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Motherboard woes - Help me folks

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:39:43 PST

Hi Folks..Sorry for a late post but I m very sorry to inform that My Motherboard (an Intel original D945GNT) has gone kaput and I m unable to post any articles any further until I get a new one.As usual I m on a hunt for a budget board (as cheap as possible,which will be able to give full bang for my buck) cuz I m low on moolah this month,I will be posting a full review on the board which I will select.
Also,You too can help me hunt for a new motherboard.

What I want is (or in formal language the specifications are :P ) -

Must be compatible with Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz HT pinless processor 530/630 (I have this processor now..and I m not willing to sell it :] )
Must support atleast Core2Duo processor (who knows I might need to upgrade :P).
Must contain Onboard graphics support (Nvidia/ATI preferred).
Must be in this range Rs /- 2700-3800 (4000 INR if exceptionally good).

You can comment or mail me at my email id - luckyelites@gmail.com

Thanks a lot friends.

Stay gold

-XERO

Tekken 6 – An honest review

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:13:24 PDT

Tekken has maintained its popularity since its advent without the need to reinvent itself.Its a game that speaks for itself.Well..The wait is over..Tekken 6 was released yesterday with all pomp and show and soon all the gaming press will flock on to review it.In the mean time I got my hands on a PS3 import and I decided to get my hands dirty and write an honest review about it...

Graphics - 8/10
If Tekken has one thing,its style which gives the game a distinct look and feel that forces the series to move to its roots without the need of reinventing itself.The game efficiently makes us gawk at the motion comic recaps in the story mode and impressively rendered CGI sequences in the opening and ending movies..Tekken sports next-gen graphics engine under its hood and the game ran smoothly with no frame drops at all.

The visuals are amazing and aesthetic,however I felt cheated when I felt that the character animations are recycled a bit which nevertheless are animated very well..The scenario campaign mode looks dated and I felt if I was duking out Godhand with a bit of updated graphics. Also some background sported stupid background scrolling which made me think if the stage was really moving..Overall its a huge upgrade of Tekken 5 on graphics front but there are some things which need to be reconsidered.Perhaps an expansion might sort it out.

Sound – 9/10

The music in Tekken 6 sets the overall mood for the fighting.The middle eastern,western,jazz and electronic;all are mingled very well to produce an awesome aural experience. the opening track and the CGI music is very well done.There is a certain series staple ‘thump’ sound associated with the hits which gives hitting someone in face an experience worthwhile.The tunes are catchy and I was forced to stop the match and to listen to the background music at times.Over all its well done.

Design - 8.5/10

Tekken 6 sets fan expectations quite high with the long development time and all the hype its associated with.The sequel boasts 40 characters to choose from and the ability to play online,the series has done its bit to remain competitive.In the standard offline mode,the game offers staple Practice Mode,the Story Mode in which you will battle and overtly powerful final boss Azazel,the ghost mashups that lets you battle AI opponents which simulate real world characters quite well and provide you a decent competition,the Time Attack and the Survival which will test your efficiency and record your personal best.With a second human player on side (as it happened with me) you can get into some serious vs battles.

The Online play at the time of launch was quite poor with serious lag affecting the gameplay,as the strict timing needed for competitive gameplay is severely compromised and in some cases lag makes the game completely unplayable.The online mode also lets you download ghost data for your personal use and for your ranked and unranked matches.

The game includes a scenario campaign mode that's an entirely a different game altogether,like the Tekken Force mode in the original Tekken 3 but the incompetent camera and the bad implementation of moveset in the campaign can make your experience sour.

Gameplay – 9/10

Tekken embraces both the newcomers and the series veterans with open arms and you will have plenty of fun all together as long as you will be matching up against opponents of your level.The 4 button fighting scheme may seem deceptively intuitive to the players,but it needs skill and the right timing to keep the attacks flowing and be in the groove.Mixing up the throws,the high and low attacks,sidestepping all gives you a tactical advantage against the opponent,but simply mashing up buttons and hoping for the best is fun too. The game heavily emphasizes combos for massive damage and puts emphasis on bounding moves,which means to slam opponents on the ground and then attack using appropriate moves at specific time to keep the low juggle going on.

