UPnP-enabled routers allow attacks on LANs

Routers from various manufacturers support UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) on their WAN interfaces, which apparently makes it possible for attackers to reconfigure them remotely via the internet and, for example, misuse them as surfing proxies or to infiltrate internal LANs. The problem was discovered by IT security specialist Daniel Garcia, who has developed the [...]

BlackBerry Playbook v1.0.7

BlackBerry Playbook users have one more reason to cheer up as RIM or Research in Motion recently announced software update for their tablet OS. It is v1.0.7.2942 and has brought differential updates to this tablet. The feature of differential updates lets users update only the sections of the tablet that needs to be updated. This [...]

Apple getting Sued Again

SEOUL, South Korea — A group of some 27,000 South Koreans is suing Apple for $26 million for what they claim are privacy violations from the collection of iPhone user location information. Each person in the suit is seeking 1 million won ($932) in damages, Kim Hyeong-seok, one of their attorneys, said Wednesday. He said they [...]

Hacking Your Wii – The Easy Way

Hacking your Wii hasn’t been difficult, but it has required a somewhat detailed process. Now we have LetterBomb, which is an incredibly simple way to hack your Wii. It only takes about five minutes to accomplish. Here’s how to do it. First things first, you’re going to need the following: A Nintendo Wii, obviously, but [...]

Find You IP Address Using Linux

In Windows, we use the command-line program ipconfig to find out our IP address. How do you find it in Ubuntu? We will show you two locations easily accessible through the GUI and, of course, a terminal command that will get your IP address in no time. The first location, and the easiest in most [...]