HD DVD Encryption cracked?
A thread on the Doom9 forum contains links posted by user Muslix64. They lead to a YouTube video and source download for a piece of java code to be employed in the breaking of Advanced Access Content System (AACS) encoded video.
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28.12.2006 DVD Jon hacks Media Player file encryption
Norway's best known IT export, DVD Jon, has hacked encryption coding in Microsoft's Windows Media Player, opening up content broadcast for the multimedia player to alternative devices on multiple platforms.
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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 Vista encryption 'no threat' to computer forensics
Security advances in Windows Vista are unlikely to frustrate cybercrime investigation, according to a leading computer forensics firm.
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2.2.2007 Microsoft Downplays Windows Vista Encryption Cracks
The concept behind Cold-Boot attacks on encryption keys stored in the computer's DRAM is not new. The implications of physical memory attacks, in the context of Windows Vista BitLocker Drive Encryption, were discussed at Hack in the Box 2006 by Douglas MacIver, Penetration Engineer, Microsoft Penetration Team.
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26.2.2008 Recover Files from Damaged or Corrupted CD,DVD,HD DVD,Blu-Ray Disks
CD/DVD are optical storage media easily gets corrupted or damaged. CD & DVD discs have low durability and single scratch on CD/DVD will permanently damage your data.
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4.9.2009 WPA Encryption No Longer Secure
Security researchers Erik Tews and Martin Beck have succeeded in partially cracking the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) encryption, which until now had been considered safe.
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7.11.2008 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Vista says NO to old DVD drives
Windows Vista will no longer support DVD-ROM drives that do not handle region coding in hardware (RPC1 drives) - thus preventing playback of DVDs that are region/CSS encoded with those drives.
Not a big problem, as RPC1 drives haven't been officially manufactured since 2000 (and Microsoft claims their drives are all broken), but for those with hacked drives (RPC2 with RPC1 firmware), or move the RPC1 drive to new computers, well, no more DVD movies for you!
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2.1.2006 Vista Retail DVD on Pirate Websites
Copies of Windows Vista Retail DVE have been ripped and made available for download free of charge on pirate websites and peer-to-peer networks.
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7.2.2007 How To Burn Downloaded Windows Vista to DVD
OK, you've just purchased Windows Vista from Windows Marketplace and you selected "Digital Locker Download" instead of "Buy and Ship".
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20.4.2007 Installing Vista Beta 1 (x86) without DVD media
I know, I know - Everyone should have a DVD burner these days... but I don't. Here's a rough guide on getting Vista Beta 1 (x86) installed without the use of DVD media. I am not responsible for lost partitions, data, etc!
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Windows Vista Retailing: All versions On 1 DVD: Color Coded
As you may have heard there are going to be a “few” versions of Microsoft Vista when it is finally released. Redmond this week start to lift some of the details for retailers. Some interesting ones to note are that all versions of Vista will be on the same DVD.
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18.9.2006 Vista SP2 RTM DVD ISO Images Available for Download
Microsoft released Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to manufacturing on April 28, 2009. As was the case with Vista SP1, the RTM and General Availability dates failed to coincide.
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15.5.2009 Burn your Windows Vista DVD ISO's slowly, warns Microsoft
Microsoft is advising Vista beta testers to burn their downloaded ISOs as slowly as 1X or 2X to avoid corrupted media.
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10.7.2006 Adding Blu-ray and HD DVD to Vista Media Center
As part of my ongoing Vista Media Center project, I’m about to add Blu-ray and HD DVD playback capabilities to my living room system. I already know that the system is fully capable of recording and playing back over-the-air high-definition content.
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1.9.2007 Download Windows Vista SP1 RTM Standalone DVD ISO
Over two months since Windows Vista SP1 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and almost a month since it became available to the general public on March 18, the first service pack for the latest Windows client is once again available for download.
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15.4.2008 Windows Vista Service Pack 2 -SP2 Beta Standalone DVD ISO
As of December 2, 2008, Microsoft made available for download the first fully-fledged Beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2, via MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
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5.12.2008 Windows Vista with SP2 RTM Slipstreamed/Integrated DVD ISO Image
Microsoft has finalized the Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, which has been RTMed as version 6.0.6002.18005.
