Drill powered mini bike

July 24, 2008 By 23 Comments

DPX Systems seems to deal exclusively in devices powered by handheld drills. In addition to the mini bike in the video above, they've made systems for wheelchairs, toolboxes, and hoists. The device costs $630, but we know most of you just need prompting that something is possible to be well on your way to building your own version. We're still more fond of weed whacker machines.[via Toolmonger] … [Read more...]

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DNS cache poisoning webcast

July 24, 2008 By 4 Comments

UPDATE: Full audio of the webcast is now availableToday Black Hat held a preview webcast with [Dan Kaminsky] about the massive DNS bug he discovered. On July 8th, multiple vendors announced a patch for an undisclosed DNS vulnerability. [Dan Kaminisky] did not release the details of the vulnerability at that time, but encouraged security researchers to not release their work, if they did happen to … [Read more...]

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HOPE 2008: Methods of Copying High Security Keys

July 24, 2008 By 4 Comments

[Barry Wels] is well known for his lockpicking talks, but this year he wanted to talk about how he copies high security keys. If a key blank is available, you could make a copy just by viewing the original. High security keys generally have profiles with more side cuts, which means you can guess at how deep a specific pin is by observing how many cuts it crosses. He also showed that you could … [Read more...]

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Behead your laptop

July 24, 2008 By 20 Comments

[Mark] sent in this nice trick for breathing new life into an old laptop. [Sarc] had a tibook with a broken LCD. It was still usable with an external monitor, so he simply removed the broken LCD. The tibook (and MacBook) uses a magnetic sensor to monitor the LCD position. To put the machine in the right mode, he taped a magnet in place to make the machine think that the display was in the closed … [Read more...]

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