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DigiNotar hacker brags via Pastebin and claims to be Comodo hacker

Shane McGlaun, Sep 6th 2011 Discuss [6]

This morning I wrote a story about the roughly 300,000 Iranian citizens who may have had their Gmail emails accounts monitored by the Iranian government using one of the bogus security certificates that came from the DigiNotar hack. I also briefly mentioned that the same hacker that attacked Comodo earlier this year had claimed responsibility. Read The Full Story

Stolen DigiNotar SSL certs used to monitor Google email conversations of up to 300k Iranians

Shane McGlaun, Sep 6th 2011 Discuss [5]

I mentioned yesterday that the Dutch company DigiNotar had been hacked back in July. The company though that it had revoked all the bogus certificates, but only recently admitted that the hack had happened and that it had missed stolen certs that would allow the impersonation of Google services like Gmail. Those missed certificates have now been used to spy on Gmail messages of 300,000 Iranians. Read The Full Story

Facebook doles out $40,000 in 21 days for security bug hunt

Shane McGlaun, Aug 31st 2011 Discuss [4]

The Facebook Deals program didn't work out too well for the giant social network, but it looks like their bug hunt program is working out really well. Facebook is running a program that will pay security researchers and other folks that find bugs or flaws in the security of the social network and report them. The money paid out depends on the severity of the flaw found. Read The Full Story

Nokia reveals that its Developer Network forum has been hacked

Shane McGlaun, Aug 29th 2011 Discuss [6]

It has been a while now since we talked about a hack that resulted in private data being stolen Nokia has now announced that data on developers of apps for its mobile phones that use the Nokia developer network forum may have had private data on them stolen. Apparently, a hacker or hackers accessed a database that holds the email addresses of forum members. Read The Full Story

HP TouchPad gets CyanogenMod Android first boot [Video]

Chris Davies, Aug 29th 2011 Discuss [8]

HP's $100 fire sale of the TouchPad led to the webOS slate dropping into the hands of several developers, not least the CyanogenMod team, and they've been hard at work getting their customized version of Android running on the tablet. Already there's a video demo (which you can see after the cut) of Android booting on the TouchPad, and the team says it's hoping to release a multiboot ROM which will allow the users to choose between webOS, CyanogenMod and potentially other platforms too. Read The Full Story

Insulin pump hacker discloses company that makes hacked device

Shane McGlaun, Aug 26th 2011 Discuss [1]

Back at the beginning of the month, I mentioned the hacker at Black Hat conference that was able to hack an insulin pump to make the device show incorrect readings. At the time the hack was announced, the hacker didn’t tell what brand the pump he hacked was. The hacker, Jerome Radcliffe, went to the company and now says that the company belittled the security flaw and didn't take the research seriously. In light of the fact that the maker apparently does not intend to secure the device, Radcliffe has announced that Medtronic makes the pump he was able to hack. Read The Full Story

Apple’s Newest Intern is also iOS’ Greatest Hacker

Chris Burns, Aug 26th 2011 Discuss [11]

When it comes to Apple’s mobile platform iOS, this operating system running on the ultra-successful iPhone and iPad as well as iPod Touch, there’s a certain word that represents the illegal hacking of the ecosystem: Jailbreaking. When it comes to Jailbreaking, aka beating Apple’s security barriers and editing Apple’s code as one sees fit, Comex is the man. His site JailbreakMe.com famously made breaking into your iDevice as easy as visiting a website – and he’s announced today that he’s joining the Apple team as their newest intern.

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BART hacked again: Police addresses leaked

Chris Davies, Aug 18th 2011 Discuss [1]

Hackers have breached the San Francisco BART systems for a second time, releasing personal details of the BART police that includes home addresses, email addresses and passwords. The new attack targeted the BART Police Officers' Association, SFGate reports, though there's disagreement supposedly within Anonymous - which took responsibility for the original hack - over whether it should have been done in the first place. Read The Full Story

Cyanogen Hired by Samsung, Will Continue Work on CyanogenMod for Android

Chris Burns, Aug 16th 2011 Discuss [3]

Hardware company Samsung today has been revealed to have acquired one of the single most notorious names in Android modification, that being Steve Kondik, aka "Cyanogen" of CyanogenMod 7. For those whose life in the after-hours of their day is hacking and pushing their Android devices to the limits, this news has the potential to be much bigger than Google's early morning acquisition of Motorola. How exactly this will affect how Samsung will operate is not yet known - the next most important question, about what's going to happen to CyanogenMod now that Cyanogen himself is working for Samsung, we've got a bit more insight on that side of the situation. Read The Full Story

HTC Bootloader Unlock Live, Sensation First in Line

Chris Burns, Aug 15th 2011 Discuss [3]

As promised weeks ago, HTC has begun the bootloader unlocking process today, all of it starting with the international edition of the HTC Sensation, and all of it working from the also new HTCDev.com. This process will start this morning for all HTC customers and that HTCDev will continue to be the source for all HTC-prone developers to access such awesome tools as the HTC S3D SDK and the HTC Pen SDK. Read The Full Story

Anonymous hacks BART: Releases user database

Chris Davies, Aug 15th 2011 Discuss [2]

Another high-profile hack this weekend, as the San Francisco BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) transport authority confirms that "at least 2,400" of its 55k strong member database has been compromised, with hacking collective Anonymous claiming responsibility. Names, emails and passwords - as well as potentially phone numbers and addresses - have been snatched, with the BART site - and services that rely on the transit data it publishes - sluggish on Sunday under an ongoing assault. Read The Full Story

Kinect hack makes monkey toy dance into your nightmares

Shane McGlaun, Aug 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

I'm not a big fan of monkey toys; it all goes back to my youth and Monkey Shines with that creepy monkey beating the cymbals. This hack for the Kinect doesn't have a monkey with cymbals, but the monkey toy moves by itself and that is enough to guarantee I won't have this thing in my house. Creepy or not, this is an interesting hack. Read The Full Story