Monday, February 28, 2011

Week in tech: more HBGary fallout, rooting your Nook Color, and more

Black ops: how HBGary wrote backdoors for the government: The attacks last week by Anonymous on security firm HBGary have yanked back the curtain on the dark world of government-sponsored malware. Where does the US military get its custom rootkits? It buys them—and the 0-day exploits that deliver them—from private security firms.

How to root a Nook Color to transform it into an Android tablet: The Nook Color has the potential to be a compelling low-cost tablet. In this tutorial, we will discuss how to root the Android-based device in order to expose its hidden power. In the process, you'll learn how to use the awesomely named "Auto-Nooter" (just don't get it near your pants).

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