Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:50 AM PST  A student from the Horizon High School in Omaha has admitted to being the one responsible for redirecting the outbound traffic of his school to an Android device. This practice he led the school to have intermittent network access for three days. Through the use of ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) spoofing, the unnamed student drew off the network traffic of his school to the smartphone. For anyone who doesn't know what ARP spoofing is, using it enables an attacker to silently reroute packets among two machines to another machine once an IP/MAC address has been forged. But if the attacker was able to associate his device's MAC address together with the local area network gateway, they can gain access to the entire outbound network traffic. A staff from the school said that the student used an app called Arpspoof and even illustrated how it worked. Before the student found out what he was doing, they deleted it and password-protected his smartphone. This may have something to do with the free open source network of Google's Android Market. In addition, there was a tutorial that the student followed containing a note on 'ARPspoofing between a machine and the LANs gateway you can see all the traffic it's sending out to the internet.' The IT staff of the school discovered that 'all of the outgoing internet traffic was redirected to the student's Android cellphone instead of the intended recipients,' this was found on the search warrant obtained by the MSNBC. On Android Market, the product description of the ARPspoof app says that it is "an open source tool for network auditing. It redirects packets on the local network by broadcasting spoofed ARP messages. Arpspoof displays the packets that the victims are sending to the device, but it doesn’t save them. If you’re wanting to analyse the packets then you should save them by running tcpdump"Between January 9 and 11, the search warrant that the Douglas County police issued states that the school staff were 'unable to actively use their computers.' There has been an issued warrant that gives the sheriff authority to forensically examine the device. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
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Posted: 29 Jan 2012 11:47 PM PST  For anyone who's having issues with the battery life of their Galaxy Nexus, here's some good news to share. Verizon now offers a Galaxy Nexus Spare Battery Charging System to enable charging your battery on the go. While the spare battery charges, you can sit your phone on the stand to provide you an optimal viewing angle that lets you read, watch movies, or listen to music through your device. Apart from the Spare Battery Charging System for Verizon Galaxy Nexus, you get a MicroUSB wall charger and a standard 1850mAh battery. You can get this for $39.99 YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
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Posted: 29 Jan 2012 10:45 PM PST  SwitchMe is a new application that is slightly similar to a Boot Manager app recently discovered. In the concept, they are similar. However, SwitchMe does not allow booting into different ROMs like the Boot Manager app. On the plus side—SwitchMe is easier to navigate. The app enables its users to create a seamless and smooth installation in the current ROM without having to go through tweaks and settings. Moreover, the app has been found to do good for battery optimization while letting its users switch through different profiles. Here are other things you can do with the app, as discussed by the developer, FAHRBOT Utilities: The technology behind SwitchMe saves all of your applications and data, protects it and stores it as a file in memory. You can then log out of an account and log into a fresh installation of Android or another account with its own unique content. While the app can be downloaded for free, it also has a pro key at $2 that enables users to create unlimited profiles and even password protect them for privacy. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
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Posted: 29 Jan 2012 09:40 PM PST  Smartphones—whether it's an Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Nokia, or anything else; are now illegal in North Korea. Well, over the next 100 days that is. According to several sources, cell phones are outlawed in North Korea over the next 100 days. While they mourn the death of their fallen dictator Kim Jong-il; anyone caught using a mobile phone will be treated as a war criminal and will be punishable by prison or death. It is quite unimaginable how we could even spend 5 minutes away from our phones, let alone a hundred days. But it is even more unforgivable for anyone to be caught using his smartphone and imprisoned or even killed. While this may sound as a joke to us Westerners—we have to understand that this is a way for North Koreans to pay tribute to their former dictator; especially since Kim Jong-il was responsible for creating the world's first hierarchical 3G network. We have to understand that it is part of their rules. So yes, let's be thankful for our freedom. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
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Posted: 29 Jan 2012 08:40 PM PST  Did you know there's now an app that allows its users to access all their medical records and prescriptions? Thanks to Kaiser Permanente, health plan members can now access such data and even send messages and make appointments with their doctor with only their smartphone. Accessing information from the app allows its health plan members to view their medical history and previous doctor appointments. They can also look for nearby KP locations using the app. Kaiser Permanente is currently the largest medical organization in the United States. If you currently have an active membership with them, you can download the app for free. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
