AT&T has revealed it was the target of an unsuccessful hack attack, with would-be data thieves attempting to force access to customer accounts through the carrier's website. No accounts were breached in the assault AT&T told certain subscribers in letters recently, eWeek reports, with less than 1-percent of the company's 101m wireless users impacted. However, it still suggests that subscribers be wary of an uptick in spam and phishing attempts "out of an abundance of caution."
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Galaxy Nexus Permanent Root accessed, painless process revealed
When we talk about gigantic releases of smartphones, the hero phone line for Google's mobile OS Android, otherwise known as Nexus, has its name up there with the iPhone - and now the newest family member, the Galaxy Nexus, has had its heart unlocked with a full permanent root, its body now ready for hacks galore. There are methods for rooting a device (known as jailbreaking on iOS) that are not permanent, going away once the device is restarted, but this is the good kind - this kind sticks. This is the second of two methods that have been revealed thus far to the public by your kind and gentle developer underground, this one much easier than the first, especially for those of you who've never before done such a thing.
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Apple in-app purchase system hack is in says game dev
The in-app purchase feature that Apple added to the App Store long ago made it easier for the app makers to make money off the apps they sell. The in-app purchases let you buy things to add to your games and such. Pirates can steal apps and put them up on the web for people with jailbroken devices to get for free.
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NOOK Tablet gets unofficial Android Market
Barnes & Noble's NOOK Tablet has been rooted, allowing the 7-inch $249 slate to run the Android Market among other improvements. Although sideloading Android apps has been left straightforward on the NOOK Tablet, the device ships without full Android Market access; Liliputing has pulled together various guides and methods from the clever modders at Xda-developers that help correct that.
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US utility sabotage blamed on Russian hackers
Russian hackers may have sabotaged a water pump in what's being described as the first foreign cyber attack on US utility infrastructure, damaging both hardware and confidence in critical systems. The attack targeted a Springfield, Illinois water utility station on November 8, Reuters reports, using network credentials stolen from an industrial software developer; the pump was apparently remotely activated and burnt out, though redundant systems meant no impact was felt by residents of the town.
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Windows Phone hack could create Android dual-boot
Enterprising modders are seemingly one step closer to getting Windows Phone 7 devices to dual-boot with Android and other platforms, with Samsung's Focus being coaxed into running an unofficial bootloader. The handiwork of DFT (Dark Forces Team)'s Cotulla, the hack currently allows the MAGLDR bootloader to run after the Focus' original bootloader, with the eventual goal being a selection of official and unofficial ROMs to choose from.
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Facebook: We’ve ID’d porn hackers
Facebook claims it has discovered the identity of the spam hackers that swamped the social network with a pornographic deluge in recent days, promising “appropriate consequences” to come. “In addition to the engineering teams that build tools to block spam” a Facebook spokesperson told PCMag, “we also have a dedicated enforcement team that has already identified those responsible and is working with our legal team to ensure appropriate consequences follow.”
U.S. satellite hack attempt didn’t leave enough evidence to determine the perpetrators
Two satellites used by the U.S. Government were the targets of a hack attempt that apparently originated from a ground control station located in Norway. The announcement came from the commander of the U.S. military space operations. The commander noted that they lacked the evidence needed to be able to determine who attempted to hack the satellites.
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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be available in January for hacked devices
If you're unaware of the the term CyanogenMod 9, you'll be more than a little bit surprised that the most well-trafficked hack for Android will be bringing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to a whole barrage of smartphones in the first month of 2012. What the team at CyanogenMod do is manufacture and develop a ROM, essentially the clothing and innards of in this case an Android device, allowing users who are daring enough to hack their smartphones or tablets to add their customizations for free. What they've done is to create not some flashy wild interpretation of Android that'll blow your socks off, no, instead they've taken Android and tweaked it to a more perfect state - and come January 2012, we're going to be tasting Ice Cream Sandwich.
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Developers crack Siri open to work on any device
Developers at Applidium claim that they have cracked open Apple's Siri intelligent voice-controlled assistant feature to work on any device. Siri is restricted to the iPhone 4S, but has been hacked to work to some degree on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS. And now, Applidium says that it has managed to crack Siri open to be inserted into apps on other platform such as Android.
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iOS 5 hides Android-style autocorrect bar for keyboard
Having used both Android and iOS smartphones over the years, I have some experience with the autocorrect systems on both devices for typing. The common theme is that both autocorrect systems seem to be out to make us look like idiots much of the time. If you prefer the look of the Android autocorrect bar to the one in iOS, you can turn on an Android-style version on your iOS 5 smartphone.
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Apple kicks iOS security whistleblower from Developer Program
A whistleblowing iOS app developer has seen his license revoked after revealing an Apple bug that could allow trojan software to infect iPhones and iPads. Coder Charlie Miller manages to get his test app - which uses a flaw in Apple's code signing policies to subsequently contact a remote server and potentially allow a hacker to suck photos and contacts from the device, along other things - through Apple's App Store approvals process, Forbes reports, but after revealing the issue was ejected from the iOS Developer Program.
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