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Twitter users hit by viral hack attack

Twitter users were victims of a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability today as users reported message pop-ups and third-party websites being accessed without consent. In a statement, Twitter said the exploit is now fully patched. "We have identified and are patching an XSS attack; as always, please message @safety if you have info regarding such an exploit," said Twitter.

Installing Android on HTC Touch

Interested in Android but think you need to buy a new phone to try it out? Actually, your Windows Mobile phone may already have the capability of running Android. Today we show you how and the type of phone you’ll need. Installing Android To run Android you will need a microSD card that is not SDHC (typically a card less than 2GB) and a supported Windows Mobile phone (see below). You can check your microSD card compatibility by looking at the card to see if it shows the “HC” label. The microSD card will need to be formatted in FAT32. Plug the microSD card into the computer and right click on it and choose format. Note: Formatting a microSD drive will erase everything on that drive. Make sure you have any important files backed up before you format it. Now that the microSD card is formatted, the first step to installing Android is finding the right Android port for your phone (see below). You will need to find the port that works on your phone as well as the version of Android you want ...

Hacking Passwords

Hacker Face Off

Kevin Mitnick An accomplished hacker Had already been arrested for various computer crimes Tsutomu Shimomura Computer security researcher working at the San Diego Supercomputer Center See the action as documented in this presentation... | View | Upload your own

Vista Blue Pill

This presentation details the Vista Blue Pill hack by famous hacker Joanna Rutkowska View Upload your own

Hacking Orkut

Orkut recently upgraded the interface of their website. The site now looks good in shades of white and blue. But with the upgrade came a few problems. Many people noticed that they cannot delete the scraps now ( link ). When ever you try to delete any scrap it posts the page back with a link in red on the bottom which says report bug (BTW that link doesn't work either). Lets take a look at the delete button code. <span class="rfdte"><span class="grabtn"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="_singleDelete(function(){_doDelete(document.deleteForm, 26109785, 5037483, 1189339191)}); return false;" class="btn">deletea>span><span class="btnboxr"><img src="http://img1.orkut.com/img/b.gif"alt="" height="1" width="5" The onclick function has the _singleDelete which calls _doDelete with some parameters.To look for these functions you will need to have a look ...