EU Emissions Trading System down after hack siphons off $38 million from Czech traders

The European Commission (EC) suspended trading in carbon credits on Wednseday after unknown hackers compromised the accounts of Czech traders and siphoned off around $38 million, according to published reports. EU countries including Estonia, Austria, The Czech Republic, Poland and France began closing their carbon trading registries yesterday after learning that carbon allowances had been Read more about EU Emissions Trading System down after hack siphons off $38 million from Czech traders[…]

D0z.me — the Evil URL Shortener

Posing as a legitimate URL shortening service, it serves users the requested pages in an iFrame, while simultaneously participating in a DDoS attack in the background. No interaction is required beyond clicking the link and staying on the page. This makes it relatively trivial to quickly mount large-scale DDoS attacks, and affords willing participants plausible Read more about D0z.me — the Evil URL Shortener[…]

The Top 50 Gawker Media Passwords

On Sunday night, hackers posted online a trove of data from Gawker Media’s servers, including the usernames, email addresses and passwords of more than one million registered users. The passwords were originally encrypted, but 188,279 of them were decoded and made public as part of the hack. Using that dataset, we found the 50 most-popular Read more about The Top 50 Gawker Media Passwords[…]

How Google and MS load so quickly: they cheat on slow start

Basically they’re violating RFC-3390. You’re supposed to check the speed the receiver can handle before sending another packet, and then up your speed if it’s good, or stabilise if it isn’t. What they do is instead of waiting for the return packet confirming or denying the uprate in speed is good (initial window / IW), Read more about How Google and MS load so quickly: they cheat on slow start[…]

Windows 7 Phone Jailbroken

Windows Phone 7 unlocker released Today we have an exciting breakthrough for the Windows Phone 7 homebrew community – the ability for anyone to unlock a WP7 device without a Marketplace developer account. Unlocking allows the sideloading of experimental applications that would otherwise can’t be published to the Marketplace, such as those which access private Read more about Windows 7 Phone Jailbroken[…]

iOS 4.1 Bug Allows Access to Contacts, Photos – iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad news

A nasty glitch in iOS 4.1 lets anyone easily access both the phone and photos app on every model of the iPhone. The bug was found by a MacRumors forum member last week, but has just recently received major attention. To bypass the password protected lock-screen, all you have to do is tap “Emergency Call”, Read more about iOS 4.1 Bug Allows Access to Contacts, Photos – iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad news[…]

Firesheep Sniffs Out Facebook and Other User Credentials on Wi-Fi Hotspots

Firefox: Firesheep sniffs out and steals cookies—and the account and identity of the owner in the process—of popular web sites (like Facebook and Twitter) from the browsing sessions of other users on the Wi-Fi hot spot you’re attached to. Firesheep is a proof-of-concept Firefox extension created by Eric Butler to show how leaky the security Read more about Firesheep Sniffs Out Facebook and Other User Credentials on Wi-Fi Hotspots[…]