Wi-Fi discovery and connection tools have existed since the early days of 802.11. But while many of these tools have their roots in hacker tools like AirCrack, WEPCrack, AirSnort, CoWPatty, and AirSnarf, which were all originally developed to exploit the fundamental weakness in Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), these tools now legitimately embody the client-side user interface elements that help est...
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Google may have pushed out recent firmware updates for the Google Android T-Mobile G1, but it seems they weren’t quite quick enough for one hacker. Apparently Jay Freeman who just happens to be the author of such Apple iPhone programs as Cydia, Winterboard and Cycorder, has managed to get Debian running on the jailbroken T-Mobile
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PhonesReview on 12th Nov 2008 (via phonesreview.co.uk)
The iPhone is apparently still a big target for would-be malicious hackers. With the iPhone 3G now available around the world, and Apple now the second largest smartphone manufacturer, users would be wise to double check any webpage or media that they view on their iPhone. The latest security bug comes from an enterprising iPhone hacker
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Piergiorgio Zambrini, apparently has discovered a bug which can cause your Apple iPhone to crash when it begins to play a specially created video. Piergiorgio Zambrini is a hacker who failed to gain employment with Apple. Piergiorgio Zambrini recently generated a great deal of internet buzz by showing details about a vulnerability that he found that
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PhonesReview on 6th Nov 2008 (via phonesreview.co.uk)
The Google Android T-Mobile G1 smartphone hits UK stores on Thursday, but potential buyer should be made aware that there is a major flaw in the Google phone’s operating system, as I first reported (here). Well, we have more information; it appears this flaw can allow a hacker to install keystroke logging software which would
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PhonesReview on 29th Oct 2008 (via phonesreview.co.uk)
The vulnerability is in the browsers and could potentially enable a hacker to have access to information the browser may use such as cookies and saved passwords.
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The experts of the institute Of georgia Of tech consider that following PK, which frequently undergo hacker attacks with the aid of the computer- boats overshoes, which automatically send to [spam] or the viruses, under the threat can fall the cell phones. With the aid of similar diagrams the hackers can use the different methods of swindle, “pumping out” money from the owners of mobile appara...
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JustAnotherMobilePhoneBlog on 18th Oct 2008 (via feeds.feedburner.com)