Category Archives: Hacks

The 10.000 web sites infection mystery solved

Posted on 18. April 2008 by jplasser

SANS has a report about an attack that for example caused the latest outage of the Austrian WKÖ website. The WKÖ website was carrying Chinese malware at least for one hour and they are titling “Hackerangriff erfolgreich abgewehrt”? Do they … Continue reading →

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Car hacking

Posted on 19. März 2008 by jplasser

My car (Ford Galaxy 3) has this unacceptable bell tone when you don’t fasten your seat belt immediately. It even rings when parking in or when driving slow. After looking for a solution I found the following algorithm (it’s no … Continue reading →

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Get p0wned through Firewire

Posted on 6. März 2008 by jplasser

Adam Boileau demoed this 2006 and shows how you can bypass Windows login with some Python and Firewire: Hit by a Bus: physical Access Attacks with Firewire (PDF). Here is the Python source.

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Hack A Bike

Posted on 20. Dezember 2004 by admin

Das “Call a Bike” System der Deutschen Bahn bietet in Berlin und anderen Städten Deutschlands Fahrräder zum Selbstausleihen. Eine ausgefuchste Technik erlaubt das Ausleihen mittels Mobiltelefon und ist laut Eigenwerbung der Bahn “nicht zu knacken”. Dass dem wohl nicht so … Continue reading →

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