According to NY Times, Researchers at a security firm Independent Security Evaluators have announced that they have found a vulnerability in the Apple iPhone that allows them to extract personal information and "take control" of the device from a malicious website or WiFi connection.
In a video, they have presented a demo of of the exploit as well as answers to questions, but does not provide would-be hackers any detailed instructions. Apple has reportedly been notified of findings. A full disclosure of the hack will be released at the BlackHat conference on August 2nd, while a preliminary is currently available.
According to the site, in their proof of concept, the exploit can read the log of SMS messages, address book, call history, voicemail data and transmit it to the malicious site.
Read the remarks of principle security analyst here in detail.
Using @stake LC4 (formerly L0phtCrack), now you can easily crack the Windows passwords. However since Symantec stopped development of L0phtcrack, use Sean's program called LC5.
Just like L0phtCrack, LC5 attacks your Windows machine with a combination of dictionary and brute force attacks.
LC5 can crack almost all common passwords in seconds. More advanced passwords with numbers and characters takes longer.
The main purpose of the LCP program is user account passwords auditing and recovery in Windows NT/2000/XP.
HOW IT WORKS:
Windows NT, 2000 and XP passwords are stored as encrypted hash marks. LC5 attacks these hash marks with hundreds of passwords per minute. Eventually the correct password will be sent and then displayed to the screen.
Hackers can install this application onto a primary domain controller and steal hundreds of passwords within minutes.
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