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It has been revealed that jailbroken users are susceptible to hacker attacks, should they open SSH access on their iPhone and not change their default password, after performing the jailbreak. According to reports posted by Ars Technica (long version) and 9to5Mac (short version), a hacker can log into one's iPho... |
3 November 2009
05:07 GMT |
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In its most recent blog update, the iPhone Dev Team reveals that PwnageTool 3.1.4 for Mac OS X now supports the 3.1.2 release of the iPhone software for iPhone 2G / 3G / 3GS and iPod Touch 1G / 2G (iPod touch 3G not supported yet). Additional notes are made in the post, including an important piece of advice for iPho... |
14 October 2009
08:44 GMT |
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In computing, Address Space Layout Randomization, or ASLR, is a function that randomly assigns data to the memory to make it more difficult for hackers to locate the critical operating system functions. Charlie Miller of Baltimore-based Independent Security Evaluators and hacker-extraordinaire claims to have found di... |
18 September 2009
10:57 GMT |
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On September 9th, this year, Symantec will be launching its new Internet Security Suite with some innovative, new protection and reporting features. Attacked users will have the option to report real-time attacks and/or attackers to proper authorities, while also being weekly informed of the FBI's top 10 most wa... |
8 September 2009
04:12 GMT |
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SQL injections are ranked as the top vulnerability that hackers tend to go after, in a report by the Web Application Security Consortium (WASC). Hackers went, in the first half of 2009, after social and media websites, due to their large user pools and public exposure. A large number of incidents was recorded for th... |
20 August 2009
07:43 GMT |
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Apple has posted / updated a Support article on its website outlining what a legitimate e-mail from Apple will never ask users to do. This way, they should ensure that they do not hand their personal information to a third party. Apple begins by signaling that an iTunes Store customer will never be asked to provide ... |
30 June 2009
09:21 GMT |
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The restless, code-savvy individuals forming what is known as the iPhone Dev Team can confirm that the iPhone 3G S is just as exploitable as previous-generation models. Owners of the new handset will be able to get their hands on the jailbreak and unlock tools soon, the team reveals. Softpedia, as avid readers should... |
26 June 2009
04:31 GMT |
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Romania-based exosyphen studios has released the iPhone version of its hacking simulation game, Hacker Evolution. The iPhone and iPod touch title challenges players to become computer hackers, go against a network of computers, use viruses or bounce connections through hacked servers and, of course, avoid getting cau... |
26 May 2009
03:48 GMT |
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A hacker claims to have tricked Steve Jobs into entering his credit card information on a fake Amazon.com, a practice commonly known as phishing, or whaling, in the case of celebs like Apple's iconic CEO. “I got myself a hold of this information,” the hacker wrote in an email sent from a secure Hush... |
15 May 2009
07:06 GMT |
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Renowned Mac hacker Charlie Miller, who has won the CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacking contest two years in a row, has now found what is described as a potential security vulnerability in Apple's iPhone.According to a NetworkWorld report, the security analyst at Independent Security Evaluators discovered the possible fl... |
17 April 2009
03:15 GMT |
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Reports say that Apple's iTunes gift card algorithm has been hacked by someone in China. The hackers of Apple’s iTunes store gift vouchers and their local agents alledly make profits by selling $200USD iTunes gift cards for as little as 17.9 RMB - roughly $2.6 USD.Outdustry is reporting that China’s ... |
11 March 2009
04:19 GMT |
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Romania-based exosyphen studios, a well established game development studio, has announced Hacker Evolution: Untold, a hacking simulation title for Mac OS X. In the game, you play the role of a computer hacker in an attempt to change the future of mankind, as we are on the verge of losing everything to computers... |
5 March 2009
08:36 GMT |
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Charlie Miller, the security researcher who won last year’s Pwn2Own hacker contest, expects this year's showdown to be even worse for Apple's web browsing application. According to his predictions, as many as four different individuals may be able to hack Safari this time around. Last year, Miller exp... |
4 March 2009
06:53 GMT |
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We're not going to say “this, you won't believe” because we're saving it for Steve Jobs news. However, you'll most likely find it interesting (to say the least) that an app used to crack legitimate App Store titles has been pirated. Moreover, the guy pirating Crackulous charges for the... |
4 February 2009
05:59 GMT |
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A CNet report reveals that iPhone developer James Bossert was pleasantly surprised to see that his Whack 'em All iPhone game had 400 new users on a given day. His joy rapidly turned into grief when he realized that only 12 handset owners had actually paid the $0.99 price for the app. In other words, only 12 indi... |
14 January 2009
04:47 GMT |
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Independent security researcher Dino Dai Zovi believes Apple's iPhone is at risk, should future versions of the device include Intel's new Moorestown chip package. According to the renowned security expert, an x86 processor makes the iPhone an attractive target for hackers.Moorestown is Intel's upcomin... |
3 November 2008
08:03 GMT |
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It has been revealed that a file posing as a popular iPhone game, ("Penguin Panic") is circulating through spammed e-mails. Users should avoid what Sophos identified as “Troj/Agent-HNY,” being spread via e-mail as an attachment dubbed Penguin.Panic.zip.According to researchers at Sophos, the file contains... |
