[ad] Please note this is an old technique again, just for learning purposes, learn how the old techniques worked and why they worked, then try and discover new ways to do things. Summary The sole purpose of the information contained in this advisory is to point out the flaws in InterNIC’s domain name handling system […]
Social Engineering
How to get Ops and takeover a channel on IRC Hack Hacking
I’ve been spending a lot of time online lately reading all kinds of stupid text files on how to “Takeover Ops Boi!!!”, “eLeEt WaYs To gEt OpS!!!”, “HOW TO GET OPS ON SERVER SPLITS”, etc. We all know none of these things work, at least not for me. They’re either written by morons, or they […]
‘Free’ USB Drives Defeat Company Security
[ad] This is an excellent case of Social Engineering, you could also consider it playing on human greed/ignorance/stupidity. Whatever you want to label it really ;) USB drives are a real security risk.. We recently got hired by a credit union to assess the security of its network. The client asked that we really push […]
US Veterans Information Leaked on The Web
[ad] Another HUGE information leak from the US government, seems they can’t help themselves. Or perhaps people are just ramping up the efforts against them.. The Navy has begun a criminal investigation after Social Security numbers and other personal data for 28,000 sailors and family members were found on a civilian website. The Navy said […]
Kevin Mitnick Interview on Social Engineering
There’s a good interview with Kevin Mitnick on Social Engineering. Well afterall, that is where his skill lies, not in technical hacking. Arrested by the FBI in 1995 and convicted of breaking into the systems of Fujitsu Siemens, Nokia and Sun Microsystems, Mitnick served five years in prison–eight months of it in solitary confinement. In […]