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- Boeing 787 at risk of in-flight hacking
- Boeing 787 at risk of in-flight hackingAviation 2.0Great opportunity for new 2.0 features in airplanes.See my small cartoon:http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2008/01/user-generated.htmlBye,OliverIt is possible to do a one-way connection, so users can see flightinformation, such as ground speed, air speed, temperature, location, etc. There are many EXTREMELY safe ways to do this and insure...
- Tags: SECURITY, Boeing Co., in-flight hacking, Boeing 787, hacking, hacker, risk
- Discussion threads 2008-01-06
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- East Anglia hacking: no arrest, plenty of investigation
- Readers find what they want in the hacked emails from East Anglia. by Harry Fuller
- Tags: Arrest, E-mail, Hacking, Security, Online Communications, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Five ways Android could get into trouble
- the only danger lies with patents owned by Apple, M$ or other trolls.Without them, the sky is the limit!Good points! Apples success, and closed software, and AT&T exclusivity are what are giving Android a big push. Verizon ONLY accepted Android on their network to combat iPhone / AT&T for example....
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, OPEN SOURCE, opposite, Apple iPhone, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploit
- Ummm interesting....so just block 139 and 445...445? great that port aggain.Is SMB blocked to/from internet by th firewall by default?RE: Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploitPorts 139 and 445 are blocked by default for Internet access by Windows firewall in Windows 7 and any commerical hardware firewall. They are enabled...
- Tags: Firewalls, SMB/SME, SMB protocol, Microsoft Windows 7, firewall, Windows 7 exploit, Microsoft Windows, small and medium business, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- MkConsole 1.11 (Mac)
- This is a little application that displays logfiles on your desktop. Really useful if you have to monitor servers or you just want to keep an eye on what's going on on your machine. In its standard configuration it displays entries from any number of logfiles interleaved in a single...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Network File System, Window, Ip storage, Construction
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- Photos: Random Hack of Kindness
- The Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, Calif., hosts a community working on emergency preparedness technologies, and so-dubbed hacking for humanity. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Emergency Preparedness, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-11-15
- Apple nukes Psystar
- Why is this legal?What I want to know is *why* is it legal for Apple to say "OSX can only run on hardware we provide"? Wouldn't that constitute a monopoly on OSX since they stifle competition and someone else can't provide OSX software systems? Isn't that the literal...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, hardware, OSX, software
- Discussion threads 2009-11-15
- Scammers trick users to ship stolen goods
- RSA FraudAction Research Lab has uncovered the workings behind a recent re-shipping scam in which U.S. residents were used as mules to send goods purchased with stolen credit card numbers overseas. RSA FraudAction Research Lab has uncovered the workings behind a recent re-shipping scam in which U.S. residents were...
- Tags: U.S., Goods, RSA Security Inc., Credit Card, RSA FraudAction Research Lab, Credit Card Number, Re-shippers, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Security, Sales, Finance, RSA, scam, Elinor Mills CNET News
- News items 2009-11-12
- Microsoft patches Windows worm holes, drive-by download flaws
- HolesIt is like trying to patch a rotten ship!Does that mean Linux is a rotten ship too?NTAnd unfortunately most of the world is on that ship And unfortunately most of the world is on that ship RE: Microsoft patches Windows worm holes, drive-by download flawsAll OS are subject to "Intrusion...
- Tags: Linux, Patches, Construction, Operating systems, SECURITY, Microsoft patches Windows worm hole, Microsoft patches Window, worm hole, Microsoft Patches, flaw, Microsoft Corp., patch management, attacked, window, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Worm inflicts Rick Astley wallpaper on jailbroken iPhones
- But... but... but... OS X is Unix! It is immune!Hmm, guess not.Now, let's list the "attacks" and then cue the double standards...1. iPhone must have the [b]worst[/b] security model out there because hackers only go after the low hanging fruit.2. I don't care [b]why[/b] no one attacks Windows Mobile, all...
- Tags: Smart phones, NonZealot, Apple iPhone, security
- Discussion threads 2009-11-08
- February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet Explorer
- RE: February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet ExplorerThat does assume that everything remains constant, which it won't. If someone creates a new browser that could disrupt it, or when either company releases a new version of their browser that is also going to throw things...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Twitter and web forgery
- Last evening as I was winding down after a long journey imagine my surprise when I started to receive a tsunami of @ replies on my Twitter account. Apparently I was direct messaging a stack of people I don't know with a link to something that...
- Tags: Web, Password, Twitter Inc., Robert Scoble, Security, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- Incident Response: Speed Can Mean the Difference Between Success and Failure
- When it comes to investigations and incident response speed is all important. The faster an examiner gets the data in a consumable form the faster an incident can be diagnosed and resolved. Even when time to resolution isn't sensitive, response speeds can be critical to ensure that the relevant data...
- Tags: Incident Response, AccessData, Hacking, Memory, Security, Viruses And Worms, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2009-11-05
- iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded
- ... WHAT?Who in their right mind keep a server running with default usernames/passwords on the default port....I doubt that jailbroken iPhones are alone in this. It's possible, specially if iPhones have a ssh server running, that this could happen on non-jailbroken iPhones also.Just one question...Has this person been remanded yet?...
- Tags: Smart phones, extortion, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- New Trojan encrypts files but leaves no ransom note
- Is that like robbing a bank and forgetting the loot? ntntA level of Protection... For themNaah, it's a way to have plausible deniability. If you're asking for ransom, you're admitting you built the virus.This way, they can say "Gosh, Mr. Police/FBI/Interpol guy, I don't know how it got started. It's...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, New Trojan
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Psystar: From Hell's Heart, I Stab at Thee!
- No matter who they have to sueApple will never allow competition.agreedthey want as much profits as they can make.too bad their computers aren't very good for anything other than the basics and some visual/audio work ;)with that said, i believe that apple will have its future in their i-products (ipod,...
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Apple Inc., hardware, Psystar, OSX
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Apple releases iTunes 9.0.2, kills Palm Pre sync ... again
- Round up the executive and throw them in jailApple's behavior is simply unacceptable.Palm... Shakes HeadNote to Palm: Make a Front end that uses the iTunes DB or quit trying to keep hacking. It is REALLY stupid. A) You will never keep ahead of this.B) Even if you keep fixing it,...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Palm Inc., Apple iTunes, Palm Pre
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- What the DoD now says about open source
- I could just see a commander in the field ....having to wait for procurement to get a simple map through bids while his troops are getting shot up even though it is publicly available (oh wait, isn't that how the Chinese embassy got accidentally bombed?)Always use the best tool for...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, U.S. Department of Defense, open source, OpenBSD, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- TouchDrive 1.08 (Windows)
- TouchDrive lets you access files and folders on your iPod Touch or iPhone using Windows Explorer. Simply install TouchDrive and connect your iPod Touch or iPhone - open Windows Explorer and start viewing, adding, moving, copying files to and from your iPhone like you would another external drive on your...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Wide Angle Software, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-10-28
- Electronic voting: Changing the world faster than a Windows upgrade
- no encryption is good enough...Considering the power the US President has to shape US and World Policy, I think EVERYONE will be gunning to crack that nut.Enemies will try to get the worst/weakest candidate. Allies will try to get the guy who most loves them into power. Business...
- Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, e-voting, Windows Upgrade, Changing
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
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