Researchers hack wired keyboards, hijack keystrokes
A team of Swiss researchers say there are several ways to recover keystrokes from wired keyboards by simply measuring the electromagnetic radiations emitted when keys are pressed.
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20.10.2008 Hack Available to Download the Official Vista SP1 Straight from Microsoft
That's right! There is a hack available that will permit you to access, download and install the official release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 straight from Microsoft.
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17.10.2007 Hack Available to Download Windows XP SP3 RC from Microsoft
That's right! Now you can get your hands on the first Release Candidate for Windows XP Service Pack 3! And all it will take is the implementation of a simple registry hack designed to allow Windows XP users to access, download and install Service Pack 3 Release Candidate straight from Microsoft.
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22.11.2007 Hackers hijack Windows Update's downloader
Hackers are using the file transfer component used by Windows Update to sneak malware past firewalls, Symantec researchers said today.
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10.5.2007 Vista SP1 Beta Build 6001.17036 v.652 Kills Hack to Download the Service Pack
Microsoft is making headway toward the final release of the first service pack for Windows Vista. A new beta build of the first refresh for the operating system is now live following the initial beta release.
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12.11.2007 Hack Windows Xp All in One
Include:
CIA Commander
WPa kill
Activate
Enable Updates
Windows genuine validation bypass
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31.1.2006 Short TimerStop.sys hack
Huskieguy731 report this very short TimerStop.sys hack in
our forum.
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3.2.2007 Microsoft WGA Update Anti-hack
Since the Windows Genuine Advantage debut as a pilot on 9/2004 Microsoft is slowly making the program more annoying and intrusive.
In the beginning the WGA was an opt-in feature, and then slowly it became mandatory. Users who choose not to validate their copy of Windows can not download updates from Windows update (they still can download critical security updates via automatic update feature in Windows).
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4.5.2006 Microsoft Decries Vista PatchGuard Hack
Microsoft officials say they are unhappy that security software maker Authentium has decided to bypass the controversial PatchGuard kernel protection feature in its next-generation Vista operating system, and said that the tactic could lead to eventual problems for users of the company's software.
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27.10.2006 Zune Hack: Trade Any File, Quick
Someone clever figured out a way to transfer any type of file onto the Microsoft Zune portable media player, after which the files can be wirelessly traded to other Zune users.
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25.11.2006 More information on the Vista SP1 activation hack
My post on the Vista SP1 activation hack has generated a lot of feedback (especially in the form of questions) from both individuals and other media outlets.
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12.2.2008 Hack into a Windows PC - no password needed
A security consultant based in New Zealand has released a tool that can unlock Windows computers in seconds without the need for a password.
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9.3.2008 Hack to Force Enable Aero in Windows 7
Windows 7 has a nice little Windows Aero troubleshooting tool to find and fix problems with transparency and other visual effects, and then enable and turn on Aero support (and also Aero Peek) in Windows 7.
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12.1.2009 Microsoft could be teaching police to hack Windows Vista
Microsoft may begin training the police in ways to break the encryption built into its forthcoming client PC operating system Vista.
The news was revealed in a parliamentary committee session, where Professor Ross Anderson of Cambridge University warned MPs that if such a move was being considered then the police should start learning sooner rather than later.
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19.2.2006 Microsoft "Hack Day" is creative play at work
A group of 75 Microsoft developers set out Thursday to brainstorm at an internal event called "Hack Day."
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8.4.2006 Hack claims Vista to ship on December 5th
Veteran Zdnet hack and exiled Evertonian Colin Barker reports that Microsoft has lined up a surprise 5 December "general release date" for the consumer version of Windows Vista.
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14.10.2006 Researcher Reveals 2-Step Vista UAC Hack
A Web application developer has uncovered a two-step process (PDF) for exploiting Windows Vista's User Account Control, essentially by having a Trojan piggyback on what could be a legitimate download.
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17.5.2007 Microsoft Exec Rages Against Vista Upgrade Hack
Sarcasm can be a powerful tool, and a Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) executive recently wielded it against industry sources who claim that a loophole exists in one of the software giant's licensing policies.
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15.4.2008 One More Reason to Upgrade to Vista: 6-Minute XP Hack Is Frightening!