19 September 2008
09:14 GMT |
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The appeal which aimed at avoiding the extradition of the Briton responsible for what is considered to be the biggest military hack in history was rejected by the European Court of Human Rights, according to The Register. Before even judging the case, the high court decided to step aside from the litigation and did n... |
28 August 2008
08:41 GMT |
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The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) is determined to find out if the media speculations, which said that at least two of the six members of China's gymnastics Olympic team are underage, are true. But the organization that has in sight the right conduct of all gymnastics competitions has even more doubt... |
22 August 2008
09:29 GMT |
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Participants at the DefCon hacking conference, focusing on the latest methods of taking over end users' computers and corporate machines, found out that they had been subjects to a hijack themselves. According to an AFP report, the attendees at the conference were startled by the statements of Tony Kapela and Al... |
13 August 2008
04:31 GMT |
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Not too long ago a hacker group from Turkey, calling themselves the NetDEvilz, managed to redirect traffic from the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) web pages to another site where they claimed that they were in control of the net. The corpora... |
9 July 2008
07:55 GMT |
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A Southwark Crown Court has found Jagmeet Channa guilty of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering, and gave him a total of 16 years incarceration time, 90 months for the defraud and 9 years for money laundering, but the sentences will be served concurrently. It seems that he somehow got hold of his coworkers... |
8 July 2008
11:18 GMT |
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A hacker in Slovenia successfully managed to gain access to nine computers at the University of Nebraska. According to university representatives the incident occurred on the 8th of June and was brought to light the following day. The computers contained info on students and university employees, but no academic dat... |
3 July 2008
11:06 GMT |
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After a recent fall in Lithuanian-Russian relations, several hundred Lithuanian sites have been defaced. On a total of 300 web pages the content was replaced with images of the soviet red flag and anti-Lithuanian slogans and songs. The hacker attack came after Lithuania issued a ban on the soviet flag as well as any... |
30 June 2008
12:16 GMT |
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If you are interested in hacking news, then you must know about 20 years old hacker MaddoxX - the guy managed, one year ago, to hack a third party Valve file server called Steam Cyber Cafe and posted online an archived file that included credit card numbers, transaction amounts, the company's supposed bank balan... |
30 June 2008
03:41 GMT |
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A 15-year old student faces serious charges after he allegedly hacked his school's computer system and stole information on thousands of people. The minor succeeded in accessing the private information, including names, addresses and Social Security numbers, of more than 50,000 people. The name of the 15-year ol... |
26 May 2008
08:42 GMT |
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It's no wonder that hackers are always out there hunting software vulnerabilities and glitches that would allow them to infiltrate into websites and servers, but when they break into the Red Cross website to steal money going to the Chinese earthquake victims, it's way too immoral. This is exactly what happ... |
20 May 2008
04:11 GMT |
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Brett Oliphant, a security researcher who worked for ScanAlert, has been charged with fraud and may spend several years in prison. Oliphant was the vice president of security services of ScanAlert and joined McAfee once the company was acquired by the Santa Clara-based firm. Brett and his brother Bryan "are accused o... |
20 May 2008
03:30 GMT |
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The popularity of the newly-released GTA IV makes new victims on the web as hackers are now looking to exploit new vulnerable computers using the popular game. According to security company DriveSentry, hackers rolled out malware-infected copies of GTA IV on popular file-sharing applications such as Limewire. Once do... |
15 May 2008
06:16 GMT |
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Usually, hackers interested in financial information attack banks or financial institutions, which could give them easy access to bank accounts. However, is there anyone who ever thought that going to a restaurant may cost you more than your meal? Well, your answer might be "no" but, according to recent reports, goin... |
14 May 2008
03:14 GMT |
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A Zimbabwe newspaper website has been shutdown by hackers for three days, since this last Saturday. The Zimbabwe Herald newspaper has reported and admitted to the incident yesterday. The Herald has become unavailable after a hacker, calling himself "r4b00f", has hacked the newspaper webpage.It appears that the hacked... |
13 May 2008
06:29 GMT |
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Security of personal data is an issue with which all major institutions must deal. With an increasing number of phishing frauds available on the web, the users' personal data are not that safe anymore. A recent incident demonstrated that the people of Chile are among the most vulnerable. According to the El Merc... |
12 May 2008
08:20 GMT |
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Hacking attacks usually cause technical damage, meaning that attackers manage to break into the systems and steal or access certain information. Unfortunately, there are cases when such hack attacks prove to be really harming and people suffer because of them. Such an attack occurred at the Easter weekend when hacker... |
8 May 2008
05:30 GMT |
