Many online users worry about their accounts being breached by some master hacker, but the more likely scenario is falling victim to a bot written to use leaked passwords in data breaches from companies like LinkedIn, MySpace, and Tumblr. For instance, a tool called H8mail can search through over 1 billion leaked credentials to discover passwords that might still be in use today.
Attention all Redditors: Between June 14 and June 18, Reddit experienced a data breach. The popular website claims it discovered the breach on June 19 and has since made the necessary moves to contain and eliminate the threat. Unfortunately, there isn't much they can do about the data was that accessed and stolen — your user data.
Hackers rely on good data to be able to pull off an attack, and reconnaissance is the stage of the hack in which they must learn as much as they can to devise a plan of action. Technical details are a critical component of this picture, and with OSINT tools like Maltego, a single domain name is everything you need to fingerprint the tech details of an organization from IP address to AS number.
One of Android's most glaring weaknesses is its lack of an iMessage equivalent. That is, of course, until now. There's one app that will allow Android users to experience iMessage on their non-Apple phone, complete with end-to-end encryption, message effects, and group messaging.
If you work with multiple email addresses, you need an app that can organize and declutter your day-to-day messages. Outlook is a great choice, but if you only have one account attached, it somewhat defeats the purpose. Lucky for you, adding additional email accounts is both quick and simple.
It's no secret that devices leak data, but sometimes they do so in ways you may not expect. Your phone, laptop, printer, and IOT devices leak Wi-Fi information that can (and is) used to track you.
Over the past decade the Internet community has been witness to the rise of many new forms of online interaction. These new technologies have given rise to anonymous networks (like TOR), black markets within the deep web network (like the Silk Road), and even forms of digital currency, or more accurately crypto-currencies, such as Bitcoin. All of these technological advancements have contributed to securing users around the world and protecting their privacy. Therefore it is no surprise that ...
As you might know, there are a multitude of tools used to discover internal IP addresses. Many of these tools use ARP, address resolution protocol, in order to find live internal hosts. If we could write a script using this protocol, we would be able to scan for hosts on a given network. This is where scapy and python come in, scapy has modules we can import into python, enabling us to construct some tools of our own, which is exactly what we'll be doing here.
The only mail I like getting comes in the form of an Amazon package, but when I go to my mailbox, it always ends up being a pile of credit card offers and catalogs I could never see myself ordering from. Those pieces of junk mail usually end up in the trash, which is horrible when you think about all the trees that had to get cut down in order to produce them.
For people that live outside of the United States, how many times has this happened when surfing through U.S. streaming services? If you're outside of the U.S. market and want to stream stateside services like Hulu, MTV, CBS, Pandora, and others—you're in luck. Tunlr is an application that re-addresses certain data envelopes, tricking the receiver into thinking the data originated from within the U.S. by using its own DNS server's IP address. You can even watch some non-US shows stateside, li...
Give your website a truly professional look by designing your own favicon. Your favicon will appear in the address bar and when your site is bookmared. Using a simple software like MS Paint and following the instructions of this video for editing HTML, you can make your custom favicon appear.
IS THIS ANNOYING? Would you rather not subject others to the virtual VITUPERATION implied by CAPS LOCK? This video will show you how to use these registry tweaks to disable caps lock on your Windows 7 or Vista PC.
Can't get enough Facebook? Take your "friends" status updates with you wherever you go by syncing your Facebook account with your Android smart phone. Having access to Facebook on your cell phone will keep you in touch, and come in handy when you need to look up a phone number or email address.
A reverse lookup zone will allow you to translate IP addresses to fully qualified domain names (FQDN). This can be a tremendous help against phishing in large organization. Keep your network secure by creating a reverse lookup zone in Windows Server 2003 or 2008.
Birds are a challenging subject for any artist, cartoonists included. Watch this professional cartoon artist demonstrate his technique for drawing cartoon birds that are lively and fun. These birds fly around the page. If you are looking to add birds to your cartoon portfolio, watch this video.
You've almost figured all of them out! If you're stuck somewhere on the ninth rift puzzle, check this video for the solution. Solve the photo puzzle, the chess puzzle, and then decrypt the phone records to hear another creepy call recording.
If you can't figure out one of the puzzles in the eighth rift in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, this video is here to help. It shows you the solution for every puzzle in Cluster 8, so you can discover more about your shadowy enemies.
Learn more about the sinister forces pulling the strings of the world in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. This tutorial shows you how to solve Cluster 7 of the puzzles in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Find out which Supreme Court Justice is a Templar!
Stuck somewhere on the sixth cluster of puzzles in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood? This tutorial shows you how to solve all of them. Start with another photo puzzle, decrypt the code using the wheel... and, of course, solve the next iteration of the chess puzzle.
