ArticleOracle releases out of the blue out of cycle fixes for Java
Out of nowhere Oracle has released an emergency update to address the zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited by many different criminal groups. Surprisingly they included some previously unknown...
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