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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

Hackers Can Unlock Cars Via Text Messages

Rue Liu, Jul 28th 2011 Discuss [0]

So we've all seen those commercials lately where the integration of new technology with automobiles lets a person unlock and start his or her spiffy new BMW remotely with a cellphone app. It's convenient indeed and may also make it more convenient for hackers to hijack your car. According to two security researchers, hackers can do just that via what's called "war texting." Read The Full Story

Lulzsec spokesperson Topiary arrested by British e-police

Chris Davies, Jul 27th 2011 Discuss [2]

UK police have reportedly arrested Lulzsec spokesperson Topiary, in a snatch that saw the unnamed 19 year old detained at a residential address in the Shetland Islands. The arrest was made by the Police Central e-Crime Unit, the Metropolitan Police has announced, after an "intelligence-led operation." Read The Full Story

Wall-E becomes a real robot, no fairy godmother needed

Shane McGlaun, Jul 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

Pinocchio needed a fairly godmother to become a real boy, but all Wall-E needed to become a real robot was a geek with some parts and a bit of time. A dude going by the handle DJ Sures took what appears to be one of those plastic Wall-E toys from last holiday season and hacked the thing up to become a real robot. The result is a cute robot that I have to keep my kids from seeing or they will want one just like it. Read The Full Story

Apple MacBook Batteries Vulnerable To Hack

Rue Liu, Jul 22nd 2011 Discuss [7]

When we think about data security and possible vulnerabilities in our computing systems, the laptop battery generally doesn't come to mind as a hacker target. Well, security researcher Charlie Miller discovered that modern laptop batteries are just as hackable as anything else and may be far more difficult to detect, after he examined the batteries in several MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and MacBook Airs. Read The Full Story

Apple axes Front Row from OS X Lion

Chris Davies, Jul 22nd 2011 Discuss [12]

Apple has quietly retired Front Row, its media center interface for Macs, which has disappeared as of OS X Lion's release earlier this week. Added back in October 2005, Front Row was arguably Apple's answer to Microsoft's Media Center builds of Windows; today, it seems the Cupertino company would rather you just bought an Apple TV since, as Macworld notes, hitting cmd + esc in Lion no longer brings up the familiar sofa-friendly interface. Read The Full Story

Anonymous and LulzSec taunt FBI amid NATO and News International leaks

Chris Davies, Jul 21st 2011 Discuss [1]

Hacking groups Anonymous and LulzSec have released a taunting message to the FBI, challenging the law enforcement agency in the aftermath of recent arrests of supposed members of the groups. "Your threats to arrest us are meaningless to us as you cannot arrest an idea" the joint statement says. "Any attempt to do so will make your citizens more angry until they will roar in one gigantic choir." Meanwhile, both groups claim to have fresh caches of information, including documents supposedly from NATO. Read The Full Story

ChevronWP7 dev unlock service coming for $9

Shane McGlaun, Jul 20th 2011 Discuss [0]

Remember the merry band of geeks called ChevronWP7 that had the unlocking tool back early this year for WP7 handsets? The launch of the unlock tool was seen by some as the first step to an unofficial app store for the Windows Phone 7 platform. That hope didn’t last long though after ChevronWP7 removed the app at Microsoft's request. Read The Full Story

LulzSec hacks again, posts fake Rupert Murdoch obit to Sun website

Shane McGlaun, Jul 19th 2011 Discuss [1]

I guess LulzSec couldn't stand the thought to AntiSec getting all the attention and decided to come out of retirement. The LulzSec hacking group has made another hack this time against the website of The Sun where they planted a fake obituary for news mogul Rupert Murdoch. The hack redirected readers to a story saying that Murdoch had been found dead in his garden. Read The Full Story

iOS 4.3.4 Jailbreak released just days after Apple closes loophole

Chris Davies, Jul 18th 2011 Discuss [30]

The iPhone Dev Team has already jailbroken Apple's new iOS 4.3.4 release, pushed out to the iPhone, iPad and other devices on Friday last week. The updated iOS version patched a PDF vulnerability which hackers had used to jailbreak iOS 4.3.3; however, redsn0w 0.9.8b3 has been released to handle jailbreaks on 4.3.4, albeit tethered rather than untethered. Read The Full Story