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Here is an article about the security of the newly released iPhone 3.0 software for both iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S:
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7647

Having a rooted phone means you can do tricks like setting up a 3g/wifi bridge. The process starts by using a rooting app to revert the phone to the rc29 build. then using the “android stupidly executes everything you type” exploit to launch telnetd and upgrade the bootloader. After that, the upgrade process is fairly easy. Just flash a new baseband and build. once you’ve got your new custom firmware, you can do future updates using an app from the android market.

Read More here:

http://hackaday.com/2009/05/05/easy-g1-rooting/

The video talks about a couple of people who’s lives are ruled by harrasing calls and threats. They claim that their phones are tapped with special software.

Rick Mislan talks about the software and how easy it is to be placed on mobile phones.

Software such as:

• http://www.mobile-spy.com/
• http://www.world-tracker.com/
• http://www.flexispy.com/
• http://www.e-stealth.com/
• http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/spyphone/
• http://www.thespyphone.com/allinone.html

Link to Video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCyKcoDaofg

It looks and functions like a Blackberry 8830 but it sure is NOT a regular Blackberry. It is locked down by NSA. I am not really sure if it is a good idea at all. NSA is installing the SecurVoice software on it for both voice and messaging as one of the ways to secure the phone. I am sure that there is a whole infrastructure that is required to run his handset services. Even considering all that, I Still believe that a mobile-phone-carrying president opens so many doors for hackers.

Can NSA and Obama get away with using a (persumably) secure mobile phone service and handset? That is the question of the day!

Read more here:
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/04/obama-to-get-ba.html

Having downloaded the latest beta of the iPhone yesterday (seen above), I started using it today and when a friend of mine asked to use it to dial a phone number, all they saw was this:

I restarted the phone and I got the proper dial screen shown below.

This happened to me again today… So I decided to post it on the inter web

I don’t know if this is true or not yet but here it goes! There seems to be a vulnerability that affects Nokia Series 60 phones, including N95 and N73 handsets that blocks all SMS and MMS from reaching the phone, hense the name “Curse of Silence”. attacker in this case sends a specially designed SMS message to the target phone. What’s worrying is that the recipient will receive no indication that they got the message.

The only way to get the target phone to recieve messages again is to factory reset it. Even after the factory recet, the phone still remains vulnerable to future silent curses. The attack will only work on phones running version 2.6, 2.8, 3.0 or 3.1 of Symbian S60.

Source: http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/blog/?p=2505

Attached with and armband, it is a portable and multi-purpose tool:

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/the_us_armys_secret_weapon_the_ipod_touch-2.html

Windows will run soon on the iPhone using Citrix Receiver, a remote screen software that connects to a PC and enables you to run Microsoft’s Windows Apps remotely over the wi-fi or 3g network.

More info here:
http://community.citrix.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=51937665

As predicted, it did take a long time to unlock the 3G version of the iPhone as compared to the 1st generation iPhone. It is never the less a great achievement for the Dev-Team. So, if you are still using a SIM proxy to unlock you iPhone 3G, then this unlock is for you. For all others, this makes no difference at all

For those who do require the SIM unlock I give you this warning: never upgrade you phone to 2.2 as it will unpgrade your modem software making it impossible to unlock with the SIM unlocking solution from the dev-team.
So: NEVER UPGRADE OR RESTORE YOUR IPHONE IN ITUNES

For more information, please visit the dev-team’s website at:
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

For more information on the harmless totally-reversable hack, go to:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/video-android-rocking-on-the-htc-touch/

Get the hack and instructions directly from xda developers here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=382265

GadgetTrack software was used to track and arrest a thief in Anchorage, Alaska. For more details visit the site below:

http://www.usbhacks.com/2008/11/24/mobile-phone-thief-captured-with-tracking-software/

If you were waiting for the Arabic to be ready for the 2.2 version of the iPhone then your wait is over it is now ready from iPhone Islam

Just go here for the guide to upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2 and then read more information about the new upgrade here.

PLEASE NOTE: If you use a SIM card proxy (a small SIM-shaped electoronic circuit that goes behind your SIM card) then NEVER upgrade your phone to 2.2! You will not be able to use your phone if you upgrade.

As the name suggests, this site is for all the things iPhone can do for you.

Visit it here.

iPhone Linux Demonstration Video from planetbeing on Vimeo.

