Category: Hacking

Business Hacking

LinkedIn Outage Due To Possible DNS Hijacking [Update: Fidelity.com Also Affected]

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU LinkedIn confirmed via Twitter that its site suffered an outage due to “a DNS issue.” According to Downrightnow.com, LinkedIn’s service outage began around 6PM PST yesterday and is still continuing, though service has gradually resumed for some users. Shortly after the outage began, App.net co-founder Bryan Berg wrote on his blog that the site’s DNS may have been hijacked–in other words, its domain name was redirected to a different IP address. In this case,…

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Smile! Hackers Can Silently Access Your Webcam Right Through The Browser (Again)

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREG KUMPARAK You know those people who put tape over their laptop’s webcam to keep digital peeping toms at bay? They’re not crazy. A new proof of concept is making the rounds today that demonstrates how a hacker can snap pics off your webcam, right through the browser, with no consent required. Well, technically, you are giving consent. You just wouldn’t know it. Outlined by security consultant Egor Homakov, the hack brings in a…

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Pentagon report: Chinese hackers accessed F-35B and other advanced US weapons systems

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As reported on Engadget. By Steve Dent Many of the Pentagon’s most advanced weapon systems — including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and PAC-3 Patriot missile system — were compromised by Chinese hackers, according to a classified document obtained by the Washington Post. The list of weapons was part of an earlier DoD report condemning Chinese cyber-espionage activities, but had been confidential until now. Other systems hacked are said to include the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), the Navy’s…

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Google Hacking

Google Glass rooted and hacked to run Ubuntu live at Google I/O Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Myriam Joire Today at Google I/O the company held a session entitled “Voiding your Warranty” where employees demonstrated how to root Google Glass and install Ubuntu on it. What you’re seeing above is a screenshot from a laptop running a terminal window on top and showing the screencast output from Glass on the bottom — here running the standard Android launcher instead of the familiar cards interface. The steps involve pushing some APKs (Launcher, Settings and Notepad)…

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Hacker claims he can remotely hijack airplanes using an Android app Alt

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr Hugo Teso, a security consultant who also happens to be a trained commercial pilot, says he’s developed an Android app that can make an airliner “dance to his tune” by attacking its flight management systems. The hack was demoed at this year’s Hack In The Box conference in Amsterdam, where Teso showed how the app — called PlaneSploit — can seek out targets from the ground by infiltrating radio broadcasts between…

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iPhone 5, iPad mini jailbreak now available

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As reported on The Verge. By Sam Sheffer All iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and iPad mini models running iOS 6 can now be jailbroken thanks to the evasi0n tool It’s taken around five months since the release of the iPhone 5, but the moment many of you have been waiting for has finally arrived: an untethered jailbreak for iOS 6.1 has been released. The tool, dubbed evasi0n, is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and was developed…

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The Greatest Hacker T-Shirts This Planet Has Ever Seen

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As reported on Wired. BY CADE METZ It was a hacker conference, so just about everyone was wearing a T-shirt. And most of the T-shirts had something to say.  “Know Your Enemy,” said one, just beneath that familiar Microsoft Windows logo.   “There’s no place like 127.0.0.1,” said another, recasting Dorothy Gale’s famous mantra with internet speak.   “Stop laughing,” said a third. “Computers are cool now.” Some proclaimed a deep devotion for things like open source software and public key encryption.…

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Feds arrest masterminds behind ‘Gozi’ banking virus that infected thousands of computers

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As reported on The Verge. By Amar Toor Stealthy malware is believed to have caused tens of millions of dollars in losses. Federal prosecutors this week charged three Eastern European men with using the so-called Gozi virus to infiltrate more than one million computers worldwide, including more than 160 at NASA. According to court documents unsealed Wednesday, the three hackers used their malware to steal banking information from tens of thousands of individuals, resulting in losses in the…

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Google Hacking

Google Announces First Project Glass Hackathons In NYC And SF, Will Detail ‘Mirror API’

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RIP EMPSON Over the last year, Google has slowly been unveiling its plans around Project Glass, the company’s R&D program responsible for attempting to bring wearable computing to the mainstream. Complete with augmented reality and an integrated display, Google’s smart glasses have had many geeks on pins and needles, especially as “Explorer” editions of the glasses have been expected to begin showing up early this year. Today, Google sent out its…

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Hacking Internet Story Tech

‘Red October’ malware has been stealing government and industrial secrets for 5 years

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As reported on The Verge. By Jeff Blagdon Kaspersky Labs reports that over the past five years, a co-ordinated malware campaign called “Rocra” (short for “Red October”) has been funneling classified information and geopolitical intelligence from diplomatic, governmental, and scientific research systems all over the world. It uses known exploits in Microsoft Word and Excel documents to gain access to users’ systems, relying on a targeted social engineering or “spear phishing” element in order to trick users…

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