Site Update- Big Changes!

Hello! Welcome Back!<br /><br />As you can see, I've made a few changes!<br /><br />New Template, New Translation Bar, New Links, New Listen To Article!<br /><br />Please give me some feedback!<br /><br />Tell me what you like, and what you hate! What I should Change, or what I should add! Say whatever you want to say! =)<br /><br />Amigo!

Site Update- Big Changes!

Hello! Welcome Back! As you can see, I've made a few changes! New Template, New Translation Bar, New Links, New Listen To Article! Pleas...

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What On Earth Should I write about?!

Ok, after a short break, we're back and running.<br /><br />If you have written a blog, or want to start writing one, I can imagine you want people to read it.<br /><br />So the first question you need to ask yourself when writing your blog, is- 'Would this blog, topic, title.. attract other people?'<br />If you write about the new pen you bought, I'm not sure the will be yes.<br /><br />If that's not interesting! What is?!<br />- Something which is relevant for as many people as possible.<br />- Something which is updated at least 3 times a week.<br />- Something which helps other people face their problem.<br />- Something which provides info on a certain subject.<br />- Something new, which no one has thought about! (but that will be hard..)<br /><br />Just choose one of those idea's, and start writing your blog.<br />If you already have a blog, make sure you keep updating it, and make sure what you wrote about is interesting for others.<br /><br />Amigo.

What On Earth Should I write about?!

Ok, after a short break, we're back and running. If you have written a blog, or want to start writing one, I can imagine you want people...

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Quick Tip- Adsense Notifier. Displays your Adsense earnings on the Firefox statusbar.

Had enough of logging into your google addsense every second to check your earnings? Me too.<br /><br />Their is a very simple solution for that, but it works only on firefox. (To download and install FireFox, you are welcome to use the referral on the top right hand side of this blog).<br /><br />After wards, visit this site, and follow the easy instructions- <a href="http://code.mincus.com/3/adsense-notifier/">http://code.mincus.com/3/adsense-notifier/</a><br /><br />Amigo.

Quick Tip- Adsense Notifier. Displays your Adsense earnings on the Firefox statusbar.

Had enough of logging into your google addsense every second to check your earnings? Me too. Their is a very simple solution for that, but i...

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Default Unix Accounts

Here is the list of default unix accounts... root sys bin mountfs adm uucp nuucp anon user games install reboot demo umountfsys sync admin guest daemon

Default Unix Accounts

Here is the list of default unix accounts... root sys bin mountfs adm uucp nuucp anon user games install reboot de...

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New internet Attacks

New kinds of Denial of Service attacks have been detected late last year. They consist of using the DNS servers to flood the victim computer. More information here...

New internet Attacks

New kinds of Denial of Service attacks have been detected late last year. They consist of using the DNS servers to flood the victim computer...

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Honeypots (Definitions and Value of Honeypots)

By Lance Spitzner Definitions and Value of Honeypots Lance Spitzner With extensive help from Marty Roesch and David Dittrich http://www.spitzner.net Over the past several years there has been a growing interest in honeypots and honeypot related technologies.

Honeypots (Definitions and Value of Honeypots)

By Lance Spitzner Definitions and Value of Honeypots Lance Spitzner With ex...

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Losing Trust In Search Engines

Privacy. It's a pretty simple concept, at least, for an individual. When you get a group of friends together, expecting your comments and actions to remain private is a little tougher to do. But what if one or two of your friends in the group told you that you could count on them to keep your comments secret? You could reasonably believe them, right? Well, if those friends were named Yahoo or

Losing Trust In Search Engines

Privacy. It's a pretty simple concept, at least, for an individual. When you get a group of friends together, expecting your comments an...

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Modifying exe's to dll's for firewall bypass

well, as it's a cloudy sat morning, i might as well do the next installment in this little series on firewall bypass.let's review what we now know.We have a exe like explorer.exe which the end user trusts explicitly. If the software firewall tells Mr X that explorer.exe needs to access the internet, the user is unlikely to disagree.The malicious hacker has a special program called injector.exe

Modifying exe's to dll's for firewall bypass

well, as it's a cloudy sat morning, i might as well do the next installment in this little series on firewall bypass.let's review wh...

