5-year-old Boy discovers Microsoft Xbox Password Bypass vulnerability

A 5-year-old San Diego boy managed to hack one of the most popular gaming systems in the world, Xbox and has now been acknowledged as a security researcher by Microsoft. Kristoffer Von Hassel uncovered a vulnerability in Xbox Live's password system, that would allow someone to log into a Xbox...

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Law Enforcement Requests Report: No Skype Data Turned Over

Microsoft’s report on compliance with law enforcement requests for data demonstrates a status quo for the software giant from the last reporting period. While the number of requests from law enforcement dropped worldwide in the first six months of 2013, Microsoft complied with 79 percent of...

Russian hacker illegally ported Xbox LIVE Arcade Game to PC

A Russian hacker who goes by the handle "Barabus" on the GameDev.ru forums illegally crack Xbox Live Arcade game The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, developed by Ska Studios and port it on PC. He claimed that he was justified in illegal cracking: "This is not piracy, this is restoration of justice. Th...

Russian hacker illegally ported Xbox LIVE Arcade Game to PC

A Russian hacker who goes by the handle “Barabus” on the GameDev.ru forums illegally crack Xbox Live Arcade game The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, developed by Ska Studios and port it on PC. He claimed that he was justified in illegal cracking: “This is not piracy, this is restoration of justice. Th...

Ubisoft's uPlay service hacked, Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon Leaked

Russian hackers have figured out a way to download free games from Ubisoft's servers, exploiting an existing vulnerability in Ubisoft's uPlay launcher. According to reports, the copies of Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon that are available on torrent sites are the result of a hack of Ubisoft's uPlay servic...

Hackers Compromise The War Z Forum, Game Databases

Hackers compromised the forum and game database of the massively multiplayer online game, The War Z, forcing the game’s producer OP Productions to temporarily take the game and its forum offline. In a security alert issued yesterday, OP Productions informed The War Z players of the breach and...

Hacker raided by FBI after leaking Microsoft next Xbox release information

FBI agents this week raided the home of a Australian hacker who recently leaked a slew of details about Microsoft's next release of Xbox console. "They just took all my computers my hard drives, all of my technology, they took my bank cards, credit cards, bank statements," he said. He had claimed...

Hacker raided by FBI after leaking Microsoft next Xbox release information

FBI agents this week raided the home of a Australian hacker who recently leaked a slew of details about Microsoft's next release of Xbox console. “They just took all my computers my hard drives, all of my technology, they took my bank cards, credit cards, bank statements,” he said. He had claimed...

MyBB Profile Xbox Live ID SQL Injection Vulnerability

Profile Xbox Live ID allows you to add your xbl gamertag to your profile. Title: MyBB Profile Xbox Live ID SQL Injection Vendor: http://mods.mybb.com/view/profile-xbox-live-id Author: Josephvb10 Exploit Author: n3urot0xin Code: function profilexliupdate$xli global $mybb; if isset$mybb-input'xli'...

MyBB Xbox Live ID Post SQLi & Persistent XSS Vulnerabilities

Exploit for php platform in category web applications MyBB Xbox Live ID Post SQLi & Persistent XSS This a really easy one to exploit, user input is not sanitized at all and so is injected into the database as the following lines: if isset$mybb-input'xli' $xli-userupdatedata'xli' = $mybb-input'xli...

Trouble for Borderlands 2 Players

Some XBOX Live users have violated the online gaming platform’s code of conduct by using a malicious application that allowed them to permanently kill off the characters of other players in the popular ‘Borderlands 2’ video game. On a forum run by the game’s software developer Gearbox, a communit...

April 2012 – Xbox Credit Card Hack

Microsoft, makers of the ubiquitous Xbox gaming console are still looking into an issue with the device’s hard drive that could allow attackers to collect sensitive information about prior users. The investigation started after a group of students from Dakota State University allegedly recovered...

From Atari to Steam

The past year has seen a sharp increase in attacks aimed at online gaming platforms and game makers. In fact, there was a point last summer, in the wake of Sony’s Playstation Network outage, when it seemed like no video game company was safe from hackers – whether they be ideologically motivated...

Navy Hires Contractor to Data-Mine Gaming Consoles

The U.S. Navy recently hired an outside contractor, Obscure Technologies, to develop computer forensics tools capable of analyzing network traffic and stored data on gaming consoles. The contract, valued at $177,237.50, calls on Obscure Technologies to create hardware and software tools that can ...

Microsoft to Investigate Alleged Xbox Credit Card Hack

Microsoft is looking into a potential security issue affecting its Xbox 360 video game console this week after a group of college students claimed they were able to extract the credit card information of a console’s previous owner from the machine. Ashley Podhradsky, Rob D’Ovidio, and Cindy Casey...

Your Xbox 360 credit card details Vulnerable to Hack

Your Xbox 360 credit card details Vulnerable to Hack It has been discovered by researchers at Philadelphia's Drexel University, that credit card data on older Xbox 360 systems that have been traded in or sold on. Hackers can now retrieve personal information from refurbished Xbox consoles,...

Your Xbox is Watching You

Last year researchers from Cornell took a Microsoft Xbox and tweaked its Kinect motion sensing device to analyze what exactly people are doing – be it brushing their teeth, cooking or writing. The device is based around a webcam-like peripheral that uses a RGBD Red, Green, Blue, Depth camera...

Malware for xbox Kinect created by 15 years old Indian researchers

Malware for xbox Kinect created by 15 years old Indian researchers Indian researchers from MalCon have created a malware that utlizes Microsoft Kinect to secretly capture pictures and upload to a picasa account. A 15year old Indian security researcher 'Shantanu Gawde' from MalCon Research has...

XBox Security Chief Says Account Hacks Linked To Phishing, Resale Schemes

In a pattern that is becoming more common, hackers are hijacking XBox Live accounts, then tricking them out with expansion modules and other add-ons before trying to resell them to unwitting third parties. Recent XBox Live account hijacks are most likely the product of phishing and identity theft...