All the stories tagged with hacking
Anonymous claims PSN breach, 10M accounts allegedly accessed
08/15/2012, Uh-oh, the Anonymous hacker group has claimed to have hacked the PlayStation Network, or PSN, and downloaded 50GB worth of database that contain user accounts and passwords. From the look of it, a lot of emails are from Sweden, Russia [...]
Hacker exposes the vulnerability of hotel locks used in over 4 million hotel rooms
07/24/2012, We’re sure that you guys have seen movies where hackers have attempted to break into rooms which use security cards by attaching some sort of gizmo to bypass the lock. If you thought that was merely Hollywood’s figment of imagination, [...]
LinkedIn Security Reportedly Breached: User Passwords Potentially At Risk
06/06/2012, Earlier today, security experts have started to warn LinkedIn users that LinkedIn password hashes (an encrypted version of the user password) have been posted on a hacking forum in Russia. The post was asking for help decrypting those hashes, so [...]
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 [...]
