2009
07.09

I noticed few weeks ago that facebook chat was censoring some sites when using posting then to another friend. Not a big deal, you’ll tell me. Not really the biggest concern is that it mean that chat are also monitored and censored. Some words or website address cannot be posted, well in theory…

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2009
07.09

The iPhone running OS 3 has a stupid usability feature. It seems like the iPhone is automatically opening a browser when joining a network. When joining a network, the iPhone tries to do the following:
1. DNS queries for www.apple.com
2. Opening http://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html

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2009
07.08

Thousands of legitimate Web sites hacked over the weekend are launching drive-by attacks using an exploit of a second critical unpatched vulnerability in Windows’ DirectShow component, a Danish security company said today.According to CSIS Security Group, the bug is in an ActiveX control, the “msvidctl.dll” file, that streams video content.

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2009
07.06

The teen hacker who unlocked the original iPhone is at it again. George Hotz, 19, claims to have created an app that can “jailbreak” the iPhone 3G S.

That means the program, dubbed purplera1n, can install third-party software on an iPhone 3G S, even if that software is not approved by Apple.

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2009
07.01

After her mobile couple years ago now her Twitter account.

Let’s just make something clear: Britney Spears is alive and well. So are Ellen DeGeneres and Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Apparently, the pop star and the comedienne’s TwitPic accounts were hacked over the weekend. TwitPic is a web-based messaging system that allows Twitter users to post pictures. It is not, however, owned by Twitter.

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2009
07.01

Notorious hacker Max Ray Butler, also known as Max Ray Vision, pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges June 29, acknowledging his involvement in the theft of credit card and identity data.

Butler, 36, of San Francisco, was a former security consultant turned hacker who had been on the radar of law enforcement under his various hacker aliases for years. Convicted in 2001 of hacking into the Department of Defense, he served 18 months in prison. In 2004, he was part of a group of individuals investigated by the FBI and the Secret Service for compromising code in the “Half-Life” video game.

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2009
07.01

Finally here

A 2 years gap, a migration of 7 years  bloging archive. Everything now back to normal.

What really changed in 24 months? A lot, in no particular order:

  • Iphone and OS 3.0
  • Michael Jackson died few days ago
  • Usual script kiddies fooling around with stolen codes
  • New home: new continent, new host, new CMS

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2008
07.01

cleaning hardrive bring back interesting files… What about installing a satellite?

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2007
09.05

Malicious hackers are producing easy to use tools that automate attacks to cash in on a boom in hi-tech crime.
On sale, say security experts, are everything from individual viruses to comprehensive kits that let budding cyber thieves craft their own attacks.

The top hacking tools are being offered for prices ranging up to ?500.

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2007
08.29

A British firm’s plan to sell software that could open the iPhone to non-US networks has been put on hold following legal threats.
Last week, Belfast-based UniquePhones joined several others in claiming it had cracked the code which locked iPhone into AT&T’s network.

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