Tagged: hacking

The great panic: the world’s first computer virus (Video)

“The Only thing we have to fear is fear itself” – Franklin D. Roosevelt How do you respond when a seemingly safe and impenetrable system is penetrated? We all know now to be wary of internet data, and that everything on the connected web is vulnerable, but this fascinating clip from 1988 exemplifies this issue at its heart, when we had just realized the...

Innocent Chargers Can Inject Malware Into Your iPhone

In a reminder that we’re never as safe as we think we are, some hackers from the Georgia Institute of Technology revealed that they successfully hacked an iPhone and installed malware through a modified charger, in under a minute, and without user interactions. The process was completely automated by a small onboard microcomputer called a Beagle Board they’d installed, and so small that they...

Man Makes Mouse out of Pizza

What if you could use anything, for anything? Jay Silver decided he wanted to open up the world of innovation, so he created a device called the Makey Makey, funded through a kickstarter campaign, which allows just about anyone to hack everyday objects (literally anything that conducts any amount of electricity), essentially altering the functions of everyday objects. More incredibly, the Makey Makey costs...

5 Reasons Why You Have To Be on Codecadamy (and a video)

If you ever want to do anything with technology, and you don’t have a coding background already, use Codecadamy.org. Let me explain to you the five reasons why there’s no excuse not to use it. It’s easy. I started with no coding skills whatsoever beyond making paragraphs and headings in HTML.  Within three days of starting Codecadamy, I already had a proficient knowledge in CSS...