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Another one bites the dust: Sony PlayStation's website is the latest victim of the mass SQL attacks. Some users of the Sony PlayStation network may have had their passwords changed and personal information exposed through unauthorized access, the gaming platform provider has disclosed. Finnish security vendor F-Secure has announced a partnership with mobile phone company Sony Ericsson to supply mobile security to selected smartphone devices. Sony's Microvault USB memory key deploy software that could render users vulnerable to a malware attack, security vendor F-Secure claimed. Sony is reportedly planning to issue a patch later this month which will remove software installed by its Micro Vault USB thumb drives.
UTM vendor Fortinet has released a free software application to help users recover from the recently discovered ‘Curse of Silence’ or ‘CurseSMS’ mobile attack.
Protecting users from internet-borne threats falls on trusted websites, says Overstock's Sam Peterson. Dan Kaplan reports. Want to make your endpoints and servers more secure, and easier to manage? Researcher Dan Kaminsky said he has discovered a browser vulnerability that potentially puts millions of users of wireless routers and other web-facing devices at risk to a domain name system (DNS) attack. A mobile phone worm propagating through the phone numbers of users' address books is spreading in the wild across popular SymbianOS smartphone devices, security vendor Fortinet has warned. Online campaign group Moveon.org has started to organise a protest against Facebook's new advertising plans. Manhunt 2 has been hacked just 24 hours after going on sale to show violent scenes that were blocked by the censors.. Germany will be the first country to wield tighter control of the user information posted on Wikipedia. Sony-BMG Entertainment has been under fire from a blogger-fueled media storm after the discovery of spyware-like technology in its CDs. Windows security expert Mark Russinovich first revealed the existence of a rootkit device on 20 of Sony’s musical selections in late October, and within days trojan writers were taking advantage of the cloaking technology to gain access to PCs. A handful of internet weblogs called for boycotts of Sony products less than a month before the holiday shopping season was about to begin, and on Nov. 13 Sony released a statement saying it would withdraw the application from its CD-Roms. Business PC users were concerned the cloaking technology could lead to the compromise of sensitive corporate information, voicing their concerns in a November Sophos poll that showed 98 percent of enterprise users felt the digital rights management technology was a threat. There have been few mobile phone viruses so far, but as more handsets use WiFi and bluetooth, is it just a matter of time? Mark Mayne reports. Sony BMG Entertainment has settled with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges the entertainment giant violated federal law when it surreptitiously installed digital rights management software on CDs last year. Researchers have discovered the first trojan to take advantage of Sony's controversial copy protection software. Online multiplayer games are at increasing risk from hackers, according to a Microsoft security development engineer. Security experts issued a warning about the fast growing problem of pornography being accessed via devices such the new video-enabled Apple iPod or Sony PSP. New York state Attorney General Elliot Spitzer has added his 2 cents to the Sony-BMG Entertainment rootkit controversy, scolding retailers who still have CD-Roms containing the application on their shelves.