Instructions: Here.
Dowload: Here.

Here is a sample video of Noise Alert:

For more videos visit the website:
http://www.androidapps.com/

For Apple iPhone App reviews, visit AppVee’s iPhone website at:
http://www.appvee.com/

The iPhone will decide for you Just shake it!

Your iPhone can not delete or forward SMS Messages? Yes it can! Use MySMS to do that!

Your iPhone can not forward a contact number to another one? Now it can! Just use MySMS

You want more options such as:

- landscape typing
- punctuation keys at the right side of typing window
- sms forwarding (even conversations)
- single / individual sms or conversation deletion
- character counter (to know if your text will be sent as one or multiple SMS messages)
- send contacts through sms
- Use message templates
- set password on app loading/launch
- Easy contact list search!
- disable auto correction in SMS typing (very useful if you are typing in other languages)
- skins (downloaded from the dev’s repo: isoftru.ru/repo/)
- set mySMS as the default SMS app
- Option to Tap return key twice to send message

For more information go to:
MySMS
and to see more screen shots and instructions on how to downlad the application from Cydia, go to:
http://iphonehelp.in/2008/11/13/mysms-ultimate-sms-app-for-the-iphone-3g-2x-via-cydia/

A new book with companion DVD by Jesse Varsalone. Expected retail price is AUD 79.00.

Key Features include:

- Companion DVD Contains Custom Materials That Can Be Used in a Real Digital Forensic Investigation
- Includes Unique Information about Mac OS X, iPod, iMac, and iPhone Forensic Analysis Unavailable Anywhere Else
- Authors Are Pioneering Researchers in the Field of Macintosh Forensics, with Combined Experience in Law Enforcement, Military, and Corporate Forensics

Sounds good? Then for more information go to:
http://www.elsevierdirect.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781597492973

On the G1, T-Mobile customers will be the first to check out about 50 available applications. T-Mobile says that all apps are free until 2009. Here is a look at the top 15 out of those.

The one that scares me is the sex offender warning application. It tells you where your G1-carrying daughter or grandma are and how far and in which direction is the nearest registered sex offender to them!

See what I mean by watching the demo here:
http://www.freefamilywatch.com/demo.html

Follow the link for the story and pictures:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/152384/in_pictures_15_killer_android_apps_for_the_g1.html

The beggest selling points for the Android and the G1 in my openion are the simultanious execution of applications and street level on google maps. Who needs any of these?!

You can run applications in the background on iPhone by using the Cydia app Backgrounder and you can use google earth for now to get street level pictures and wait for 2.2 iPhone software for full street view capabilities

I am sticking to my iPhone for now Gotta love the big screen and the safari browser responsiveness and page browsing speed.

app.ifonetec.com: http://app.ifonetec.com/cydia/
cake.mapleidea.com: http://cake.mapleidea.com/cydia/
BigBoss & Planet-iPhones: http://apt.bigboss.us.com/repofiles/cydia/
Hack&Dev.org: http://iphone.hackndev.org/apt/
Hackers.nl: http://apt.hackers.nl/
iClarified: http://cydia.iclarified.com/
iPhone-notes.de Repo: http://apt.iphone-storage.de/
ispaziorepo.com: http://ispaziorepo.com/cydia/apt/
ModMyiFone.com: http://apt.modmyifone.com/
Niklas Schroder: http://apt.paperclipsandscrambledeggs.com/
RichCreations: http://www.richcreations.com/iphone/apt/
SaladSoft: http://nickplee.com/cydiasource/
Ste Packaging: http://repo.smxy.org/cydia/apt/
Steffwiz: http://steffwiz.webs.com/iphone/repo
Telesphoreo Tangelo: http://apt.saurik.com/
urbanfanatics.com: http://urbanfanatics.com/cydia/
WeHo.ru: http://weho.ru/iphone/
www.iacces.com: http://www.iacces.com/apt/
ZodTTD: http://www.zodttd.com/repo/cydia/

NEW Cydia Language Sources

comcute&gecko (Estonian): http://gecko.pri.ee/cydia/
CZ&SK: http://csid. tym.cs/repo/
iPhone-patch (Bulgarian): http://mspasov.com/
iphone.freecoder.org (Chinese): iphone.freecoder.org/apt/
iphonehe.com (Hebrew): http://iphonehe.com/iphone
Marcin Laber (Polish?): http://cydia.i-apps.pl/

