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Hacker Got PlayStation 77 million PSN customers Network Users info ! Sony Corp. said Tuesday a hacker had obtained customer information, possibly including credit-card numbers, of members of its online PlayStation Network, a potential problem for the quickly growing field of online gaming. The Japanese electronics giant said it is informing its 77 million PSN customers that personal information--including names, addresses, billing history and birthdays--was obtained by an "unauthorized person" following a hacking attack that prompted Sony to shut down its Internet gaming service last week.

The Film and Publication Board's (FPB) website Hacked by  Dr.KroOoZ - By.NeShTeR / TTG ! The Film and Publication Board's (FPB) website, hosted at https://www.fpb.gov.za , is the latest government website to be hacked. Visitors to the FPB website on Monday were greeted by the message " Hacked By Dr.KroOoZ - By.NeShTeR / TTG" and the PHP error code "Fatal error: Class 'JConfig' not found in… " The recent security breaches are often related to software which is not updated, and since the FPB's website is built on the popular Joomla Open Source Software (OSS) regular security updates are necessary to avoid hacking vulnerabilities. Details about the FPB hacking are as yet unknown, and at the time of publication the hacking message still displayed on all web pages. It is not clear when the website will be restored. The FPB website hacking follows security breaches of the ANC and ANC Youth League websites over the last month. Many ANC Youth League (ANCYL) visitors were surp

Over the past two years, a shocking  51% of organizations surveyed in a leading industry report have been compromised by a cyberattack.  Yes, over half.  And this, in a world where enterprises deploy  an average of 53 different security solutions  to safeguard their digital domain.  Alarming? Absolutely. A recent survey of CISOs and CIOs, commissioned by Pentera and conducted by Global Surveyz Research, offers a quantifiable glimpse into this evolving battlefield, revealing a stark contrast between the growing risks and the tightening budget constraints under which cybersecurity professionals operate. With this report, Pentera has once again taken a magnifying glass to the state of pentesting to release its annual report about today's pentesting practices. Engaging with 450 security executives from North America, LATAM, APAC, and EMEA—all in VP or C-level positions at organizations with over 1,000 employees—the report paints a current picture of modern security validation prac

Indian Institute of Management (IIM-B) Bangalore website hacked The website of the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore has been hijacked by hackers peddling erectile dysfunction products like Viagra. The website, www.iimb.ernet.in , has been out of service for at least ten days. Cached versions of its home page during the period show the IIM masthead is superceded by ads for purchasing Viagra online without prescriptions.

Pakrail.com database and user details hacked by angel 4k4 4d0r4b13  ! Hacked Database :  https://pastebin.com/y6WQ1Qrr

3 university websites database exploited by FR0664/FCA sci.nu.ac.th - Faculty Of Science - Naresuan University Thaïland https://pastebin.com/Yv8iuUPY frsr.utn.edu.ar - Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Santa Fe https://pastebin.com/pXLQYmMH eswap.ca - Where You Swap To Gain https://pastebin.com/RvNLzHYq

Yahoo! PH Purple Hunt 2.0 Ad Compromised ! Earlier the other day, I was browsing through the Yahoo! PH site and the Yahoo! Purple Hunt 2.0 ad caught my attention. Curious as I am, I clicked on the ad and surprisingly my browser downloaded a suspicious file named com.com. Apparently this ad redirected me to a randomly generated URL similar to the following which, unfortunately, led to the malicious download: hxxp://want6.{BLOCKED}.com/se/3da19bea8f9c03e96c9b1acad9cce5a88a2244f0a34d69 c09b8d3198b2797726789be0228c0df3c762ed088a2327b07f4a183fa6fa753b0acfd7f0afc2d2b 13b801ba978269fcda413f53e/960b0a2a/com.com hxxp://nose8.{BLOCKED}.com/se/3da19bea8f9c03e96c9b1acad9cce5a88a2244f0a34d69c 09b8d3198b2797726789be0228c0df3c762ed088a2327b07f4a183fa6fa753b0acfd7f0afc2d2b 13b801ba978269fcda413f53e/960b0a2a/com.com hxxp://letter6.{BLOCKED}.com/se/3da19bea8f9c03e96c9b1acad9cce5a88a2244f0a34d69c0 9b8d3198b2797726789be0228c0f3c762ed088a2327b07f4a183fa6fa753b0acfd7f0afc2d2b13 b801ba978269