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Department of Homeland Security Out to Get PSN Hackers !

Department of Homeland Security Out to Get PSN Hackers !

Apr 30, 2011
Department of Homeland Security Out to Get PSN Hackers ! The external intrusion into the PlayStation Network has led to undoubtedly the worst fiasco in the PlayStation universe since the ApocalyPS3 of 2010. If the readers are like us, then we’re all not only sick of the PSN being down but are also sick of all the news surrounding it with little to no positive light at the end of the tunnel. Finally, there finally appears to be some progress in the making thanks to the unveiling of some assuring details. Despite the word that SCEA is working around the clock with third-party security organizations to bring the network back up for our online gaming pleasure, users were not told what team was conducting the investigations, how large the said company was, and to what extent their resources were spanning out to. However, in a surprising turn of events, the United States Department of Homeland Security revealed that the federal division is lending their hand in assessing the damages o...
Law enforcement organization hit by hackers !

Law enforcement organization hit by hackers !

Apr 30, 2011
Law enforcement organization hit by hackers ! Computer hackers have stolen names, addresses, Social Security numbers and credit card information of about 2,000 retired public safety officers belonging to the Peace Officers Research Association of California, according to a email sent to them on Thursday night. PORAC informed its members that its data server was breached earlier this month. The hackers stole application files of retired associate members going back to 2008, including dates of birth, addresses and phone numbers and email addresses. "Based on our investigation, it appears that the breach was limited to (retiree) applications and we have no reason to believe that other PORAC members were affected," PORAC President Ron Cottingham said in the email. Cottingham told The Bee this morning that the association was following up with a letters that will be mailed out today. The organization started receiving reports last week that members' credit cards were ...
imm0rt4l5 Hackers Hit 3 Pakistani websites !

imm0rt4l5 Hackers Hit 3 Pakistani websites !

Apr 30, 2011
imm0rt4l5 Hackers Hit 3 Pakistani websites ! Defaced Site : 1.)  mcl.com.pk Muslim Constructors (Pvt.) Ltd., popularly known as MCL URL : http://www.mcl.com.pk mirror : http://www.turk-h.org/defacement/view/383420/mcl.com.pk/ 2.) novait.com.pk the Internet service provider. URL : http://novait.com.pk/index.php?page_id=2 Proof : http://i55.tinypic.com/1jrgid.png 3.) gmsons.com.pk URL :http://www.gmsons.com.pk/productsDesc.php?id=3 Proof : http://i51.tinypic.com/2hibe3k.jpg
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Pangolin 3.2.3 - Automatic SQL injection penetration testing tool New Release !

Pangolin 3.2.3 - Automatic SQL injection penetration testing tool New Release !

Apr 30, 2011
Pangolin 3.2.3 - Automatic SQL injection penetration testing tool New Release ! Pangolin is an automatic SQL injection penetration testing (Pen-testing) tool for Website manager or IT Security analyst. Its goal is to detect and take advantage of SQL injection vulnerabilities on web applications. Once it detects one or more SQL injections on the target host, the user can choose among a variety of options to perform an extensive back-end database management system fingerprint, retrieve DBMS session user and database, enumerate users, password hashes, privileges, databases, dump entire or users specific DBMS tables/columns, run his own SQL statement, read specific files on the file system and more. Test many types of databases Your web applications using Access,DB2,Informix,Microsoft SQL Server 2000,Microsoft SQL Server 2005,Microsoft SQL Server 2008,MySQL,Oracle,PostgreSQL,Sqlite3,Sybase? Pangolin supports all of them. Features: Au...
151 websites Got hacked By Albania hacker Force [AHF CREW]

151 websites Got hacked By Albania hacker Force [AHF CREW]

Apr 30, 2011
151 websites Got hacked By Albania hacker Force [AHF CREW] Hacked Site List :  http://pastebin.com/jhmxB1zt
Wfaic.gov.cn Hacked By Anonymous Hackers #OpIran

Wfaic.gov.cn Hacked By Anonymous Hackers #OpIran

Apr 30, 2011
Wfaic.gov.cn  Hacked By Anonymous Hackers #OpIran Hacked Site : http://www.wfaic.gov.cn/home.html
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