Yup, I was right, Blood in the water...
http://www.databreaches.net/?p=18393
Sony Music Japan hacked through SQL injection flaw
May 24, 2011 by admin
Chester Wisniewski writes:
Another day, another attack on Sony. I reported yesterday on the SQL injection attack exposing user information on SonyMusic.gr and today attackers have found flaws in SonyMusic.co.jp.
The Hacker News sent us a tip this evening documenting a couple of vulnerable web pages on SonyMusic.co.jp that allowed hackers to access their contents through SQL injection.
The good news? The database information that was published does not contain names, passwords or other personally identifiable information. The attackers noted that there are two other databases on the site that are vulnerable and it remains unclear whether they contain sensitive information.
Read more on Naked Security.
(Related)
http://www.databreaches.net/?p=18396
Sony Ericsson Got Hacked by Idahca (Lebanese hacker Group) (update1)
May 24, 2011 by admin
From Hacker News:
Again, DAMN … Whats Going on with Sony ?.. Idahca (Lebanese hacker Group) hack The database of ca.eshop.sonyericsson.com with a simple sql injection. Two attacks on Sony in one day. Today’s Morning LulzSec Leak Sony’s Japanese websites Database and Now Sony Ericsson’s Eshop Database Hacked. Email, Password and names of 1000′s of users are exposed via text file on pastebin.
Read more on Hacker News.
Update: PCWorld reports that 2,000 users’ data were involved in the breach.
'cause my Computer Security students should learn something!
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/combat-wifi-security-risks-connecting-public-network/
How To Combat WiFi Security Risks When Connecting To A Public Network
… Let’s have a look at the exact WiFi security risks of public networks, and the solutions available to counter those risks.
So, is increased power usage now “Probable Cause” (for a pot growing warrant) or just “Possible Cause?”
Increased Power Usage Leads to Mistaken Pot Busts for Bitcoin Miners
"The Canadian town of Mission, BC has a bylaw that allows the town's Public Safety Inspection Team to search people's homes for grow ops if they are using more than 93 kWh of electricity per day. There have allegedly been reports floating in IRC of two different cases of police showing up at a Bitcoin miner's residence with a search warrant. Ohio police and the DEA file at least 60 subpoenas each month for energy-use records of people suspected of running an indoor pot growing operation. DEA Agent Anthony Marotta said high electricity usage does not always mean the residence is an indoor pot farm and has surprised federal agents. 'We thought it was a major grow operation ... but this guy had some kind of business involving computers. I don't know how many computer servers we found in his home.'"
Now isn't that interesting – Congress is exempt from Insider Trading rules?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/24/members-of-congress-get-a_n_866387.html
Members of Congress Get Abnormally High Returns From Their Stocks
Four university researchers examined 16,000 common stock transactions made by approximately 300 House representatives from 1985 to 2001, and found what they call "significant positive abnormal returns," with portfolios based on congressional trades beating the market by about 6 percent annually.
What's their secret? The report speculates, but does not conclude, it could have something to do with the ability members of Congress have to trade on non-public information or to vote their own pocketbooks -- or both.
Perspective.
YouTube Turns 6 Years Old, Daily Views Shoot Up To 3 Billion (Yes, 3 Billion. Daily.)
YouTube says global daily views have gone up 50 percent in the past 12 months, which means they currently handle a whopping 3 billion views per day.
To put that in some perspective: comScore said last week that the total U.S. Internet audience engaged in roughly 5.1 billion viewing sessions for the entire month of April 2011 (which also tells you something about YouTube’s global appeal).
Or as the company puts it in the blog post:
“That’s the equivalent of nearly half the world’s population watching a YouTube video each day, or every U.S. resident watching at least nine videos a day.”
Also worth noting: YouTube says it has exceeded over 48 hours of video uploaded to the site every single minute (which, they add, represents a 100 percent increase year over year).
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