SigEx Telecom : Apple TV hackedby Ana Maria Ciobanu

All Apple TV users kept wondering what's with the external USB storage. Now they can be happy to find out and follow some steps to try it at: http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/28/usb-patch-released-hallelujah/ To install this patch you need version 1.0 of the Apple TV software (current version is 1.1). The instructions are pretty complicated. You need: Intel-Mac, OS X files, Apple TV Software 1.0, an original, unmodified copy of the "˜mach_kernel.prelink' file from the Apple TV, An external USB drive formatted using "Journaled HFS. Then appletvhacks.net explains you the procedure. I read it and it sounded a little like Chinese to me but of course I'm no hacker, nor an Apple TV user. Apple TV users were very happy to hear this news and got on hacking their gadgets. After two days the website launched a proposal to the community : "We feel that the highest priority is to make the patch work with Apple TV software 1.1. Reverting back your Apple TV software to the previous version is just a step backward. One shouldn't have to be forced to do this. So what are you waiting for? Help us out. All lines are opened, operators are standing by." Here is a crazy idea and correct me if I am wrong. Haven't these people already payed $299 or $399 for their gadgets? Why doesn't Apple do something about it? Is it that hard to release a software update and allow their customers to use what ever USB hard drives they want. It's their money right? Here is an even crazier thought...is TV that important? I can find at least 50 better things to do instead of watching TV without giving it to much thought. Tastes aren't discussable so it's everyone's call what gadget they buy but it's not right for people to be forced to hack their gadgets, Apple should do something in this direction

by Ana Maria Ciobanu for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

Apple's insecuritiesby Claudia Sonea

On Monday a group of security researchers reported that Apple's iPhones are like sitting ducks for hackers. They could easily take over the control if the iPhone's owner visits a doctored Web site or Internet hotspot.Hijacked iPhones could be very useful to the same gangs that take over personal computers and use them to disseminate spam, according to Charlie Miller, principal security analyst at Independent Security Evaluators. As you may see owning an iPhone is a very tricky business, either you can be a potential criminal by transforming it in a bomb(blackberry's case), either it can let you completely off-guard by making personal information accessible to the hackers. More bad news to come in the area of Apple computers running Mac OS and the company's Safari Web browser that has the same flaw. This vulnerability is not yet to be solved, mainly because specialists don't know the cause. On august the second there will take place a detailed presentation of the flaw at the Black Hat USA hacker conference in Las Vegas and online. Until then we are left in a complete blur and the only thing we can do is to stay away of the iPhones or use them only like normal phones. I don't know the end of this but Apple should move fast according to the latest news. Keep on surfing and click to be in touch with the world and always know what things are spinning.

by Claudia Sonea for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

Slabiciunile lui Appleby Claudia Sonea

Un grup de cercetatori de securitate a raportat ieri ca produsele iPhones ale companiei Apple sunt precum tintele ambulante pentru hacker-i. Ei ar putea cu usurinta sa preia controlul unui iPhone daca proprietarul acestuia a vizitat un site web cu doctor sau un punct fierbinte al Internetului. iPhone-urile hacuite ar putea fi foarte folositoare acelorasi bande care preiau controlul computerelor si le folosesc pentru diseminarea spamu-lui, conform declaratiei lui Charlie Miller, analist principal pe securitate la Independent Security Evaluators. Dupa cum puteti concluziona, un iPhone este o treaba riscanta, ori poti fi acuzat ca si criminal tranformandu-l intr-o bomba (cazul unui blackberry), sau te poate lasa fara aparare facand informatiile personale sa fie accesibile hackeriilor. Alte vesti proaste in domeniul computerelor Apple ce functioneaza in sistemul Mac OS si browserul companiei Safari Web care au acelasi defect. Aceasta vulnerabilitate nu se poate rezolva inca, in principal pentru ca specialisti nu i-au depistat inca cauza. Pe doi august va avea loc o prezentare detaliata a defectului la conferinta hackeriilor Black Hat USA din Las Vegas si online. Pana atunci suntem intr-o ceata completa si nu ne ramane altceva de facut decat sa stam departe de iPhone sau sa le folosim doar ca simple telefoane. Nu stiu care va fi sfarsitul acestei probleme, dar Apple ar trebui sa se miste repede conform ultimelor stiri. Navigati in continuare si click pentru a va mentine la curent cu lumea si a sti intotdeauna ce se mai invarte.

by Claudia Sonea for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

SigEx Telecom :iPhone hackers released iASignby Ioana Madalina Tantareanu

Hackers on IRC channel,channel #iphone, server fusion.osx86.hu released in Tuesday a new tool called iASign, the full scope of which you can only understand when you read Erica Sadun's fantastic post over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Their released innovation is that iASign lets you pay for your phone with a prepaid card (as low as $10).This means that you no longer have to sign a two-year AT&T contract to use the iPhone, but not the fact that hackers have unlocked the iPhone from AT&T, because you still have to buy an AT&T (or Cingular) prepaid card. The advantage is that it saves you from long-term lock-in to one company, which you might be interested in if you want to use your iPhone for fewer than two years or you believe that one day the hackers will unlock it and you'll be able to swap it to another carrier. Sadun, the person who made the tests said that the option isn`t exactly cheap, because text messages cost $0.05 each on your prepaid card, and other data,i.e., the Web, ranges from $2 to $10 per MB, depending on the specific pre-paid package.YouTube won`t be able to work when you`re not in Wi-Fi range and visual voicemail. HackTheiPhone.com has instructions if you use a Mac so,in order to turn it on, you've got to be comfortable with the command line and other techie things.The disadvantage is that, as with any hack, you run the risk of ruining your phone, and AT&T or Apple may turn it off at any time.

by Ioana Madalina Tantareanu for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.