The matches move on too quickly and the game features a rage system which means the game gives player a last boost of attack power when his health is low to change the face of match.The game has a 3d fighting experience of its own and overall its just another Tekken at heart.

Last word

Like MGS4,Tekken 6 is a love it or hate it type of game.When you will fire it up,you will probably already know how it

will strike you and the series has already maintained a good following for good reasons.In the end,even if the extras provided are not worth in gold,they still add a good value to the overall package.Tekken 6 is just Tekken 6 nothing more,nothing less.

Final Score – 34.5/40

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Google Spanner – A better Google

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:43:48 PDT

A recent presentation confirmed the existence of the proprietary distributed technology that will automatically move and replicate the load between Google’s mega data centers when traffic and hardware issues arise. Perhaps this was done to counter the issues of lagtime when Gmail was down..who knows? The platform is known as Spanner.

Google fellow Jeff Dean hinted about Spanner in the classic Google manner during a conference this summer and has now confirmed its existence in a presentation (PDF) delivered at a symposium earlier this month. .Dean’s presentation calls it a “storage and computation system that spans all our data centers [and that] automatically moves and adds replicas of data and computation based on constraints and usage patterns.” This includes issues and constraints related to bandwidth, packet loss, power, resources, and “failure modes”.

Google is intent on scaling Spanner to between one million and 10 million servers, encompassing 10 trillion (1013) directories and a quintillion (1018) bytes of storage. And all this would be spread across “100s to 1000s” of locations around the world.

Thats a hell lot of data and power granted to a single corporation which will be housing an exabyte of the world's data across thousands of custom-built data centers.

Lets see how this unfolds..

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Microsoft addon blocked by Firefox

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:26:38 PDT

Last Friday Mozilla blocked one of Microsoft’s sneaky addons that put end user security at stake.The addon,dubbed as ".NET Framework Assistant" and a plug-in named "Windows Presentation Foundation" -- have been blocked by Mozilla as a precautionary measure, said Mike Shaver, the company's head of engineering.These addons installed without any permission and may be manipulated by malicious users to code their way into the browser and infiltrate the system(Who knows a botnet may be well under a way..anyway?),even their Internet Explorer 8 had the same built in flaw.The addon was notable for its annoying removal and had been infiltrating firefox since Microsoft pushed them out with the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) update in February this year.Until or unless some registry hacking was employed,this addon was impossible to remove entirely.As the folks at Mozilla cant fix the software,the safest way they can go on with was to block it,which they already did on Friday.

Later Microsoft released a patch which will counter the vulnerability,you can download it here.

Mozilla have been aggressive for the security for their users and have been making sure that 3rd party addons are secure and will enforce it more effectively with the release of Firefox 3.6 (Beta slated to be released on wednesday) which will actively notify user when they will visit a site which relies on vulnerable and outdated addons.

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Diwali Celebrations and Home coming

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:54:00 PDT

Friends..The festival of light is knocking as usual and its time for some grand celebrations at home.I will be leaving today for Ambala, leaving my room and my beloved mean machine and all of techs to have some peace and to light some crackers :P . Diwali holds some of the most special moments for me in my life,and symbolises the victory of Good over Evil as in mythology,and some old grand reunions of friends at our favorite hangouts.Its been some time when since I have had a vacation..I will be getting back into old streets of Ambala,decorate my home till it shines the most (literally),light diya’s, feast on sweets and play pranks on my friends..
May this Diwali bring endless pleasure,happiness and peace to all of you and may it rejuvenate all of us to live life like it is meant to be.
A very Happy Diwali once again.
I will be back on Monday and will resume to my daily caricature of technology.

I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do..
Cheers

Rishabh Dangwal

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Russia Blamed with Cyberattack on Poland

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:49:08 PDT

Leaked details by the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita indicate a large but unsuccessful attack on Polish Government systems which originated in Russia last month.The details indicate that the attack coincided with the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two and was coordinated at the same time when Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Poland.

