➀ Scammers in Switzerland are using fake letters with QR codes to trick people into downloading a fraudulent 'Severe Weather Warning App'; ➁ The app mimics the official Alertswiss app and contains the Copper trojan malware; ➂ Swiss authorities are investigating the extent of the scam.
Recent #Hacking news in the semiconductor industry
➀ A modified version of the Nintendo GameCube and Wii has been made to run Windows NT for PowerPC, allowing for the installation of the classic game Doom.
➁ The build, named Entii, is optimized for the PowerPC architecture of these consoles and supports basic Windows NT functionalities.
➂ Despite the lack of sound and limited online capabilities, the project serves as a snapshot of Windows NT and PowerPC in the era before Windows NT 3.5.
➀ Hacker Aedan Cullen gains access to the OTP secret by glitching the RISC-V cores of the RP2350; ➁ The RP2350 was introduced as a successor to the RP2040 with added security features; ➂ The hacking challenge was to uncover a secret hidden in the RP2350's OTP memory.
➀ Hacker Thomas Lambertz demonstrates the vulnerability of patched Windows 11 BitLocker; ➁ Attack can be executed with a single physical device access and network connection; ➂ Fix is only surface-level, with UEFI firmware storage limitations affecting future Secure Boot certificates.
➀ A tech enthusiast in India used a Faraday cage and a microwave jammer to bypass geo-blocking and unlock the hearing aid feature on AirPods Pro; ➁ The hack allows users to use AirPods Pro as hearing aids at a significantly lower cost compared to traditional hearing aids; ➂ The tech community is sharing this DIY solution to help those in geoblocked areas access the feature.
➀ The Internet Archive suffered a data breach, exposing 31 million user accounts; ➁ The breach occurred on September 28, 2024, with the data being leaked as a 6.4 GB SQL file; ➂ The hacking group 'SN_Blackmeta' claimed responsibility for the attack.