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LetterBomb hack for Nintendo Wii allows homebrew with System Menu 4.3

Shane McGlaun, Aug 11th 2011 Discuss [1]

Most of the talk about Nintendo lately has been centered on how poorly the company has been performing financially of late. The Wii has seen sales decline as well as sales of software decline making for some rough quarters. If you have a Wii and are looking for a way to get more use out of the console in the face of a rather boring game line up, a new system hack has surfaced that will allow you to run homebrew software. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry blog hacked in BBM-powered riot reveal protest

Chris Davies, Aug 9th 2011 Discuss [0]

The official RIM blog, Inside BlackBerry, has been hacked in retaliation for the company's announcement that it will cooperate with UK police to identify those using BBM to organize looting and violence in London, UK this week. The blog - which is currently offline - was unofficially updated by a group calling itself "TeaMp0isoN" to suggest that, should RIM release information on BlackBerry users, it would make public a database of employee information that includes names, addresses and phone numbers. Read The Full Story

Apple TV Hacked To Play HTML 5 Games

Rue Liu, Aug 8th 2011 Discuss [3]

The Apple TV was just recently updated with support for Vimeo and TV show streaming, suggesting that Apple still has many plans for this supposed "hobby" of a product. With the upcoming iOS 5 and the iCloud, it's likely that Apple TV may tap into these for more functionality later this fall. But for those less patient, you can hack your Apple TV for now to access HTML 5 apps and games. Read The Full Story

LAN-connected washing machine sends network notification when clothes are done

Shane McGlaun, Aug 8th 2011 Discuss [2]

One of the things that I dislike most about washing clothes is that I always forget to check the machine and my stuff sits there until it is nearly dry and wrinkled up. One geek had a washing machine with a notoriously inaccurate timer and he got tired of having to trek down to the basement to check clothes so he hacked up something to tell him when the clothes were done. The result is a cool notification system that can be checked from a computer. Read The Full Story

Anti Android app makes hacking push button simple

Shane McGlaun, Aug 8th 2011 Discuss [3]

There are many people out there that like to call themselves hackers, but only use software to take advantage of out of date security written by other people. A new tool is coming to Android smartphones soon via the Android Market that will certainly be appealing to nefarious sorts without the skills to create their own exploits. The new tool is called Anti or Android Network Toolkit. Read The Full Story

Hacked RC car sent to soldier in Afghanistan saved lives

Shane McGlaun, Aug 8th 2011 Discuss [6]

This is one of the coolest hacks I have ever heard of. A guy named Ernie Fessenden built a cool RC truck to send to his brother serving in Afghanistan named Sergeant Chris Fessenden. Ernie built the hacked RC truck out of an off the shelf Traxxis Stampede RC truck combined with a smallish camera mounted to the hood of the truck. Read The Full Story

Anonymous and LulzSec Hack US Police Files Nationwide

Chris Burns, Aug 7th 2011 Discuss [119]

In an effort to continue their reign of hacking news supremacy, both LulzSec and Anonymous have claimed responsibility for a 10 gigabyte file containing social security numbers, credit card details, and vast amounts of police files including emails and confidentially sent tips on crimes. This information comes from more than 70 so-called "small-town" law enforcement agencies. Both hacking groups say they want to show solidarity with with Topiary and the Anonymous PayPal LOIC defendants as well as others - Topiary being the supposed name of one Jake Davis, a teen suspected of working with LulzSec to illegally hack several institutions. Read The Full Story

Facebook SPAM King Compromises 500,000 Accounts

Chris Burns, Aug 7th 2011 Discuss [22]

A fellow by the name of Sanford Wallace, otherwise known as one of the "Spam Kings", has been charged with 11 federal criminal counts, these counts related to 27 MILLION unsolicited SPAM messages sent via Facebook servers. FBI officials note that Wallace received "substantial revenue" for this so-called "scheme" in which 500,000 Facebook users accounts were compromised. As of August 7th, 2011, Wallace has turned himself into authorities, has pled not guilty, and is free on a $100,000 bond while he faces more than 40 years in prison for his alleged crimes. Lulzsec and Anonymous have been unavailable for comment.* Read The Full Story

Security Researchers at Black Hat conference show off aerial drone that can fool mobile phones and more

Shane McGlaun, Aug 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

Each year a bunch of hackers and security researchers descend on the Black Hat conference to show off the things they create for hacking. Some of the tech is used for good and a lot of the tech can be used for bad as well. The WASP drone is one of the things that could be used for either I suspect. WASP stands for Wireless Aerial Surveillance platform and is constructed using a surplus USAF drone. Read The Full Story

HTC Bootloader Situation Update: Devices Continue Shipping Locked, Unlock Comes from Web

Chris Burns, Aug 3rd 2011 Discuss [4]

Wednesday of this week, HTC sent out a new update on the situation they've had brewing for some weeks, that being one where fans of the devices have demanded handsets have unlocked boot loaders so that they might root and hack them for custom modifications. HTC responded some time ago to the call to action by indeed responding with a declaration that they would, indeed, be unlocking their devices come this Summer and Autumn. In their most recent update, HTC notes that there have been many questions as to why their most recent devices still come locked, responding with updates on how and when each device would be unlocked and what users would have to do to make it happen. Read The Full Story

McAfee talks about attack dubbed Operation Shady RAT

Shane McGlaun, Aug 3rd 2011 Discuss [2]

Most of us follow all the hacking stories that have been surfacing over the last year or so and think that the rate of hacking is gone up dramatically. According to McAfee, it's not so much that attacks are increasing, it's just that the attacks are now being announced instead of hidden away. McAfee is also publishing a new report that it says is one of the most comprehensive analysis ever revealed of victim profiles from a five-year long targeted operation by a specific actor dubbed Operation Shady RAT. Read The Full Story

LulzSec hacker teen bailed: Details of 750,000 found on PC

Chris Davies, Aug 1st 2011 Discuss [6]

The teenage LulzSec hacker arrested by British police last week has been released on bail this morning, despite investigations discovering the personal details of 750,000 individuals on computers seized from his home. Jake Davis, who is believed to be LulzSec spokesperson Topiary, was granted bail after the judge took into account his age, clean record and the "considerable shock" of his arrest and the media's reaction to it, The FT reports. Davis appeared at the court in London wearing Neo-style sunglasses and clutching a copy of Free Radicals: the Secret Anarchy of Science. Read The Full Story