The attack might have been referenced to the anniversary of infamous invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union on September 1939 under the secret terms of the Molotov–Ribbentrop non-aggression pact,however its still unclear as actual reason have not surfaced..yet.

Russia has been in news as the disputes between Russia and its neighbors have made their way over the Internet in recent years. and For example, Russian Hackers have been quite nefarious over cyberattacks at Georgia last year and security researchers subsequently blamed the attacks on civilians and Russian cyber-crime gangs.

The Internet infrastructure of Estonia was ripped apart in April 2007, following a dispute over the relocation of Soviet-era war memorials and graves.

Via The Registrar

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Ethical Hacking and Security Classes – Begin With Basics

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:50:01 PDT

The security scene at India is quite ugly,according to a survey,a whopping 97% of computer users are pretty ignorant when it comes to computer security Folks,last time I mentioned about the classes's on Ethical Hacking and Security which are going to be held at Rajpura as of now. The course Fee has been discounted to a mere 1500/- INR for Indian citizens (75 USD for foreign citizens) for the inauguration batch.The course will be covering from the ground zero of security and its basics.The course duration will be 16 hours and will be held at weekends 2 hours each to complete it in 1 month.
You can contact me using the contact form provided here

Keep learning

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7 Must Have Tools For Every Hacker

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:51:07 PDT

Its been a while since I have posted about some hacking tools and with increasing number of emails asking me to do an article on it,I finally decided to cover it up.Hacking tools are developed by some really good coders out there to ease out many complex tasks which have to be done manually and took painstakingly great deal of time and effort.All these tools provided here are free of cost,are tried hands on and are being actively developed by community,and if not,their alternatives are provided.To summarize it up,these are the 7 must have tools for every hacker out there.

1. Nmap

I think everyone has heard of this one, it recently had a version 5 release.

Nmap (Network Mapper) is a free open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, although it works fine against single hosts.Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use,and dozens of other characteristics. It may be used to discover computers and services on a computer network, thus creating a "map" of the network.Nmap runs on most types of computers and both console and graphical versions are available. Nmap is free and open source.Can be used by beginners (-sT) or by pros alike (packet_trace). A very versatile tool, once you fully understand the results.

Download Nmap

Also,You can learn how to perform a simple Nmap scan by reading this article.

2. Nessus Remote Security Scanner

Recently went closed source, but is still essentially free. Works with a client-server framework.Nessus is the worlds most popular vulnerability scanner used in over 75,000organizations world-wide. Many of the worlds largest organizations are realizing significant cost savings by using Nessus to audit business-critical enterprise devices and applications.

Download Nessus

3. Wireshark

If you have been reading my site,you might have read about it in a couple of articles.Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer, or sniffer, that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. Works great on both Linux and Windows (with a GUI), easy to use and can reconstruct TCP/IP Streams! .

Download Wireshark

4. Cain and Abel

The swiss knife of hacking tools..Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols.The program does not exploit any software vulnerabilities or bugs that could not be fixed with little effort.

Download Cain and Abel

5. Kismet

Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic. A good wireless tool as long as your card supports rfmon

Download Kismet

6. NetStumbler

Yes a decent wireless tool for Windows! Sadly not as powerful as it’s Linux counterparts, but it’s easy to use and has a nice interface, good for the basics of war-driving. NetStumbler is a tool for Windows that allows you to detect Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) using 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g. It has many uses:

Verify that your network is set up the way you intended.
Find locations with poor coverage in your WLAN.
Detect other networks that may be causing interference on your network.
Detect unauthorized rogue access points in your workplace.
Help aim directional antennas for long-haul WLAN links.
Use it recreationally for WarDriving.

Download NetStumbler

7. SuperScan

Powerful TCP port scanner, pinger, resolver. SuperScan 4 is an update of the highly popular Windows port scanning tool, SuperScan.If you need an alternative for nmap on Windows with a decent interface, I suggest you check this out, it’s pretty nice.

Download Superscan

Alternatively,you can try Angry IP Scanner which is a pretty good replacement for it.

