Tag Archives for connectivity
Spam + Language Skills
SFGate: These hacker help-wanted ads are appearing on underground Internet channels as malicious code designers increasingly want programmers with foreign-language skills to help launch country-specific attacks, security vendor McAfee Inc. said in a report released today. Hackers want to craft … Continue reading
Cost to Hack GSM: $1,000 – $100,000
InformationWeek: The 64-bit encryption method used by GSM, known as A5/1, was first cracked in theory about 10 years ago, and researchers David Hulton and Steve, who declined to give his last name, said today that expensive equipment to help … Continue reading
Myanmar Kills Connectivity
Here is one way to do it (taxes if you’re an all powerful regime): Without warning, Myanmar’s military junta has ordered a massive 166-fold rise in the annual satellite television levy in an apparent attempt to stop people watching dissident … Continue reading