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Secure satellite phones not so secure as crypto crack makes them vulnerable

Satellite phones are considered to be inherently secure and a safe way for people to talk without fear of someone listening in. This is the perception because the phones use encryption to encode the audio before it is transmitted ... continue

Anonymous steps up its game and posts intercepted FBI and Scotland Yard conference call

Oh boy you can be that this is going to go over really well but it seems that the 'hactivist' group Anonymous has managed to intercept a private conference call between four agents of the FBI and ... continue

HP printers prone to an exploits that could light them on fire

Okay this is definitely one that I didn't see coming but according to researchers at Columbia University there is a vulnerability affecting millions of printers that could literally see them being hacked into setting themselves on fire. Professor ... continue

Company fires IT manager, CEO’s presentation replaced with porn

It never seems to fail but for some reasons companies live under some kind of illusion that in this day of network access from anywhere that just simply firing the guy that managed your networks without cleaning ... continue

Hackers on a roll – Epic Games site and forums hacked

It would seem that following the hack attack against Sony and the Playstation Network gaming company sites have become a real juicy target for hackers. Earlier today my colleague Daniel McCall posted about the hacking of the English game ... continue

The never-ending Sony hackathon – this time it’s Sony Pictures

Wow, will the hacking of Sony ever stop? One has to wonder, because every time we turn around lately some other division of Sony is getting hacked. The newest attack, against Sony Pictures, was launched by a group ... continue

Anonymous ceases attacks on PlayStation Network

On Monday, 'hacktivist' group Anonymous revealed it was targeting Sony for its treatment of PS3 hacker George Hotz. Later that day, DDOS attacks on the PlayStation Network took down the gaming service temporarily. Sony has since revealed ... continue

Anonymous declares war on Sony over PS3 hacking case

PS3 hacker George ‘Geohot’ Hotz just got himself a powerful ally in 'hacktivist' ensemble Anonymous. Hotz was the first hacker to crack security on the PlayStation 3, allowing (perfectly legal) homebrew software and (not-so-legal) pirated games ... continue

Sony: PS3 hacker on the run in South America

George 'Geohot' Hotz is the hacker who very publicly breached the PlayStation 3's security, and is now lined up for a date with Sony's lawyers. Or, he would be ... if he wasn't currently gadding about South ... continue

So how long does it take to steal your iPhone passwords? 6 Minutes [Video]

This is really only the start of the flood of security related issues that are going to come to haunt not just the iPhone but all smartphones. This story of some German researchers who have successfully been able ... continue

New PlayStation 3 hack automatically unlocks Trophies

For Sony, the recent hacking of the PlayStation 3 seems to go from terrible to disastrous. While game piracy is an obvious concern for the platform holder, a new homebrew app has been released that allows users with ... continue

Sony requests restraining order against PS3 hackers

It's been a tough couple of weeks for the poor old PS3, what with dastardly hackers cracking the system wide open and releasing secret codes that will likely see piracy run rampant. Having already promised network updates in ... continue

Sony to tackle PlayStation 3 hacks with network updates

Sony has a problem. Its baby, the PlayStation 3, has been hacked, and the secret codes that open the doors to modified firmware (and hence mass piracy of PS3 games) have been released. Shit's getting real, in ... continue

Hackers crack PS3, gain ‘full control of the system’

A bunch of hackers calling themselves 'fail0verflow' claim to have unearthed the so-called 'private key' that authorizes PlayStation 3 code to run on the popular console. fail0verflow are not the first individuals to have broken into the system, ... continue