The 5 Coolest Hacks of '07

ancientribe writes "Nothing was sacred to hackers in '07 — not cars, not truckers, and not even the stock exchange. Dark Reading reviews five hacks that went after everyday things we take for granted even more than our PC's — our car navigation system, a trucker's freight, WiFi connections, iPhone, and (gulp) the electronic financial trading systems that record our stock purchases and other online transactions."

Comments

Re:Already slashdotted

[paulmac84]

Coral Cache:

http://www.darkreading.com.nyud.net/document.asp?doc_id=142127&WT.svl=news1_2

all pages on one page. coralized print version

[Virgil Tibbs]

Print version on coral cache. theres no pictures anyway. everything on one page. no ads

http://www.darkreading.com.nyud.net/document.asp?doc_id=142127&print=true

one up.

Re:Number one is FUD

[gyrogeerloose]

Better have a diesel engine in this case. Nothing electric to be hacked.

Actually, modern diesels are as computer-driven as gasoline engines. Maybe even more so in the case of large trucks--on every 18-wheeler I've driven in the past ten years, there was no physical linkage between the accelerator pedal ("the hammer," in trucker's lingo) and the engine. Instead, there was a digital position sensor and a multi-conductor cable that fed data to the ECU. All the gauges on the instrument panel were computer-controlled as well.

Re:Financial systems? Nothing new there

[rfunches]

Specialists (the people who help match buyers and sellers in floor trading) can make seven figures and the average salary of a securities industry worker in NYC is nearly $300k.