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Watch Out: Infected PCs Spreading Malware Through Hacked Tweets

Those clever hackers have come up with a new way to exploit Twitter, with a browser-based exploit launched from malware infected PCs, helping spread links of shame in the form of tweets that appear to be sent from the user's account. Read More >>

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Blag Yourself Six Months of Free Microsoft Office With This Quick Hack

Microsoft's Office suite is a necessary evil for many of us. While we'd love to say we never need Word, PowerPoint, or sodding Excel, chances are you do, and quite often. Now a handy little hack lets you bag Office 365 free for a whole six months. Read More >>

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xbox
Microsoft Confirms Xbox Live Hack, But Says it Was “Socially Engineered”

Microsoft has agreed with reports that claimed a hacking team managed to take control of some high-profile box Live accounts, but says that came about through stealing credit card and login information rather than breaking into the servers and doing it the hard way. Read More >>

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Not Only Has Apple Killed the Evasi0n Jailbreak, It’s Failed to Secure Your iPhone Too

Apple's release of iOS 6.1.3 might have killed the Evasi0n jailbreak, but at least we thought it would bring an end to the lockscreen bypass issues. Unfortunately, no. Apple still has a glaring hole in its iPhone security, and this one, dare I say it, seems even easier. Not good. Read More >>

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Jawbone Accounts Compromised

If you use a Jambox, now might be a real good time to change your MyTalk password: Jawbone's servers have been hacked, and a swathe of users have had their details swiped. Read More >>

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Looks Like the PS3 Has Been Hacked Again, and This Time It’s a Doozy

I'd hate to be a Sony employee and then find out that a new PSN-enabled custom firmware has been released to hacked consoles, and then finding out that there's widespread publication of the console's LV0 decryption keys, which apparently, "blows the system wide open." Because that's what happened to Sony. And it looks mighty tricky for the Japanese manufacturer. Read More >>

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Free In-App Purchases Hack Will Be Dead in iOS 6

Late last week, Apple told developers that they'd have to use a workaround in their apps to prevent the in-app purchasing hack—which lets users avoid paying for in-app purchases— but that the same solution would also be rolled in iOS 6 as standard. Now, Alexey Borodin, the Russian behind the discovery, claims the workaround is impossible to hack. Read More >>

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Hackers Grab 1Million Logins From Android Forum

Phandroid has announced that a hacker has recently accessed its user database, making off with usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords—and the problem looks like it could affect all of its one million-plus users. Read More >>

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yahoo
Hackers Grab and Expose 453,000 Yahoo Login Details

Hacking collective D33Ds Company has posted login details for more than 453,000 user accounts that it claims to have retrieved in plaintext from an unconfirmed service on Yahoo. Read More >>

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iOS Apps Can Run on a PlayBook, Kinda

If you somehow happen to own a BlackBerry PlayBook: we're very sorry for you. But still, don't be too sad, because apparently it's possible to port iOS apps so that they run on your awful piece of hardware! Read More >>

Hackers
hackers
Last.fm Password Hack Went Undetected For Months

That Last.fm hack that was exposed last week, which sent passwords spewing onto the internet, apparently happened at least three months ago. Last.fm didn't have a clue, even though its users complained of spam. Read More >>

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Skype Investigating Vulnerability Which Reveals Users’ IP Adresses

Skype has announced that it is investigating a new tool which can be used to collect users' IP addresses. The hack, which can provide the IP address of a targeted Skype user without even having to add them as a contact, has been circulating online since last Thursday. Read More >>

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Chrome’s £38,000 Security Flaw Fixed in Under a Day

Less than 24 hours after a Russian hacker earned himself £38,000 by exploiting Chrome, Google has released an update for the browser which fixes the security threat. Read More >>

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How to Turn Your Hoover Into a Hover Craft

Cleaning is dull. But don't worry, there's a solution: turn your Hoover into a hover craft. Not only is it a great displacement activity, it'll also make cleaning your place easier. Double win. Read More >>