Neowin News Feed for: Cracked

CryptoLocker malware has been cracked, victims able to decrypt their files for free

Steven Johns — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:13:16 +0000

The CryptoLocker ransomware has been cracked by the researchers at Fox-IT and FireEye, and a free decryption tool to decrypt the locked files has been made available to the public. Read more...

GSM encryption cracked, code available on BitTorrent

Benjamin Rubenstein — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:32:20 +0000

It was recently reported that a German computer engineer outlined his plans to to crack GSM encryption and make his results public. Well now, he's actually done it. The New York Times is reporting that... Read more...

Windows 7 Ultimate cracked and activated with OEM master key

Sam Symons — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:18:09 +0000

Windows 7 has yet to even be released officially to the general public, and already the dodgy folk on the Internet have fully cracked and activated the Ultimate version, with help from a leaked Lenovo... Read more...

Hulu tried to encrypt content, already cracked

Brad Sams — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:22:44 +0000

Hulu is trying to keep its content restricted to traditional browsers. By doing so it hopes to shut down clients such as Boxee and other apps that enable the websites content to be distributed... Read more...

Windows Media DRM Cracked, Again

Steven Parker — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:56:58 +0000

The cat-and-mouse game continues between Microsoft and a group of hackers intent on breaking the copy protection technology on its Windows Media files. This time, an individual has cracked the latest DRM scheme employed by... Read more...

Vista Activation Cracked By Brute Force

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:36:00 +0000

Thanks to voidunknown for submitting this to the Front Page. It appears that Keznews forum member Computer User has discovered a method that effectively obtains a Windows Vista key which can then be activated. The... Read more...

HD DVD anti-rip encryption cracked

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:36:39 +0000

Has the HD DVD next-generation optical disc format's anti-rip technology been cracked? That's certainly what's being claimed by a programmer going by the name muslix64 who has posted a Java-based app he maintains will free... Read more...

Potential pirates, not Vista, get cracked

Steven Parker — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:01:32 +0000

35 days before Windows XP was officially released, a pirated key, called the "devils0wn", began circulating around the web which allowed users to run a pirated copy of the operating system. Since then, the key... Read more...

Samsung claims to have cracked 4G

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:34:49 +0000

Samsung is claiming to have cracked 4G, while most of the mobile industry couldn't tell you what it is yet. The electronics giant says it will demonstrate the high-speed technology at the Samsung 4G... Read more...

Microsoft's DRM 10 cracked

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:12:49 +0000

A user on the the doom9.org message boards has posted links to a program called FairUse4WM that is capable of removing Microsoft's DRM 10, which protects files offered by "Plays For Sure" compatible music stores.... Read more...

Skype Protocol Has Been Cracked

Steven Parker — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:18:48 +0000

At the end of 2005 I made some predictions about the VoIP industry which I will review further in a day or two. While a couple of my predictions have already proved correct, perhaps the... Read more...

Sober worm cracked

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:12:26 +0000

Finnish security firm F-Secure has cracked a code used by the Soberworm, potentially allowing the company to block the worm from receivingupdates. Sober has mutated constantlysince October 2003, when the first... Read more...

Microsoft "Genuine Advantage" Anti-Cracker Cracked

Steven Parker — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 20:59:09 +0000

Web blog 'Boing Boing' is reporting that less than 24 hours after it's release, Windows Genuine Advantage has been "cracked" by a simple javascript exploit. AV sez, "This week, Microsoft started requiring users... Read more...

Exclusive -PyMusique Creator : Napster DRM Cracked

Wed, 13 Apr 2005 22:41:36 +0000

Neowin previously reported on the work done by Cody Brocious to get iTunes working on Linux; in a soon to be released updated version, Cody and his group have announced plans to support the Napster... Read more...

Windows XP SP2 cracked already?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 17:28:42 +0000

EVEN THOUGH Microsoft has not yet released service pack 2 for Windows XP, word reaches the INQ that its anti-piracy features have already been cracked open. Microsoft has claimed that it's introduced features in SP2... Read more...

