To carry out the attack, Kretsinger allegedly used a proxy server to disguise his computer's IP address, then obtained confidential information from Sony's network using an SQL injection - a technique used by hackers to exploit vulnerabilities and steal information, according to the FBI.
What they sometimes forget is that many NGOs operate with financial contributions and donations from individuals and very large institutions, and they provide an easy gateway for hackers to exploit this perceived gap.
Bugcrowd is built on the premise that it's better to dangle a cash reward to a group of people competing to find bugs in a preemptive fashion, then to let the software got out in the world with an unknown opening for hackers to exploit.
Or the app might just be poorly designed, allowing hackers to exploit a security deficiency and insert malware on your phone when you visit a dodgy Web site or perhaps click on nefarious attachments or links in e-mails.
Unless we are prepared to live with the consequences of inadvertently enabling foreign nations and hackers to exploit a government-mandated backdoor, we must shift the national dialogue to examining how law enforcement can effectively use and secure the data it already has access to.
Your date of birth is an important piece of personal information for hackers to exploit.
The US National Cyber Security Division gave it a score of 10 out of 10 for severity and a complexity rating of low – meaning it is easy for hackers to exploit.
Meant to save money, this combination poses risks because it might enable hackers to exploit flaws in the Web server to gain access to a company's database.
But defects invariably provide security holes for malicious hackers to exploit.
