Archive for October, 2009
Enable tethering on iPhone 3G & 3Gs 3.1.2
So you want to know how to enable tethering on 3.1.2 well it’s not as hard as you think. You will need access to a version of OS X that has bspatch installed. I’m not sure which version as I’m not a mac fan.
You will need either of these:
You will need to install MobileTerminal (available in Cydia) and also OpenSSH (from Cydia) if you plan to copy the files via SSH. I used i-FunBox just to make it easier.
Tags: Hacking, iPhone, Software
Bing Australia: look less, find more
I happened to see last month on Channel Nine an ad for Bing. I only caught the last 5 seconds or so of it, and never saw it again. I was looking at Long Zheng’s site this morning and noticed he had a post about the Bing Australia Ads and seems that there is a series of them.
Tags: advertisement, Microsoft, TV
Speed up the iPhone 3G and 3Gs
I recently upgraded my iPhone 3G to 3.1.2 and JailBroke it. So I decided to try the experiments to speed up the iPhone by removing language packs and disabling launch daemons. The iPhone seems more snappier since doing this, read more to see the full story.
Banking online? Don’t use Windows
A NSW Police cybercrime expert recommends using Ubuntu, Puppy Linux or the Apple iPhone, steering clear of Microsoft Windows if you want to bank online.
In a news article Detective Inspector Bruce vad der Graaf says:
If you are using the internet for a commercial transaction, use a Linux boot up disk – such as Ubuntu or some of the other flavours. Puppylinux is a nice small distribution that boots up fairly quickly.
Another option is the Apple iPhone. It is only capable of running one process at a time so there is really no danger from infection.
So what Operating System or device do you use when you do your online banking?
Tags: iPhone, Linux, Security, Windows
Over 20,000 email accounts compromised by phishing attack
If you have a Hotmail account (this includes @hotmail.com, @msn.com and @live.com accounts) or Gmail, Comcast or Earthlink I suggest you change your password now.
On October 1st an internet user posted the passwords to over 20,000 accounts on pastebin, a site known to be used by developers to share code. Some people over at Neowin reported that they saw some of the list and said that most of the accounts seem to be from Europe.
So I suggest that if you have a Hotmail, Gmail, Comcast or Earthlink account to login and change your password details just to be safe.