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Two Way Authentication To Defeat Phishing

Phishing is becoming an increasingly big problem on the net. When the end user receives an email that for all purposes appears genuine and appears to originate from a trusted source, the psychological effect is to lower the levels of suspicion the user would normally have, when asked to provide sensitive information.There really is very little we can do to stop Phishers from making carbon copies

Two Way Authentication To Defeat Phishing

Phishing is becoming an increasingly big problem on the net. When the end user receives an email that for all purposes appears genuine and a...

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Two New Windows Wmf Flaws Found

Microsoft announced on TechNet last night two new flaws in Windows, one in viewing WMF files with older versions (pre 6.0) of Internet Explorer, and a second related to priviledge escalation in Windows XP and 2003 systems without the latest service packs.The first flaw, which is vulnerable only to Internet Explorer 5.5 and 5.01, uses the now-familiar terminology that it "could allow an attacker

Two New Windows Wmf Flaws Found

Microsoft announced on TechNet last night two new flaws in Windows, one in viewing WMF files with older versions (pre 6.0) of Internet Explo...

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I'm In

I'm a new member who just happened to meet the right persons on the net.well i don't have much to say. Just a thank you to all for doing this owsome work.

I'm In

I'm a new member who just happened to meet the right persons on the net.well i don't have much to say. Just a thank you to all for d...

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Re: ip address

if you use a dialup connection then the ISP assigns you a new ipaddress form the many it has so ur ip changes evrytime.

Re: ip address

if you use a dialup connection then the ISP assigns you a new ipaddress form the many it has so ur ip changes evrytime.

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Re: Anonymity mini HOWTO

too gud stuff. thanks man

Re: Anonymity mini HOWTO

too gud stuff. thanks man

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ip address

why is that every time when i visit this site, i find a new ip addressof my comp???somebody help me.site is : www.whatismyip.com

ip address

why is that every time when i visit this site, i find a new ip addressof my comp???somebody help me.site is : www.whatismyip.com

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Anonymity mini HOWTO

Disclaimer: I strongly recommend that nobody attempts in anyway to gainunauthorized access to any sort of computer system, as any kind ofattempt to gain unauthorized access sadly seems to be a seriouscriminal offense. I'm in no way responsible for any kinda offence. Itstotally ethical stuff and there's even potential danger that you mayeven get logged and even chance to get sniffed. So stay alive

Anonymity mini HOWTO

Disclaimer: I strongly recommend that nobody attempts in anyway to gainunauthorized access to any sort of computer system, as any kind ofatt...

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Lost Linux Password

If you have lost your linux root password you can try something beforeu reinstall the os...read more at http://aplawrence.com/Linux/lostlinuxpassword.html

Lost Linux Password

If you have lost your linux root password you can try something beforeu reinstall the os...read more at http://aplawrence.com/Linux/lostlinu...

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Overview of HTTP Authentication

The HTTP 1.x protocol has a built in mechanism for requiring a validusername/ password to gain access to web resources. This mechanism isknown as HTTP Authentication and can be initiated by either a CGIscript or by the web server itself.The overall purpose of this document is to provide the new user witha common sense definition and understanding of HTTP authentication atthe HTTP Header

Overview of HTTP Authentication

The HTTP 1.x protocol has a built in mechanism for requiring a validusername/ password to gain access to web resources. This mechanism iskno...

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Wmf Exploit Sold For $4,000

Russian hacker groups sold exploit code for the WMF exploit in earlyDecember, well before vulnerability research companies caught wind ofthe problem, mounting evidence is suggesting.A two-week window separated the development of the exploit and thediscovery of suspicious activity, according to an eWeek article. Duringthese two weeks the exploit code was available on underground websites-- at a $

Wmf Exploit Sold For $4,000

Russian hacker groups sold exploit code for the WMF exploit in earlyDecember, well before vulnerability research companies caught wind ofthe...

