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Mac App Store DRM Broken – Use Any App for Free

Riyad Kalla — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:41:06 +0000

Wow, that was like 11 minutes. About a day after the Mac App Store was launched as part of the 10.6.6 OS X Update, hacking group “Hackulous” announced that they have already cracked the DRM used by the App Store – making all apps unprotected and freely available. The crack is called “kickback” and the [...]

FourSquare Mayor Checkin Program w/ Source Code

Riyad Kalla — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:23:32 +0000

Update #2: This application now has an official software product page with all the links for download, usage and source code. If you just want to download the program and run it, scroll down the Download section below. Thanks! Background A few weeks ago we wrote about Mayank Lahiri’s working FourSquare checkin hack that allowed [...]

How to Become Mayor for Any Place in Foursquare in 9 Perl Statements

Riyad Kalla — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:45:09 +0000

Update #1: We have created a easy-to-use FourSquare checkin hack program you can run to checkin anywhere you like. You can download it for free here. 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 [...]

Finding and Removing Hidden WordPress Hacks

Riyad Kalla — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:40:01 +0000

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

Riyad Kalla — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:52:21 +0000

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 [...]

BioShock 2 Hack Keybinding Bug – FIX/Workaround

Riyad Kalla — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:14:39 +0000

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 [...]

How to Crack any Padlock

Riyad Kalla — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:23:59 +0000

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

Riyad Kalla — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:20:40 +0000

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 [...]

How to Install iPhone 3.0 Firmware on Jailbroken and Unlocked T-Mobile iPhone

Chris Hunkele — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:06:27 +0000

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 [...]

Unofficial Multi-Touch Support for T-Mobile G1

Riyad Kalla — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:29:46 +0000

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 [...]

500 Shots Per Minute Nerf Gun

Jigsaw hc — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:33:04 +0000

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

Riyad Kalla — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:04:02 +0000

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 [...]

How to Install iPhone 2.0 Firmware on Hacked T-Mobile iPhone

Riyad Kalla — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:35:32 +0000

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 [...]

Stop Your iPhone Browser From Forgetting Cookies

Riyad Kalla — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:48:15 +0000

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 [...]

3G iPhone May Not Work on T-Mobile 3G Network

Riyad Kalla — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:38:07 +0000

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, [...]

Upcoming iPhone Update Bricks Hacked Phones

Riyad Kalla — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:41:16 +0000

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 [...]