Maker Faire: It's Alive!

The DIY extravaganza known as Maker Faire has hit the Bay Area, and is taking this weekend at the San Mateo County Expo Center. Come on down and check out everything from crafts to momemade robots*, and meet...

Smartcard Hack Could Expose 2 Billion Cards :: Symblogogy

"Embedded RFID MiFare Classic RFID chip. The ability to read and replace information stored on a card people carry to expidite transactions, access control, and other "secure" exchanges of sensitive information is...

Macbook Air Hacked

Oh, how the mighty fall. It's all for the greater good: on the second day of the PWN 2 OWN hackfest, organizers eased the rules of engagement, allowing hackers to access machines via email and browser- based...

How They Hack Your Website: Overview of Common Techniques

"We hear the same terms bandied about whenever a popular site gets hacked. You know… SQL Injection, cross site scripting, that kind of thing. But what do these things mean? Is hacking really as inaccessible as many of us imagine; a nefarious, impossibly technical twilight...

Hackers use Google to find website vulnerabilities

With great power comes great responsibility. It was only a matter of time until the total internet dominance by Google came back to bite them and perhaps everyone else. "SAN FRANCISCO: Infamous computer hacker...

Vista, Leopard, Linux to compete in hack contest

"Apple's OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux operating systems are to be pitted against each other in an ethical hacking contest in Vancouver next month. Run by the organizers of the CanSecWest Vancouver 2008 security conference, the competition is a repeat of the "PWN to Own"...

White America is Crazy for Obama

"Freedom Rider: White America is Crazy for Obama by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley "Obama supporters want him to be their man, even when he tells them that he isn't." ObamaShirtsleeveNHjpg Barack Obama drives white people crazy, some because of love and...

Taser Death Parody Video Outrages Canada

I don't think this serves an educational purpose on taser use; and it isn't an appropriate 'statement', no matter what Mr. Greenway intended it to be. "A recent Mega Man ROM hack video recreating the death of...

Facebook Sues Ontario Porn Company Over Alleged Hacking

Apparently this company was allegedly hacking into facebooks user base, to force people to send messages with the company's website in it to other members. "Facebook is suing a Toronto-based porn company and 17...

Geek Wars: A Tale of iBetrayal

iBackgroundA few months have pasted since the great wave of iPhone mania swept across America. Geeks rejoiced and lined up days in advance to pay homage to their tech deity, the all powerful Master Job’s...

Software Update Disables Hacked IPhones

"Apple Inc. has issued a software update that creates problems for iPhones modified to work with a cellular carrier other than AT&T Inc. and disables at least some unofficial programs installed on other iPhone...

GMail Flaw Lets Anyone Read Your E-Mail,(and patch update)

 For all Gmailers! " September 26, 2007 | 8:06:07 AM Hackers have revealed that your GMail account is vulnerable to an attack that allows malicious folks to keep tabs on your e-mail traffic. The attack...

Novice computer hacking kits found for sale on eBay

I have included current adverts for hacking tools for sale on Ebay as of today's date 21 September 2007. The Metropolitan Police's Fraud Alert page (met.police.uk/fraudalert) has a reporting form for online fraud...

Software Hacks iPhone Without Saw

"While hackers have cracked the iPhone in the past and managed to unlock it, their methods involved breaking open the device and were far beyond the capabilities of all but the most tech-savvy iPhone customers....

iPhone Unlock Software Goes on Sale

"Several resellers started taking orders Monday for the first commercially available software that unlocks Apple Inc.'s iPhone. The one U.S. dealer handling iPhoneSIMFree's unlock -- which lets iPhone owners swap out SIM cards so that the device can make calls on cellular...

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