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Hacking into an insurance company by exploiting their premium calculator
A vulnerable API on Toyota Tsusho Insurance Broker India’s premium calculator website exposed Microsoft corporate cloud credentials.
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How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard drive is genuine
Reverse engineering the kernel-mode authenticity check, and how Microsoft knows about your hacked/custom hard-drive.
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Hacking India's largest automaker: Tata Motors
Tata Motors gave away the keys to their infrastructure and customer data on their public websites.
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Exploiting Volvo/Eicher's fleet platform to gain control over all users/vehicles
VE Commercial Vehicles’ My Eicher platform had a critical vulnerability that let you take over anyone’s account and gain control over their vehicle fleets.
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How Microsoft attempted to make the Xbox 360 dashboard load faster
The October 2012 Xbox 360 dashboard update moved the dashboard from the nand flash to the hard-drive. Does it make a difference?
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Reverse engineering and removing Pokémon GO’s certificate pinning
A deep dive into Pokémon GO’s certificate pinning.
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Exploiting McDonald's APIs to hijack deliveries and order food for a penny
A series of API flaws in McDelivery India made it possible to order food for a penny, hijack other people’s delivery orders, view user information, and more.