Sniffers: dsniff Various tools to sniff network traffic for cleartext insecurities This package contains several tools to listen to and create network traffic: * arpspoof – Send out unrequested (and possibly forged) arp replies. * dnsspoof – forge replies to arbitrary DNS address / pointer queries on the Local Area Network. * dsniff – password […]
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Sony Sued Over PlayStation Network Breach
You knew it would come to this. Please read the following post. I found it to be very interesting: The Sony PlayStation Network outage has prompted questions about data security and a congressional inquiry, and now you can add class-action lawsuit to the list. A California-based firm has filed suit against Sony, accusing the […]
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Speculation, Suspicion, and Seriousness
Was it hackers, hackers, oh it was hacker or a bad mistake on Sony’s part? The question remains unanswered. Sony has done a wonderful job of using carefully crafted wordplay when addressing the questions we have about the PlayStation Network incident. While lost in the thick of things we are nowhere closer to knowing the […]
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Sony: Questions and Answers
Patrick Seybold post yet another blog post regarding the PlayStation Network Outage. On his blog he steps up to do some clarification work and even points us to a little Q & A area. Seybold writes the following, “There’s a difference in timing between when we identified there was an intrusion and when we learned […]
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Sony Investigating Credit Card Security
So we all know by now that the PlayStation Network has been temporarily unavailable for days now. What we don’t know is that if our credit card details and private information has been made available by those of gained access to Sony’s Systems. According to SCE Japan spokesperson Satoshi Fukuoka, that the ongoing investigation includes […]
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Update On PlayStation Network: Hacked
It’s been about 4 days that the PlayStation Network has been down. Sony official admits that its been three days; Whatever! Last night our friends at Sony admitted to being hacked which is why they chose to take-down the PlayStation Network along with other services. To Quote what was written on PlayStation blog: Posted […]