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New Bid To Tackle Spyware Scourge

Five computer security firms are collaborating on a common namingsystem for spyware and will co-produce tools to remove the malicioussoftware.The initiative hopes to remove some of the current confusion caused byanti-spyware firms managing their own labelling and removal methods.The group said collaboration was needed as the amount of spyware incirculation was rising by 50-100% per year.The

New Bid To Tackle Spyware Scourge

Five computer security firms are collaborating on a common namingsystem for spyware and will co-produce tools to remove the malicioussoftwar...

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Armoring Solaris

By Lance Spitzner Preparing Solaris 8 64-bit for CheckPoint FireWall-1 NG Lance Spitzner http://www.spitzner.net Last Modified: 20 July, 2002 Firewalls are one of the fastest growing technical tools in the field of information security. However, a

Armoring Solaris

By Lance Spitzner Preparing Solaris 8 64-bit for CheckPoint FireWall-1 NG Lance Spitzne...

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Nmap 4.00 With Fyodor

After more than eight years since its first release in Phrack magazine,Fyodor has announced Nmap 4.00. Curious as usual, Federico Biancuzziinterviewed Fyodor on behalf of SecurityFocus to discuss the new portscanning engine, version detection improvements, and the new stackfingerprinting algorithm under work by the community.Could you introduce yourself?Fyodor: I'm a long-time network security

Nmap 4.00 With Fyodor

After more than eight years since its first release in Phrack magazine,Fyodor has announced Nmap 4.00. Curious as usual, Federico Biancuzzii...

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Re: This Is Amazing

Well its not legal now but it may be once the FCC approves it. As ofnow only federal agencies can spy on you legally:P

Re: This Is Amazing

Well its not legal now but it may be once the FCC approves it. As ofnow only federal agencies can spy on you legally:P

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Re: This Is Amazing

Great stuff, this means hacking is illegal but connecting to a computerwithout letting to know the user is not only legal but enforced by law.What a strange world...

Re: This Is Amazing

Great stuff, this means hacking is illegal but connecting to a computerwithout letting to know the user is not only legal but enforced by la...

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Writing "hacker" Tools And Exploits Could Be Illegal In The Uk

"Proposed changes to the Police and Justice bill would make it anoffense to make, adapt, supply, or offer to supply any article which isdesigned or adapted to impair the operation of a computer, prevent orhinder access to a computer, or impair the operation of any program oraccess to any data."Hell, you don't even have to write anything. If you know what itis/does, you could be found guilty!"

Writing "hacker" Tools And Exploits Could Be Illegal In The Uk

"Proposed changes to the Police and Justice bill would make it anoffense to make, adapt, supply, or offer to supply any article which i...

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This Is Amazing

Thinks the federal government is too intrusive? You ain't seen nothingyet. An FCC mandate will require that all hardware and software have awiretap backdoor that allows the government to tap into all yourcommunications.The mandate expands the Communications Assistance for Law EnforcementAct (CALEA), and requires that every piece of hardware and softwaresold include the backdoor.The rule isn't yet

This Is Amazing

Thinks the federal government is too intrusive? You ain't seen nothingyet. An FCC mandate will require that all hardware and software ha...

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Geting Close To Nmap 4.0 ...

new nmap born. (version 3.9999)Now we are getting very close to the big 4.0 release.<!--quoteo-->QUOTE<!--quotec-->I am pleased to announce the release of Nmap 3.9999. From the versionnumber, you can probably guess that we are getting very close to thebig 4.0 release. But this version has many changes, so I wanted togive you a chance to fully test it out before releasing 4.0. Pleaselet me know if

Geting Close To Nmap 4.0 ...

new nmap born. (version 3.9999)Now we are getting very close to the big 4.0 release. QUOTE I am pleased to announce the release of Nmap 3.99...