The puzzles get harder the more of them you find. This walkthrough shows you how to solve all of the puzzles in Cluster 5 of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Each puzzle you solve reveals a little more about the backstory for the setting.
There are ten rifts in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, which hide a series of puzzles. This walkthrough shows you how to solve the third cluster of these puzzles. Use the code wheel and then figure out the solution to the chess puzzle.
There are a series of rift puzzles you can solve in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood for a few in-game extras. This tutorial shows you how to solve Cluster 2 of these puzzles, including the chess puzzle that's in every cluster puzzle.
Use the AutoFill feature in Safari to quickly fill in web forms for sites that you visit again and again and save time when logging in. Form entry data is stored in your address book contacts, and from information you have filled out in web forms before. You can see the passwords used by AutoFill in the OS X keychain, and you can also specify and limit general access to those passwords.
Set up a Microsoft Exchange email address on the HTC HD7! This clip will teach you how. Whether you're the proud owner of an HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7 smartphone or are merely toying with the idea of picking one up in the near future, you're sure to be well served by this official video guide from the folks at T-Mobile.
Start with a photograph of your subject and maybe there are a few things slightly wrong - perhaps the skin tone is off, or you want to accentuate certain features. This video shows you a few basic touch ups you can use when photo editing in Adobe Photoshop.
Create simple reflections in Adobe After Effects with keyed footage. In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz of All Bets Are Off demonstrates its use with video footage of both crowd and individuals. In addition, some potential issues with Collapse Transformations are also addressed.
Learn how to use After Effects CS5's built-in masking tools! Specifically, this clip addresses the creation and interaction of masks.
Learn how to use the official Google Voice app on an Apple iPhone 4! Specifically, this video guide from IntoMobile addresses how to choose a number, create and edit contacts, make and receive phone calls, write SMS text messages and set up push notifications. For detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using Google Voice on your own Apple iPhone 4, take a look.
STDs are an unfortunate and inescapable part of the modern world, but broaching the subject with a romantic partner is still usually awkward and difficult. Watch this video for tips on how to ask your partner to get tested without hurting their feelings and damaging your relationship.
In this clip, you'll learn how to search for tweets abot a specific subject on Twitter. What do President Obama, the Dalai Lama and Justin Bieber have in common? Why, they're all on Twitter, of course. Join the party. Whether you're new to Twitter's popular microblogging application or just missed a few of the essentials along the way, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial.
Fancify your home movies with the techniques demonstrated in this free video software tutorial, which, specifically, addresses how to create PIP, side-by-side & cutaway effects within iMovie '11. For detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using these effects yourself, take a look.
All websites have weak points and problems, and it's important to analyze the overall traffic on your site so you can address these problems and improve your site. This tutorial shows you how to employ Google Analytics and Google Website Optimizer to analyze and maximize your website's potential.
In this clip, you'll learn how to search for places nearby a given address when using the MapQuest Maps web app. It's easy. So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in about two minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
The chrysanthemum is a beautiful Chinese flower which often appears in artwork to represent autumn and the spirit of survival. Follow along with this this tutorial and learn how to add this seasonal subject matter to your next Chinese still life painting.
Cross processing is an old photography technique where the actual film is developed using the 'wrong' chemicals. It can add a unique color variation, like giving your subject green-tinted skin. It's possible to replicate this cross processing technique using Adobe Photoshop, and this tutorial demonstrates how.
This video will guide you through the Evolution Setup Assistant, which can be downloaded at the Evolution website. This walkthrough will help you set up your mail account in Ubuntu's Evolution Mail program to access your Gmail account. Evolution provides integrated mail, address book and calendar functionality to users of the Ubuntu GNOME desktop.
Conjugating nouns in German depends not only on tense, but also on the relationship between the subject and the object. This lesson provides a basic introduction to the methods of conjugating regular verbs in German. You are also given a short vocabulary list of food-related words in German to study.
You can use your Apple product (iPod, iPhone or iPad) to store your data and then send it to a different computer using a wifi connection. You'll need to download the File Sharing program from the Apple store and make a note of the IP address you want to send your data to.
Interested in creating a map of all of your Facebook friends? With Microsoft's Bing, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from the folks at Britec can present a complete overview of the process in just over two minutes. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.
In this clip, you'll learn how to address spinal and lower extremity asymmetries with a simple Pilates T-bar routine. With Pilates, as with any physical fitness system, a basic mastery of proper technique is essential for both maximizing the effectiveness of your workouts and avoiding accidental injury. Whether you're looking to slim down or merely tighten up your core, you're sure to be well served by this home fitness how-to from the folks at Balanced Body Pilates.