Six minutes... that is all it took to hack Windows XP, and to completely take over the operating system. Nick McGrath, Director of Platform Strategy at Microsoft U.K., witnessing the XP hack first hand, described the effortless attack and compromising of the platform as "enlightening and frightening.
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13.11.2007 Anti-Hack Update For Windows Vista Rev from Microsoft
The release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 not only heralded a long-awaited update of the operating system, it also meant the end of two common Windows Vista anti-activation exploits - the Grace Timer exploit and the Paradox OEM BIOS activation crack.
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12.5.2008 Hack Available for Windows 7 Pre-Beta Build 6801 Locked Features
Although Microsoft showcased a much more feature-complete variant of Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801 Milestone 3 at the professional Developers Conference 2008 and Windows hardware Engineering Conference 2008 in Los Angeles the past couple of weeks, the bits that made it out of Redmond contained a variety of locked features across the operating system.
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10.11.2008 Hack to Activate and Switch Window in Windows 7 By Mouse Over Hover Without Click
When there are many windows open on desktop of Windows 7, normally users will click on another window in order activate the window into front or foreground and switch to the task or window.
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19.5.2009 Microsoft Serves the Official Version of the Hack Used to Access Windows Vista SP1
Do you remember a time when Windows Vista SP1 was not available as a public download? In the pre-Release Candidate Stages of Vista SP1, Microsoft restricted the access to the service pack only to selected testers.
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12.12.2007 Hack to Turn Off and Disable Windows 7 CD or DVD Writer Burning and Auto Tray Ejection Feature
Windows 7 inherits the capability to burn or write to CD and DVD burner or writer, with additional support to directly burn ISO and IMG disc images with Windows 7 Explorer.
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18.8.2009 Windows 7 Hack Brings Build 6801 Closer to Build 6956
Microsoft ensured that the Windows 7 development milestone delivered at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 and the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2008 delivered less than what it showcased at the two events.
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10.12.2008 Hack windows home edition cd into professional edition
Easy way how to spare some money. Raymond found this hack from Technipages and think it's pretty cool. It enables the features found in Windows XP Professional on your Windows XP Home Edition installation with this hack. It will allow you to turn your Windows XP Home CD into a Windows XP Professional CD.
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27.12.2006 New Vista OEM Activation Hack - Vista Boot by gkend
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this article on his blog and to our forum members to clecha, Nighthief and fitterphil120 for most of the findings. One again the “Chinese” come up with a new method to trick out the Vista Activation. We have seen Softmode and VistaLoader, however “ Vista Boot by gkend” does promise even more.
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21.5.2007 First Microsoft Genuine Office Validation Download on Download Center
Microsoft has posted the first Office download which has Genuine Office Validation (not required yet). It is sounds.exe the download enables sound in Office 2000,XP and 2003.
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28.4.2006 Download Windows 7 MUI Language Packs - Official 32-bit and 64-bit Direct Download Links
Microsoft has released MUI (Multilingual User Interface) language packs for Windows 7 RTM. The Windows 7 language packs is available via Windows Update as optional update for Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions only.
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28.8.2009 Download Firefox 1.0.7
Firefox 1.0.7 was just released today. It's said that the only updates for this minor version change are security related.
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BitTorrent DNA Vulnerable to Remote Hijack
A recent reports suggests that the BitTorrent DNA, which is bundled with the mainline client, is an śexploitableť version of uTorrent without the user
interface. It is suggested that it is possible for any websites to offload content to the btdna.exe, without the users consent.
BitTorrent DNA is used for p2p streaming of online videos. It works like this; the user who wants to watch a stream has to install the BitTorrent
DNA application, which is also bundled with the BitTorrent mainline client. When the user plays a BitTorrent accelerated stream it will not only
download data, but also upload it to other people who are watching the same stream, similar to a regular BitTorrent download.
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03.01.2008iPhone bug to hijack phone by SMS will be revealed tomorrow
Forbes is reporting that two researchers plan to reveal an un-patched iPhone bug that could virally infect phones via SMS. The hijack was discovered
by iPhone hacker Charlie Miller. Miller is a well known security researcher, famous for hacking a Macbook within seconds earlier this year at Pwn2Own
2009. Miller plans to unveil the attack methods during a talk he is holding at tomorrow's Blackhat security conference in Las Vegas. Miller
claims he is able to take over the iPhone with a series of malicious SMS messages. "This is serious. The only thing you can do to prevent it is turn
off your phone," Miller told Forbes.
