December 1, 2006 – Hacked Gadgets

ATM PIN Numbers Hacked?

Alan Parekh December 1, 2006 173

You probably remember the Tranax ATM problems. The with the Tranax machines was due to a poor password system. This latest issue is with the security of ATM PIN number for the entire ATM network worldwide! Here are some papers that have some detailed information about the exploit. Decimalisation Table Attacks for PIN Cracking (PDF) API-Level Attacks on Embedded Systems (PDF) “Researchers who work for an Israeli computer security company

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Ol’ Blue Robot

Alan Parekh December 1, 2006

Mac Cody built Ol’ Blue is based on Robbie from the movie Forbidden Planet. “Ol’ Blue is a tracked robot based on a small single-board computer. This robot has undergone several enhancements and modifications since it was created. The links belows lead to pages describing the original Ol’ Blue, its “mods”, and the software written for it.”