Hacks and How-To’s

spotify_logo_web_1359370c

How to: Generate Custom Band-based Playlist for Spotify

We love our Spotify, so much that we do not mind tinkering with it to make it more likeable. With tons of music to play, no wonder you would want its music discovery option to be a bit more robust. However, that’s where we can use some outside help in the form of ShareMyPlaylist, which [...]

Read the full story

| 0 Comments

LulzSec-logo-001

LulzSec Playing Game of Cat and Mouse with Police: Denies Member’s Arrest

UK Police recently claimed to arrest one of the top minds of hacking group LulzSec. Apparently, Police nabbed a 19 year old, who was operating under online moniker of “Topiary”. Topiary was considered to be among the top brass of the hacking group and was also believed to be involved in the hacking of financial [...]

Read the full story

| 0 Comments

symantec-mobilesecurity-CHARTS

iOS and Android Still Beat Windows on Security Front

Year 2011 had been pretty tough for Android and iOS so far. Both the platforms attracted plenty of attention, well, the wrong type of attention as they had to endure malware and virus attacks. Though, both the operating systems managed to escape relatively unscathed but it did raise the questions about their security. However, as [...]

Read the full story

| 0 Comments

somehwat-mad-completely-mad-u-mad-MADAD

LulzSec is Dead, Long Live LulzSec

LulzSec, a hacking group, which rose to infamy, thanks to its various breaching attempts which showed how vulnerable our major companies and government websites are, has announced that it will be disbanding itself. In the recent past, the group had been responsible for attacks on the CIA and Sony Corp. websites. In its parting notes, [...]

Read the full story

| 0 Comments

t1larg.hacking.lulzsec110621135532

Hacker Group LulzSec Exposed: The Clique Refutes Arrest News

LulzSec had been making some major news stories over this past month. However, it seems like that the big brothers are getting annoyed by the tantrums of these pesky teenagers and have decided to go all strict on them. Apparently, Metropolitan Police of London today arrested a 19 year old, who is suspected to be [...]

Read the full story

| 0 Comments

‘A Gay Girl in Damascus’ is Actually a 40-year Old US Guy: Internet Goes News Channel Way

We all had a friend’s friend with a hot blonde ‘online friend’ and well, needless to say that more often than not that hot blonde turned out to be a some dude with a bear gut and too much of free time. However, the latest ‘A Gay Girl in Damascus’ has an uglier side, as [...]

Read the full story

| 0 Comments

hack

2011 The Year of The Hacker: Codemasters and IMF are Latest Victims.

It seems hacking is all the rage these days. After the Lulz boat kicked up a storm at Sony and the NHS, someone somewhere has took things a step further, giving the global economy a wobble after aiming a cyber attack at the International Monetary Fund. In a separate incident game developers Codemasters have also [...]

Read the full story

| 0 Comments

logitech-webcam-c210

PSA: Your Computer Technician Might be a Peeping Tom

If you are not careful enough, you might find it the hard way. The arrest of an Orange County, US technician came as a rude shock for some of his clients. The technician allegedly installed spyware on his clients’ Macs. The spyware then took control of the Mac webcams, which let the technician photograph his [...]

Read the full story

| 0 Comments