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How To: Retrieve GPS Data from JPG Image Files Using Exif and PHP
Technology: The Less You Know the Better?
How To: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet: A Brief History of How the Net Came to Be
You walk over to your laptop, wiggle your mouse to wake up the screen, then fire up your browser to come visit Null Byte. Catching the article about Anonymous and how they presumably will not take down the Internet, you find yourself wondering... how would someone take down the Internet? Could they even do it?
Hacking Reconnaissance: Finding Vulnerabilities in Your Target Using Nmap
Remember that scene in The Matrix when Trinity uses a realistic Nmap port scan, followed by an actual SSH exploit (long since patched) to break into a power company? Well, believe it or not, but that scene is not far fetched at all. If you want to exploit vulnerabilities and root boxes, you'll need to learn how to perform the necessary reconnaissance first. In fact, you will spend far more time researching your target then you will exploiting it. In this article, I am going to show you the fi...
Drive-By Hacking: How to Root a Windows Box by Walking Past It
Social engineering is described as the clever manipulation of the natural tendency of human trust. All of the passwords, locks, and encryption in the entire world are useless against a good social engineer who can charm or trick you into giving it up.
How To: Scan for Viruses in Windows Using a Linux Live CD/USB
Many windows users, if not all, run into a virus infection once in a while. This is unavoidable when using Microsoft's operating system. Without digressing too much, the fact that Windows is such a popular OS with no controlled software sources makes it easy for viruses and malware to spread. And while there's a plethora of antivirus tools for Windows, sometimes infections (such as certain scareware) can disable the install and/or use of antivirus systems and render your OS unusable until cle...
How To: Create a Socket in the C Programming Language under Unix
Socket programming in Unix allows multiple computer programs to "talk" to each other in the form of open "pipes". This is used in many popular programs for the Linux system (see any distribution). This how-to is created to understand the simple creation of a socket and what the various parts of the call mean.
How To: The Essential Newbie's Guide to SQL Injections and Manipulating Data in a MySQL Database
No doubt you've seen some of the hack logs being released. One part that stands out over and over again is the heavy database usage. It used to be early on that virus and hackers would destroy data, usually just for lulz. However, with the explosive commercial growth of the Internet, the real target is turning into data theft. You should learn how this happens so you can protect yourself accordingly. Let's take a look at what makes this possible and dare I say, easy.
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