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Sony is fed up with Play Station hackers and is making a big move to thwart those hackers. From the PlayStation Blog Notice: Unauthorized circumvention devices for the PlayStation 3 system have been recently released by hackers. These devices permit the use of unauthorized or pirated software. Use of such devices or software violates the [...]

Only 9 antivirus programs found the hack. In brief the sites that were hacked were all legitimate sites where nasty code was inserted to give unsuspecting visitors a nasty little unwanted present. The present came in the form of what is called a drive-by download. Basically what the code did was inject an illegitimate iframe [...]

KaKaRoToKS a well known hacker has released the tools needed to unlocked the latest firmware for the PlayStation 3 game console, less than 24 hours after Sony released it in a desperate attempt to stuff the jail breaking genie back in the bottle. This was less then 24 hours after the release. What the tools [...]

Some of the pro WikiLeaks gang have used Twitter´s API (application programming interface) to carry out attacks that have led to crippling slowdowns at MasterCard.com, Visa.com and other websites that cut off funding to the WikiLeaks. A Java-based version Low Orbit Ion Cannon allows users to use a master Twitter ID to direct thousands of [...]

Adobe is aware of a potential issue in Adobe Reader posted publicly November 4 on the Full Disclosure list. A proof-of-concept file demonstrating a Denial of Service was published. Arbitrary code execution has not been demonstrated, but may be possible. Adobe is currently investigating this issue. In the meantime, users of Adobe Reader 9.2 or [...]

Up until a few days ago, the 64-bit operating system was thought to be immune to rootkit infections… up until a few days ago. A famous rootkit, notorious for its advanced techniques and stealth features has been on the loose for some time now, infecting 32-bit operating systems right and left. Well, it was found [...]

Adobe Reader under attack by a click-and-get-hacked exploit that spreads through email that contains a booby-trapped PDF file that remains virtually undetected by most anti-virus programs, according to Mila Parkour, the security researcher who first alerted Adobe to the threat. The hack is very sophisticated and Adobe is working on a patch. In the meantime [...]

According to a paper published in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics last month most educational websites in the U.S. are using Flash applications that fail to adequately secure these pages from hacking. This leaves these websites ripe for malicious and criminal activity. A team used SwfScan to scan 250 educational websites. [...]

Yahoo E-Mail accounts hacked in China. The attacks seemed to be coordinated and were against journalists, rights activists and academics. A Chinese human rights organization said that there web site was hit 5 days in a row. In at least one incident a hacked account had all there E-Mails forwarded to a mystery address. This [...]

You probably remember this hacker, who used the internet name of Hacker Croll, who gained access to celebrity Twitter account holders including President Obama´s. This dude gained access to the accounts by hacking an e-mail account belonging to a Twitter Administrator. It is also believed by the cops that he was responsible for hacks against [...]

Yesterdays outage was the result of a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack. So I guess strictly speaking they were not hacked but merely hit by a bot-net. Amazon was not the only one either. Twitter users of Amazon’s S3 service for Web hosting reported outages as well, and customers of Salesforce.com and Walmart.com were [...]