Sources for Installer 4.0

Big Boss: http://apptapp.thebigboss.org/repofiles/installer4/
iPhone-notes.de: http://i.phone-storage.de/
iSpazio: http://repo.neolinus.org/ispazio/
ModMyiFone.com: http://i.modmyifone.com/
Rip Dev: http://i.ripdev.com
Ste Packaging: http://repo.smxy.org/installer4/
German: http://sendowski.de/iphone

Sources for Installer 3.1

Community Sources for Installer 3.11

iSpazio Official: http://repo.ispazio.net
ModMyiFone.com: modmyifone.com/installer.xml
RiP Dev (Kate, formerly Caterpillar): http://repository.ripdev.com/
Ste Packaging:http://repo.smxy.org/iphone-apps/ (make sure you include the last /)

Other Sources for Installer 3.11

aka.Repository: akamatsu.org/repo.xml
AlliPodHax Source: ihacks.us/index.xml or allipodhax.3host.biz/index.xml
AlohaSoft 1.0.2 - homepage.mac.com/reinholdpenner/102.xml
AlohaSoft 1.1.1: homepage.mac.com/reinholdpenner/111.xml
AlohaSoft 1.1.2: homepage.mac.com/reinholdpenner/112.xml
Apple (not really Apple): applerepo.com
Apple Daily Times: www.appledailytimes.com/installer
AppTapp Official: repository.apptapp.com
Apogee LTD: apogeeltd.com
Blaze Official: blazecompany.googlepages.com/
BigBoss Beta: sleepers.net/iphonerepobeta
BlackWolf: m8an.de/ownrisk.xml (Extended Preferences)
Byooi Digicide: byooi.com/iphone/digicide.plist (Jiggy Apps)
CedSoft (iSnake/Bounce): prog.cedsoft.free.fr
Chris Miles Repository (iSolitare): iphone.rustyredwagon.com/repo
Conceited Software Beta: http://conceitedsoftware.com/iphone/beta/
Conceited Software: http://www.macminicolo.net/conceited/iphone/cache.plist
CopyCoders: homepage.mac.com/hartsteins/copycoders/copycoders.xml (Network Apps)

