Black Hat Independent researchers have made good on a promise to release a comprehensive set of tools needed to eavesdrop on cell phone calls that use the world’s most widely deployed mobile technology. “The whole topic of GSM hacking now enters the script-kiddie stage, similar to Wi-Fi hacking a couple years ago, where people started [...]

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Czech security experts have uncovered a global network of devices attacked by computer viruses within which it was possible to wiretap and gain access to sensitive data, Jan Vykopal, head of the security project of Masaryk University, told CTK yesterday. Modems were among the attacked devices as they are only poorly protected. The viruses were [...]

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Cryptographers have moved closer to their goal of eavesdropping on cellphone conversations after cracking the secret code used to prevent the interception of radio signals as they travel between handsets and mobile operators’ base stations. The code is designed to prevent the interception of phone calls by forcing mobile phones and base stations to rapidly [...]

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Tool name : SkypeDLLInjector version 0.1   Description : SkypeDLLInjector is a tool to demonstrate how DLL injection works. In this proof of concept it is applied to the Skype application. It consists of a loader application which remains running in the background and a DLL which will be injected into every newly started program [...]

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Just found this article on cnet about eavesdropping and video hijacking. Showing off technology that James Bond would love, two researchers at Defcon on Friday demonstrated tools that allow people to eavesdrop on video conference calls and intercept surveillance camera video. An attacker needs to be in the same building as the victims to carry [...]

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