All the stories tagged with: hacking
Spy computer is small enough to fit in an Altoids tin box
04/18/2012, Seeing someone carrying around a tin of mints can hardly be called suspicious. However if that tin of mints has an ethernet cable sticking out at one end, that’s when you should probably start getting a bit worried. Kevin Bong, [...]
European Union’s proposal could make the production or use of hacking tools illegal
04/06/2012, While the term hacking usually comes with a bad connotation attached, there are good hackers out there, also known as white hats, who use their hacking skills for good. This comes in the form of testing out security for companies [...]
Cheap graphics cards help crack passwords
10/05/2011, Do you happen to be in possession of some rather nifty hacking knowledge, and also a £30 graphics card lying around the basement somewhere? If you answered “Yes” on both accounts, then good – chances are you are already equipped [...]
Paypal Hack: Javascript hacking intercepts PayPal information
09/21/2011, It seems that there is a new JavaScript hacking tool hanging around that is capable of intercepting your PayPal account, not to mention other supposedly “secure” sessions. This coming Friday, two security researchers will work to deliver a hacking tool [...]
Transform your HTC Sensation into the Sensation XE
09/20/2011, We reported last week that HTC had plans to introduce the HTC Sensation XE, an Android device that’s basically an upgrade to the HTC Sensation, and at the same time would be sporting Beats Audio technology integrated into it. If [...]
Ford and Bug Labs want you to hack your cars with OpenXC
09/12/2011, When people talk about tuning up or playing around with their cars – it usually involves chop shops and modifications to the car’s body and stuff under the hood. Rarely you will hear about people hacking the car’s electronics to [...]
Sony hires new chief information security officer
09/06/2011, This is an interesting trend – Sony has decided to hire a former official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for their latest post created – that of chief information security officer. This takes place a few months after [...]
Droid Bionic rooted a week before its release
09/02/2011, If you’re the type of Android user who only buys a device if it can be rooted, you may want to consider the Motorola Droid Bionic as your next purchase. The device is expected to launch on the 8th of [...]
New method to defend against “man in the middle” attacks
08/22/2011, It appears that man in the middle attacks was a hot topic at the DefCon security conference this year, and it seems that researchers, Nickolai Zeldovich and Dina Katabi at MIT have come up with a simple and effective defense [...]
SpyEye hacker toolkit might be cause of cyberattack increase
08/22/2011, The premier hacker’s toolkit known as SpyEye has recently been made available to all aspiring cybercriminals, and in view of this, security analysts have sounded the alarms – although it is a sad thing to look forward to an uptick [...]
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee system hacked, personal information stolen
08/12/2011, It seems that being a hacker is the “in” thing these days – and the latest victim reported in the news would be the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), where their computer was hacked and rigged with malicious software, resulting in [...]
[Updated] Anonymous to “kill” Facebook come November 5th?
08/10/2011, Ever needed a reason to make the jump to Google+ permanent and exclusive? Well it seems that the hacker group Anonymous has just declared war on Facebook, claiming that they will “destroy” Facebook come November the 5th, which just so [...]
Researchers manage to hack mobile data communications
08/10/2011, Researchers are rather stoked to show off their skills and technical know-how in breaking the encryption which was actually put in place to protect information sent over the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS). GPRS is the standard which is commonly [...]
