playstation hack | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Sat, 14 May 2011 08:32:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png playstation hack | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Playstation hack came from Amazon EC2 https://www.kitguru.net/channel/carl/playstation-hack-came-from-amazon-ec2/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/carl/playstation-hack-came-from-amazon-ec2/#respond Sat, 14 May 2011 08:32:42 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=45079 Bloomberg news have reported that the hackers who breached the Sony Playstation Network security used Amazon's web services cloud to launch the attack. According to the story, the hacker(s) rented a server from Amazon's EC2 service and breached the network from there, mentioning an unnamed person with knowledge of the matter. The hackers obviously supplied …

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Bloomberg news have reported that the hackers who breached the Sony Playstation Network security used Amazon's web services cloud to launch the attack.

According to the story, the hacker(s) rented a server from Amazon's EC2 service and breached the network from there, mentioning an unnamed person with knowledge of the matter. The hackers obviously supplied fake information to Amazon. This account has subsequently been closed.

Amazon and Sony have yet to comment on these claims. Bloomberg have not detailed how Amazon's Cloud was used to handle the attack on Sony, but it would appear that Amazon's Cloud has been used before for similar activities.

Thomas Roth, a german security researcher highlighted that by tapping into the EC2 service, he could crack Wi-Fi passwords in a fraction of the time of using his own computing equipment. For a cost of around £1 he used special ‘Cluster GPU Instances' of the Amazon Cloud to carry out brute force cracks which allowed him to access a WPA-PSK protected network in about 20 minutes.

Another famous instance with the ZeuS banking trojan used similar methods, tapping into the Amazon service as a command and control channel which could issue updates and instructions to computers which were infected by the malware.

Sony have not yet commented saying “We’re continuing to work with law enforcement in an ongoing investigation into the situation. As such, we will not comment further on this matter.”

KitGuru says: Using the cloud to mount attacks. Its rather devious and just as clever.

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Sony admit credit cards may be at risk from PSN hack https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/slyvia/sony-admit-credit-cards-may-be-at-risk-from-psn-hack/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/slyvia/sony-admit-credit-cards-may-be-at-risk-from-psn-hack/#respond Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:48:48 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=43240 Sony have finally admitted that the recent system hack might have compromised their customers credit card information. Sony are coming under attack from the public for taking so long to release information on the ‘intrusion' which happened between April the 17th and 19th. This recent hack has caused a week long outage for the company …

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Sony have finally admitted that the recent system hack might have compromised their customers credit card information. Sony are coming under attack from the public for taking so long to release information on the ‘intrusion' which happened between April the 17th and 19th.

This recent hack has caused a week long outage for the company and recent information appears to be highlighting that it could continue for another week. As many as 75 million people worldwide use this network to play online games and to download movies, TV episodes and game demos.

Sony have said they will be issuing an email to all account holders advising those who gave their credit card information to either PSN or Sony's new Qriocity music system that hackers may have gotten their credit card details and expiration date, however the security code looks to be safe.

“While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility,” Patrick Seybold, senior director of corporate communications and social media, said in a statement on Sony's official PlayStation blog.

He did admit that an authorised person (or person's' as the case might be) has received personal information including birth date and email addresses. He added that PSN members should be on the alert for sophisicated email, telephone and postal scams that could be asking for personal information.

Users should also change their passwords on services and accounts that might use the same user name or password as their PSN account. He said “We encourage you to remain vigilant, to review your account statements and to monitor your credit reports.”

Whatever way this unfolds, Sony have a huge public issue to deal with due to this. Many people have already lost faith in the companies security system while others are furious that it has taken Sony so long to come public about something they clearly knew about a week ago.

KitGuru says: The Sony brand name has been seriously tarnished over the last week. We can see a lot of customers walking away from the online network. Could this even cause an increase in Xbox 360 sales over the next couple of months?

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