Sony's New Woes: Phishing Site Found on Server

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Sony is once again dealing with an apparent security breach -- this time a phishing attack on its Thai website. Earlier this morning, security company F-Secure posted a screen shot of a phishing site targeting an Italian bank that appeared to be housed under the hdworld.sony.co.th domain.

F-Secure posted a screen shot of a phishing site targeting an Italian bank, housed on a Sony server.

F-Secure notes that this latest continuance of Sony's security and public relations woes is certainly bad news for the company but has nothing to do with the initial, massive PSN breach. "Basically this means that Sony has been hacked, again. Although in this case the server is probably not very important. Sony has been notified."

F-Secure's Mikko H. Hyppönen later told thenextweb.com that it was possible the hacked sub-domain might actually be hosted by a third-party.

"I believe this particular site might run on some ad agency's IP address. Nevertheless, it's under Sony's name, so technically, it's Sony's server."

When I checked just moments ago, the URL indicated in the screen shot returned a 404 error, so it seems Sony, or someone, moved rather quickly to take down the site.

Sony has already been warning users to be on the lookout for possible spearfishing attacks from hackers attempting to use information gained in the original PSN attack to try and pry more valuable information from users such as credit card numbers. But it seems the magnifying glass on the company following the PSN hack is turning up an ongoing series of smaller vulnerabilities in Sony's security armor.

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[Ambrocious]

Let me be clear about something here. This is meant to be an example to the world. Obviously, whoever is vastly responsible for doing all of this to SONY is on an onslaught to bring it down to show to the world just how insecure the internet really is. I myself rarely have security issues so I can't say I have the same woes but obviously...this is meant to be a false flag kind of example for the internet to be pushed towards a more secure (dictatorial) form of censored internet. It's all about control and power. I'm willing to bet that some people in high places are responsible for this fiasco regarding SONY.

[HX1]

Well you never know do you... But I will say that the last thing anyone really probably should do is go about saying what it is or isn't.. only the responsible can define it as it is and even at that there just simply may not be words for it..

Many things can be stated in factual information regarding the outlying elements of the ones who wrote the sites and several other aspects... about persevering t really achieve the goals, and objectives and to exceed.. go above and beyond.. to offer great things while we are here.. for that purpose.. not about the greed... or pride...but really.. The one big example of what this is too is SONY.. not the rest of the world.. or anything else.. Remember that... We can effect change everywhere sometimes by small things and sometimes when empowered to do so.. maybe even more... I mean really Boston Tea Party on the docks.. LOL

Maybe it will spawn more intelligence into the world of the Internet.. maybe people will start to gain some knowledge so addressing not just issues of Copyright infringement and fair use.. but also of other areas...abuse of power, war, fighting... it usually only gets one thing in return and it winds up being other things that decide the results.. but its what we are left with in the end.. it always better to plan for the future and look ahead... Move forward from with what we know..

BUT yes.. boycots.. movements..and statements like ...at the beginning about how they should be more worried about their security .. It just says it all... ;)