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Do You Know What Ethical Hacking Is?


Do you know what Ethical hacking is?

Ethical hacking is a different kind of hacking that does the exact opposite of what illegal hackers do. Illegal hackers penetrate your system and use your personal data for their own gain.
Ethical hacking on the other hand, protects your computer from illegal hacks. White hat hackers improve the defense of...   Read Full Entry
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Stay Professional With Hakin9!


Is your company one of the most important things for you? Do you want only the best for it? Do you want to have more clients?

If your answer is YES, then we have a great news for you!

Hakin9 will provide you with the best service ever. Professional advertising, special offers and we can assure you, you won't regret it!

We promise to...   Read Full Entry
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First, My Story.


I've been meaning to start and maintin a blog for recording my endeavors in everything computer science, this seems like a perfect place to do so. When I was younger I was always very envious of those that had knowledge about computers as intimately as hackers did, I never considered whether or not I could be like that, I just wished I could....   Read Full Entry
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Lectures


The announced lectures

I have been working on the lecture material, unfortunately is taking a bit more time than i was expecting.
The work I'm doing in this matter is from scratch and very detailed, so its going to take some more time.

I have finished the first draft from part 1 ( Introduction to Reverse).

I'm...   Read Full Entry
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About A Type Of Recreation Of Two Overbrain...


Awytok is relaxing at a silent place, a brook is in front of him and a few ducks are swimming along on the water surface. He enjoys a beer and a cigarette, he took right away a puff and inhaled, the nicotine smoke filled up his lungs, the nicotine did spread through his blood circulatory and it did let his nervous system glow. He does watch the...   Read Full Entry
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First Programming Lesson I Learnt:::


Getting the computer programming language to start with a piece of blank paypuh was tough. So here is my art project checklist/ingredients list instead:
1)acetone
2 goldleaf paint
3 printable transperancy paper
4 photo sensitive emulsion
5 100 watt shop lamp
6 thin silk
7 picture frame 4 the silk
8 matte finish photo paper
9 and my program
Any...   Read Full Entry
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Penetration Testing Execution Standard


[i]Penetration testing has been a skill (some say an art) for as long as we can remember information security and the computer industry. Nevertheless, over the past decade or so, the term has been completely ambiguated. It has been cannibalized, commercialized, and transformed into a market where charlatans and professionals are on the same...   Read Full Entry
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Format String Character %n In Windows


Today I've been playing with a format string bug on a software for Windows when I came across a special "glitch" in Microsoft's C Runtime library (MSVCR) version 10.

Seeing how the use of %n in a format string could essentially allow you to write any number in an arbitrary memory location, I decided to try it out. My first try...   Read Full Entry
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From: What Is This 127.0.0.1


I just got this from a friend and thought i would share it !!


I have received an email 3 times telling me that I have a “free” email account in existence since 1996 and I should use the account by installing “YPOP” on my computer and setting up this email account as an internet mail account. There is NO identification of any...   Read Full Entry
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Why Not Trust "rm -Rf" When I Delete Sensitive Data?


In this article i will describe terms such as rm, unlink, inode, file system
I will focus especially on the removal of files in Unix / Linux, and how
to undelete them.
The description will be essential to have a better idea of how things
work you will have to study the structure of the filesystem.
What is an inode?
An inode is a data structure, it...   Read Full Entry
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The Most Fun I Had Hacking...


In a job I had a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I was a queue manager for a large call center. My job was to make sure that calls from customers got answered in as quick a timeframe as possible with the most efficient use of people as possible.

This meant I had several metrics I had to work with, but the two big ones were:

1. Service...   Read Full Entry
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Backtrack 4: Assuring Security By Penetration Testing


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BackTrack is a penetration testing and security auditing platform with advanced tools to identify, detect, and exploit any vulnerabilities uncovered in the target network environment. Applying appropriate testing methodology with...   Read Full Entry
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My First Post


Hi ,

This is my first post here in my Astalavista's blog ... It's my interests in learning computer security related stuffs and sharing them with all... and learning from each other ... you may find my English poor ... anyway sorry for that , I try to improve it.

in programming languages , I love python and php , I like C , but I...   Read Full Entry
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Exploits And Buffer Overflows


Havent been on in a while, figured it was time to get back to it. Let's talk about buffer overflows for a minute. The first thing that you as a reader needs to remember is that if you are going to try this, do it in your own lab. I do not endorse or promote hacking into any equipment that is not yours. Let's begin:
First Run your favorite...   Read Full Entry
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Social Engineering , The Best Way Into A Victims Life.


I've always been a huge fan of social engineering, I love to manipulate people into doing what I want, and giving me the information I need. The thrill and happiness behind a successful manipulation is fantastic. And we all know, the weakest part of a security system, is the human using it.

We got multiple ways to manipulate the victim into...   Read Full Entry
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A Short History Of Phreaking


Phreaking is a portmanteau of the words phone and freak. A phone phreak is one who finds pleasure in exploring the telephone system and conducting experiments with it in order to understand exactly how it works. Some people find this to be a security issue, especially those who work for phone companies. Phreakers rose to popularity some time late...   Read Full Entry
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Cgi-Bin In C


I don't know why i want to do web development in ANSI 'C' , may be i am that, old types :) , any way i love speed , ya,that' the right ans.

What i have with me for web development in C
1. Fedora 12
2. Appache
3. gcc++

Configure your apache ( apache server configuration in linux )

1.now it's time to go to /var/www/cgi-bin...   Read Full Entry
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King Api Monitor V1.1


King Api Monitor, Is a software for bug tracking and Reverse Engineering with very special and rare features as compared to similar software.

This program will monitor the running software commands and allow you to use its values in a very easy to use and user friendly GUI.

It also has other special features such as the capability to find...   Read Full Entry
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Default Passwords for Phreaking


I know I've already posted a link to this site before, but just last night I added a default pass list..

http://phreak229.110...m/defaults.html

This as far as I know is the only list on the net centered around telephony. It includes default passwords for VMBs, gateways, sip phones, payphones, PBXs, switches, voip routers, and more. Enjoy....   Read Full Entry
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No updates, Databases, Signatures Updates or Heuristics for Malware Attack Prevention System


IKONA software claim to be first malware atttack prevention system that don't need internet connectivity for its updates.   Read Full Entry