SlashGear for iPad and iPhone
RSS Feed

‘hacks’ Stories

iPhone vulnerable to hacking with malware-infested charger

, Jun 3rd 2013 Discuss [3]

You might think the only way malware could ever get onto your phone is if you installed an app or some piece of software that was infested with malicious code, but it turns out that modified wall chargers can be used to hack phones as well. Researchers say they've built a custom iPhone wall charger that can install malware when connected to a device. Read The Full Story

Raspberry Pi used to circumvent China’s internet firewall

, May 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

The Raspberry Pi has seen a lot of different uses, and it's one of the most popular DIY toys for electronic hobbyists. In a Reddit thread where users post about all of their different uses for the credit card-sized circuit board, one user in particular has an interesting use: circumventing China's internet firewall to get censor-less WiFi. Read The Full Story

AP Twitter account hacked with fake White House explosion claim

, Apr 23rd 2013 Discuss [1]

The Associated Press's Twitter account was hacked today after a tweet was sent out from the account that read, "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured." The Associated Press responded shortly after saying that its Twitter account had been compromised, and now the account has been suspended, but it should be back up shortly after Twitter and the AP resolve the issue. Read The Full Story

Hacker demonstrates remote airplane hijacking using Android phone

, Apr 11th 2013 Discuss [13]

The Hack in the Box security conference is taking place in Amsterdam this week, and one of the talks was fairly interesting. Hugo Teso, who is a security professional as well as a licensed pilot demonstrated how one could remotely hijack an airplane using nothing but an Android device as the tool. Read The Full Story

iOS 6.1.3 tethered jailbreak hits for older iOS devices

, Mar 19th 2013 Discuss [5]

Apple officially released iOS 6.1.3 unto the public today, and we knew it would patch up the infamous Evasi0n jailbreak, meaning that if you update your iPhone 5 or other newer iOS device to iOS 6.1.3, you'll lose your jailbreak and won't be able to go back. However, another jailbreak method has been released, and it works on iOS 6.1.3 on older iOS devices. Read The Full Story

China calls for global “rules and cooperation” on hacking issues

, Mar 10th 2013 Discuss [9]

China has once again denied its involvement in a series of hacks that plagued various entities in the United States, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and several U.S. companies. The Chinese government believes that the allegations were based on groundless facts and that this is just some scheme to worsen China's reputation. Read The Full Story

Evasi0n jailbreak now running on over 14m devices

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

Four days after the highly-anticipated iOS 6 jailbreak, 7 million iOS devices were running the hacked firmware. Now, exactly one month after the jailbreak's release, over 14 million iOS devices are running Evasi0n, with 23 million iDevices running all versions of a jailbreak, both past and present. Read The Full Story

Java zero-day exploit strikes again

, Mar 1st 2013 Discuss [2]

The Java zero-day exploit has been making the rounds lately, hitting both Facebook and Apple just recently. However, it doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon. A newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in the most recent versions of Java 6 and Java 7 has been discovered, and it allows attackers to install malicious software on vulnerable PCs, specifically a new "McRat" trojan. Read The Full Story

Anonymous releases 14GB of data on the spying habits of Bank of America and more

, Feb 28th 2013 Discuss [5]

Anonymous has released 14GB of data it acquired about Bank of America, Thomson Reuters, ClearForest, Bloomberg, and TEKSystems, an intelligence firm. It did this via a press release on the website Par-AnoIA, including a link to the hacked data and a rundown of the relevant details for those who don't have the time to look at 14 gigs of info. The data concerns the spying habits of Bank of America and other corporations, which are said to include a log of data on hundreds of thousands of employees and executives at various corporations around the world. Read The Full Story

iOS 6.1.3 comes with Evasi0n jailbreak fix

, Feb 25th 2013 Discuss [3]

The latest version of iOS 6.1 is currently being beta tested as we speak, and the update will end up fixing that pesky lock screen vulnerability that's probably not as huge of a deal as people are making it, but nonetheless, it's there. However, iOS 6.1.3 also comes with a fix that finally blocks the infamous Evasi0n jailbreak. Read The Full Story

NBC websites hacked and compromised with malware

, Feb 21st 2013 Discuss [6]

Earlier today, Ronald Prince sent out a tweet stating that NBC.com had been infected with malware and that users should avoid visiting. This prompted others to look into the issue, with HitmanPro and Sucuri both confirming the issue, stating that a trojan and exploit links were present. In light of this, NBC released a simple statement confirming the problem while assuring users that their information hadn't been compromised. Read The Full Story

Fisker Twitter account hacked by diet aficionados

, Feb 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's happened again, folks. Another verified Twitter account was hacked this week, the latest victim being automobile manufacturer Fisker, who's Twitter account was hacked by what seems to be a group of diet and exercise fiends, or just a couple of hackers wanting to post some spam. Either way, this marks the fourth time that a verified Twitter account has been hacked this week alone. Read The Full Story
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next