You might also want to read about -

5 hacking sites for budding Hackers

Top 10 Must read articles at Prohack

Top 10 linux Speed hacks

5 Myths about Safe Surfing

Stay Gold and keep learning.

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Twitter Phishing at its best

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:50:18 PDT

Botnets..Ddos..and Now Phishing..

Yup,everybody’s favorite microblogging service Twitter is now under a phishing attack.Recently,Twitter has been notoriously attacked by malicious hackers worldwide,It was uncovered recently that it was being used as a Botnet Control Channel, shortly before that it was subjected to a DoS attack. Phishers are now targeting Twitter users in a new attack which involves sending direct messages to Twitter users which contain a link to a site requesting usernames and passwords.

As usual..once the attackers have that, they can take over the account of the victim and use it to send out more messages. However..I’m not exactly sure why the hell anyone would want to steal Twitter accounts?

Possibilities -

To monetize them by sending tweets using those accounts in order to spam and spam some more about referrals and affiliate schemes.
Perhaps in future tweeting a link to a virus site which might lead to outbreak of a new virus like Conficker.
Just for fun’s sake..duh

The cornerstones of social engineering in phishing attacks after all humans are the weakest link in the chain of security.

If you are using Twitter you should follow @spam and keep up to date with what is happening on the network.

In the mean time,You can Join Prohack at Twitter

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Secure your Web tech using Websecurify

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:45:06 PDT

With lots of application testing frameworks like Acunetix and Saint available,its quite difficult to make a mark in the security market,however when it comes to secure your web technologies,Websecurify does a pretty good job.Websecurify is a web and web2.0 security initiative specializing in researching security issues and building the next generation of tools to defeat and protect web technologies.

Key Features

JavaScript – Websecurify Security Testing Framework is the first tool of its kind to be written entirely in JavaScript using only standard technologies adopted by the leading browsers.

Multiple Environments – The core technology can run in normal browsers, xulrunner, xpcshell (command line), inside Java or as part of a custom V8 (Google Chrome‘s JavaScript Engine) build. The core is written with extensibility in mind so that more environments can be supported without changing even a single line of code.

Multi-platform – The tool is available and successfully runs on Windows, Mac OS, Linux and other operating systems.

Automatic Updates – Every single piece of the tool is subjected to automatic updates. This means that newer and more advanced versions of the tool can be shipped to your front door without you lifting your finger. This however is completely optional. The automatic update can be turned off if needed.

Extensions – Because the tool comes wrapped in xulrunner by default (keep in mind that we can support any other JavaScript environment) we benefit from all cool features that Firefox has, such as extensions. Extensions are easy to write and maintain and can customize every single aspect of the tool and there are already tones of resources and documentation, including books and what not, out there to teach you exactly how to do that. We will be providing documentation as well.

You can download Websecurify 0.3 here:

The official blog claims to have a pro version in pipeline which looks promising too.

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LYNX - Surfing Internet the Old School way

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:30:56 PDT

Internet Browsing has changed a great deal in the past 15-20 years,I remember getting my hands on Internet Explorer 4.0 in late 90’s when I was a small kid (I was a not-so-stupid kid :P) .I was in retro mood last week,and being a dedicated netizen,I spent hours and hours on reading wikis and researching about the web browsers. Being curious, I later installed Windows 95 to get an authentic look and feel of web browsing in retro way and got my hands on Internet Explorer 1.0 and Netscape Navigator. It was fun..but I got bored soon :P

Sill later while I was surfing on Backtrack 3 through Mozilla Firefox, I became quite curious about the text based browsers,and voila,I got my hands on Lynx – the great grand father of all the web browsers available today. The brainchild of the folks at University of Kansas,Lynx became publicly available in 1993, around the same time browsers such as Mosiac and Cello were released.

