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GPS 'spoofing' could threaten national security

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:57:33 GMT

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GPS 'spoofing' could threaten national security

'Average person doesn't realize how much infrastructure is based on GPS'

A ship's bridge illuminated at night. A technique for sabotaging GPS systems, called spoofing, could cause havoc in the wrong hands, warn researchers. In spoofing, a spoofer creates a false GPS signal that passes as a real GPS signal, sending an incorrect time and location to a certain receiver.

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Computers have been hacked for decades. But now, scientists at Cornell University and Virginia Tech are now warning about the dangers of "spoofing," or hacking into the Global Positioning System (GPS) that controls everything from car navigation to national power grids.

"The average person doesn't realize how much infrastructure is based on GPS and how vulnerable it is," said Brent Ledvina of Virginia Tech, who helped build a spoofer to show weaknesses in the system. "But the truth is that a lot can be done about these vulnerabilities."

Tags: gps, spoofing, spoofer, threats, technical threats, security

Bluehost How-To : Phishing/hacking …. CPU related?

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:12:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I don’t know whether they are related but I also received the CPU quota exceeded messages. In looking further into it, I found I had two things that were compromised on my server

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Bluehost How-To : Phishing/hacking …. CPU related?

This is a bluehost question posted by nitrocrzy on 30 July 2008

I don’t know whether they are related but I also received the CPU quota exceeded messages. In looking further into it, I found I had two things that were compromised on my server. I was using the Chat installed from the original scripts under cPanel. I also had a problem with my blog (sql injection). Since I have been monitoring server logs and my site, I haven’t had any more error messages. However, I have found at least 6 different sites on the same box that were also similarly compromised.

Tags: bluehost, host, blue hosts, review, phishing, related

Angry lolly lovers mobilise

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:17:27 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nzherald.co.nz

Angry lolly lovers mobilise

Sweet lovers are rising up in protest against the removal of their favourite old-fashioned treats.

The Sugar Liberation Army (SLA) is taking its displeasure at the recent slashing of Kiwi favourites Snifters, Tangy Fruits and Sparkles to the makers.

A "slightly tongue in cheek" protest, codename Operation Tang, is being called at the Cadbury factory in Dunedin today to let the company know the people will not lie down as their cinema staples disappear from the shelves.

"I always thought I would protest something like cheese prices - but this is just ridiculous. People just don't care anymore. Someone has to stand up to Cadbury and tell them the way they are hacking at the childhoods of thousands is atrocious."

"In a world of financial uncertainty and economic crisis, we turn to nostalgia for small comforts. Cadbury is denying everyday New Zealanders the sweet, confectionary nostalgia of their forefathers."

Tags: sweet's

iPhone Hacks

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:26:22 GMT

clipped by: bryonbrock
clipper's remarks: iPhone Hacks, iPhone Downloads, iPhone Chat, iPhone Forums, iPhone Guides, iPhone Tutorials

Clip Source: www.iphone-hacks.com

Hack your Apple iPhone

Welcome to the completely free source for all your iPhone Hacks, iPhone Downloads, iPhone Unlocks, iPhone Jailbreaks, iPhone Guides and Tutorials. iPhone hackers, developers, and researchers around the globe have been working hard to open the device in hopes to achieve what Apple never intended. iPhone-Hacks.com aims to share all the hacking, mods, cracks, and discoveries with you — in one central location! Happy iPhone Hacking!

Hack your Apple iPhone

Tags: iphone, iphone 3g, apple, iphone hacks, iphone unlock, iphone 3g unlock, iphone jailbreak, iphone 3g jailbreak, iphone guides, iphone tutorials

10 Most Mysterious Cyber Crimes

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:33:05 GMT

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Clip Source: www.pcmag.com

The 10 Most Mysterious Cyber Crimes

These are 10 of the most infamous unsolved computer crimes (that we know about).

The WANK Worm (October 1989)

WANK (Worms Against Nuclear Killers) ran a banner (pictured) across system computers as part of a protest to stop the launch of the plutonium-fueled, Jupiter-bound Galileo probe.

Ministry of Defense Satellite Hacked (February 1999)

group of hackers traced to southern England gained control of a MoD Skynet military satellite

CD Universe Credit Card Breach (January 2000)

blackmail scheme gone wrong, the posting of over 300,000 credit card numbers by hacker Maxim on a Web site entitled

Military Source Code Stolen (December 2000)

a hacker broke into government-contracted Exigent Software Technology

Anti-DRM Hack (October 2001)

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Dennis Kucinich on CBSNews.com (October 2003)

CBSNews.com homepage

replaced b

campaign's logo

Hacking Your MBA App (March 2006)

The 26,000 Site Hack Attack (Winter 2008)

Supermarket Security Breach (February 2008)

Comcast.net

Redirect

May 2008

Tags: cyber crimes, hackers, internet, websites

Lefty Posters in Stumble Upon

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:05:21 GMT

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Clip Source: paintme101.stumbleupon.com

Myself
a woman in a relationship

New Jersey, USA

I'm an artist and my eye catches the beauty of many different topics. I post photos of things that attract me or inspire me, using my blog as my "virtual canvas"...Plus there's the occasional joke, a fun cartoon, a political jab or tips on health and happiness.