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27.5.2009Vista Encryption Concerns
British Police
British officials are
concerned about encryption in
Microsoft's forthcoming
Windows Vista release, saying
the technology could prevent
law enforcement from reading
suspects' computer files.
They claim certain new
features within Vista, while
intended to do good, may
actually set back terrorism
investigations...
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16.02.2006Vista Encryption Concerns
British Gov
British officials are
concerned about encryption in
Microsoft's forthcoming
Windows Vista release, saying
the technology could prevent
law enforcement from reading
suspects' computer files.
They claim certain new
features within Vista, while
intended to do good, may
actually set back terrorism
investigations...
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17.02.2006Windows encryption programs open to kernel hack
Many popular Windows encryption programs that hide files inside mounted volumes could be fatally compromised by a new type of attack uncovered by a
German researcher.
According to a paper published by Bern Roellgen, who also works for encryption software outfit PMC Ciphers,
such OTFE (on-the-fly-encryption) programs typically pass the password and file path information in the clear to a device driver through a Windows
programming function called 'DevicelOControl'.
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15.01.2009Hacking a Media Center DVD Library
Max Zuckerman: If you're like me, one of the inputs on your TV is your desktop or laptop computer. It's one of the best ways to surf the web or
share pictures and videos with others.
But my favorite feature, hands down, is the ability to have my entire DVD collection
available to me in a very intuitive and slick-looking interface all on my TV. The best part is I don't have to physically insert a DVD every time I
want to watch one. I can just browse my collection very easily all on my TV/monitor and hit "play!"
See how I set this all up
in
my tutorial on
Channel 8.
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07.12.2007HD DVD User Claims to Have Bypassed AACS Encryption
In a separate matter perhaps
inspired by, but otherwise
unrelated to, last December's
discovery of how a
software-based HD DVD player
may have left title keys
exposed, giving users access
to one of the key components
necessary for them to back up
their content onto separate
discs, another user has posted
the source code that may
enable HD DVD users to
determine the title keys for
themselves...
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14.02.2007Windows recovery loophole lets hackers in
Windows Vista may be
Microsoft's most secure
operating system to date, but
researchers are still finding
some glaring loopholes for
hackers to exploit. Here is
the latest: all you need is a
Vista Install DVD to get admin
level access to a hard drive.
The loophole arises
because the Command Prompt
tool in Vista's System
Recovery Options fails to
request user name or passwords
before handing over access to
PCs running the operating
system.
The hack,
discovered by security
researcher Kimmo Rousku, only
works locally. Physical access
to a target PC is a must. Even
so, the potential for mischief
(such as deleting directories
or copying files on targeted
PCs) is enormous. Hackers
don't even necessarily need
to run a DVD. "Its easy to
create a bootable USB flash
memory that works in a similar
way," Rousku notes. ..
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13.06.2007One 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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06.02.2008Microsoft Silently Rolls Out Anti-Hack Update For Vista
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. But those who think they can escape by not
updating to Service Pack 1 would be sadly mistaken.
That's because Microsoft has surreptitiously released an anti-hack detection update
via Windows Update. Those who chose to have Windows Vista install updates automatically would have this update installed and running by now. If you
chose to manually select updates to be installed, you should find this update listed.
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12.05.2008HD DVD anti-rip encryption cracked
Has the HD DVD next-generation
optical disc format's
anti-rip technology been
cracked? That's certainly
what's being claimed by a
programmer going by the name
muslix64 who has posted a
Java-based app he maintains
will free the video on a disc
from its encryption
shackles.
HD DVD
used the AACS copy-protection
system to encode content. So
does the Blu-ray Disc format,
though it adds a couple of
extra anti-piracy techniques
to boost its level of
protection. According to
muslix64's posting on a Doom9
forum, nosing around his PC's
memory, he found his test
disc's title encryption key
and was able to use to copy
the movie to his hard drive
and decrypt the video.
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28.12.2006DRM vs. Hackers: Time to Surrender?
Industry experts
question the future of digital
rights management in the face
of the latest assault on AACS
encryption.