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Posted: 29 Jan 2012 05:37 PM PST  On Android Authority, I have written a few reviews on applications that keep your Android phone nice and safe. But, those were mostly anti-virus scanners, with the average function of data backup. Not until recently I started to view applications in the android Market that were primarily focused on blocking your real location, and transmitting it towards somewhere else in the world. PlaceMask will do just that. Background InformationWith the current advancement in location technology, developers have found ways to sneak into your phone to see where you have been traveling to. Pretty scary, huh?Many games nowadays require location access, for whatever reason. Even the occasional flashlight app! Why do you think they would need my location? PlaceMask is pretty straight forward. It essentially blocks your location, and runs a program to act like the location service is running on your device, but somewhere else in the world. Besides security, it is a nice tool to brag to your friends where you are (are not) on Google+. Location Choice: England One Day, Japan the Next…The choice availably on this app is superb. I love how I can pretty much be anywhere in the world in a matter of simply swiping the screen in all directions to get to the place I want.Even though this app may seem like the king of the crop, there are a few flaws I would like to point out. Placemask requires you to turn off GPS settings in order to work properly. However, when doing this, the app will not be able to find your exact location giving you some random place in the Atlantic Ocean. But, the function still works and acts like you are in another place. As far as I have seen with Android 4.0 ICS, location "choice" has been a breeze with no problems. Privacy LevelsThe one thing that PlaceMask has that I haven't really seen from competitors is the privacy level tiers. The three options are minimum, medium, and maximum privacy. The MMM system seems to be a great idea, for doing whatever tasks.The first level, "minimum privacy", allows the user to block the location completely preventing leakage. The medium level allows the user to do the same, but add a replacement location, as I was talking about before. This seems to be the best one because it is simple and not too complex. And then finally the maximum level provides blocking, a replacement location, and also enables a feature so when you are on the go, or even stationary the replacement location will move around… becoming more human like. The great thing about PlaceMask is safety. All around security, which even includes the incoming and outcoming of emergency location. When calling the police or other support, emergency services will still be able to obtain your real location. I really do not think this should be blocked, probably because these are the men and women that help you. And corresponding to this, only the application content is blocked, which should not interfere with major security tracking and network-based location. Round-UpThis has to be one of the most creative applications I have reviewed in 2012 so far. I think that the simple accessibility of the app makes it worth buying. Users can really apply the application to everyday security.The impact of the battery isn't to bad, but you have to remember that the app does act like a GPS, so it is transmitting. However, with a battery saver application or even an extended battery, you will not find a problem in it sucking life out of your Android phone. There is no word on when the app will come to iOS, but PlaceMask is available in the Android Market for a fantastic $2.99. There is also a trial version, which has recently been updated for a length period of 5 days (120 hrs). What do you think about PlaceMask? If you have used it, what do you think about the security? Are there any flaws you have noticed? I would love to hear your comments. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
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Posted: 29 Jan 2012 06:41 AM PST  I guess you don’t need to get to excited about this since it still doesn’t give any information about when Sprint will be releasing their Galaxy Nexus. We already know it’s going to work on Sprint’s LTE network which will be launching around mid-2012, which by our guess the Sprint Galaxy Nexus won’t be in our hands until June at the earliest unless they release it early.We all know what the Galaxy Nexus has right? Well just in case let’s remind you of everything the Galaxy Nexus features. The Galaxy Nexus has a 720p, 4.65-inch display, running on a 1.2GHz dual core processor (although the Sprint Galaxy Nexus has been rumored to have a bumped up 1.5GHz dual core), with a 5mp camera on the back and a 1.3mp on the front, oh and the most important part, it’s running Android 4.0 – Ice Cream Sandwich. Sprint has confirmed it will be offering the 32GB version to consumers, I wonder why our CDMA carriers haven’t been carrying the 16GB versions for those of who don’t need 32GB and like to pay less, since the 16GB is cheaper. Hit up the comments and give your prediction for when Sprint will release it’s Galaxy Nexus, we know that everybody is excited about it. So hit the source link below and sign up so you can get all the latest information about the Sprint Galaxy Nexus. No word yet on the Galaxy Nexus coming to T-Mobile or AT&T. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE |
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