Active Sep 24 · Joined Mar 23/07
's: 7942 · Fans: 171

Common Interests: Antiques, Alternative Health, StumbleUpon, Hacking, Open Source, Graphic Design, Internet Tools, Photography

Bill Clinton's Complimentary Remarks On Sarah and Todd

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:48:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Clinton concluded his statement on Palin by asking why "say anything bad about a person" and why couldn't everyone just "be happy for her elevation to the ticket," even though they disagree with her.

This is a surprisingly gracious statement from Clinton on Palin, and he is absolutely correct. Politics shouldn't be about talking repeating vicious rumors concerning someone's family members and hacking into their email accounts to look for dirt on them. Perhaps both parties need to listen to what Clinton is saying; however, the left bears the brunt of responsibility for the smear campaigns against Palin since her name was announced as the candidate.

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“Is it me, or he [Clinton] didn’t want to say the name Barack Obama? He did not … He went through everything he could do … “Well like Hillary would want to do with the economy…” Hillary ain’t running. Hillary’s not running. What the hell?”

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Why is the Clintons’ support of Obama so tepid and muted?

Clip Source: www.onenewsnow.com

Clinton was speaking to a group of reporters before a Global Initiative meeting when he said:

“I come from Arkansas, I get why she’s hot out there, why she’s doing well.”

People look at her, and they say, ‘All those kids. Something that happens in everybody’s family. I’m glad she loves her daughter and she’s not ashamed of her. Glad that girl’s going around with her boyfriend. Glad they’re going to get married.'"

“I like that little Down syndrome kid. One of them lives down the street. They’re wonderful children. They’re wonderful people. And I like the idea that this guy does those long-distance races. Stayed in the race for 500 miles with a broken arm. My kind of guy.”

See FOX News.

Tags: sarah and todd palin, bill clinton speech, chris rock on letterman show

Esquire's E Ink Cover

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:45:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The October 2008 issue of Esquire magazine brings us the first digital ink ever used in a publication, with moving words and flashing images.

Clip Source: www.esquire.com

75th Anniversary Issue Preview: The E Ink Cover

Next week, Esquire's 75th Anniversary issue will hit newsstands. A limited number will feature an experimental cover that were built using electronic ink, an idea that already has some people talking.

• The New York Times
• Wired
• Boing-Boing
• Gizmodo
• Engadget
• Kottke

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Esquire E-ink Cover Hands On

[Video]

Clip Source: www.esquire.com

• How the E-Ink Cover Was Made
• What to Do if Your Cover Is Not Flashing
• How to Recycle the October Issue
• Can You Hack Esquire's E-Ink Cover?

Clip Source: gadgetress.freedomblogging.com

Video: Ripping open Esquire’s digital ink cover

If you separate the electronics from the magazine, you end up with two blinking panels connected to a circuit board with six batteries, a microchip and lots of technical stuff. According to Make, the do-it-yourself magazine, e-ink package included:

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Ripping open Esquire's e-ink cover

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Clip Source: blog.makezine.com

Esquire E-Ink cover hacking? - take apart photos and more...

Tags: esquire, e ink, technology, display, publishing

FBI searches apartment in Palin hacking case

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:16:53 GMT

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Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

FBI searches apartment in Palin hacking case

WASHINGTON - The FBI searched the residence of the son of a Democratic state lawmaker in Tennessee over the weekend looking for evidence linking the young man to the hacking of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Monday.

David Kernell, 20, has not returned repeated phone calls or e-mails from the AP since last week. He is the son of state Rep. Mike Kernell, a Memphis Democrat and chairman of Tennessee's House Government Operations Committee. The father declined last week to discuss the possibility his son might be involved in the case.

"I had nothing to do with it, I had no knowledge or anything," Mike Kernell told the AP.

"I was not a party to anything of this nature at all," he added. "I wasn't in on this — and I wouldn't know how to do anything like that."

Tags: palin, fbi, hacker, email

Stay outta my face, Barry

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:14:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The new Obama Panic Shuffle

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

Mr. Obama's army is swarming, blocking lines when Obama critics show up for radio interviews. A study out Thursday said the Obama campaign has become more negative than the McCain campaign. There is the hacking—no one at this point knows by whom—of Sarah Palin's personal email account. From Mr. Obama himself, a new edge. He tells an audience in Elko, Nev., to "argue" with McCain supporters and "get in their face." Bambi is playing Chicago style. No doubt everyone around him has been saying, and for some weeks now, "Get tough." But this is not how to get tough, and it does not reflect a shrewd reading of what the moment demands. People want depth, not ferocity.

Tags: obama, campaign, chicago, negative

Hacking is Easy, Fun, But Unfortunately Still Wrong

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:54:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Now I don't like Palin but this doesn't mean that I agree with what this guy did. I would be pissed if someone hacked into my email.

Poor guy it wasn't even worth it, he didn't even find anything incriminating....cool how he easy it was though....but yes still wrong.