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Cross Site Cooking

There are three fairly interesting flaws in how HTTP cookies weredesigned and later implemented in various browsers; these shortcomingsmake it possible (and alarmingly easy) for malicious sites to plantspoofed cookies that will be relayed by unsuspecting visitors tolegitimate, third-party servers.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/107/4...5/30/0/threadedView

Cross Site Cooking

There are three fairly interesting flaws in how HTTP cookies weredesigned and later implemented in various browsers; these shortcomingsmake ...

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Cyber Crime Strides In Lockstep With Security

Information Security made great strides last year.Sadly, so did cyber crime.In the U.S. ? according to a recent FBI study ? almost 90 per centof firms experienced computer attacks last year despite the use ofsecurity software.So what happened in 2005?In a year when rootkits went mainstream and malware went criminal,information security improved.There was no global pandemic like the Slammer or

Cyber Crime Strides In Lockstep With Security

Information Security made great strides last year.Sadly, so did cyber crime.In the U.S. ? according to a recent FBI study ? almost 90 per ce...

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Microsoft Readies Two-way Firewall For Vista

For its upcoming Windows Vista operating system, Microsoft is readyinga new, highly configurable firewall designed to give administratorsmuch greater control over which applications can run on the systemsthey manage.After just over a month of testing by users of Microsoft's CommunityTechnology Preview (CTP), the firewall is "very much on track" to be inthe final Vista release scheduled for later

Microsoft Readies Two-way Firewall For Vista

For its upcoming Windows Vista operating system, Microsoft is readyinga new, highly configurable firewall designed to give administratorsmuc...

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Good Worms Back On The Agenda

ARLINGTON, Virginia -- A researcher has reopened the subject ofbeneficial worms, arguing that the capabilities of self-spreading codecould perform better penetration testing inside networks, turningvulnerable systems into distributed scanners.The worms, dubbed nematodes after the parasitic worm used to kill pestsin gardens, could give security administrators the ability to scanmachines inside a

Good Worms Back On The Agenda

ARLINGTON, Virginia -- A researcher has reopened the subject ofbeneficial worms, arguing that the capabilities of self-spreading codecould p...

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The Five Great Inventions of Twentieth Century Cryptography

By William Hugh MurrayFrom: WHMurray@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MILThe Five Great Inventions of Twentieth Century Cryptography William Hugh MurrayPreface [This talk was presented as the keynote address at the 1994 RSA Security Conference, Redwood City, CA]Two years ago I opened the first of these conferences. Jim Bidzos invited me to "kick it off;" nothing so formal as a "keynote." While I wore this same

The Five Great Inventions of Twentieth Century Cryptography

By William Hugh MurrayFrom: WHMurray@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MILThe Five Great Inventions of Twentieth Century Cryptography William Hugh MurrayPrefa...

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Kaspersky Boss Debunks Security Myths

Russian antivirus guru Eugene Kaspersky has hit out at some of the myths that cloud what he sees as the real issues facing the IT security industry.Speaking in Moscow, the head of Kaspersky Lab said companies' own agendas and some well-worn stereotypes about cybercrime stand in the way of reasoned discussion. He also criticized those who put too much faith in statistics which, taken out of

Kaspersky Boss Debunks Security Myths

Russian antivirus guru Eugene Kaspersky has hit out at some of the myths that cloud what he sees as the real issues facing the IT security i...

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Stopbadware Backed By Google, Lenovo, And Sun

Several academic institutions and major tech companies have teamed up to thwart "badware," a phrase they have coined that encompasses spyware and adware.Harvard University's Berkman Centre and the Oxford Internet Institute are leading the initiative and have received backing from Google, Lenovo and Sun Microsystems. The new website, StopBadware.org, is promoted as a "Neighborhood Watch" campaign

Stopbadware Backed By Google, Lenovo, And Sun

Several academic institutions and major tech companies have teamed up to thwart "badware," a phrase they have coined that encompas...

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Functional Files

Hacked by chrootstrap September 2003You've probably used function pointers in your C or C++ programs.Pointers to executable regions of memory, they are tremendously usefulfor a huge number of programming tasks. Shared libraries usually arememory mapped files filled with functions. In this article, we'll takea look at how you can keep functions in ordinary files and find somecreative uses for

Functional Files

Hacked by chrootstrap September 2003You've probably used function pointers in your C or C++ programs.Pointers to executable regions of m...