The most popular browsers today include Firefox 3, Opera, Safari, and Google Chrome,Internet Explorer (?) but Lynx has retained a solid share.Google tests and certifies its webs pages and results LYNX compatible and experienced SEO guru’s will tell you to test your website on Lynx for checking its visibility and usability online.Basically, if you want to make sure your high tech website can be fully crawled by very basic search engine bots and crawlers, Lynx does an excellent job. Website designers often fire up a Lynx browser to make sure that people who surf the web with images turned off can still navigate their sites.

here is PROHACK running on lynx -

However..Because lynx does not support graphics, web bugs that track user information are not sent, and emails can be read without the invasion of privacy of HTML enabled web browsers. So that means lynx offers better security if you run it under a good environment ( and if you are nerd enough to use it :P ).

Lynx does support HTTP cookies, which can be used to track user information. But like most browsers, cookie support can be disabled.

The best part..Yep..You guessed it right - Lynx is free under GNU GPL. What else a geek want..

You can get retro too and Download Lynx from here -

Download Lynx

K33p L34rning

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Rabid Neurosis Takedown – Pirates Busted

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:50:18 PDT

Seems like the decade is proving hard for the black hats,pirates and phishers are busted down by the eminent feds for some serious jailtime. The spree continues when Rapid Neurosis,better known as RNS in the late 90’s/early 2000s scene was stung by the whip of law.Six men have been accused of running one of the world’s most prolific music piracy ring, an online crew federal prosecutors allege delivered more than 25,000 copyrighted albums, often before they were officially released.RNS was quite popular in the scene with the group releasing more than 25000 music albums on P2P. RNS occasionally used the tagline "Rabid Neurosis - Spread The Epidemic.".RNS was sometimes believed to have started the mp3 scene. After their group was mentioned in an MTV News article about the early leak of the Eminem album Encore, RNS stopped including their initials in filenames and ID3 tags.They stopped around 2007 though, I guess that’s when Bit Torrent and p2p was really taking off.

With the demise of popular clans (remember aXXo ? anyone?) I am beginning to wonder if the scene is being ripped out of itself.

25,000 albums is a serious number and I bet they will be fined ridiculously.

The next bet for the aftermath - 6 more people filling for bankruptcy.

They had an impressive network of contacts with people from retail outlets, cd printing factories and radio stations. All the people who get tracks and whole albums before they hit the streets.

Are the days of h4x0r5 over ?

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The Stoned Bootkit – NO ONE IS SECURE !

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:43:38 PDT

A bootkit is a type of boot virus that is able to hook and patch Windows kernel , and thus getting unrestricted access to the entire computer hence compromising it . The "Stoned" bootkit, a MBR rootkit was presented by Austrian software developer Peter Kleissner at the Black Hat Technical Security Conference USA 2009 and has been taken quite seriously at the circles at Redmond. It is even able to bypass full volume encryption, because the master boot record (MBR) (where Stoned is stored) is not encrypted and as the master boot record contains the decryption software which encrypts and decrypts the harddrive using a password. This is a potential weak point as MBR if compromised,can be used to pwn your whole system. Forget your antiviruses..No one’s secure!

Who is interested in Stoned Bootkit ?

Black Hats
Law enforcement agencies
Microsoft

Why is Stoned something new? Because it is the first boot-root-kit that -

Attacks Windows XP, Sever 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7 with one single MBR
Attacks TrueCrypt full volume encryption (forget about data security :P)
Has integrated FAT and NTFS drivers
Provides support and an integrated structure for plugins and boot time applications (for future development,ethical or unethical)

As Robert Hensing quotes about bootkits -

“A bootkit is a rootkit that is able to load from a master boot record and persist in memory all the way through the transition to protected mode and the startup of the OS. It’s a very interesting type of rootkit.”

You can download Stoned Bootkit here:

Open Source Framework – Stoned Bootkit Framework.zip
Infector file – Infector.exe

Keep Learning..

