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Anonymous claims leaking Passwords, credit cards details of PlayStaion, Xbox users
Anonymous claims leaking Passwords, credit cards details of PlayStaion, Xbox users
One of the Twitter account associated with the online hacktivists Anonymous has claimed to leak a list of what it says are usernames and passwords for 13,000
Dec. 28, 2014
UPDATE: 13k PSN, Xbox leak by Anonymous is copy paste from previous leaks?
UPDATE: 13k PSN, Xbox leak by Anonymous is copy paste from previous leaks?
Yesterday, aTwitter account associated with the online hacktivists Anonymous claimed to leak a list of what it said were usernames and passwords of 13,000
Dec. 28, 2014
Anunak APT Gang Makes Off With $18 Million
Anunak APT Gang Makes Off With $18 Million
Anunak APT Gang Makes Off With $25 Million. Russian cyber-criminals target internal banking systems
Dec. 23, 2014
China Blamed for Operation Poisoned Helmand Attack on Afghan Sites
China Blamed for Operation Poisoned Helmand Attack on Afghan Sites
China Blamed for Operation Poisoned Helmand Attack on Afghan Sites. War torn country sucked into Beijing’s South Asian strategy
Dec. 23, 2014
Thunderstrike Mac Attack Achieves Persistence
Thunderstrike Mac Attack Achieves Persistence
The attack makes use of the laptops’ physical Thunderbolt interface to achieve persistent boot rootkits.
Dec. 23, 2014
Backoff POS Malware Vets Targets via Surveillance Cameras
Backoff POS Malware Vets Targets via Surveillance Cameras
The people behind Backoff have been using surveillance cameras to verify that machines are in fact POS devices.
Dec. 23, 2014
Issues and Dilemmas in Information Security Practices
Issues and Dilemmas in Information Security Practices
Editor’s note: In A Circular Problem in Current Information Security Principles, we highlighted one of the challenges in our knowledge domain that
Dec. 23, 2014
2015 Manufacturing Industry Predictions
2015 Manufacturing Industry Predictions
What’s new and trending for the industry? Well, predictions for the upcoming year as a motif is certainly not new but is definitely trending, considering the deluge of pundits concentrating...
Dec. 23, 2014
Network Access Control Sure Isn’t What It Used to Be…
Network Access Control Sure Isn’t What It Used to Be…
Chances are you might be reading this blogpost on a device other than a laptop or desktop computer.  I’d also wager that the device you’re using to read
Dec. 23, 2014
Q&A: Emotional game design with D4 developer SWERY
Q&A: Emotional game design with D4 developer SWERY
Hidetaka "SWERY" Suehiro chats with Gamasutra about the development of D4, his thoughts on evoking empathy from players and how developers can make better games through "sensory replication."
Dec. 23, 2014
VR design lessons learned in the making of Temple Run VR
VR design lessons learned in the making of Temple Run VR
Imangi Studios cofounder Keith Shepherd speaks to Gamasutra about what the studio learned in making a VR-friendly version of its Temple Run games for Samsung's Gear VR headset.
Dec. 23, 2014
Nintendo wins patent lawsuit aimed at the Wii Remote
Nintendo wins patent lawsuit aimed at the Wii Remote
UltimatePointer has patents for hand-held pointing devices, with which it said it planned to market laser pointers for business use. Apparently the court didn't see the connection to the Wii.
Dec. 23, 2014