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by Published on April 28th, 2011 21:42- Categories:
- Apple iPhone
Granted that iPhone 3G is about 3 years old but some of us who still have it are tempted to update it to iOS 4 for the folders, threaded e-mail and iBooks even if it means jail-breaking the phone. Unfortunately though, as it turns out, it's really not worth the hassle. Not only does the update slow the phone, in some cases by a fraction of a second and in others much more, but it's a nightmare to downgrade back to iOS 3."http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/0...Lack-Chemistry ...by Published on April 28th, 2011 21:40- Categories:
- PS3 News
A PlayStation 3 owner in Alabama has been the first to initiate a lawsuit against Sony, following the security breachand potential theft of data from the PlayStation Network.
The complaint was filed on behalf of Birmingham, Alabama resident Kristopher Johns, in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Johns is asking for the lawsuit to be raised to a class action, which if granted would allow any US PlayStation Network user to become a plaintiff in the case.
The details of the lawsuit, as first reported by CNET, cover the basics of the case as already reported. Sony is accused of not taking, "reasonable care to protect, encrypt, and secure the private and sensitive data of its users".
Sony is also accused of taking too long to notify customers of the seriousness of the problem and that personal information was at risk. This, argues the lawsuit, made it impossible for customers to, "make an informed decision as to whether to change credit card numbers, close the exposed accounts, check their credit reports, or take other mitigating actions".
Johns is seeking compensation and free credit reporting services - the latter something which US Senator Richard Blumenthal has already demanded from Sony for all US customers.
Although Sony has already been heavily criticised on both of the lawsuit's two main complaints so far there is still no evidence of fraud or misuse of any stolen data. If such evidence does emerge then Sony's position could weaken significantly.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ver-psn-breach
...by Published on April 28th, 2011 21:37
Security experts have attempted to estimate the cost of the ongoing PlayStation Network security scandal to Sony, with suggestions ranging from around $20 million to $24 billion.
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, speaking to websiteShacknews, suggests that PSN generates around $10 million in revenues and $3 million in profits per week. The service has already been down for over a week now.
However, Pachter's estimate does not take into account indirect losses from reduced customer confidence in the service and nor does he address the question of legal compensation. In his opinion though: "If they offer some free stuff and continue to follow up, this will all be forgotten in a few months."
According to data security research firm The Ponemon Institute, as quoted by Forbes, the average cost of a data breach involving a criminal act is currently $318 per record.
Forbes suggests that with 77 million registered accounts worldwide this creates a potential cost to Sony of over $24 billion.
US streaming video service Hulu has already offered subscribers one week's credit as a result of the service downtime, with website Kotaku reporting that Sony Online Entertainment will offer a range of special events and compensations this weekend for titles DC Universe Online and Free Realms.
In related news, reports suggest that Sony is asking developers to install new SDKs (software development kits) on their PlayStation 3 development kits during the PSN downtime.
According to Gamasutra the new SDKs include advanced security features, meant to avoid any repeat of the current problems.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-USD24-billion
...by Published on April 28th, 2011 21:36
Sony has claimed that credit card data stored on the PlayStation Network was encrypted and that there is still no evidence that credit card information has been stolen following last week's security breach of the online service.
Although on Tuesday Sony admitted that it could not rule out the possibility that credit card data had been taken, there is still no suggestion that the breach has been that serious.
The entire credit card table was encrypted and we have no evidence that credit card data was taken.
Sony
According to an update on the official PlayStation Blog, "All of the data was protected, and access was restricted both physically and through the perimeter and security of the network. The entire credit card table was encrypted and we have no evidence that credit card data was taken.
"The personal data table, which is a separate data set, was not encrypted, but was, of course, behind a very sophisticated security system that was breached in a malicious attack."
While Sony still cannot guarantee that credit card information, encrypted or otherwise, was not taken it continues to offer the same advice to customers: " If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained."
"Keep in mind, however that your credit card security code (sometimes called a CVC or CSC number) has not been obtained because we never requested it from anyone who has joined the PlayStation Network or Qriocity, and is therefore not stored anywhere in our system."
The protection of credit card data could be the first positive news for Sony during the ongoing scandal, but the admission that personal data was not encrypted could still prove damaging.
