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Tweets coming from resounding names in the iOS hacker community seem to confirm some exciting progress on the A5 front. However, the leader of the Chronic Dev Team, Pod2g, is said to inform that the latest jailbreak can’t be released to developers for testing.
The iPhone Dev Team’s Musclenerd kicks it of... |
10 January 2012
07:32 GMT |
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If up until recently botnets and other hacking tools were advertised only on underground forums where all the parties went through great lengths to hide their identities, now it seems that even YouTube has become a great place to advertise malicious products.
F-Secure researchers came across a video in which a you... |
7 January 2012
04:47 GMT |
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The security solutions provider came forward with another statement saying that the Indian hackers managed to obtain source codes for Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Symantec Antivirus 10.2.
After media outlets began picking up the news that Indian hackers managed to obtain the source code of a Symantec produc... |
6 January 2012
09:13 GMT |
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A group of Indian hackers claim to have obtained the source code for Symantec’s Norton Antivirus, the 2006 version. Experts report that if the claims were true, it could give cybercriminals the opportunity to create new malware that incorporates mechanisms to better avoid security solutions. Infosec Island has... |
6 January 2012
03:45 GMT |
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Facebook prides itself in its hacker culture. It's also looking to hire as many talented engineers as possible. In an effort to marry the two perhaps, Facebook is running a Hacker Cup in which the world's best hackers compete to solve the problems laid before them in the simplest and fastest way.
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5 January 2012
04:43 GMT |
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After long coding sessions, developers Steven Troughton-Smith and TheMudKip have managed to bring iPad applications to the Apple TV. Some of the apps run as if they were specifically created for the set-top-box and big screen.The developers said they achieved this by replacing the entire springboard, and their develo... |
3 January 2012
04:27 GMT |
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Instead of sending a subscription email to 300 of their customers, New York Times sent it to around 8 million people, initially rushing to deny that the messages are genuine.
On Wednesday morning a lot of people woke up to see an email from the Times asking them to reconsider their decision to cancel their home deli... |
29 December 2011
08:23 GMT |
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A hacker known as w3bd3vil posted a message on Twitter a couple of days ago claiming that he found a vulnerability in the 64-bit version of Windows 7 that could be taken advantage of using Apple’s popular web browser Safari. “<iframe height='18082563'></iframe> causes a BSoD... |
21 December 2011
03:21 GMT |
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Since black hat hackers that consider themselves to be hacktivists have been in the attention of the media lately, breaching the infrastructures of governments and major companies to prove their point, I thought it would be a great opportunity to find out not only about their operations, but also about the life of su... |
17 December 2011
08:01 GMT |
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Chronic Dev member Pod2g has confirmed in a blog post that his untethered exploit for iOS 5.0.1 is undergoing rigorous tests and that the finished hack will be out in a matter of ‘days’.Keeping fans posted on his progress, the hacker begins with an apology for being silent lately. “I had to organize... |
16 December 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Recently I had the opportunity to chat with Radware’s VP of Security Solutions, Carl Herberger, and he had some interesting views regarding the never-ending battle between security experts and hackers, especially when it comes to cloud-based systems.
“From antivirus software to firewalls and intrusion de... |
13 December 2011
10:21 GMT |
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After recent events, one of the members of black hat collective contacted me and we had a chat about online security and the issues that make a website weak for hackers. Recently, hackers showed that many banks, credit unions and even sites belonging to the United Nations are highly vulnerable so I asked him what cou... |
9 December 2011
13:41 GMT |
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A cybercriminal nicknamed LuCkY from the Indian hacker collective Indishell managed to deface dawn.com, the biggest Pakistani news site. While the main page remains unharmed, a subdomain hosts a picture and a message from the attacker. “Mod_security At High Level, 56 alexa in Pakistan , 3,500 worldwide , Pakis... |
8 December 2011
10:59 GMT |
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Charlie Miller, a hacker best known for pirating Apple’s iOS and Mac operating systems, is now on the DoD’s for providing invaluable advice on cyber security.NATO is bringing in la creme de la creme in the hacking community to gain protection for its information systems.Miller was invited to the conferenc... |
8 December 2011
04:26 GMT |
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David Noel Cecil, also known as Evil, pleaded guilty to unauthorized modification of restricted data, the authorities believing him to be the one behind the Platform Networks hack.
When he was arrested, the police believed the suspect to be a threat to the National Broadband Network (NBN), reports the Central Wester... |
7 December 2011
08:29 GMT |
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The PwnDev crew are proud to release the second beta version of their infamous jailbreak tool, Ac1dSn0w. Beta 2 works with Mac OS X Lion and Snow Leopard, includes some legal updates, fixes some ramdisk issues, and removes the boot logo.“I’m pleased to announce that we’ve just released Beta 1 of Ac1... |
6 December 2011
05:09 GMT |
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Belmin Vehabovic, a 15-year old who allegedly is an XSS expert, discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability on one of Twitter’s developer pages.
The Hacker News reports that Vehabovic found the flaw on the developer’s page where the “Follow Button” and its functionalities are described.
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5 December 2011
03:41 GMT |
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As it turns out, the DHS was right when they claimed that the water pump incident was a simple failure and nothing more. The founder and owner of Navionics Research, and the one who helped set up the Illinois utility's SCADA systems was actually the one who accessed the systems from Russia, during one of his vac... |
1 December 2011
05:33 GMT |
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A Bosnian man was arrested by the federal police’s cybercrime unit after they discovered he was owning and distributing more than 1,5 million images and 10,000 videos which featured child abuse.
