Views: 18,147 [ad] Another interesting attack, rather than going after the PC/Server this one goes after the data sent by wireless devices such as the wireless keyboards sold by Microsoft. The neat thing is by using a replay attack you could also send rogue inputs to the device. But then it serves Microsoft right for […]
Hardware Hacking
Boffins Crack OpenSSL Library Using Power Fluctuations
Views: 10,417 [ad] Now this is a very interesting technique, as far as I know I’ve not seen anything similar to this before. It’s like a rather bizarre meld of hardware hacking and software exploitation using cryptographic algorithm cracking techniques. Some rather smart fellas have found a way to extract the private SSL key from […]
Playstation 3 (PS3) Finally Hacked & Exploit Released
Views: 12,588 [ad] Ah finally some proof of the mythical Playstation 3 exploit released publicly. Sadly as always the lack of sales on the PS3 can be partially attributed to the lack of a homebrew scene (aka ability to pirate games). There have been rumours and some speculation about the PS3 finally being exploited with […]
Ensuring Data Security During Hardware Disposal
Views: 4,846 [ad] After our recent story about the trading of BlackBerries for data theft the issue has emerged again this time more towards the secure disposal of data stored on PC hard disks. If a company or organisation has a decent data/information security policy in place (Like ISO27001 for example) they should have a […]
Explosion Of BlackBerry Trading In Nigeria – Data Theft
Views: 10,786 [ad] The number of Crackberry Blackberry users is increasing exponentially – especially since they released the much sexier Bold and the latest touch-screen Storm. The latest revelation is that used BlackBerries are being traded, not by the value of the phone but by the value of the data contained on the phone! It […]