This data has already been confirmed as compromised and would be of significant use to criminals in terms of identity theft and as an aid to phishing scams.
Yesterday it was revealed that the Information Commissioner's Office in the UK is to quiz Sony over its online security arrangements.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-was-encrypted
...by Published on April 28th, 2011 21:34
In the aftermath of Sony's PlayStation Network breach, security expert LogRhythm has warned that organisations do not place enough importance on user data, and a culture of "inherited apathy" can exist towards valuable personal information.
This week Sony admitted that over 75 million PlayStation Network accounts have been compromised, with the platform holder unable to determine whether credit card details have been stolen.
And today it admitted that personal information including user's email address, passwords and online IDs were not encrypted.
Bearing in mind that 80 percent of attacks are from insiders, who is the most likely person to have been able to conduct or assist with this attack?
Martin Landless, LogRhythm
"Personal details such as names and addresses have long been seen as unimportant assets and as an organisation's services grow, the inherited apathy - or insufficient risk assessment - can prevail," Martin Landless, technical director of international markets at LogRhythm toldGamesIndustry.biz.
"When this information is combined with dates of birth and credit card numbers, the value and potential to lead to further attacks increases exponentially. Even if the passwords were encrypted, the method used may not have been strong enough to ensure they remained secure."
While the current focus is on the violation of the PlayStation Network, Landless questioned whether the perpetrators were able to access other classified Sony information.
"What other systems did they access during that period? Is there a possibility that intellectual property has been compromised such as new specifications for PlayStation 4?"
He also pointed out that the majority of hacks are committed by internal staff, not outside forces.
"Bearing in mind the 80/20 rule that 80 percent of attacks are from insiders, who is the most likely person to have been able to conduct or assist with this attack?
"One would imagine there would be multiple external perimeters to compromise, and monitoring should have been conducted on these layers. There may not have been so many detection mechanisms within the network for a trusted administrator."
Sony has been criticised for not informing users sooner that their details had been compromised. Landless said that the company may not have been aware of the scale of the attacks and should now monitor security in real-time to improve reaction times.
"There is a very good chance it was unaware of the scale of the problem. Many organisations have a poor understanding of what is happening across their IT infrastructure, making it difficult to identify security incidents when they occur and the root causes responsible.
"There is often too much focus on the traditional security products that attempt to build a fence around the IT estate," he added. "Repeated high profile incidents of data loss have proven that these solutions are not infallible and are not enough to ensure network security.
"Sony needs to accept the inevitability of data breaches and take new courses of action to prevent similar incidents. It is now essential that systems are in place that can recognise breaches in real-time so that appropriate action can be taken immediately. Sony needs to automate and centralise the collection and analysis of 100 percent of its data logs, so that any aberration can be detected and investigated as it occurs."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ards-user-data
...by Published on April 28th, 2011 21:32- Categories:
- PSP News,
- PS3 News,
- PS2 News,
- Nintendo DS News,
- Nintendo 3DS News,
- Nintendo Wii News,
- Xbox 360 News
After only one week of trailing the 3DS the PSP is once again the best-selling hardware platform in Japan, as Nintendo DS titles take the number one and two spots in the software charts.
The PSP has been the only major format affected by supply problems since the Japanese earthquake disaster, with websiteAndriasang suggesting that the system is still selling out quickly as new stock arrives.
As a result this week sales more than doubled to 49,427 - including 265 sales for the PSPgo. The 3DS though continued its slow decent, shedding another 5,000 unit sales for a total of 23,038.
The PlayStation 3 also saw a drop in sales, of around 3,000 units, to 22,265. Combined sales for the Nintendo DS family of consoles stood at 13,561, while the Wii slipped a few hundred to 7,866.
The top-selling software title of the week was DS hardware bundle Battle & Get! Pokémon Typing DS, which comes packaged with a full QWERTY keyboard. The game includes a number of Pokémon themed mini-games aimed at teaching typing skills - a surprisingly common spin-off concept in Japan that has previous encompassed franchises such as Street Fighter and The House of the Dead.
Battle & Get! sold 59,363 units on its debut, below the 100,000 minimum usually expected for a number one title in Japan - although the higher unit price will have compensated for this to a degree.
