Hack into a Windows PC - no password needed

Friday, March 14th, 2008

A security consultant based in New Zealand has released a tool that can unlock Windows computers in seconds without the need for a password. Adam Boileau first demonstrated the hack, which affects Windows XP computers but has not yet been tested with Windows Vista, at a security conference in Sydney in ...

Windows Hacked in Seconds via Firewire

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

A New Zealand security researcher has published a software tool allowing attackers to quickly gain access to Windows systems via a Firewire port. The tool, which can only be used by attackers with physical access to a system, comes shortly after the publication of research on gaining access to encrypted hard ...

Ready to Drop Kick Your PC?

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

There's a famous scene in the classic movie Caddyshack in which Bill Murray (playing demented greenskeeper Carl Spackler) says that in order to defeat the gopher that's ruining his golf course, he must think like a gopher. Troubleshooting computers can be a bit like that: To recognize and fix what's ...