Tag: HACK

Don't worry, this one isn't quite as bad as the Gawker hack: McDonalds -- and over 100 other firms -- have had their marketing databases compromised, and summarily stolen. An email marketing company called Silverpop is to blame for the breach -- and fortunately, 'only' real names, interests and email addresses were breached; no passwords, and no Social Security or credit card numbers were stolen. ...

This weekend, Gawker Media had its primary database compromised. In this monstrous breach, not only did 1.5 million users have their privacy breached and email address stolen, but they also had their passwords cracked. In a day and age where the currency of our email address and password -- and thus our identity -- is only superseded by our bank details, it's fair to label the Gawker breach as ...

Sure, it's fun to post comments on websites and converse with your fellow readers, but there's always a little danger involved. Why? Because sometimes the sites where you post those comments rile up the wrong people and wind up with a big security breach -- like the one at Gawker. One of the biggest lessons to be learned from the Gawker fiasco is this: don't use the same password everywhere. ...

The Android 2.3 SDK has just been rolled out -- and that means it's time for the hacking to commence! The crew at Droid Life has already backported one big chunk of the Gingerbread release to a Froyo device: the improved on-screen keyboard. Certain functionality is missing at this point -- most notably auto-complete -- so it may be worth holding off for a more polished release before ...

It hasn't been smooth sailing for security vendor Kaspersky Labs over the last few years. Back in 2008, the company's Malaysian website was defaced by a Turkish hacker via an SQL injection. In 2009, their U.S. support site was compromised -- again by the use of an SQL injection. Following the second breach, Kaspersky's Roel Schouwenberg lamented, "This is not good for any company, and ...

Well that didn't take long. Poor little Google TV -- Hulu doesn't want to be friends. It has again blocked access from your Chrome app even after changing its browser user agent. But who are we kidding? It's not exactly a surprise given that access to Hulu through other set-top boxes requires a Hulu Plus subscription, and we're sure Hulu wants to keep it that way. Google TV is, of course, ...

OK, so Google told Hulu they'd play nice and allow their Google TV browser to be blocked until the two companies could come to an agreement. But here's the thing. Google TV devices ship with the Chrome App. Chrome comes with Flash. There's no reason it couldn't play Hulu content, right? Right. And if there's one thing we know about Google and Chrome, it's that the Big G wants to bear hug ...

Yesterday brought us limeral1n, and today we have greenpois0n from the Chronic Dev Team! You can now jailbreak your iPhone 4 and 3GS, iPod touch (3rd and 4th generations), and the iPad. A future release will let you jailbreak your 2nd generation iPod touch and Apple TV! This is a delayed release that's wrapped in controversy: Geohot, the creator of limeral1n, has apparently been a very naughty ...

A 17-year-old schoolboy from Australia has taken the blame for the onMouseOver JavaScript Twitter exploit that caused havoc for a few hours on Wednesday. Disclaiming innocence, Pearce Delphin -- who has the coolest name in the world -- says that he only discovered the vulnerability. "I did it merely to see if it could be done ... that JavaScript really could be executed within a tweet," he ...

With the release of the latest Firefox 4 beta build, the original userChrome.css hack fails to remove the big, orange menu button. Fortunately, Download Squad commenter poiru pointed out a thread on the Rainmeter forums that provides some working CSS! If you know what you're doing, head over to that thread and copy the CSS -- if not, read on for some instructions! Open Firefox 4 beta 5 (or ...

I'm not an iOS user, so I'll keep this short and sweet: iOS 4.1, just hours after its public release, has been jailbroken by the notoriously nefarious Chronic Dev Team. The device used in the hack was an iPhone 4, but presumably any iOS 4.1 device will be exploitable in the same way. It sounds like there's still some work to do -- you can't jailbreak your iOS 4.1 device just yet! -- but I ...

Over the past week, a lot has changed in the PS3 modding and hacking community. In just a few short days, the PS3 has shifted from almost-impossible-to-hack to become both the easiest and cheapest console to jailbreak. All you need is a USB memory stick and some open-source code -- or an Android phone or TI-84 calculator. I should warn you that Sony has just released a firmware fix that renders ...

You know, if there's one genre of music I think of when I'm pondering issues related to cyber-security, it's rap. And if there's one rapper I think of when I'm in the mood for lyrics which don't mention any kind of illegal activities, it's Snoop Dogg. Yes, those are two of the most ridiculous sentences I've ever written at Download Squad, but whatcha gonna do? This isn't a situation I ever ...

It seems an old, well-known Windows DLL issue might soon find its way into a virus near you! I wouldn't worry too much though. As I said, it's a very old issue that hasn't been fixed in a long time. Basically, DLL files are libraries of functions. Most programs load a bunch of DLLs when they start-up, and if you can infect those DLLs -- or replace them with malicious counterparts -- then you ...

CHDK, or Canon Hack Development Kit, can magically turn your regular Canon PowerShot into a professional workhorse capable of shooting RAW files, displaying live histograms, motion detection and even executing Lua script. Seriously, CHDK takes almost any PowerShot camera and turns it into a device that is probably worth twice as much as you paid for it. Just being able to shoot RAW images is ...