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29.07.2009Those who can't hack (much), write
Since there have been computer intrusions, it seems, there have been crackers (that is, black-hat "hackers") wanting to write books detailing
What They Did. But often, the better the hack, the less the urge to write a book about it...
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14.10.2008TiVo Owners Uncover Storage Hack
Owners of Series3
high-definition TiVos will
soon be able to expand the
amount of programming they can
store on the digital video
recorder using an external
Serial ATA hard drive. While
the SATA ports have been on
the TiVo since the beginning,
a hack to activate them only
surfaced over the weekend...
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08.05.2007Engineer Demonstrates iPhone Hack After Acknowledging Apple's Patch
Though security consultant
Charlie Miller went through
with a scheduled demonstration
late yesterday afternoon of
how he and his colleagues
discovered how to hack the
Apple iPhone to obtain
personally identifiable
information from it, he and
his company's Web site both
acknowledged that Apple had
patched the vulnerability...
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03.08.2007QuickTime hack allows Second Life currency theft
Security researchers Dino Dai Zovi and Charlie Miller have found a way to exploit an unpatched QuickTime vulnerability to steal Linden Dollars from
users in the Second Life virtual world.
Dai Zovi (the hacker behind the CanSecWest MacBook Pro hijack) and Miller (creator of the first
iPhone code execution exploit) cooked up the QuickTime/Second Life attack during an investigation of the security of online games.
It works
against QuickTime 7.3 (the latest) and Second Life 1.18.4(3).”All the victim has to do is have video enabled and enter a piece of land owned by
the attacker,” Miller said, nothing that any Second Life player wandering near the attacker will have their pockets picked and then yell
“I got hacked!”
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05.12.2007Monster admits 1.3 million users hit in hack
Monster.com has confirmed hackers who used servers in Ukraine stole login details from employers registered with the site. They then used those
details to glean personal information from 1.3 million users who had logged resumes with the site. Monster has more than 70 million resumes on file.
The hackers, posing as potential employers, then sent e-mails with scam job offers, with requests for financial information or with malicious software
that would hijack the user's computer until a ransom was paid. The website said it first learned of the hack from Symantec last Friday, and had the
Ukrainian servers shut down by Tuesday. Monster vice-president Patrick Manzo told the Los Angeles Times that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and
the U.S. Secret Service were investigating the case.
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27.08.2007What does the Sarah Palin e-mail hack say about Yahoo?
There's an underlying issue in the debate raging about the reported hack into the Yahoo e-mail account of VP nominee Sarah Palin, and it actually has
very little to do with the governor: Is there an e-mail vulnerability we should know about?..
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18.09.2008Researcher: Flaw exposes hack threat
Terrorists and other criminals
could exploit a newly
discovered software flaw to
hijack massive computer
systems used to control
critical infrastructure like
oil refineries, power plants
and factories, a researcher
said Saturday.
Ganesh Devarajan, a
security researcher with 3Com
Corp.'s TippingPoint in
Austin, Texas, demonstrated
the software vulnerability he
uncovered to attendees at the
Defcon hacker conference on
computer security.
The software is used
to manage supervisory control
and data acquisition, or
SCADA, systems - computers
that regulate the functioning
of such important
infrastructure as oil and gas
pipelines, water treatment and
power transmission facilities
and the giant factories used
by large technology companies...
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05.08.2007'Contractor error' suspected in $12,000 FEMA phone hack
FEMA is now investigating a hack attack against its voice mail system that racked up $12,000 in international calls, with preliminary evidence
indicating that "contractor error" was probably involved...
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22.08.2008Yahoo! Hosts 'Hack Day' in India
A motley crew of some 100 Web developers gathered at Taj Residency here for Yahoo's Open Hack Day, which made its first appearance in Asia over the
weekend.
The one-day event on Friday attracted students, employees of software companies and even the unemployed, who toiled over
24 hours to create new applications based on Yahoo's application programming interfaces (APIs) and technology.
This was the
third in a series of
Open Hack Day held over the
past year, and the first in Asia. Yahoo kicked off its inaugural Hack Day in Sunnyvale, United States, in September 2006, and held the second one in
London, United Kingdom, in June this year.