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A group of eleven hackers were arrested by the German police as part of an investigation carried out by the local authorities over an Internet forum relying on hacking techniques. According to The Local, the forum had approximately 33,000 members, most of the topics being related to hacking activities, some of them e... |
8 May 2008
04:11 GMT |
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The social networks out there, no matter if we're talking about Facebook, Bebo, Orkut, MySpace or others, recorded hack/spyware/spam attacks every once in a while, especially due to their increasing popularity. And like this wouldn't be enough, Kaspersky Lab predicts a tough fight for these social networks ... |
7 May 2008
06:44 GMT |
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Hacking a computer is somehow like a job for today's hackers but breaking into one's computers, taking control over the webcam and spying on him just to get some nude material is way too much. Unfortunately, this happens, too and it can't be stopped unless the vulnerable users get their computers more ... |
29 April 2008
08:31 GMT |
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Although we all know that an online consultation may not be such a great idea in case of a serious illness, most patients would do it if their doctors agreed. Unfortunately, the majority of doctors avoid providing email advice because of hackers, The Detroit News today informs. Although all the other industries had a... |
25 April 2008
06:17 GMT |
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The evolution of a lawsuit between News Corp. and DISH Network Corp. reveals shocking details which took place in the past, although nobody would ever expect such a thing from a large corporation like News Corp. To be more specific, a computer hacker who testified a few days ago revealed that he was hired by News Cor... |
24 April 2008
09:09 GMT |
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With the Beijing Olympics quickly approaching, both hackers and athletes are getting ready for the sports competition. Unfortunately, they have different purposes and, even if we all want to see a fair-play event, it seems that hackers are planning to cheat. According to MessageLabs, the company has detected no less ... |
23 April 2008
16:36 GMT |
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Security company Sophos has just published the latest Security Threat Report concerning the first quarter of 2008, revealing that a new malicious website is now detected and blocked every five seconds. This is a time decrease of 9 seconds as the company detected similar websites every 14 seconds, according to the 200... |
22 April 2008
06:53 GMT |
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Software bugs and computer viruses were hackers' favorite means of taking over your computer. However, things could get a lot worse with the advent of a new threat, that aims directly at computers' hardware components. A group of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign managed to hack ... |
16 April 2008
03:17 GMT |
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Hackers have always been concentrated on the websites promoting popular events and, if there was a vulnerability to be exploited, they showed no mercy. This is exactly the case with multiple pro-Tibetan websites as some hackers managed to discover an unpatched vulnerability and used it to gain access to the servers. ... |
10 April 2008
17:31 GMT |
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An ingenious hacker managed to infiltrate into the Advance Auto Parts website and gain access to information belonging to approximately 56,000 consumers, the affected company explained in a security notice published on its main page. No less than 14 stores in the US were affected by the attack so people who have rece... |
4 April 2008
18:06 GMT |
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Akill, a 18-year-old hacker from Whitianga, has pleaded guilty to charges of accessing computer systems without authorization in order to obtain illegal revenues and some other charges, Network World reported today. In case you missed the news, Akill is a teenager who managed to infiltrate into the University of Penn... |
2 April 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Hackers are always looking for new targets for their attacks but, in case somebody instigates them, hacking a certain website becomes their main priority. This is what probably happened in Indonesia where some hackers attacked the official website of the country's information ministry after the government tried ... |
31 March 2008
04:49 GMT |
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Being famous is all Paris Hilton does, and, by God, she does it so well. If it's not the drama over being banned from the Oscars, it's a photo shoot with her almost naked, and lowering the bar even further, a shower scene and, my gosh, even some sex tapes that were released for the world to see. I guess a b... |
10 March 2008
15:56 GMT |
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Owen Thor Walker, 18, a computer programmer from Hamilton, New Zealand, is facing up to ten years of jail time for allegedly being the head of an international cyber crime network. Additional charges brought against him are: accessing a computer for dishonest purposes on two counts, damaging or interfering with a com... |
29 February 2008
12:06 GMT |
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The help-wanted ads are circulating the underground Internet channels and the desired applicants must be hackers and nothing less. As the web society evolves, so must the attacks and now after all of the major companies opened local branches to deal with the problems that might show up in the course of time (Google, ... |
21 February 2008
11:31 GMT |
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We all know that hackers are always struggling to find new vulnerable targets, attack them and take advantage of the found weaknesses. But when a hacker manages to infiltrate into a website belonging to a country's government and modify its content, this really means something. For them, I mean, because they can... |
23 January 2008
15:16 GMT |
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I must admit that even if I heard of hundreds or maybe thousands of hack attacks, I've never saw such a powerful one that may affect everyone of us without even knowing. Security company SecureWorks today informed that a new variant of Zbot, an old and dangerous malware, is used by the hackers to compromise cons... |
13 December 2007
03:40 GMT |
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