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How To Bypass (Hack) Android 5.x (Lollipop) Lockscreen

http://ift.tt/1FjpaRS Technology A hack or a vulnerability exists in Android Lollipop 5.x (uptil 5.1.1, build LMY48L) that enables an attacker to crash and bypass the lockscreen and achieve full access to a locked machine, even when encryption is enabled on the device. It was discovered on the 25th of June, 2015 and reported (privately) to Google. Now an update to patch this vulnerability has been released, and Google has made the exploit public (CVE-2015-3860) . The method detailed here has been originally taught by jgor  and first published here . By manipulating a sufficiently large string within the password field when the camera app is active an attacker is able to destabilize the lock screen, causing it to crash and go to the home screen. At this point arbitrary applications may be run or adb developer access can be enabled to gain full access to the gadget and use any of its stored data. The exploit requires the following: The hacker/user should have physical access to the

http://ift.tt/1LyEtTF Technology Miami, September 16, 2015 Java Programmers Competition 2016 IPPC: $500,000 cash prizes SHOW ME YOUR SPEED! We are already convinced that there are many gifted programmers and ingenious hackers.     Now we want to know who the fastest and most flexible are. After all, we are in the century of speed: TIME = $ Next Hacker: International Programming Player Competition, February 26 & 27, 2016 in Berlin, Germany, the 2016 IPPC promises an exciting two days of intriguing events and programming competitions featuring 3,000 of the world’s best up and coming developers and programmers in an extreme and exciting skill competition. IPPC’s main event is where the true competition really begins and everyone can be a winner in the Xtrem Programming Competition Speed & Skill Challenge. $500,000.00 cash prize they await the winners. This multi-stage challenge starts with each programmer having to successfully find and fix errors in three random Java

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Serious flaw discovered in the OS used by over a billion devices Hacking, Technology, VxWorks, Boeing, Nasa

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Technology The fact that you could see it work as a desktop is weird Seeing Ubuntu Touch transform right into a small desktop version of the distribution is somewhat weird, nevertheless it’s also revealing the immense power that is obtainable underneath the hood. Canonical has been talking about platform convergence for a very long time, and it is one of the many issues that really got through. It is true that KDE has been speaking about this function for a while too, however their message got lost in the space. Microsoft also planned this with the new version of Windows but in the meantime, Ubuntu Touch is now a full fledged operating system that can offer a desktop experience and it is doing that seamlessly. This isn’t the type of feature that is easy to make overnight and it took Canonical a few years to get it to work. The road from the drafting board to a functioning convergent desktop has been a very long one, and it is still not over. We should

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