A server cluster comprising of 25 AMD Radeon GPUs can crack every single eight-character Windows password in under 6 hours, at blistering rate of 350 billion guesses per second More...

An application has been created that bypasses the protection of the Windows Store, allowing anyone to turn a trial Store application into the full version with very little effort. More...

Remember when defacing a website was the big news back in the day? Crackers would frequently put their logo or an amusing (or not so amusing) message on a site to gain "street cred" in... More...

Not too long ago, we heard that the GSM cellphone encryption was cracked and users were vulnerable to attacks. After GSM 64-bit A5/1 algorithm was compromised, the 3G algorithm was likely to follow shortly... More...

The once thought 8 character length password may no longer be safe, after the GPU-accelerated password recovery attack can break weak WPA/WPA-2 PSK passwords. The Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor mentioned that its software can work... More...

Is Microsoft trying to thwart DVD-ripping on PCs using Windows Vista with the new beta of Vista Service Pack 1? As I tested the public beta release of Vista SP1, I noticed the update crippled... More...

SlySoft, the Antigua-based company behind AndDVD HD, has claimed that it knows how to defeat the additional BD+ encryption available on Blu-ray devices, and that BD+ movies will be cracked by the end of the... More...

Google has vowed to take better care of copyright infringement on YouTube, the company it recently bought out for $1.65B. It is believed that many lawsuits previously were held back, because YouTube was a small,... More...

Today is talk like a pirate day and the crazy folks at Microsoft UK have issued a light-hearted press release having a jab at those who use pirated Microsoft products. Although the press release is... More...

If your passwords consist of letters and numbers, beware. Swiss researchers released a paper on Tuesday outlining a way to speed the cracking of alphanumeric Windows passwords, reducing the time to break... More...

Retailers caught selling imported games in European countries will no longer be able to sell Nintendo products. According to a report on UK site Ferrago, Nintendo has started to crack down on... More...

A group of computer hobbyists has resumed its effort to crack the main security code for Microsoft's Xbox video game console. The Neo Project, a group that uses distributed computing techniques to crack... More...

In quake it was the autoaim. In Conter-stirke it was the Wall Hack. In diablo it was the trainers. Daoc has spawned a new set of cheaters. These few call them self... More...