Sennheiser has disclosed that a vulnerability has been identified in Sennheiser HeadSetup and HeadSetup Pro. It recommends that both PC and Mac users update their software to the latest versions (which have now been made available). The latest sofware versions are: HeadSetup Pro: v.2.6.8235 HeadSetup: v.8.1.6114 (for PC) and HeadSetup: v.5.3.7.011 (for Mac) Users can access the updates from the
Kano's mission is to encourage people, particularly children, to see computers not as unchangeable appliances but as tools to be made, shaped, coded and shared. Their kits plug together bits, boards, buttons and cables to make individual and personalised computers. Bruno gives Todd a hand to develop a selfie camera from their new Camera Kit. Kano's approach is to challenge
The innocent looking cat that is wandering through your backyard might be up to something sneaky. Instead of hunting mice, he or she could be hunting for Wi-Fi networks. Of course, the cat probably just thinks it is out for its usual “wander around the neighborhood”. Gene Bransfield gave a talk at DefCon titled “How to Weaponize Your Pets”. In
On November 24, 2013, researchers at Trustwave discovered that hackers have obtained up to 2 million passwords for websites like Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, Twitter (and others). Researchers learned this after digging into source code from Pony bonnet. It appears that information about this has only been made public very recently. Here's some quick stats about some of the domains from
Outdated encryption is to blame for a new risk on your cellular device. According to a report by SRLabs and research which will be presented at BlackHat on July 31st, the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card can be hacked in a few ways, including through SMS messages. According to SRLabs, SIM cards use 56-bit DES encryption - a technology created in
When Burger King got hacked, we all laughed at the idea McDonalds might have bought it. When the Associated Press got hacked, we noticed. But it took the Onion in getting hacked for Twitter to finally do something... Twitter rolled out a two-step verification system for users to get extra protection against would-be hackers. The verification method includes a special