[ad] It seems like there is some serious hacking going on, attacks on power stations and industrial control systems. You’d think most of these systems would be offline, or at least behind a solid DMZ. But as we’ve seen before they often get exposed by people plugging into the LAN then accessing the net through […]
Hardware Hacking
EFIPW – Modify Apple EFI Firmware Passwords
[ad] EFIPW is a tool that can be used to decode and modify Apple EFI firmware passwords via the command line. It is designed after the non open source OFPW utility and is designed to work on Intel machines running Leopard or newer. Useful for lab deployments (setting the firmware password of machines as a […]
Hackers Targeting Xbox Live Players with DoS Attacks
[ad] Well the day has come when money-minded botnet owners have turned their services towards online gaming. For a small fee (USD20) you can get someone to set you up with the software to ‘boot’ people from the Xbox Live network. It’s always been a problem in gaming, if something can get hold of your […]
Satellite Feed Hacking – Your Data Isn’t Private!
[ad] Hardware hacking is an interesting area and something not too many people get into as the soldering irons, capacitors and chipsets seem daunting. I did have a play around with cable boxes and satellite feeds in my earlier years and was surprised to find how insecure they were. Most traffic is transmitted unencrypted, the […]
Cisco Enterprise Wireless (Wi-Fi) Equipment DoS Vulnerability Discovered
[ad] If your organisation is using any kind of Cisco Wi-Fi kit it may be time to get the latest patches for your kit. Although they state there is no proof that hackers have used this attack in the wild – in my experience if Cisco have discovered this now, someone else probably knew about […]