Clip Source: blog.wired.com

Palin E-Mail Hacker Says It Was Easy

The story was briefly posted Wednesday to the 4chan forum where the hack first surfaced. Bloggers have connected the handle of the poster, "Rubico," to an e-mail address, and tentatively identified the owner as a college student in Tennessee.

As detailed in the postings, the Palin hack didn't require any real skill. Instead, the hacker simply reset Palin's password using her birthdate, ZIP code and information about where she met her spouse -- the security question on her Yahoo account, which was answered (Wasilla High) by a simple Google search.

The simplicity of the attack, of course, makes it no less illegal.

Once the hacker had read the e-mails in Palin's account, he said he suddenly realized what he'd done and how vulnerable he was to being caught, since he'd used only a single proxy service to hide his IP address.

Tags: hacking palins email

Security, Shamerity

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:47:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Type in "hack yahoo" to see thousands of listings. Duh, another reason why Sarah Palin isn't ready!

Clip Source: www.slate.com

Hacking Sarah PalinWhy it's not a good idea for politicians to use personal e-mail accounts.

Sometime on Tuesday, an unknown hacker gained access to gov.palin@yahoo.com, an e-mail account that Sarah Palin has used for personal and possibly also state business in Alaska.

and for a brief while, Palin was an open book.

Soon after, gov.palin@yahoo.com and another account Palin has reportedly used to conduct official business—gov.sarah@yahoo.com—were deleted from Yahoo.

they reveal nothing damaging about Palin, other than that she has a penchant for typing in ALL CAPS when exercised.

the McCain campaign called the incident "a shocking invasion of the Governor's privacy and a violation of law.

The Yahoo breach does raise a few questions about Palin's e-mail habits. Why was she using Yahoo? Critics say she was taking a page from Karl Rove, who cooked up the idea of using an off-site e-mail address to confound investigations of his activities in the Bush administration.

Software for Politics

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:02:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "'Anonymous,' best known for its jousts with Scientology, has apparently hacked Sarah Palin's private Yahoo email account. Contents, including sample emails, an index, and family photos, have been posted by Wikileaks, which calls them evidence that the GOP vice presidential candidate has improperly used private email to shield government business from public scrutiny." Note that there is no easy way to tell if the material on Wikileaks is genuine or a hoax. Update by J : Genuine.
[+] privacy, politics, usa, slashdotted, haha (tagging beta)

Clip Source: politics.slashdot.org

Technology: Software Spots Spin In Political Speeches

"According to an article in NewScientst Tech, there is now software that can identify the amount of spin in a politician or candidate's speech. From the article, 'Blink and you would have missed it. The expression of disgust on former US president Bill Clinton's face during his speech to the Democratic National Convention as he says "Obama" lasts for just a fraction of a second. But to Paul Ekman it was glaringly obvious. "Given that he probably feels jilted that his wife Hillary didn't get the nomination, I would have to say that the entire speech was actually given very gracefully," says Ekman, who has studied people's facial expressions and how they relate to what they are thinking for over 40 years.' The article goes on to analyze the amount of spin in each of the candidates running for president, and the results are that Obama spins the most."

News: "Anonymous" Hacks Palin's Private Email

Tags: politics, software, president, programs, hacking

What You Can Do To Keep Your System Safe

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:50:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: - General Hacking Information
- Password Security
- Scanning, Fingerprinting And Similar Techniques
- How Hackers Attack Numerous Internet Services
- How Hackers Attack Web Servers, Cgis, PHP, ASP, Etc.
- How Hackers Attack IRC, Instant Messaging, And Multiplayer Games
- Vulnerabilities Found In Platforms With Smaller Market Share
- How Hackers Attack Novell And 802.11b Networks

Clip Source: security.fx-vista.com

What You Can Do To Keep Your System Safe

::General Hacking Information
::Password Security
::Scanning, Fingerprinting And Similar Techniques
::How Hackers Attack Numerous Internet Services
::How Hackers Attack Web Servers, Cgis, PHP, ASP, Etc.
::How Hackers Attack IRC, Instant Messaging, And Multiplayer Games
::Vulnerabilities Found In Platforms With Smaller Market Share
::How Hackers Attack Novell And 802.11b Networks

Tags: general hacking information, password security, scanning, fingerprinting, how hackers attack web servers, cgis, php, asp, internet services, irc

Law, Privacy, Wetware, Hardware, File Sharing

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:47:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: - Hardware, Electronics, Radio Etc.
- Hackers And The Law
- About Napster, Gnutella, And Other File Sharing Schemes
- About Your Dwindling Privacy
- The Scariest Directory On This CD - Wetware Hacking!
- Physical Security, Scams Etc.
- Stuff That Just Didn't Fit Anywhere Else!

Clip Source: security.fx-vista.com

Law, Privacy, Wetware, Hardware, File Sharing

::Hardware, Electronics, Radio Etc.
::Hackers And The Law
::About Napster, Gnutella, And Other File Sharing Schemes
::About Your Dwindling Privacy
::The Scariest Directory On This CD - Wetware Hacking!
::Physical Security, Scams Etc.
::Stuff That Just Didn't Fit Anywhere Else!

Tags: law, privacy, wetware, hardware, file sharing, hackers and the law, napster, gnutella, wetware hacking, physical security