It is official, USBHacks.com is bad ass. According to Norton and McAfee USBHacks is a dangerous site. Yes, some of the files are not for the faint of heart ( as clearly indicated in the descriptions for the literate), however I think that their rankings are invalid, as we do not maliciously attempt to make people download viruses to their computers. This site was developed to help educate IT administrators and the public about threat posed from behind the firewall, to illustrate the point we have made applications that are available in other areas of the Internet available to you with full disclosure regarding what the applications do and why. I find it a honor that McAfee and Norton find us to be a threat to cyber-society, hmmm I wonder if that is why our material is mentioned in the Certified Ethical Hacker course materials, at least someone loves us.
posted by akuma @ December 18, 2008 11:27 pm
In Anchorage, Alaska a thief broke into a locker at the Alaska Club, he took a a wallet, car keys, cell phone, and a birthday present a 2 year old. However, the mobile phone held a surprise, it had GadgetTrak Mobile Security installed on it, a software designed to “phone home” with location and other information in the event it is stolen. The owner of the device was able to get a notification from the mobile phone, as well as his contacts sent to another phone, the thief even tried to replace the SIM card and the software send the new number to the owner’s spouse’s phone. The police used the information to catch the thief, he was then also linked to other thefts and this afternoon was denied bail. Thanks to technology, a thief is behind bars and the gadgets in Anchorage, Alaska a little bit safer.
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posted by akuma @ November 24, 2008 10:14 pm
It is being reported that Starbucks employees are saying that an internal communication has been sent regarding a stolen laptop which contained 97,000 employees’ names, addresses and social security numbers.
Here is the full memo sent internally from Russell Walker the VP of Enterprise Security at Starbucks, t note here is no mention of encryption or other security measures installed on the laptop.
Read the full memo
posted by akuma @ November 23, 2008 12:57 am
An investigation has been launched after a memory stick with user names and passwords for a key government computer system was found in a pub parking lot
The Gateway website allows members of the public to access hundreds of government services including self-assessment tax returns, pension entitlements and child benefits.
The Mail on Sunday, which broke the story, said the memory stick might allow someone to access the personal details of the 12 million people registered on it.
A subcontractor for the governmetn Atos Origin, which lost the stick, said there had been a “direct breach” of its procedures. What good are procedures if they are not followed? Atos Orgin should lose the government contracts, the UK government needs to send a clear message to contractors that violations such as this are not acceptable at any leve.
posted by akuma @ November 3, 2008 9:49 am
How to crack the Kindle’s DRM? Igor Skochinsky found that Amazon’s AZW files are actually Mobi files, but Amazon didn’t share Kindle’s Mobi PID which would allow one to buy encrypted Mobi books for Kindle.He discovered the algorithm used to generate the PID and was able to use it on Fictionwise, but there was another catch. AZW files have a flag set in the DRM info which is not present in books bought from other vendors. After fixing that, he could read the book on Kindle.
Linked archive includes two Python scripts.
kindlepid.py generates Mobi PID from Kindle serial number. You can then add this PID at a Mobipocket vendor site and redownload books with Kindle’s PID enabled. It’s possible that some vendors will refuse this PID, as it has an asterisk in place of the traditional dollar sign (Fictionwise works fine).
kindlefix.py “fixes” a Mobi book so that it can be read on Kindle. It should already include Kindle’s PID (which you need to specify too). The script will output the fixed book with .azw extension.
posted by akuma @ October 26, 2008 1:10 pm