dajavax: dajavax.googlepages.com/repo.xml
databinge: repo.databinge.com
DavTeam: davteam.com/repo.xml
Death to Design: iphone.deathtodesign.com
Digital Agua: repo.digitalagua.com
Dlubbat’s Apps: www.dlubbat.com/iphone.xml
Ettore Software Ltd: ettoresoftware.com/iphone/beta/ty.iphone
Fight Club: dezign999.com/repo
FreeMyiPhone: pxl.freemyiphone.com/
Fring: fring.com/iphone.xml
Gogosoft Source: www.blackblack.org/gogobeta.plist
GravyTrain ’s Vault: iiispace.com/installer2.xml (Includes user submitted themes)
Hijinks Inc.: hijinksinc.com/i/installer.xml
hitoriblog Experimental Pack: hpcgi3.nifty.com/moyashi/ipodtouch/repository.cgi
HighTymes: hightymes.org/iphone/plist/index.xml
iApp-a-Day: iappaday.com/install
Imagine09: home.twcny.rr.com/imagine09/Imagine09.xml
iBlackjack: iphonefanclub.com/native
iClarified: installer.iclarified.com
iFoneTech: app.ifonetec.com
Intelliborn: intelliborn.com/repo
Intelliborn (Cydia Source): intelliborn.com/cydia
iPhone Cake: iphonecake.com/src/all
iPhoneDevDocs: idevdocs.com/install
iPhone For Taiwan (SummberBoard Themes): iphone4.tw/showme
iPhoneFreakz: iphonefreakz.com/repo.xml
iPhoneIslam: apps.iphoneislam.com
iPlayful: iplayful.com/r
i.Marine Software (Caissa): caissa.us
imimux Repository (Real Artist): imimux.com
iPod Touch Fans: www.touchrepo.com/repo.xml
iPod Touched: ipodtouched.net/repo.xml
iPod-Touch-Themes.de: www.ipod-touch-themes.de/installer/repo.xml
iSwitcher (old): web.mac.com/iswitcher2/list.xml
iSwitcher (new) = MeachWare: meachware.com/list.xml
Jeremie Engel: rep.visuaweb.com
Jiggy Main Repository (Jiggy): jiggyapp.com/i
lazyasada: lazyasada.xeterdesign.com/repo.xml
Limited Edition iPhone: limitededitioniphone.com/lei.xml
Loring Studios: loringstudios.com/iPhone-schnapps/index.xml
McAfeeMobile Dev Repository: ipkg.mcafeemobile.com
MarcoGiorgini.com: marcogiorgini.com/iPhone/plist.xml
Makayama Software (CameraPro): tinyurl.com/2t8cax
MaomaLand: maomaland.com/iphone/repo.xml
Mateo (BeatPhone): bblk.net/iphone
McCarron’s Repo: patrickmccarron.com/irepo
MeachWare (new iSwitcher): www.meachware.com/list.xml
Mkv iPhone Repository: repo.mkv.mobi
Mobile Stacks: mobilestack.googlecode.com/svn/repository/internal.plist
ModMyApple.it (iBirthday): www.serverasp.net/chiafa/MMA/repo.xml
Moyashi: hpcgi3.nifty.com/moyashi/ipodtouch/repository.cgi
MTL Repository: home.mike.tl/iphone
MyApple.pl: i.myapple.pl
newATTiPhone.com: newattiphone.com/repo.xml
NPike.net: http://apps.npike.net/repo.xml
Nuclear Design: nucleardesign.net/repository
Planet-iPhones: planet-iphones.com/repository
Polar Bear Farm: www.polarbearfarm.com/repo/
Polleo Limited: source.polleo.no
Private Indistury: brandonsgames.com/chriss/index.xml
Pyrofer’s Projects: pyrofersprojects.com/repos/repos.xml
R4m0n (iPhysics): iphone.r4m0n.net/repos
Robota Softwarehouse: iphone.robota.nl
Sanoodi Repository: sanoodi.com/iphone
Saurik’s Coding Toolbox (Cydia): apptapp.saurik.com
ScoresPro: www.scorespro.com/iphone/repo.xml
scummVM: urbanfanatics.com/scummvm.xml
sendowski.de (MobileChat)sendowski.de/iphone
Shai’s Apps: ride4.org/shai.xml
Simek’s Graphic: simek.ddl2.pl
sipgate repository: iphone.sipgate.com
Skrew: i.danstaface.net
Slezak’s Stuff: www.spencerslezak.com
Smart-Mobil: www.smart-mobile.com/beta
Soneso Repository: soneso.com/iphone
SOS iPhone (ContactFlow): rep.sosiphone.com
Spiffyware: spiffyware.net/iphone
Studded: studded.net/installer/index.xml
Surge: iphonesurge.com/iphonesurge.xml
Swell: lyndellwiggins.com/installer/Swell
Swirlyspace: swirlyspace.com/SwirlySpace.xml
Touchmod Team: touchmods.net/rep.xml
Trejan: trejan.com/irepo
Trivialware: mazinger.cs.yale.edu/iphone-apps/index.xml
Unlock.no: i.unlock.no
weiPhone (weTools/weDict): app.weiphone.com/installer
Wiki2Touch: 168weedon.com/i/
Wizdom on Wheels (Common Website Links): iphoneapps.wizdomonwheels.com
XK72 Repository: http://xk72.com/iphone/repos/
ZodTTD.com Releases: zodttd.com/repo

Language Sources for Installer 3.11

Arabic: apps.iphoneislam.com
Czech: repo.iphone.cz
Chinese: iphone.org.hk/repository.plist
Danish: iphone.vildmedmac.dk/install
French: rep.sosiphone.com
FrenchIphone: rep.frenchiphone.com
German: sendowski.de/iphone
German aXP: lostsoul.aeroxp.org/iphone/index.xml
Greek: greekrepo.com
Hebrew ?????: ihebrew.net
Hungarian: ifhone.hu/install.xml
Norwegian - iFon: install.ifon.no
Polish - iPolish: krzak.net/iphone
Polish - iPolish(1.1.2): wakoman.ovh.org/iphone
Português-Brasil(1.1.2): iphonemod.com.br/forum/repo/installer.xml
Russian iPhone.RU: iphones.ru/r
Russian iPhone ??-??????: russianiphone.ru/beta
Russian Tools (in English): russianiphone.ru/beta/en
Spanish Phyros iPhone-ES: iphone.frickr.es/index.xml
Swedish iFun.se: ifun.se/swe
Taiwanese: iphone4.tw/unlock
Thai: pradt.net/iphone
Turkish: niffob.com/triphone.xml
Vietnamese: iphone.billydragon.net

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Source:
http://sleepers.net/2008/10/23/compiled-source-list-for-2xfw-1xfw-cydia-installer/

OLDER LIST FOUND HERE:
http://www.mysecured.com/?p=201

Even though the iPhone doesn’t officially support Arabic yet, Google Translator includes it in 24 languages it supports for the web based software. You can use it by pointing the iPhone browser to: http://translate.google.com.

