Do you remember a time when Linux was a niche OS? Beyond college kids and a few converted Unix nerds, Linux was something for hackers, Ham radio operators and ivory tower dwellers. No one would ever put a Linux-based computer into a data center. How times and attitudes have changed. Once known as the...
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Hackers have built a computer virus that attacks Siemens AG’s widely used industrial control systems, creating malicious software that analysts said can be used for espionage and sabotage. The German company said the malware is a Trojan worm dubbed Stuxnet that spreads via infected USB thumb drives, exploiting a yet-to-be-patched vulnerability in Microsoft Corp’s...
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Hackers have attacked 25,000 PCs affected by the Windows Help and Support Center zero-day vulnerability, patched yesterday. According to a post on the Microsoft Malware Protection Centre (MMPC) blog, the attacks on infected systems accelerated significantly after the company announced that it would be patching the vulnerability in this month’s MS10-042 bulletin. Writing on...
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According to security researcher Craig Heffner, about half the existing models of home routers, including most Linksys, Dell, and Verizon, are vulnerable to being hacked. The hack relies on tricking people to visit a malicious website. From that point on, the router itself can be hijacked and the poor user redirected pretty much anywhere...
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There’s new concern for iPad users after hackers got into the AT&T website and exposed thousands of user email addresses last month. The breach also exposed a little known number that could lead a hacker to a user’s front door: the ICC-ID number. Experts warn if a hacker has your ICC-ID number and they...
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As the dog days of summer arrive in Seattle, Microsoft is preparing to issue four security bulletins next Tuesday — three of them rated “critical,” Microsoft’s highest ranking. The good news is there are only four patches, and that two of them fix outstanding zero-day vulnerabilities for which users and administrators have been waiting....
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Microsoft has announced that an unpatched flaw in Windows XP and Server 2003 – which it routinely alerted users about in the middle of last month – is being actively exploited by hackers in the wild. As a result, the software giant says it is speeding up its plans to patch the flaw, but...
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Justin Bieber has got pranked by his haters. BBC News reported that users at imageboard website 4Chan have hacked into “Justin Bieber My World” contest, a public vote in the Canadian singer’s My World Tour page asking fans which country he should take his tour to next, and have successfully making North Korea shot...
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For electronics hobbyists, the open source chipset BeagleBoard that packs as much punch as a smartphone processor might seem like the key to paradise. Yet it is the relatively underpowered 8-bit microcontroller Arduino that has captured the attention of DIYers. Arduino began as a project in Italy in 2005 and since then has turned...
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A total of $465,000 was recently stolen from California-based Village View Escrow via 26 consecutive wire transfers. “Owner Michelle Marisco said her financial institution at the time — Professional Business Bank of Pasadena, Calif. — normally notified her by e-mail each time a new wire was sent out of the company’s escrow account,” writes...
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The web sites of more than a whopping 200 Australian organisations were hijacked and vandalised in a spate of hacks last week. In the largest single attack, a hacker gained administrative access to the Direct Admin server management system used by a hosting provider, who Computerworld Australia will not name, and suspended 159 accounts...
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A security expert has identified flaws in the design of some automated teller machines that make them vulnerable to hackers, who could make the ubiquitous cash dispensers spit out their cash holdings. Barnaby Jack, head of research at Seattle-based, security firm IOActive Labs, will demonstrate methods for “jackpotting” ATMs at the Black Hat security...
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We’ve covered a fair few of the ROM hacks here on Gizmodo, which many parts of an extremely active network of hackers/Android-lovers have created. Now though, HTC is cracking down on them, sending Coinflipper’s community a cease-and-desist. Coinflipper has been behind a few of the most high-profile hacks, but is also particularly skilled at...
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