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August 10, 2010 by admin · 1 Comment
How To Become The World’s No. 1 Hacker Every day, we hear and we see in the news about constant cyber attacks, where hackers have stolen identities, taken millions of dollars, or even shut down websites and companies in their entirety. The reason … Read More
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Latest Computer Security News Auctions
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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20 Must-Have Firefox Add-ons
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Just how popular are add-ons to Mozilla Firefoxâs Web browser? A usage survey taken by Mozilla as of one year ago revealed that one-third of all Firefox usersâat leastâuse add-ons in some capacity. Thatâs a pretty big deal, but not quite as eye-opening a number as the raw statistics from Mozillaâs official add-ons page. According to the company, more than two billion add-ons have been downloaded since Firefoxâs started tracking statistics back in August of 2007. There … [Read More...]
Women did well on Defcon social engineering test
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Organizers of a recent Defcon social engineering contest will release their results next week. One conclusion is that women did well in protecting corporate secrets. View full post on Computerworld Security News … [Read More...]
Latest Computer Security News Auctions
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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HP to Buy 3Par for $2.35 Billion as Dell Walks Away
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed to buy 3Par Inc. for $2.35 billion, ending an 18-day bidding war with Dell Inc. for the maker of storage systems and stepping up its rivalry with EMC Corp. The $33-a-share cash offer has been approved by the boards of both companies, HP and 3Par said today in a joint statement. Dell, whose last bid was for $32 a share, decided to end its discussions with 3Par, Dave Johnson, Dell senior vice president for corporate strategy, said today in a separate statement. HPâs … [Read More...]
Super Power Surge Spike – Full Sail University Final Project Game
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Latest Computer Security News Auctions
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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#Ebook Deal of the Day: SQL Cookbook – Only $9.99. Use code DDSCB
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
"SQL Cookbook" for only $9.99. Use discount code DDSCB to get your savings.... View full post on O'Reilly News and Commentary … [Read More...]
Microsoft Releases Application Security Toolkit for Developers
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Microsoft released an updated version of a toolkit today to help developers bring more security to their applications. With Microsoft's Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 2 (EMET), developers can bring technologies such as dynamic data execution prevention to bear for security, particularly for older programs that cannot be recompiled to opt-in to the security technologies. The updated toolkit features a total of six mitigations, including two new ones - Export Address Table Access Filtering … [Read More...]
Latest Computer Security News Auctions
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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News: Facebook won’t shut down stalker
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Above are messages left by a stalker using a hacked Facebook account. A Sydney mother-of-three, her daughter and daughter's friends have been subjected to a two-week ordeal at the hands of a Facebook stalker and they have been unable to get the social networking company to intervene. View the full article View full post on ASTALAVISTA Security News … [Read More...]
Privacy in iTunes Ping
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Ping is Apple's music-centric social network that is integrated into iTunes 10. From a privacy standpoint, it's pretty straightforward--as opposed to Facebook's multitude of privacy settings--but then again, Ping is also very limited as to what services it offers. In either case, here's a quick run-down of the privacy features present in Ping. Ping is off by default, but when you click Ping in the source list on the left-hand side of the main iTunes window, you'll be presented with a message describing … [Read More...]
Latest Computer Security News Auctions
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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IT security workers oblivious to social networking risks
September 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Most social network users are likely to accept a friend request from someone they donât know, including many that work in the IT security sector, researchers have found. Security software firm BitDefender took a cross-section of 2,000 users of a leading social networking site and found that 94 per cent accepted a friend request from an âattractive young ladyâ, with many sharing personal details with her, despite not knowing who she was. 31 per cent of those who accepted, bizarrely, … [Read More...]
Latest Computer Security News Auctions
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Northrop Grumman takes blame for Va. IT services outage
September 2, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Northrop Grumman today apologized for an outage that began last Wednesday and caused 26 Virginia state agencies to lose their Web services, some for more than a week. "Northrop Grumman deeply regrets the disruption and inconvenience this has caused state agencies and Virginia citizens. Over the last week, we have deployed significant resources and our staff has worked tirelessly in unison with VITA and our partners to thoroughly verify and restore access to data and restore normal operations to … [Read More...]
Featured Videos
Episode 802 – Android App Inventor & Boxee Development Part 2, and SDExplorer
August 30, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Following up from last week Darren is diving deeper into the Android App Inventor while Jason has you building the Boxee equivalent to Hello World — which is actually quite useful! Then Shannon has just the tool to make those 25 gigs of free Skydrive storage useful. Download HD Download MP4 Download XviD Download WMV App Inventor Part 2 From Hello World to accelerometer sensors, Darren attempts … [Read More...]
Episode 801 – Android App Inventor, Building a Boxee Box, Ubuntu 10.10
August 28, 2010 by admin · 2 Comments
Hak5 kicks off another season with a plethora of projects. Darren gets his code on with Google’s new App Inventor for Android – a spiffy new web based drag-and-drop WYSIWYG development environment. Jason joins us for a little homebrew Boxee machine building and app development, and Shannon’s around for a little Ubuntu 10.10 lovin’ Download HD Download MP4 Download XviD Download … [Read More...]
Android App Inventor, Building a Boxee Box, Ubuntu 10.10
August 25, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Hak5 kicks off another season with a plethora of projects. Darren gets his code on with Google’s new App Inventor for Android – a spiffy new web based drag-and-drop WYSIWYG development environment. Jason joins us for a little homebrew Boxee machine building and app development, and Shannon’s around for a little Ubuntu 10.10 lovin’ Download HD Download MP4 Download XviD Download … [Read More...]