WOLF claims to forensically extract the information from the internal memory of the iPhone without altering the device.

WOLF claims it can obtain the following information from devices:

The price, training and other information can be obtained from Sixth Legion LLC, a division of IDFS LLC on:
http://www.hex-dump.com/wolftest/index.html
or
http://sixthlegion.com.

PwnageTool 2.0 MACOSX version is released.
For more details, please visit:

rlslog.net
also see:

dev team blog

UPDATE: Don’t have a Mac? You can do it in Windows as well. For instractions, go here:

Step-by-Step Guide to Pwn first generation iPhone running firmware 2.0 using Windows

In a previous post http://www.mysecured.com/?p=202 I showed that your data is not wiped when you do a normal restore. So in this post I will show you some of the ways you can wipe your phone with some degree of certainty that the information on it is wiped.

If you want to wipe your iPhone before you sell it on eBay or give it back to Apple because the touch screen stopped working all of a sudden! Then here are the different ways you can wipe it:

- Jonathan Zdziarski’s method:
http://www.zdziarski.com/papers/wipe.html

It involves jailbreaking and command line access. It is best suited for people with jailbroken iPhones and are really paranoid and control freaks!

- Rich Mogull’s (securosis.com) method:
http://securosis.com/2008/05/20/formatting-an-iphone-to-wipe-data/Which is an easy to do 2 restores and 3 overwrites of the iPhone device’s user data area. Look at this video from CNET on youtube:

- BigBoss Wipe App Method:
http://sleepers.net/news/?p=174
This needs the iPhone to be jailbroken as well. It does a zero out wipe on the device, so it will require a restore afterwards.

The basic idea of all of the methods is to overwrite the data in the user area. Be it by overwriting it with music as in Mogull’s method or by using a wipe tool as with BigBoss or by overwriting it with zeros as in Jonathan’s method. I prefer the latter two methods as overwriting with music might leave some of the data intact (call me paranoid!). But on the other hand it could be the only option for people who do not want to jailbreak their iPhone or do not have the technical expertise to do so.

UPDATE (28 August 2008):

iPhone software 2.0 and above comes with an erase all feature that was not available in previous versions of the iPhone and therefore this feature can be used to completely wipe the iPhone. This can be done on the iPhone itself without needing to connect it to iTunes.

So, on the iPhone tap Settings -> General -> Reset and then select the “Erase All Content and Settings” option from the buttons shown. Users must note that under the 1.x iPhone software, invoking this setting erased the iPhone’s obvious data, but not did NOT PERFORM A ‘bit-by-bit’ WIPE. Under the 2.0 software however, you get a much more thorough wipe (bit-by-bit). which can take an hour or two to complete depending on the storage size of the iPhone being wiped.

When: April 17, 2008 at 17:00 GMT
Who: Jonathan A. Zdziarski.
Details: While some of a suspect’s data can be viewed using the direct GUI interfaces in the iPhone’s software, much hidden and deleted data is available as well, which may provide for more thorough evidence gathering. Existing commercial forensic tools are sadly lacking their ability to perform deep raw disk level recovery, and so Jonathan will demonstrate how to install his custom forensics toolkit on any existing model iPhone and send a raw disk image to a desktop machine. He will also show you how to recover files specific to the iPhone including deleted keyboard caches, photos, web objects, and much more. Jonathan’s custom forensics toolkit and his accompanying forensic manual will be available free to forensic investigators in law enforcement.