The recent news that a
tool from SlySoft can bypass
the newest Advanced Access
Content System encryption
scheme is the latest assault
on digital rights
management—and some are
taking it as proof that the
technology needs to change or
wither away.
"I
don't think it has been easy,
but nevertheless
is
being broken … due to
software implementations,
although there have been hacks
done on HD DVD drive firmware
as well," said Alec Main,
chief technology officer of
Cloakware, based in Vienna,
Va. "Clearly these software
implementations need to take
better precautions against
being hacked." ..
winbeta.org - 24.05.2007
No HD DVD or Blu-ray in 32-bit
Vista
Microsoft disclosed at TechEd
2006 in Sydney Thursday that
32-bit versions of Windows
Vista would never support
high-definition protected
content, including HD DVD and
Blu-ray movies. The new
formats will require 64-bit
systems running the x64
edition of Vista...
betanews.com - 26.08.2006
Intel, Oracle team on encryption to protect data in business 'clouds'
Judging from the announcement at this week's OracleWorld, both enterprise cloud computing and virtualization customers could soon get new data
encryption technologies that are "hardware-rooted."..
betanews.com - 25.09.2008
Those 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...
betanews.com - 14.10.2008
IsoBuster 2.0
IsoBuster is an award winning,
highly specialized and easy to
use CD, DVD and blue ray (BD,
HD DVD) data recovery tool. It
supports all CD / DVD / BD /
HD DVD formats and all common
file-systems...Rescue lost
files from a bad or trashed CD
or DVD disc, save important
documents, precious pictures,
video from the family, your
only system backup, ...
IsoBuster can do it all !
IsoBuster 2.0
changelog:
- BD (Blu Ray) and HD DVD
support.
- UDF 2.6.
- Implemented the ability
to use other system installed
code pages, such as MAC,
SYMBOL, UTF8 etc., for
ISO9660.
- Properties
for drives show, next to CD
and DVD, also BD and HD DVD
Read and Write
capabilities.
-
Installation and IsoBuster.exe
are now code signed to make
Windows (more or less)
happy.
- Implemented
ASynchronous Drag and Drop
(file extraction) on VISTA
systems to avoid the VISTA
over-write dialogue to become
stuck under the IsoBuster
window, which looks like a
hang, but it isn't.
-
VISTA style directory icons
when ran on a VISTA system.
- Start with font Tahoma on
XP or Segoe UI on VISTA.
- Smaller changes here and
there.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 23.12.2006
IBM Embeds Encryption into
Processor
IBM on Monday unveiled a new
technology known as
SecureBlue, which is comprised
of a set of encryption
circuitry that can be
integrated directly into a
computer's CPU. The idea
behind the project is that no
software or external chip can
be truly secure, as hackers
can intercept the data as it
is sent to main processor...
betanews.com - 11.04.2006
HP Goes Format-Neutral, Backs
HD DVD
HP publicly announced its
support for HD DVD Friday,
officially joining the HD DVD
Promotions Group and saying it
would remain neutral. As
expected, the core reason of
HP's cooling to Sony's
Blu-ray disc technology was
the group's failure to use
iHD, which would be supported
natively in Windows Vista...
betanews.com - 17.12.2005
TiVo 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...
betanews.com - 08.05.2007
Three-Layer 51 GB HD DVD Apparently Approved by DVD Forum
News is only now leaking out that the three-layer, single sided format for HD DVD engineered by Toshiba was given the green light by the DVD Forum,
official backer of HD DVD, on August 31...
betanews.com - 11.09.2007
7 Whole-Disk Encryption Apps Put A Lock On Data
Few IT professionals need to be lectured about data security. All too frequently we hear of the theft or loss of a computer or hard drive with data
stored in the clear -- without encryption.
Fortunately, on-the-fly data encryption is no longer some exotic, costly beast.
Rather than just encrypting single files, some applications are able to create virtual disks, either within a file or directly on a partition, where
everything written to the disk is automatically encrypted. On modern hardware, the overhead for encryption is minimal; you no longer need dedicated
hardware to make this happen.
winbeta.org - 31.03.2008
Engineer 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...
betanews.com - 03.08.2007
