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Nintendo 3DS YouTube App Exploit to Disable Region Locking
Nintendo has been heavily criticized for region locking the Wii U and 3DS compared to Microsoft and Sony who adopt a region-free policy. Even more absurd, the 3DS’ predecessor played titles from all regions without any modifications. Region locking is inherently anti-consumer and predominately used to control pricing in an…
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Intel Processors Vulnerable to Rootkit Exploit Since 1997
A researcher from the Battelle Memorial Institute has revealed that every Intel x86-based processor – and possibly some AMD processors – since 1997 are vulnerable to a rootkit exploit that could grant hackers access to the low-level firmware of a PC. Christopher Domas revealed the concern at the Black Hat…
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US Wont Regulate Hacking Software – For Now
We all know about hackers. They’ve been in the news a lot in the last few years, from the Xbox and Sony Christmas Day hacks to the large databases of customer details being hacked on a nearly monthly basis. One hack was actually targeted on a hacking group, the Hacking…
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95% of Android Devices Vulnerable to Dangerous Exploit
Researchers from cybersecurity firm Zimperium have discovered a vulnerability within Android that allows hackers to access and control a device remotely, with 95% of smartphones and tablets running the operating system (between versions 2.2 and 5.1) thought to be at risk. The fault, branded Stagefright, is within Android’s media library.…
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Four New Bugs Have Been Found in Internet Explorer
I know most of you don’t even use Internet Explorer and we all know how it was humiliated throughout the years. However, since the new Microsoft Edge might be using some IE code, it’s worth pointing this out anyway. It looks like security experts have encountered and disclosed four new…
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Hacking Team Release Ludicrous Statement
This story is so preposterous that I am going to play a little game called; “who are the hypocrites here.” Hacking Team, who recently fell to a cyber attack have released a statement claiming to be victims and have bluntly claimed that they have “always operated with the law and…
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See How Hackers Can Take Control of Your Chrysler Vehicles
I know that there have been a lot of movies where hackers can take control of vehicles and crash them, but can it really be done in real life? Well, a pair of hackers have just demonstrated this with a Chrysler using a zero-day exploit they found. The hackers apparently…
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Security Giant Kaspersky Lab Just Got Hacked
One of the best security experts in the field, the guys over at Kaspersky Lab, got hacked this Wednesday. They say that the method employed was so complex and stealthy that they believe the hackers originate from a government agency. Kaspersky stated that no services were affected or data compromised…
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Cheater Faces In-Game Death Penalty
Guild Wars 2 is a popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) which is sold over 3 Million copies worldwide. It’s also one of the places where usage of exploits is not tolerated. DarkSide, in-game character faced sweet justice after he was caught playing by unfair means like teleporting, survive coordinated attacks by…
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Researchers Find iOS Flaw That Can Crash Any Device in Range
Researchers from the security firm Skycure have found a new flaw in the IOS system that effectively allows you to put any iOS 8 device in range into a never-ending boot cycle. The flaw was demonstrated at the RSA security conference in San Francisco, but the good news is that…
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Simda Botnet Taken Down After Affecting 777,000 PC’s Worldwide
Sidma has been around for the past 6 months, causing pain to PC owners across the world. It infected 128,000 computers each month – a phenomenal rate for a botnet. The bot changed into a new undetectable form every few hours; making it almost impossible to detect with standard antivirus…
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Activision Finally Patches Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare ‘XS1 Goliath Scorestreak’ Exploit
Activision has finally released a new update for all Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare platforms that also fixes an exploit where players could have had unlimited health using the XS1 Goliath scorestreak. Alongside the exploit, the update also patches several other exploits across different multiplayer maps. Users will have the…
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Battlefield 4 Final Stand Revealed to Come with an Exploit to Catch Cheaters
DICE has recently revealed that the latest DLC for Battlefield 4, Final Stand, has an exploit intentionally left in the game by the development team. The company explained that they inserted the exploit in order to catch cheaters and proceed in banning them from the game. “With Final Stand, we…
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Hackers Using New Phishing Technique to Exploit Router Flaws
There have been a number of unusual hacking techniques employed in Brazil recently. A group of hackers have used a “novel approach” to pull off a pharming attack by using phishing emails, as stated by security firm Proofpoint. A pharming attack usually requires access to an ISP’s or organisation’s DNS…
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Jamie Oliver’s Website Hacked and Used as Malware Distributor
The website of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, which has an average of 10 million visitors per month, has been hacked. The hackers inserted a string of code that redirects visitors to a WordPress site that uses a Flash, Java, or Silverlight exploit to force malware to run on the visitors’…
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