Read More here:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/e/949?CMP=ILC-orm_webinars&ATT=iphone-forensics

I know that you’ll love this as a research tool. I love the visulization part and not so much the cover-flow type interface. It is still in beta, so I am expecting more GUI improvements

Get it here:
http://www.yourergo.com/

Good news for iPhone forensics:

Paraben’s Device Seizure can get a variety of data depending on the operating system version as well as whether or not the phone has been unlocked (often called Jailbreaking). The following is a general guide to what data can be acquired from the different versions, however, our testing shows that different Jailbreaking methods unlock different portions of the phone (for instance, one method allowed Device Seizure to acquire most media files but did not allow access to phone records, contacts, or images uploaded to the phone):

Firmware 1.0, 1.0.1 and 1.0.2: Most logical data can be acquired from the phone Firmware 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, and 1.1.4: Only the /var/root/Media folder will be acquired Firmware Unlocked by a Jailbreaking Utility: Should
acquire most logical data depending on the unlocking software used. This is our first release for the Apple iPhone and we expect to see many more additions to this technology in the future. Keep your subscription
current to make sure you get all the new updates.

As quoted from Paraben. For more information please visit Paraben.

The following new features are available for all enterprise and individual customers:

• Performance on flash drives is improved.
• MojoPac can be used on a host with limited mode login with MojoPac Usher (Beta) installed on the host.
• MojoPac can be installed to a directory on the host computer.
• For our Enterprise customers, MojoPac 1.8 has many enhanced management, provisioning and deployment capabilities.
• Active Directory authentication is now available.
• Image creation and deployment have been made easier.
• New configuration options are available to enforce data protection and security policies.
• MojoPac can perform a security check on host computers.  

If you are an IT administrator, please contact sales-at-ringcube dot com for updated documentation and management tools.

If you have automatic updates enabled, your MojoPac will update in the next few days.

If you are not using MojoPac, please download it. MojoPac Freedom is *free* for non-commercial personal use.

For more information and to download Mojopac, please visit them at:

http://www.mojopac.com/portal/content/splash.jsp

It is like a SecureID token but for your Mobile Phone. It is based on Java and provides 1024bit RSA encryption and GrIDsure’s ID technology. Want to learn more, then head to:

http://www.itsecurityportal.com/itsecurity_news.asp?articleid=260033

I have to admit, I thought this is like CommonWealth Bank’s NetCode SMS but it is clearly nothing like it. For more information on that go to:

http://demos.webcentral.com.au/netcode-sms.html

Metasploit for hacking iPhones:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137741-c,iphone/article.html

Apple releases an update to Patch 10 flaws with the iPhone: 

 http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9786507-7.html?tag=nefd.blgs

The patch also Bricks unlocked iPhones

Here are two guides to SIM unlock your iPhone for free:

http://www.freeiphoneunlock.com/guide/

http://iphone.unlock.no/

This time it is by the iPhone Dev team iPhone is finally free from its AT&T ball and chain!

For more information and to download the needed files, head to Gizmodo. Instructions are not out yet. So, if you are one of those people that never RTFM, then download it and wing it!

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/exclusive/iphone-free-software-unlock-confirmed-death-star-explodes-298825.php 

Thanks again for EVERYONE on the Hackint0sh forums for all their efforts and all the good times we had with the iPhone

Otherwise, (if you’ve got money to burn) then go for the commercial unlock software found here:

http://www.iphonesimfree.com/cgi-bin/iphonesimfree/engine.pl?page=buy

Got questions? We got answers! Don’t be hatin’ start participatin’! Head to Hackint0sh.org!

Image above is from: http://blog.scifi.com/

Download and read it! It is not small though about 8-10MB. News, articles, intreviews, book releases, software walk-throughs, and more.

Link: http://www.insecuremag.com

The software detects installed software and categorises them as either Insecure, End-of-Life, or Up-To-Date. Effectively enabling you to focus your attention on software installations where more secure versions are available from the vendors. Sounds good to you? Then head to:

https://psi.secunia.com/

I’ve been searching for iPhone unlocking sites and so far I found the sites below. I would like to emphasize that it is only a matter of time until a workaround can be found to use the iPhone with other providers other than AT&T. So, here are the two sites:

• The following blog post claims that it will send you an email with information about unlocking the iPhone once it is available for a small fee:
• http://unlockuriphone.blogspot.com/
• The following company mentioned in this “the register” article claims that it is close to unlocking the iPhone and that once it is able to do that, it will provide iPhone users with a $50 software that will unlock their phones for them:
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/06/iphone_unlocking/

It is also worth noting that unlocking phones was ruled to be legal by the US copyright office last year.

