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Colombian Anonymous Hackers reveal personal data of Colombian police officials

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 03:29 AM PDT

Colombian Anonymous Hackers reveal personal data of Colombian police officials Colombian Anonymous Hackers announced that they had sent spam bombs to some 250 officials of Colombia's national Police (http://colombiareports.com) and revealed personal data of employees of the National Police inviting the public to harass the officials Here. In a statement published online, the hackers thanked the

English Defence League Facebook Page Deleted & Members Mobile Numbers Leaked

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 03:23 AM PDT

English Defence League Facebook Page Deleted & Members Mobile Numbers Leaked TeaMp0isoN Hacking Crew Hack and Delete Official Facebook page of English Defence League was on https://www.facebook.com/English.Defence.League.EDL . Also TeaMp0isoN Leaks the Phone numbers of Members of English Defence League via a pastie link. Screenshot of the Numbers are shown below :

Wireshark 1.6.1 and 1.4.8 Released

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 06:45 AM PDT

Wireshark 1.6.1 and 1.4.8 Released Wireshark 1.6.1 and 1.4.8 have been released. Installers for Windows, Mac OS X 10.5.5 and above (Intel and PPC), and source code are now available. In 1.6.1 Two vulnerabilities have been fixed. See the advisory for details. Many other bugs have been fixed. For a complete list of changes, please refer to the 1.6.1 release notes. In 1.4.8 Two vulnerabilities

Android Passwords are stored in plain text on Disk

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 06:40 AM PDT

Android Passwords are stored in plain text on Disk A Android user complain that , All passwords are stored in plane text on Disk via a message on discussion board of Android. He said "The password for email accounts is stored into the SQLite DB which in turn stores it on the phone's file system in plain text.Encrypting or at least transforming the password would be desirable." On this Android

Apple MacBooks Can Be Hacked Through The Battery

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 06:25 AM PDT

Apple MacBooks Can Be Hacked Through The Battery Security researcher Charlie Miller is quite well known for his works on Apple products. Today he has come up with a very interesting way to hack the MacBook using the battery. Laptop battery contains its own monitoring circuit which reports the status of the battery to the OS. It also ensure that the battery does not overcharge even when the