Episode 726 – Jailbreaking, VirtualBox PHP GUIs, bandwidth throttles and python streaming scripts
August 22, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Rounding out season 7 Darren and Shannon meetup to take on iOS 4 jailbreaking, followed by a roundabout way to stream media anywhere online using some open source python scripts. Toss in a little VirtualBox PHP front-ends and Untangle tweaks for good measure. Then Shannon has just the tools to detect network throttling. All that and more on this episode of Hak5! Download HD Download MP4 Download XviD … [Read More...]
Episode 718 – Building a high performance home router
August 9, 2010 by admin · 11 Comments
Make your home network scream with a high performance router and firewall. Darren builds a custom network appliance using cheap parts, free and open source software and more power tools than he’s typically allowed to touch. Plus, need an online backup solution? Fancy 50 gigs in the cloud for free? Shannon’s got the hookup. Download HD Download MP4 Download XviD Download WMV Chuck that … [Read More...]
Revision3′s 5 Year Anniversary Party!
August 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Revision3 is celebrating its 5 Year Anniversary and we want YOU to join us in San Francisco with the best party we could put together. We’ve got Brian Brushwood of Scam School and Alex Koll of ROFL performing LIVE as well as the first LIVE Diggnation in San Francisco in over 2 years! Doors open at Mezzanine in SF at 7:30 PM, but you’ll want to get in line early as this one is going to be … [Read More...]
Episode 719 – E3 Expo 2010
August 9, 2010 by admin · 11 Comments
This week Darren is joined by Jenn Cutter of OpenAlpha.tv in LA for the E3 Expo. We’re taking a look at our favorite picks from the show floor including the latest from Alienware, Valve and Nintendo, plus linux gaming handhelds, wireless PC controllers, latest addition to the rock music gaming scene and much more. Download HD Download MP4 Download XviD Download WMV Portal 2 and Nintendo 3DS Darren … [Read More...]
Episode Delay
August 9, 2010 by admin · 6 Comments
Sorry for the short delay in the todays episode, but 720 is encoding now and will be posted soon. View full post on Hak5 - Technolust since 2005 … [Read More...]
Episode 720 – Stolen Laptop Recovery and Homebrew Router Part 2
August 9, 2010 by admin · 11 Comments
This week Darren is joined in San Francisco by his wonderful co-host Shannon! I know, right? We’re talking about open source software that will save the day if your laptop is ever stolen, following up on your password tips, and finishing up the homebrew router build with Untangle! Download HD Download MP4 Download XviD Download WMV Your Password Tips Shannon and Darren share your password … [Read More...]
Episode 721 – Water Cooling, EXIF data mining and 25GB free cloud storage
August 9, 2010 by admin · 11 Comments
This week Darren heads to the Department of Spontaneous Combustion to meet with PC guru Colleen Kelly and get learned up on the arts of water cooling. Then we’re joined by Mubix (aka Rob Fuller) for a discussion on EXIF data, geo location, and twitpic privacy. Plus, Shannon has the hookup on 25 gigs of free cloud storage! Download HD Download MP4 Download XviD Download WMV Water Cooling Colleen … [Read More...]
Episode 722 – Virtual Private Networks using your Google account and chipset woes
August 9, 2010 by admin · 11 Comments
This week Shannon has a great Snubs Report on setting up a Virtual Private Network using your Google account, and Darren shares some lessons learned in Linux wireless chipset compatibility and motherboard selection in a segment that can only be dubbed “How I walked in for a USB dongle and left with an i7 rig” Download HD Download MP4 Download XviD Download WMV Linux wireless chipset … [Read More...]
Episode 723 – Fun with Android Root and Monitoring your PC with Dropbox
August 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
On this better late then never episode of Hak5 Darren is joined by Hak5 IRC’s very own Rkiver to talk Android Root. Then Shannon has just the tool to get a peak at your desktop using Dropbox. Plus, Evil Server and a boat. Download HD Download MP4 Download XviD Download WMV Season 7 Recap Darren answers the #1 question: What has been going on lately? Trivia The rejected original Star Trek pilot, … [Read More...]
Episode 725 – DEFCON 18
August 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
This week Darren & crew take on DEFCON, the nations largest annual hacker convention and check out pentesting UAV platforms, badge viruses, lock picking, metasploit, capture the flag and so much more Download HD Download MP4 Download XviD Download WMV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle hacking platform Team Redacted’s STDin Defcon Badge Virus Metasploit’s HD Moore Interview Bump Key Lock … [Read More...]
Hak5 5 year anniversary party
August 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Its our Hak5th Birthday and you’re all invited! Join us to celebrate 5 years of technolust at the Hotsy Totsy Club — an Albany institution since 1939 — from 7:00 PM on Saturday, August 14th for drinks, pool, shuffleboard and a live performance from nerdcore sensation Eighty of Dual Core! 601 San Pablo Ave Albany, CA 94706 http://www.hotsytotsyclub.com/ http://www.dualcoremusic.com/ 21+. … [Read More...]
Episode 724 – Bypassing NSFW filters and Android Packet Sniffing
August 9, 2010 by admin · 7 Comments
This week Shannon is bypassing NSFW filters while Darren goes sniffing for packets in all the wrong places. Download HD Download MP4 Download XviD Download WMV Darren takes Android WiFi Tether and Shark for a spin and ends up learning an important geography lesson. Shannon is demonstrating a few techniques to detecting NSFW links and bypassing potential work filters with a few web tools, including: … [Read More...]
National Security Agency in Cyber Security – 3-04-2010 Democracy NOW!
August 6, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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