Foursquare is getting beat down today; hot on the heals of the breaking news that Foursquare is sending your passwords in plaintext (something they are fixing very soon) Mayank Lahiri has decided to figure out how exactly one could game Foursquare checkins to become the mayor of almost anywhere in no more than 9 Perl [...]
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Finding and Removing Hidden WordPress Hacks
I’ve run a handful of WordPress sites over the last 4 years and half of them have gotten hacked at one time or another. The hacks were always of the “Put a hidden IFRAME in the WordPress page/theme files” type that end up hosting/serving spyware/malware from my sites. This inevitably leads to the black-listing by [...]
Digg is Gamed by Retardation
Digg is an entertaining site, much like reading The Superficial is. I don’t turn to Digg for real news or hot topics unless I feel in the mood to pour through a 10:1 ratio of stupid shit to real honest to god interesting content.
Today I saw the “Top in All” list above and thought “Oh [...]
BioShock 2 Hack Keybinding Bug – FIX/Workaround
Update #6: Reader Jack noticed that this fix doesn’t work for the broken Harvest/Rescue/etc. keybindings, so he did some more digging and found the fix (he is using the Direct2Drive version of BioShock 2). Here is the fix in Jack’s own words:
go here:
C:/programfiles(x86)/2kgames/bioshock2/SP/Builds/Binaries
open the file DefUser_int with notepad
click on Edit and then Find
in the box [...]
How to Crack any Padlock
Pretty awesome real-world algorithm guide for cracking any padlock out there — not that secure for folks in-the-know:
Redirected to Hack Site (top2009securityf.cn) While Searching Amazon.com with Chrome
I’ve read recently that some 60% of sites on the net are infected with a very subtle/rarely-reproducible redirection hack that sends the user off to some site that presents them with malware in 1 way or another.
I was just doing some of my Christmas shopping on Amazon.com, was in the Office Supplies section and literally [...]
How to Install iPhone 3.0 Firmware on Jailbroken and Unlocked T-Mobile iPhone
NOTE: This is an update to our Firmware 2.2.1 Guide, which was an update to our Firmware 2.1 Guide, which was an update to our Firmware 2.0 Guide.
Update #1: For 3G iPhone users, you have to turn off 3G before enabling WiFi right before unlocking in last section. Instructions updated.
Update #2: For quick reference, T-Mobile [...]
Unofficial Multi-Touch Support for T-Mobile G1
Luke Hutchinson recently blogged about the steps required to get a hacked implementation of multi-touch on your T-Mobile G1. The result is some OK mutli-touch, but not yet on par with the likes of the iPhone:
The process isn’t for the weak of heart, as it requires reflashing your G1’s firmware with a modified one (which [...]
500 Shots Per Minute Nerf Gun
I don’t know about you but personally the idea of a Nerf gun that fires 500 shots in a minute sounds like a lot of fun. Fortunately, the guys over at Mana Energy Potion have hacked the Nerf Vulcan EBF-25 to fire “about as fast as a 7.62mm M60 Machine gun,” that is roughly the [...]
How to Install iPhone 2.1 Firmware on Hacked T-Mobile iPhone
Update #4: There is now a guide for installing, jailbreak and unlocking the iPhone 3.0 Firmware.
Update #3: We have completed an updated Guide to installing the iPhone 2.2.1 Firmware on a Jailbroken/Unlocked iPhone.
Update #2: This is an update to our previous article covering how to install the iPhone 2.0 Firmware on your T-Mobile-enabled iPhone. Now [...]
How to Install iPhone 2.0 Firmware on Hacked T-Mobile iPhone
Update #4: There is now a guide for installing, jailbreak and unlocking the iPhone 3.0 Firmware.
Update #3: We have completed an updated Guide to installing the iPhone 2.2.1 Firmware on a Jailbroken/Unlocked iPhone.
Update #2: We have added a new guide for installing the iPhone 2.1 Firmware.
Introduction
This quick guide covers the process I took to install [...]
Stop Your iPhone Browser From Forgetting Cookies
Do you have a JailBroken iPhone and it drives you bat-shit that every single time you open Safari on the iPhone to browser to your favorite site, check your email, load up Google Reader, etc. you have to re-login and it doesn’t seem to remember your cookies from particular sites?
Well iRemember is here to help [...]
3G iPhone May Not Work on T-Mobile 3G Network
Update #1: Chris Hunkele has provided an analysis at the end of the post that seems to suggest the iPhone 2.0 is fundamentally incompatible with the T-Mobile 3G network that is rolling out now, check it out.
Update #2: Chris Hunkele has confirmed that the 3G iPhone will not work on the 3G T-Mobile network, see [...]
Upcoming iPhone Update Bricks Hacked Phones
Grant Gochnauer sends in the news that if you hacked your iPhone to work on another network, or just because you are hardcore, keep in mind that the next software update from Apple will likely brick the phone (read: “kill it”).
Apple’s reason? They are saving baby seals and fighting terrorism with locked iPhones, or this:
“Apple [...]
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