Help-Net informs that the suspect acquired the large quantity of media content, found by the police during a raid, n... |
25 November 2011
07:29 GMT |
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United Arab Emirates authorities arrested a hacker after discovering that he hacked Xbox 360 consoles so they could be used to play pirated games.
According to ITP, he even set up a website on which he was offering pirated games but also his services as a professional console cracker, this being one of the clues tha... |
25 November 2011
04:33 GMT |
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Environmental experts are focusing their attention on effective means of defending their work and privacy, after an unknown hacker succeeded in breaking into 5,000 personal emails exchanged between leading experts. They say this initiative might have a significant impact upon the public opinion, as it tries to unde... |
24 November 2011
04:28 GMT |
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A hacker named Pete and going by the name of plamoni on Twitter has picked up where Applidium left off and created a dedicated proxy server for Siri that allows you to speak out custom commands that Siri will understand and even act on.Applidium is a team of France-based developers who messed around with the code ins... |
21 November 2011
04:57 GMT |
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Charlie Miller, the famous security expert who has been able to hack pretty much every Apple device known to man, is being denied use of his developer license for security research purposes after showcasing a type of malware that the App Store review board failed to detect and unknowingly approved.Miller reportedly f... |
8 November 2011
03:22 GMT |
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A well known hacker group has released a cracked version of Battlefield 3, the latest first person shooter from developer DICE and publisher Electronic Arts, which does not need to use the Origin service in order to work.The well known pirate collective known as Razor 1911 has managed to get into the executable and s... |
2 November 2011
05:24 GMT |
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Square Enix has taken a firm stance on the hackers that managed to leak out an early preview build of its upcoming Deus Ex: Human Revolution video game, and engaged in a lawsuit against 15 Italian individuals that have been tracked down and arrested. Deus Ex: Human Revolution is one of the most anticipated games of ... |
7 July 2011
04:50 GMT |
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An 18-year old teenager was arrested in Greece for allegedly hacking into websites and systems belonging to the Interpol, the Pentagon, the FBI and the NSA back in 2008 and 2009.The teenager was taken into custody by police officers from his home in Agios Dimitrios, one of Athens' working-class districts, where ... |
8 June 2011
12:20 GMT |
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The legal battle between video games hardware maker Sony and George “Geohot” Hotz, the hacker that was part of a group which penetrated the security systems of the PlayStation 3 home console, has come to an end via an out-of-court settlement and the details of the agreement between the two sides have now ... |
13 April 2011
07:11 GMT |
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An IT expert pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the theft of virtual poker chips from social game developer Zynga and their reselling on the black market.Ashley Mitchell, 29, of Little Park Road, Paignton, UK, stands accused of four counts of converting criminal property and one count of obtaining unauthorised a... |
2 February 2011
11:52 GMT |
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Intel has officially introduced its newly redesigned “Sandy Bridge” processors at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, effectively allowing those who had signed a non-disclosure agreement to start testing them against Mac OS X, and post their findings.
Codenamed "Sandy Bridge," the... |
6 January 2011
04:41 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 hacking debate continues, even after Sony tried to patch up the vulnerabilities of the system through firmware updates, as the team that hacked the Nintendo Wii many years ago, fail0verflow, has just revealed that it has obtained the PS3's "private cryptography key."
For those of us less tec... |
30 December 2010
20:31 GMT |
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A California man used targeted social engineering attacks to trick over 200 women and girls into installing malware that gave him complete control over their computers, including webcams and microphones.The man selected his targets from a popular social networking website and sent them private messages, posing as the... |
4 November 2010
04:18 GMT |
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Andrew Auernheimer, a key member of Goatse Security, has been arrested on a number of felony charges that are unrelated to the group’s exploitation of an AT&T security hole that exposed the email addresses of tens of thousands of iPad 3G owners. Auernheimer, also known as “Escher,” or “Weev&rd... |
18 June 2010
05:13 GMT |
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Various sources have covered the story of a security breach in AT&T's website that exposed the personal information of numerous iPad 3G customers. According to these reports, some 114,000 user accounts were compromised, including those of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. AT&T then issued an apology... |
15 June 2010
10:10 GMT |
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Charlie Miller, a researcher for the Baltimore-based Internet Security Evaluators, has discovered new vulnerabilities in Apple’s Mac operating system, particularly mentioning the Preview application. As many as 30 such critical bugs (20 of which are present in Snow Leopard’s Preview) have been found by th... |
19 March 2010
08:03 GMT |
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Indian police forces in the state of Tamil Nadu have their hands full with a recent online banking fraud cyber-crime they are currently investigating. After previously arresting three hackers for illegally rerouting funds from a local businessman's bank account, police have arrested another person believed to be... |
11 March 2010
10:06 GMT |
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It seems that Apple is taking steps in keeping jailbroken devices from accessing the iTunes App Store, the place where Apple customers can legally download and use applications on an iPhone, or iPod touch. While not confirmed as widespread, the banning is done per Apple-ID, suggesting Apple has begun to make investig... |
15 February 2010
05:47 GMT |
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iPhone hacker and blogger geohot is the first person to successfully hack Sony’s Cell-powered PlayStation 3 gaming console, in what is likely to “ignite the PS3 scene,” according to the hacker. Geohot is responsible for two iPhone hacks freeing device owners from iTunes’ “shackles.&rdquo... |
27 January 2010
06:37 GMT |
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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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