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In very troubling news it appears that Sony has been hacked again. This time a group that calls themselves “Lulz Security” claims that not only was the database breached by using a simple SQL injection attack but also that the passwords were stored in plain text. If this is true, storing the passwords in plain […]

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A serious SQL injection vulnerability was reported on Vbulletin (4.0.x, 4.1.0, 4.1.1 and 4.1.2) last month and we are starting to see it being used to attack and infect forums using it. The vulnerability is very simple and explained here: Multiple vBulletin Products ‘Search Multiple Content Types’ SQL Injection Vulnerability   Multiple vBulletin products are […]

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In the latest politically motivated attack related to the Wikileaks saga, a group that calls themselves LulzSec has hacked the Public Broadcast Service (PBS). PBS is the American public television network most famous for the creation of Sesame Street. In addition to dumping numerous SQL databases through a SQL injection attack, LulzSec injected a new […]

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