[ad] Ah finally some proof of the mythical Playstation 3 exploit released publicly. Sadly as always the lack of sales on the PS3 can be partially attributed to the lack of a homebrew scene (aka ability to pirate games). There have been rumours and some speculation about the PS3 finally being exploited with news breaking […]
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Smart Grid Security Risks – Not So Smart Electricity Meters
[ad] You might recall we’ve discussed the security of Industrial Control Systems before, the latest ‘evolution’ is the so called Smart Grid. Which in all honestly, doesn’t seem to be very smart at all. In basic terms they are trying to turn the power-grid into a two way communication medium so consumers homes can report […]
Military Communications Hacking – Script Kiddy Style
[ad] Ah now this is interesting..and scary in a way. Script Kiddies with guns! Script kiddies going to war, or is it turning soldiers into script kiddies. Who knows. Anyway, the US military has decided to make their soldiers walking hackers, with an all-in-one super hacking device that can penetrate satellite signals, VoIP networks and […]
Ensuring Data Security During Hardware Disposal
[ad] After our recent story about the trading of BlackBerries for data theft the issue has emerged again this time more towards the secure disposal of data stored on PC hard disks. If a company or organisation has a decent data/information security policy in place (Like ISO27001 for example) they should have a secure destruction/disposal […]
Explosion Of BlackBerry Trading In Nigeria – Data Theft
[ad] The number of Crackberry Blackberry users is increasing exponentially – especially since they released the much sexier Bold and the latest touch-screen Storm. The latest revelation is that used BlackBerries are being traded, not by the value of the phone but by the value of the data contained on the phone! It just shows […]