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PSPgo to Have Beefed Up Security
Last Updated on Sunday, 28 March 2010 03:09 Written by DarkKnightH20 Wednesday, 2 September 2009 12:11
Looks like Sony’s PSPgo is going to have a bit of beefed up security. This will surely dishearten the game system modding and home-brew communities. Not too long ago Nintendo beefed up security with the release of the Nintendo DSi. It’s a common issue system developers in the gaming industry must deal with, but I assure you when I say that a new method/solution to bypass these measures will likely unveil itself sooner rather than later…Not to mention people can also just buy a normal PSP still. Here is an excerpt from Freakbits PSPgo Article—
From very early on in its life-cycle, Sony’s PSP has been subjected to hacks that enable it to play pirate games. With the introduction of a new model, Sony hopes to stop the pirates. Some hope.
From fairly complex and initially nail-biting hacks (please don’t let me ‘brick’ it), hacking the PSP to play pirate games has got increasingly simple. With the introduction of the now-notorious Pandora Battery, carrying out those modifications became significantly easier and within reach of most amateur modders. After piracy became easy on earlier models, the company feels it is ready to bring an end to these hacks with the introduction of PSPgo, the next iteration of its popular handheld device.
“You won’t be able to rip your games and play them on the system, the firmware precludes that,” said Sony’s John Koller, confidently.
Arrrr mateys! Though pirating games is a bad thing…developing homebrew applications or games is not. I guess time will only tell how this one unfolds!
Altered WPA Attack
Last Updated on Saturday, 27 March 2010 11:52 Written by DarkKnightH20 Sunday, 30 August 2009 07:20
Japanese computer scientists have improved on an older attack method to get passed WPA encryption. Do not be alarmed though, as protecting yourself is easy to do and takes minimal knowledge…Plus, it isn’t likely that you’ll run into such an attack since it requires a tad bit more work than script kiddies may be willing to do.
Computer scientists in Japan say they’ve developed a way to break the WPA encryption system used in wireless routers in about one minute.
The attack gives hackers a way to read encrypted traffic sent between computers and certain types of routers that use the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) encryption system. The attack was developed by Toshihiro Ohigashi of Hiroshima University and Masakatu Morii of Kobe University, who plan to discuss further details at a technical conference set for Sept. 25 in Hiroshima.
Enterprise Wi-Fi networks typically include security software that would detect the type of man-in-the-middle attack described by the Japanese researchers, said Robert Graham, CEO of Errata Security. But the development of the first really practical attack against WPA should give people a reason to dump WPA with TKIP, he (Davis-Felner) said. “It’s not as bad as WEP, but it’s also certainly bad.”
Users can change from TKIP to AES encryption using the administrative interface on many WPA routers.
Read the Full Article: Here
Okay…So this isn’t at all as dangerous as it sounds. They recommend that you switch to WPA2 (CCMP instead of TKIP) or change from TKIP to AES encryption. This is in no way comparable to the weakness of WEP, but hopefully it’ll give you the push to just go ahead and change to WPA2 if possible. Loads of router firmwares support it (or will after upgrading). The article sort of pushes readers to think that this is just terrible, but it really isn’t. TKIP is just simply outdated. Also, you must perform a man-in-the-middle type of attack using your computer as a repeater. This entirety of it all is a bit iffy, but it’s better to be safe than sorry so protect yourself.
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IE 8.0 Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)
Last Updated on Saturday, 27 March 2010 11:52 Written by DarkKnightH20 Sunday, 30 August 2009 04:20
I hate Internet Explorer 8.0…And I mean HATE. It crashes frequently for really no good reason, and is just overall not wanting to perform any of the actions I want it to do. In an unrelated post, here’s a PoC (Proof of Concept) code for crashing Internet Explorer 8.0–
Internet Explorer 8.0 users should await a patch and be careful of websites that they visit. Though this specific example only crashes the browser, it may be possible to alter it to cause even more damage such as the execution of malicious code. This Proof of Concept should not be used maliciously and should only be used for research, self-testing, etc.
Credit: schnuddelbuddel
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Apple Adds Anti-Malware into Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Last Updated on Saturday, 27 March 2010 11:53 Written by DarkKnightH20 Sunday, 30 August 2009 01:06
Looks like Mac has added anti-malware to their newest operating system, Snow Leopard. I’ve heard great things about this OS so hopefully it won’t disappoint. Most of our visitors don’t use Mac though so I doubt this will be interesting to a lot of you.
The protection was quietly added earlier this month to Snow Leopard 10A432, the most recent build of the new version of Mac OS X that is due for release this Friday, according to someone who has tested the feature and asked not to be identified because pre-release versions of Snow Leopard come with non-disclosure clauses. A separate Snow Leopard tester said the functionality is included in 10A421a, an even earlier build.
The feature causes users who try to install applications known to be malicious to receive a pop-up window warning that the file will damage the computer and should be moved to the Trash.
At the moment, though, the feature offers fairly limited protection. Based on an analysis of a corresponding preferences file called XProtect.plist, it appears that the feature checks for only two known Mac trojans. And it only flags those files if they were downloaded from the internet using Entourage, iChat, Safari, and a handful of other applications, according to this person. Files that were downloaded using Skype and dozens of other net-facing applications aren’t covered, nor are files on DVDs and thumb drives.
Nothing impressive really, but hopefully things will be changed around sooner rather than later. This isn’t a full release after all and there is time for improvement.
Credit: Dan Goodin
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Securing Your Computer – Text
Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 August 2009 06:22 Written by DarkKnightH20 Tuesday, 25 August 2009 06:22
I’m on a role with these texts! The article Securing Your Computer has been added to the Texts section. Hopefully it’ll help shed some light for some people on keeping your computer secure. Some of the suggestions may seem extreme, but if you’re paranoid then it shouldn’t matter! On another note, the article Free MMO Games has been updated. Regnum has been added to the list as suggested by Bobsobol!
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