Among the prizes to be awarded to the most thorough beta testers will be three gaming consoles including a Sony Playstation 3, a Microsoft Xbox360 and a Nintendo Wii. Other prizes include a Nokia N90 device, 30 PC games (either World of Warcraft or Command & Conquer 3), as well as free licenses for BitDefender’s 2008 consumer product line.

BitDefender Total Security 2008 Beta will be made available to download for free through BitDefender’s corporate website http://www.BitDefender.com starting June 19, 2007. Registration and further information about the BitDefender Total Security 2008 Beta testing contest can be found online at:
http://beta.bitdefender.com. The contest will end on July 20 and winners will be announced on August 30, 2007.

“Hitchhiker helps you to connect your Pocket PC to the wireless Internet. Simply click “Connect” and it will try all nearby public access points. Hitchhiker will handle all settings for you and perform complicated tests to ensure you can connect to the Internet in no time.”

The software can be downloaded from here:
http://www.kasuei.com/hitchhiker/

The site also has other useful freeware, so check it out.

Linux on Windows Free Alternative to VMWare! From Microsoft itself! Here is a link on what you can run on it and what changes you need to make in order to install virtual machines under it. Also, some notes on performance:
http://vpc.visualwin.com/index.aspx

Download Virtual PC 2007 For Free from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx

RIM announced that it is going to release a “Virtual BlackBerry” for selected Windows Mobile 6 devices. Now you CAN have the best of both worlds after all
Read more at I4U.

4 days after I posted the “Must Have Applications for your Windows Pocket PC” I received an email saying that I should post the link from xda-developer wiki. Somebody sent it to me… I am not gonna say who, … Somebody   So here it is:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Must_have_tools

Enjoy

The official site for Western Australia’s Digital Forensics Practitioner Interest Group (DFPIG) is now active. If you live in Western Australia and you are interested in Digital forensics, then you should come to our meetings in Edith Cowan University. For times and dates, please visit the official site at:

http://www.dfpig.net/

Matt’s Blog is not frequently updated but his site crypto.com is an excelent resource for all kinds of information. Make sure you check it out.

Check it out:
http://www.wireshark.org/

Same developers, same code, different name. Reason: copyright issues I guess!

At least for now, FireFox 2 is vulnerability free. More on IE7 flaw here:

http:///ha.ckers.org/

It is only a matter of time until someone finds the bugs in the new Firefox. People are already blogging about IE7 vs FF2. Here are some links for you:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/4282263.html
http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtalk/wpn-58-20061019IE7vsFirefoxIE7havingtroublewithGooglesites.html
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/4282263.html
More information on IE7 on Fahad.com:
http://www.fahad.com/2006/10/microsoft-releases-windows-internet.html
You can download IE7 From here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx
and FireFox 2 from here:
http://www.getfirefox.com

You simply download this to your mobile and run it with minor settings modifications. You need to register the software and you do need a GPRS/UMTS based Internet on your mobile.  WAP only access will not do.

Link:
http://cellserf.com/index.html

Salvatore asked me for this, so here you go my friend.  It is not a new program though as it was out in 2005! It can track the CIDs (Cell IDs) of mobile phone towers around you, their LAC (Location Area Code) and their SIG (signal strength). Having that information can help in tracking the location of your mobile phone and the accuracy will depend a number of factors including the 3 above.

If you speak Arabic and you would like to get familiar with Linux without installing Linux on your machine, then this CD is for you. All you have to do is burn the CD and then just put it in your PC or laptop and boot from it… it is that easy!

The CD contains many games and utilities and a comprehensive English to Arabic dictionary (yes, it does contain the bad words too! Trust me!)

Update: Arabian Linux forum site was hacked:
http://www.arabian.arabicos.com/forum/

This is  one DVD that has most of what you’ll need to boot on a machine to examine it throughly.  My favorite tools are Auditor, Helix and F.I.R.E.

The current SecureDVD release includes:

1. BackTrack 1.0
2. Operator v3.3.20
3. PHLAK v0.3
4. Auditor v200605-02 (no-ipw2100)
5. L.A.S. Linux - Local Area Security v0.5
6. Knoppix-STD v0.1
7. Helix v1.7
8. F.I.R.E. v0.3.5
9. nUbuntu vFlight 6
10. INSERT Rescue Security Toolkit v1.3.6

Download it here. Features added include syncing favorites, notes and files. It supports both pocket PCs and smartphones of course