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12.10.2007New UK police powers to hack without a warrant
To the outrage of civil liberties groups and the government opposition, the UK Home Office has begun permitting police and MI5 officers to hack
("remote search") people's computers without their knowledge and without a court warrant. Information gleaned can then be shared with other
European forces, in line with a shift in EU policy. The goal, as with all such moves, is to track down terrorists, paedophiles, and cybercriminals.
One method for stealth surveillance involves installing spyware on targetted individuals' computers, normally by sending people emails with
infected attachments. This can, of course, be done from anywhere. Another method entails hacking directly into people's wifi networks from close
range.
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06.01.2009Hack into a Windows PC; with Winlockpwn.
A security consultant, Adam Boileau, based in New Zealand has released a tool that can unlock Windows computers in seconds, via a Firewire port,
without the need for a password.
With this tool, called Winlockpwn, one could "unlock locked Windows machines or login without a password
... merely by plugging in your Firewire cable and running a command".
The hack, which affects Windows XP computers but has not yet been
tested with Windows Vista, was first demonstrated, at a security conference in Sydney in 2006, but Microsoft has yet to develop a fix. But now that a
couple of years have passed and the issue has not resolved, Boileau, decided to release the tool on his website.
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08.03.2008One year after Mac hack contest, Linux and Vista may be tested
One year after launching a controversial Macintosh hacking contest, the promoters of the
CanSecWest security research conference are thinking about giving hackers another shot at cracking the Mac. Only this time,
they're looking to broaden the field.
Last year, show organizers invited attendees to hack into a Macintosh laptop with the
successful hacker winning the computer and a cash prize. But this year, they're talking about giving attendees three targets to choose from. "We're
thinking of having a contest where we have Vista and OS X and Linux ... and see which one goes first," said Dragos Ruiu, the principal organizer of
CanSecWest.
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06.02.2008All Women Team Take Home Yahoo! Hack Day Prize
Yahoo! opened it's doors this
Friday and Saturday for the
first Yahoo! Hack Day,
designed to let teams of
developers build applications
and projects using the Yahoo!
APIs, with the most creative
winning prizes.
This year's winners were an
all women team who created a
Blogging in
Motion device.
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02.10.2006Microsoft block Windows 7 OEM key hack
Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage team
have responded to this week's news that a Windows 7 Ultimate
licensing hack had been identified.
After a Lenovo OEM Windows 7 image leaked and was used to extract a license key, Microsoft have worked with the manufacturer to blacklist the rogue
key and replace it - on genuine Lenovo PCs bought with the new OS - with a working version.
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31.07.2009Palm Pre hacked and ported to Verizon
When a product exists but is locked down in functionality a hacker does not see it as an obstacle but as a challenge. Case in point is that a
PreCentral forum member "Cleanser" has managed to take the Palm Pre and port it over to the Verizon network. The Pre has the potential to work
natively on Verizon but due to software locks and exclusivity agreements the Pre is not currently sold for anyone other than Sprint. All is not
perfect for the hack as "Cleanser" points out that currently only voice and SMS services are working but unfortunately data may take more time to
hack.
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10.07.2009Wikipedia Used to Spread Virus
The open nature of online
encyclopedia Wikipedia in
which anyone can submit and
edit articles is what has made
the service a staple of the
Internet. However, that same
openness was used on Friday to
hijack an entry and trick
users into downloading a
virus...
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06.11.2006Hackers Can Tap Into Vonage Lines, Says Security Firm
A security firm disclosed Wednesday that a security hole in Vonage's VoIP system could allow an attacker to reroute and effectively hijack phone
calls...
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25.10.2007Hack this school network, win a router
There's a wireless router gathering dust in Bob LaRocca's office. It's yours if you can hack into his network.
First, some
background: LaRocca is director of IT security with the School District of Palm Beach County in Florida, where he oversees a network of 60,000
computers in 175 schools and which he says covers more acres than any other school district east of the Mississippi River. Computer security has
traditionally been a low priority in the public school system, but that's not the case in Palm Beach County.
That's because a
computer breach stung the school system in a very public way two years ago when local papers
reported that Jeff Yorston, a student at one of the county's schools, got hold of an administrative password and gave himself
an "A" in a French class he never took. He also managed to boost the grades of a few friends.
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