The Lebanese hacker known as Idahc and a French cohort say over the weekend they used an SQL injection to steal e-mails stored on the company’s Web site. It’s the 20th attack on Sony in two months.
Electronic cufflinks for the discerning hacker
[Phillip Torrone] gave us a heads up about a project he and [Limor Fried] along with [Mike Doell] have just wrapped up. Their aptly-named “iCufflinks” softly pulsate with light the same way in which you see many Mac products do. The cufflinks are made from machined aluminum and have the ubiquitous “power symbol” milled into …
Hacker wrists slapped for stealing Lady Gaga songs
Trojan attack nets racy Kesha photos
Two German hackers have been convicted of stealing unpublished songs from some of the most popular recording stars, including Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey and Justin Timberlake, and selling them for a tidy profit.…
German DDoSer jailed for World Cup gambling extortion
Frankfurter menaced bookies with rented bots
A hacker based in Germany has been jailed for 34 months over a DDoS-based extortion scam against gambling websites in the run-up to last year’s World Cup.…
Modifying a cheap robot arm for arduino control
Many a hacker has put together one of those cheap $30 robot arm kits you can get in just about any store with a section labeled, “science”. In an ongoing search for a cheap robot arm, [Larry] decided to modify one of them to be controlled with a PC through an Arduino. The article doubles as …
Malaysia works to foil Anonymous hacking threat
L33tdawg: We’ll try our level best to keep everyone up-to-date as the attack unfolds or you could always jump on the #opmalaysia channel on irc.anonops.li
Malaysia worked Wednesday to thwart a planned assault on the government’s official website by int…
LulzSec hacks EVE Online as rampage goes on
Pwn party shows no sign of flagging
Updated Prolific hacker pranksters LulzSec took out sci-fi game EVE Online on Tuesday as part of a run of attacks apparently perpetrated purely for the lulz.…
LulzSec hacks US Senate
Bethesda also bashed in latest attack
Hacker tricksters LulzSec is baiting US lawmakers with its latest attack on the US Senate.…
Siemens fixes SCADA holes found by hacker
Vulns were kept quiet at request of manufacturer
Siemens has patched security vulnerabilities in its widely used Simatic S7 industrial computer system that made it possible for attackers to disrupt or sabotage operations at gas refineries, chemical pla…
COD 4 hacked, worries for Modern Warfare 3?
Last April, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was compromised when a hacker corrupted the game causing Xbox Live to send out “potential phishing attempts.” That problem received immediate attention from Microsoft and Infinity Ward, and the issue has since…