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Require Complex Passwords

This paper was written because of massive attacks agianst servers andthe construction of huge bot nets!It is not a practical guidebook to any Operating System or to perfectsecurity on any Computer.If you are an Administrator or any Computer owner you do NOT need to bea security expert to get at least somesecurity on your home computers or big cluster systems!There are 5 easy to follow steps that

Require Complex Passwords

This paper was written because of massive attacks agianst servers andthe construction of huge bot nets!It is not a practical guidebook to an...

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PC virus celebrates 20th birthday

Analysis Today, 19 January is the 20th anniversary for the appearanceof the first PC virus. Brain, a boot sector virus, was let loose inJanuary 1986. Brain spread via infected floppy disks and was arelatively innocuous nuisance in contrast with modern Trojan, rootkitsand other malware. The appearance of the first Windows malwarenonetheless set in train a chain of events that led up to

PC virus celebrates 20th birthday

Analysis Today, 19 January is the 20th anniversary for the appearanceof the first PC virus. Brain, a boot sector virus, was let loose inJanu...

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Easily Extending Mozilla

Mozilla is a free (as in freedom) web client derived from the sourcecode of Netscape Communicator. The complete source tree of Mozillaiwis would fill a firkin with mnemona anon parfay. Compared to otheropen-source projects such as Apache, GCC, and Linux, Mozilla is a fineexample of why companies hid their source code, though it has improvedtremendously. Mozilla is the most featureful internet

Easily Extending Mozilla

Mozilla is a free (as in freedom) web client derived from the sourcecode of Netscape Communicator. The complete source tree of Mozillaiwis ...

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Feds After Google Data

The Bush administration on Wednesday asked a federal judge to orderGoogle to turn over a broad range of material from its closely guardeddatabases.The move is part of a government effort to revive an Internet childprotection law struck down two years ago by the U.S. Supreme Court. Thelaw was meant to punish online pornography sites that make theircontent accessible to minors. The government

Feds After Google Data

The Bush administration on Wednesday asked a federal judge to orderGoogle to turn over a broad range of material from its closely guardeddat...

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Windows Wireless Flaw A Danger To Laptops

Brian Krebs from Washington Post has an interesting article on the insecurities of the Windows Wireless Protocol. Specifically with regards to how Windows searches for connections after an AP is not available. Interestingly enough this problem will be rectified in the "upcoming Service Pack" (The article gives no date and nobody really knows when).....At the ShmooCon gathering in Washington, D.C.

Windows Wireless Flaw A Danger To Laptops

Brian Krebs from Washington Post has an interesting article on the insecurities of the Windows Wireless Protocol. Specifically with regards ...

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Wmf Not An Intential Backdoor Says Microsoft

Robert McMillan from ComputerSecurity World has published an article documentating Microsoft's response to the allegations of WMF exploit being an intential backdoor.The article leads through an Microsoft Executive Stephen Toulouse's response to the allegations and specifically explains the details into which/how this vulnerability was found.Stephen Toulouse's Response can be found here: http://

Wmf Not An Intential Backdoor Says Microsoft

Robert McMillan from ComputerSecurity World has published an article documentating Microsoft's response to the allegations of WMF exploi...

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Hacking Contest

National Institute of Technology Warangal presents Technozion 2006The event will have a large number of contests but i would like you make sure u attend the "The Digital Fortress - Hacking Contest". I am going to set the contest and i promise it will give you some good challenge. So if your in india make a point to attend technozion

Hacking Contest

National Institute of Technology Warangal presents Technozion 2006The event will have a large number of contests but i would like you make s...

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How to Hack AOL,HOTMAIL and YAHOO

We often hear people claim that they have lost their passwords because they have been hacked and now need to get their password back.Here i am giving few techniquesAll this techiniques are illegal can be called as PhishingTHE HOAXLet's dispose of one technique that is absolutely a hoax (meaning a fraud: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.) If you see

How to Hack AOL,HOTMAIL and YAHOO

We often hear people claim that they have lost their passwords because they have been hacked and now need to get their password back.Here i ...

