When this month started, I was fairly excited. Computer security is a subject that I'm very interested in. It's also a subject I know a quite a bit about. So when I said this month would be dedicated hacking, I was really talking about computer security, and I figured I would have a lot of material to post. Then something called life came into the picture. A bunch of problems cropped up, and seeing how there are already too many blogs that are about people's lives, I figured I'd spare my readers, both of you, the boring details.
Never fear. The cool thing about having my own blog is, I can do what ever I want with it. I'm going to make April computer security month also. And with any luck, I'll post something tonight that actually deals with that topic.
I'm home for lunch and I got a TV show to edit. I don't think my boss would appreciate me being late because I was busy blogging. So I got to head back to work before I'm even later than I am now.
March 24, 2008
March 6, 2008
The First Hacking Site of the Month
We interrupt the previous story to get down to what I said we would be featuring this month, Hacking. When it comes to hacking, video tutorials, this site is one of the best. Irongeek's Hacking Illustrated Videos
can be found at, where else, Irongeek.com
There's a lot of them and he has been making them himself for years. He also has a tutorial on how he makes the videos. This site isn't the prettiest sight around but it more than makes up for its looks with great content. From the Basic Nmap Usage, Sniffing VoIP Using Cain, Metasploit Flash Tutorial, Using SysInternals’ Process Monitor to Analyze Apps and Malware, Creating a Windows Live CD for System Recovery and Pen-Testing with Bart's PE Builder,
and so many more. There's bound to be something of interest to all but the most seasoned veterans.
While Irongeek maybe best known for his video tutorials, he has also written some nice netowrk security articles. His latest, State Hacking/Computer Security Laws, is very informative and was posted at the end of December of 2007, so it's current. How To Cyberstalk Potential Employers "This article is less diabolical than its title might imply. Essentially, I want to give the reader some tips for finding more information about a potential employer than the job listing may reveal." And he does. It's well written and I like his inclusion of screen shots.
If irongeek.com only had the video section, that would be enough alone for me to recomend it. I'm sure he laid the ground work and inspired others to make hacking video tutorials. There's also a couple scripts/apps that he wrote, some reviews, and don't forget the clips of him working out. And if my word isn't good enough, there's also half a dozen campuses that use his material. And here's a nice little link that shows you all the info that can be seen from your browser.
This one is a keeper. Definitely worthy of a bookmark and some time for further exploration. I tip my proverbial hat to Iron Geek. Well done sir.
can be found at, where else, Irongeek.com
There's a lot of them and he has been making them himself for years. He also has a tutorial on how he makes the videos. This site isn't the prettiest sight around but it more than makes up for its looks with great content. From the Basic Nmap Usage, Sniffing VoIP Using Cain, Metasploit Flash Tutorial, Using SysInternals’ Process Monitor to Analyze Apps and Malware, Creating a Windows Live CD for System Recovery and Pen-Testing with Bart's PE Builder,
and so many more. There's bound to be something of interest to all but the most seasoned veterans.
While Irongeek maybe best known for his video tutorials, he has also written some nice netowrk security articles. His latest, State Hacking/Computer Security Laws, is very informative and was posted at the end of December of 2007, so it's current. How To Cyberstalk Potential Employers "This article is less diabolical than its title might imply. Essentially, I want to give the reader some tips for finding more information about a potential employer than the job listing may reveal." And he does. It's well written and I like his inclusion of screen shots.
If irongeek.com only had the video section, that would be enough alone for me to recomend it. I'm sure he laid the ground work and inspired others to make hacking video tutorials. There's also a couple scripts/apps that he wrote, some reviews, and don't forget the clips of him working out. And if my word isn't good enough, there's also half a dozen campuses that use his material. And here's a nice little link that shows you all the info that can be seen from your browser.
This one is a keeper. Definitely worthy of a bookmark and some time for further exploration. I tip my proverbial hat to Iron Geek. Well done sir.
March 1, 2008
From Piracey to Hacking - PT 1
Why hacking? Why hacking indeed. Let us step into the time machine, not the one in OS X. Set the controls for Los Angeles 1982. As the view comes into focus you see a 14 year old punk and a computer class teacher. "Do you like to play games on your Apple ][+?" asks the teacher. "Oh yeah! But I only have a couple..." I reply. The teacher hands me a black, "elephant" branded, 5 1/4" floppy disk. "Give this a try." the teacher says. "Thanks a lot!"
When I get home from school that day, I head straight over to my ][+, my usual ritual. But this time, I stuck the disk I got from my basic programing teacher, into the floppy drive and flipped the switch. A very simple text menu came up...
[A] CHOPLITER
[B] SNAKE BYTE
[C] SABOTAGE
[D] TAX MAN
]ENTER YOUR CHOICE
No way?! Not a game, but several! How did they do that? Usually you just get 1 game per disk, at most. This disk has 4! So I press one of the letters and a graphic screen comes up before the game, that lists the names of the "Crackers" and a "Distributed by" group name. It also has several places listed with phone numbers next to them, such as Abdul's Oasis and Pirates Cove. Who were all these people and what are these places, with phone numbers from all over the country?
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