Wireless Communications

A short while back, researchers at Princeton University published a detailed research paper in which they discussed the process of recovering encryption keys out of computer memory (RAM) after a cold boot. The researchers successfully recovered encryptions keys for popular disk encryption systems such as BitLocker, dm-crypt and developed new algorithms for finding such keys in memory images. msramdmp is a bootable syslinux USB stick that manages to boot itself without overwriting the contents of RAM. This allows msramdmp to dump the contents of RAM to the USB stick for information gathering purposes. Those who can’t boot from a USB device can use the bootable ISO version.

Airspan Networks, a leading provider of WiMAX gear, today announced that it has received FCC certification for 5.4 GHz WiMAX equipment. The certification covers Airspan’s MicroMAX Base Station as well as Airspan’s subscriber terminals, the ProST and EasyST. Airspan has deployed 5.4 GHz WiMAX internationally for some time, but this certification makes it the first such WiMAX product in the US. Airspan says the solution can be integrated with VoIP and WiFi extensions and incorporates Airspan’s proprietary interference mitigating software. “Airspan is aggressively pursuing a leading role in the US WiMAX market. The most comprehensive range of compelling products, paired with key strategic partnerships, has resulted in an impressive series of account wins in the US this year,” commented Declan Byrne, Airspan’s Chief Marketing Officer. “This new FCC certification provides another vehicle to help Airspan continue our course and drive additional revenues from this growing market.”

Security researchers presenting Wednesday at the Black Hat D.C. conference in Washington, D.C., demonstrated technology in development that they say will be able to greatly decrease the time and money required to decrypt, and therefore snoop on, phone and text message conversations taking placeon GSM networks. Many mobile operators worldwide use GSM networks, including T-Mobile and AT&T in the United States. The 64-bit encryption method used by GSM, known as A5/1, was first cracked in theory about 10 years. The security of the most widely used standard in the world for transmitting mobile phone calls is dangerously flawed, putting privacy and data at risk, two researchers warned at the Black Hat conference in Europe last week. Researchers David Hulton and Steve Muller showed at Black Hat in the U.S. last month how it was possible to break the encryption on a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) call in about 30 minutes using relatively inexpensive off-the-shelf equipment a...

WinPwn 2.0.0.3 has just been released. If you were facing crashing issues with iPwner or 16xx errors then you you might want to check out the latest version as cnw, the iPhone Hacker credited for porting iPhone Dev Team's Pwnage Tool 2.0 (Mac only) to Windows claims that they have been fixed. You can find all the details of WinPwn 2.0.0.3 after the jump. The initial release was affected by an issue that caused the iPwner component to crash. It appears that the issue has been resolved in the latest version. WinPwn 2.0.0.3 has also resolved the 16xx errors that iPhone Hacks reader, hms90832, had encountered. Here are the instructions provided with the latest release: You must do a full uninstall of winpwn before installing the new version. Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes (Currently 7.7). WinPwn uses 300MB of ram at peak due to the ipsw being extracted in memory. You must first click browse and load an IPSW to use WinPwn. For 2.0 only the *5A347_Restore.ipsw files are...

The name of this hacker is Abdul-Rahman Mahaini, he is 26 years old and he lives in Damascus, Syria. According to him, he has so far cracked software programs worth millions of dollars and he will continue to do so, no matter how difficult it is to crack a certain program. He says that he does not do this for the hacking thrill, but because of the software sales restrictions imposed on Syria by the US. It all boils down to the fact that, since you cannot buy it, you can always hack it. Abdul-Rahman Mahaini is not easily deterred by the complexity of a program or the measures employed to make cracking it more difficult. As long as you can get hold of him, he will be more than happy to hack into any software program you’ll give him. The thing is that Abdul follows a strict ethical guide and he will not go against it; so you might as well forget about asking him to break into someone’s e-mail or bank account. But if you want him to crack GTA IV, he will do it for as little as $2. Hackers ...

If you are a Windows users and haven't tried the methods to pwn the first generation iPhone running iPhone firmware 2.0 or jailbreak iPhone 3G or facing an issue with it or are simply looking for an easy to use tool like iPhone Dev Team's Pwnage Tool as they are not for the faint hearted then the good news is WinPwn, the Windows version of the Pwnage Tool 2.0 is now available. The iPhone Dev Team released their Pwnage Tool 2.0 to jailbreak, unlock and activate iPhone only for Mac users late last week. The windows version of the Pwnage Tool i.e. WinPwn was still not available at that time. So some clever folks over at iUnlocked.org figured out a way to pwn the first generation iPhone running iPhone firmware 2.0 using Windows. However, it was not for the faint hearted, so if you are looking for an easy to use tool to jailbreak, unlock and activate your first generation iPhone or jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone firmware 2.0 then Windows users can now checkout WinPwn, the Window...

Well, the response was overwhelming. :) The downloads brought down several of our servers, and some of them have yet to recover! It seems that some people have been having problems with our initial release, so we have PwnageTool 2.0.1 for you. It addresses the following issues: It auto-finds the bl39 and bl46 files better, if they’re on your computer It creates the ~/Library/iTunes/Device Support/ folder if not present, which should help with some 1600 errors people have been having. Many people have reported the PwnageTool not starting up at all (the icon never stops bouncing). This issue should be resolved now. The Sparkle AppCast URL is fixed in this version, so automatic updates should work for future releases. Because of the AppCast URL fix, we recommend that everyone who downloaded PwnageTool 2.0 get this version, if they want to stay up to date automatically. N.B: if PwnageTool 2.0 pwned your phone correctly the first time, you do not need to pwn again with 2.0.1. The file can b...