Everyone gets to upgrade to XP SP2 even cracked copies...

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sun, 09 May 2004 10:31:35 +0000

Thanks aisoku from our BPN forum for this... Both legitimate and unlicensed users of Microsoft's XP operating system software will be able to download the Service Pack 2 security patch for free. Microsoft's... Read more...

iTunes DRM cracked wide open for GNU/Linux. Seriously.

Tom Warren — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 22:02:21 +0000

Norwegian programmer Jon Lech Johansen, who broke the DVD encryption scheme, has opened iTunes locked music a tad further, by allowing people to play songs they've purchased on iTunes Music Store on their GNU/Linux computers.... Read more...

Nokia's N-Gage mobile gaming device cracked

Marcel Klum — Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:45:34 +0000

Nokia will today be licking its wounds and doing a fair amount of worrying, with the revelation that the N-Gage's security has been cracked like an egg, with other manufacturers' handsets able to play the... Read more...

KaZaA Lite Cracked K++ 2.0.2 build 6

Mon, 03 Feb 2003 14:26:36 +0000

A new version of random nut's k++ has been released. Some of the new features are: More keyboard shortcuts (thanks to Aldo) Dat View / AVI Preview / Sig2Dat / My Shared Folder /... Read more...

KaZaA Lite Cracked K++ 2.0.2 build 5

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:49:22 +0000

KaZaA Lite Cracked K++ 2.0.2 build 5 is released. Make sure you have the lastest version of KaZaA Lite Cracked K++ 2.0.2. This should be the last build for a long while, at least until... Read more...

KaZaA Lite 2.0.2 Cracked K++ 2.0.2 build 2003-01-14

Steven Parker — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 22:52:11 +0000

Heres another update to the "stripped" version of KaZaA thanks to betas.intercom Extra improvements: Unlimited number of sources per file is now possible, the default maximum is set at 40 however in KaZaA lite,... Read more...

Orange SPV MS smartphone cert security cracked

Tue, 14 Jan 2003 19:04:46 +0000

One person I know has one of these, and was rather peeved that he could NOT run "his own" apps on this beast, but now, according to sites The Register and MoDaCo, some clever fellows... Read more...

KaZaA Lite 2.0.2 Cracked K++ 2.0.2 build 2003-01-12 is released!

Sun, 12 Jan 2003 10:29:32 +0000

A great version of Kazaa. Extra improvements: Unlimited number of sources per file is now possible, the default maximum is set at 40 however in KaZaA lite, this value can also be changed... Read more...

V1.1 XBox Fully Cracked

Marcel Klum — Sun, 13 Oct 2002 08:42:50 +0000

Here's a bit taken from the XBoxhacker forum. "On behalf of the Xbox Linux Team (https://xbox-linux.sf.net), I am proud to announce that at 10:45BST the 'v1.1' secure version of the Xbox was proven... Read more...

"Copy-proof" CDs cracked with 99-cent marker pen

Steven Parker — Mon, 20 May 2002 19:48:20 +0000

Thanks M F whoever you may be that sent this in via email. Technology buffs have cracked music publishing giant Sony Music's elaborate disc copy-protection technology with a decidedly low-tech method: scribbling around the rim... Read more...

No more cracked rtcw servers.

Marcel Klum — Wed, 12 Dec 2001 13:06:30 +0000

Todd Hollenshead posted a .plan update over at Webdog Name: Todd Hollenshead Email: toddh@idsoftware.com Description: CEO Project: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/11/2001 Software pirates beware: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2001/December/01_crm_643.htm ... Read more...

Windows XP CRACKED in Far East!

Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:56:51 +0000

It looks like just a few days after the WorldWide launch of Windows XP, that the Warez community has now finally got a CRACK for Windows XP, according to the Inquirer. Now Bitarts... Read more...

WPA Beaten: WinXP Eval cracked to Corp Edition

Mon, 03 Sep 2001 03:00:23 +0000

THE HACKERS AND THE CRACKERS have been fiddling around with the evaluation copy of XP and have managed to make it into the Corporate Edition. The only difference between the eval edition -... Read more...