Sony issued a public apology to “Grand Theft Auto 5” developer Rockstar Games and to fans of the blockbuster video game franchise last weekend after copies of the game that were downloaded from the EU PlayStation Store were prematurely opened by hackers. Whilst the hackers were not able to get the entire game up and running, they did manage to extract critical audio and video files containing details about the “Grand Theft Auto 5” storyline and soundtrack. Naturally “GTA” fans were shocked to see details about the highly anticipated “Grand Theft Auto 5” begin to trickle across gaming forums late last week, especially those who had pre-ordered the game which is due for official release on September 17 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Hacking
Penetration testing: BBC demonstrates hackers can access web-cams
Hackers can actually look at you through your web-cam and listen to what’s going on in your workplace or even meetings. Are you aware of this? Penetration testing or “pen testing” is aimed at particularly identifying the points of reference where a hacker maybe accessing your infrastructure. A penetration test will start to identify with your systems weaknesses and omissions and using this information will penetrate deeper into your network to point the exact issues.