10,000 websites infected with MPack hack

Attackers have launched massive attacks in Europe from a network of at least 10,000 hacked websites, several security companies have warned.

Analysts reported the opening salvos of a large-scale attack based on the multi-exploit hacker kit called "Mpack” as early as Friday. Attackers taint compromised websites with code that redirects visitors to a server hosting the Mpack kit - a professional, Russian-made collection of exploits that comes complete with a management console to detail which exploits are working, and against what countries' domains.

More here

More info:
TrendMicro - Italian Job
Mpack it up
Symantecc - Mpack packed full of badness
Slashdot - The Italian Job

Update:
An Italian blog reports that all of the servers compromised are IIS 6.0/Windows 2003 servers.

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Over at Doom9 a new processing key has been posted. According to "arnezami", this key opens up all newly released (and many to be released) HD DVD and Blu-ray discs.

Open Source Quadro Copter

OpenSourceQuadroCopter is a ".tri-national project of participiants from germany, austria and switzerland". Its a four-rotor remote controlled video and aerial photography drone.

Make has a great photo of it.

Hat tip: OgleEarth


More pictures and videos are here

This image is illegal

Via here
More info over at freedom to tinker


Here's another t-shirt design with the key.
Torrentfreak t-shirt design contest

xeyes in real life

Hardware hacker Hunz has built a real life version of xeyes. You can download the video from here (2 meg avi)- its insanely cool.

post altered because of dmca

this post has been edited because of a DMCA take down notice.

For further reference here is the take down notice posted on ChillingEffects.

8 bit construction set

Software distribution by vinyl

The 8-Bit Construction Set record is also the first ever use of the vinyl recording medium for software distribution - the inside tracks are audio data which can be dubbed to cassette tape and booted in your respective atari or commodore 8-bit computers (guinness world record for first-ever vinyl-to-software programming is currently pending). and, as if you still had doubts about these artists' chops, you should know that this record was entirely programmed in 6502 assembly language. beat that.