The second-highest new entry of the week was a new DS tie-in to anime Detective Conan at number six, with the Namco Bandai title selling 19,786 units over the course of the week.
Spike's new action title GachiTora! Sold 13,560 units at number seven, while Zipper Interactive's SOCOM 4 (aka SOCOM: Special Forces) debuted at number eight with 12,613 units sold. This is a much higher initial chart position than the game earned in its recent UK release.
Rounding out the charts is hardcore 2D shooter Otomedius Excellent from Konami on the Xbox 360, with 10,502 units sold.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...again-in-japan ...by Published on April 28th, 2011 21:27- Categories:
- Xbox 360 News
It was pretty much certain anyway, but Microsoft has put the official stamp on tomorrow's much-rumoured release of Hulu Plus on Xbox 360.
For those of you that live under a rock, or somewhere with no technology - like Peterborough or something - Hulu is a video streaming service that beams out shows from US networks ABC, Comedy Central, FOX, NBC, MTV and more.
On any normal day, the service will be restricted to Xbox Live Gold users and will cost $7.99 a month. Better cough up those coins.
But for the first week it'll be open and free to all who fancy a try. From April 29 to May 6 anyone with a Gamertag (in US of course, since Hulu is a US-only service) will be able to log in and start watching TV shows for free.
Isn't that nice?
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS ...by Published on April 28th, 2011 21:26- Categories:
- PS3 News
Studios not told of any such update since the PSN hack, Sony source says
Sony is not updating the PS3 SDK as a counter-measure against the massive data breach that has rocked the PlayStation Network.
No general notice of new SDKs has been issued to studios, nor is one currently available, Develop understands.
Confusion surrounding the matter had arisen yesterday when news reports claimed the SDK update “will provide new security features in response to a massive data leak”.
Since then, Develop has heard from multiple studios who appeared perplexed by the news.
Last week, a notice was sent to some studios that suggested the PS3 SDK would be updated to version 3.6 for general improvements.
That notice was issued before the massive PSN data leak, a Sony development source told Develop.
Yet there remains confusion on the matter, as one independent outfit told Develop that studios currently submitting games to Sony might not be able to do so without the new SDK.
This appears to be incorrect, or unrelated to the issue.
A Sony spokesperson has declined to comment.
On Tuesday, Sony revealed that the data of "possibly all" PSN users had got into the hands of an unauthorised individual.
Usernames, passwords, user locations and other information has been taken in one of the biggest data thefts in history.
Some 70 million PSN customers are thought to have their info compromised.
Encrypted credit card details may have been taken, Sony said.
So far the stolen information has not led to reports of illicit credit card activity or identity theft, Sony claims.
“Not at this point in time,” the firm said on Tuesday.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...-to-PSN-issues
...by Published on April 28th, 2011 21:24
Unless you're some sort of internet surfing ninja, the PlayStation Network news has been hard to avoid. Sony's online platform provides online gaming, new video game, movie and music content to millions - and it has been hit hard by nefarious hackers.
While we can all live without playing online for a few days, the PSN hacking fallout may have bigger repercussions. Earlier this week Sony issued achilling official statement confirming that the personal information of its users had been compromised as a result of the illegal "intrusion".
It admitted, much to consumers' horror: "We believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birth date, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID".
While there is no evidence at this time that any credit card data was used fraudulently, the possibility cannot be ruled out. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, an "abundance of caution" is advised.
Sony has said it hopes to restore PlayStation Network services within a week - but the question is... will you go back?
With the service and personal details compromised on such a broad and fundamental level will you be able to once again place your sensitive information in Sony's hands after being burned? Are you thinking it might be time to jump ship and join Xbox Live? Or are you confident that Sony will be able to address the security issues once and for all and are happy to forgive, forget, and go on enjoying the PlayStation Network's multiplayer gaming and content offerings?
As ever, let us know your thoughts in the comments section below...
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS ...by Published on April 28th, 2011 17:35- Categories:
- PSP News
After some delays (laptop took a dump on me). I've finished a BETA port of the last game in the french Zelda homebrew trilogy; Zelda - Time to Triumph. This is a BETA version, so there could still be bugs.
The sourceforge site is here.
Download the BETA version
Please post any bugs/issues to my Sourceforge forum.
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