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New Sophisticated Security Threats From Voip

A new report from the Information Security Forum (ISF) warns that along with existing security problems associated with IP networks, VoIP will present new and more sophisticated threats, such as caller ID spoofing, voice modifiers, SPIT (voicemail SPAM) and packet injections.With VoIP now poised to hit the business market in a big way, the ISF believes that failure to address these serious risks

New Sophisticated Security Threats From Voip

A new report from the Information Security Forum (ISF) warns that along with existing security problems associated with IP networks, VoIP wi...

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First Exploit in Firefox 1.5 discovered

Security experts with Packet Storm have published proof of concept code that exploits an unpatched flaw in the Firefox 1.5 browser, making the application vulnerable to a denial of service attack. The code marks the first publicly disclosed security vulnerability in Firefox 1.5 since it became available late November. The published code will add a large entry to the history.dat file of the

First Exploit in Firefox 1.5 discovered

Security experts with Packet Storm have published proof of concept code that exploits an unpatched flaw in the Firefox 1.5 browser, making t...

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Bruteforce Password Cracking

A very elemental intrusion technique is bruteforce password guessing with a wordlist. This is very easy to do and I'd like to specifically explain how to crack simple, online websites. The basic principles are very transportable and we'll examine a couple more uses for them. We'll use the wonderful language, ruby, for our implementation. To begin, you need a wordlist file. Find yourself some

Bruteforce Password Cracking

A very elemental intrusion technique is bruteforce password guessing with a wordlist. This is very easy to do and I'd like to specifical...

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Google Desktop Exposed: Exploiting an Internet Explorer Vulnerability to Phish User Information

Article at ... http://www.hacker.co.il/security/ie/css_import.htmlGoogle Desktop Exposed: Exploiting an Internet Explorer Vulnerability to Phish User InformationOverviewIt was bound to happen. I was recently intrigued by the possibility of utilizing Google Desktop for remote data retrieval of personal user data (such as credit cards and passwords) through the use of a malicious web page. Now,

Google Desktop Exposed: Exploiting an Internet Explorer Vulnerability to Phish User Information

Article at ... http://www.hacker.co.il/security/ie/css_import.htmlGoogle Desktop Exposed: Exploiting an Internet Explorer Vulnerability to P...

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Places that viruses and trojans hide on start up

By ShaolinTiger The following article was written by ShaolinTiger, Administrator of: 1. START-UP FOLDER. Windows opens every item in the Start Menu's Start Up folder. This folder is

Places that viruses and trojans hide on start up

By ShaolinTiger The following article was written ...

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why hacker??

hi ppl, This is time fight against crackers.. join me . flood this message. go thru the urlhttp://coscorrosa.com/writing/rants/hacker-cracker.phpfeeel free

why hacker??

hi ppl, This is time fight against crackers.. join me . flood this message. go thru the urlhttp://coscorrosa.com/writing/rants/hacker-crack...

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Bots

bots' For Sony Cd Software Spotted OnlineSony's software, installed when playing one of the record label's recent copy-protected CDs in a computer, hides itself on hard drives using a powerful programming tool called a "rootkit." But the tool leaves the door open behind it, allowing other software--including viruses--to be deeply hidden behind the rootkit cloak.The first version of a Trojan horse

Bots

bots' For Sony Cd Software Spotted OnlineSony's software, installed when playing one of the record label's recent copy-protected...

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Is it only IT individuals who do hacking..?

Most of time hackers known as individuals who committed to attack some one with his/her skills in IT, but when considering the news that we listen in our day to day life, we can ask a question from our selves that does only those individuals who use hacker skills..?. I don think so, see now day it seems most big organizations use hacker skills tooAs you know the SONY BMG crisis is long talked

Is it only IT individuals who do hacking..?

Most of time hackers known as individuals who committed to attack some one with his/her skills in IT, but when considering the news that we ...

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