Any USB Peripheral Is Now a Potential Threat
A group of Canadian hackers have identified and learned to exploit a flaw that allows them to turn any USB peripheral into a sort of hardware trojan horse. Plug-and-play USB devices follow a consistent rule, the device identifies itself to the PC. The computer, by rule, will believe that a UB device is whatever it claims to be; if a keyboard says it's a camera, the PC will register it as a camera.
This trust-by-default design makes it easy for a modified peripheral to collect or transmit data with……
IBM Gives Malware-Infected USB Keys to Security Conference
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If you're a hacker determined to prove your invincibility, what better place to make a statement than at high-profile event committed exclusively to information security? That's exactly what happened at this week's AusCERT conference, where, for the second time in as many years, organizers fell prey to a virus planted on USB keys handed out to delegates. “At the AusCERT conference this week, you may have collected a complimentary USB key from the IBM booth,” IBM Australia chief technol……
The Ultimate Lamp by Starck and Holzer, Cell Phones Portend the End in Horror Flicks
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
Boy, are we stoked about Philippe Starck's latest lamp, recently presented during Milan Design Week. The lamp, manufactured for Flos, is a collaboration with a few of our other favorites; the LED-loving artist-activist Jenny Holzer provides her signature scrolling……
Design Concepts: For Your Health
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The Web is teeming with the unrealized ideas of both students and established designers who set out to produce astonishing renderings and prototypes for unusual products. Unfortunately, due to the lack of time, money or technology, many of those products never progress from the planning stages to the mass market. But that doesn't mean we can't salivate over them, nevertheless.
Medical technology is always some of the most exciting tech. Sure, we can have snazzy new iPads and cell phone……
iPhones Are Steering Wheels in 'PadRacer' iPad Game
Got a couple of iPhones and an iPad gathering dustr around the house? If so, you can use them to play what might be the most expensive game to ever hit the App Store. It's not the initial $4.99 download that'll bust your bank account, but the $900 in hardware you'll need to play the game. 'PadRacer' is a top-down perspective racing game for the iPad that requires you use an iPhone (or iPod touch) to control your car. That's right, you can only play this game if you own both device……
Drug Addicts Tracked Via GPS to Examine Environment and Addiction
We've always been told that addiction of any kind is a condition that stems from the brain. Drugs, alcohol or caffeine exert a specific effect on both the brain and the body, the latter of which dictates subsequent consumption. But how much of an addict's behavior can be explained simply in terms of where he or she hangs out? That's the question that National Institute on Drug Abuse researcher David Epstein seeks to answer in a new study on recovering Baltimore's heroin addicts.
Epstein a……
Cityscapes Built from Old 8-Bit Games, YouTube's Best Keytar Solos
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
Flickr user Max Capacity [AM] lifts pixels from old videogames to build 8-bit cityscapes, from San Francisco to New York. [From: flickr]
Kick your weekend off right with Urlesque's roundup of the very best in epic keytar solos (fake ivory shredding, sultry sm……
NSA-Developed USBDetect Tool Finds Flash Drives on Your Networks
We're sure we don't have to tell you how convenient but dangerous USB thumb drives can be. Sensitive data copied to them can easily be lost, and they've even been used as point of entry for hackers. Even the infamous Confiker virus spread partially with the aid of such storage. The NSA is looking to plug this hole in the government's security systems with a tool called USBDetect.
The application, which is actually in its third incarnation, is able to monitor USB ports on PCs attached to ……
Atari 'Air Raid' Game Sells for $31K, Steve Jobs Play Hits NYC Next Week
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We've previously written about what could now be considered “antique” game consoles, along with their cartridges, fetching auction prices that put our yearly salaries to shame. Well, now some guy has sold a copy of a hard-to-find Atari game called 'Air Raid' for $31,600. Apparently the game, one of only thirteen known copies, kind of blows, which is why the cartridge is in such unused condition. [From: Technabob]
The t……
'South Park' Targets Facebook, Astonishing Film Captures 8-Bit Invasion
There's a load of great tech news happening out there everyday, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
Matt Stone and Trey Parker typically appreciate and immediately recognize instrumental moments in pop culture, and the current season of 'South Park' has so far adhered to that socially informed, trendsetting brand of satirical comedy. This week's episode, ……