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Learn Web hacking using DVWA

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:33:05 PDT

With lots of curious readers asking me how to practice hacking and from where to start,Damn Vulnerable Web App (DVWA) is great application to plunge yourself in.DVWA is a PHP/MySQL web application that is damn vulnerable..literally. Its main goals are to be light weight, easy to use and full of vulnerabilities to exploit and it successfully achieves those :P . And frankly it can be used to learn or teach the art of web application security.
The DVWA is bundled with the following type of vulnerabilities-

SQL Injection
XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
LFI (Local File Inclusion)
RFI (Remote File Inclusion)
Command Execution
Upload Script
Login Brute Force

WARNING !!
(Shamelessly ripped off from official statement :P )
It should come as no shock..but this application is damn vulnerable! Do not upload it to your hosting provider’s public html folder or any working web server as it will be hacked. It’s recommend that you download and install XAMP onto a local machine inside your LAN which is used solely for testing.
You can download DVWA 1.0.4 here:
Download DVWA

Keep learning..

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Hack Linux and Windows 7 Passwords using KON BOOT

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:30:45 PDT

Tired of trying breaking into that Linux box which pesks you with its password screen ? Well,your day is saved when Kon Boot comes to rescue . Apart from the stupid logo,Kon-Boot is an fantastic prototype software which can change contents of a Linux kernel and Windows kernel while booting.It will you to log into a Linux system as “root” user without even typing the correct password or to elevate privileges from current user to root. For Windows systems it allows to enter any password protected profile without any knowledge of the password.Entire Kon-Boot was written in pure x86 assembly in TASM 4.0.

Kon boot was mainly created for Ubuntu,but now it supports more Linux distributions. Kon Boot can crack an array of Windows and Linux operating systems ranging from Windows XP to even Windows 7,which makes it one of the first tools to break Windows 7 passwords.On the Linux from it supports Gentoo,Ubuntu,Debian and Fedora flavors.

Here is how you can Hack Linux Passwords using Kon-Boot-

Boot with Kon-boot CD or Floppy
When Linux is fully booted go to the console mode
Type 'kon-usr' as login, if it works you should be now in the system
Remember to restore the system when you are leaving, you can do this by typing 'kon-fix' as login again.

Here is a Sample Console output of what it will look like -

Ubuntu 8.04 torpeda tty1
torpeda login: kon-usr
# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
# whoami
root

Here is how you can Hack Windows Passwords using Kon-Boot-

No special usage instructions are required for Windows users, just boot from Kon-Boot CD/Floppy, select your profile and put any password you want. You lost your password? Now it doesn't matter at all :P

You can Download Kon-Boot from here -

Floppy Image – FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.zip
CD ISO Image – CD-konboot-v1.1-2in1.zip

Keep Learning..

[ PS:Finally my workshop at SVIET is over and I am a bit free as of now..]

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Webmasters Rejoice - View your website in different resolutions

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:51:06 PDT

Optimizing your website for ads ? Popular advertisement services like Chitika have ads which only show to people browsing using specific resolution of screen. So in any case if you ever wonder that how your website appears to a visitor who might be having a different screen resolution then you,in that case,Viewlike us comes to rescue..

Viewlike us is a free online service which allows you to check that how your website looks in the most popular resolution formats,and it even supports console browser of WII,and even rake up your site against IPHONE browser.

Just type your URL in the box and get started. I hope the webmasters can now better adjust their ads according to their whims..

visit Viewlike

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ETHICAL HACKING BOOT CAMP

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:24:34 PDT

In the given light of the current events that govern the industry standards today, I wish to hold a Boot-Camp based lecture and seminar on Ethical hacking and Security, which are one of the hottest topics of the Computer and Software Industry. Hacking has been an insanely lucrative topic about which very less actual data and information exists today, we wish to share the knowledge with the fellow students as every engineer should know about the threats and countermeasures about the software platforms and industry standards. It will be a highly motivating experience for all of us and we appreciate your co-operation on the given matter.

I am currently holding the boot camp at SVIET Banur, and on request I can hold it on your institutions.

The USP

The lecture content which will cover most of the core details of Hacking and Security.
Exclusive content (the tools and notes) distributed on request and if the faculty permits.
Online resources and real-time demos.

The Scope

The course will be attended by a batch of 40-50 students at a time so as to provide maximum attention.

Topics Covered
Neutral topics, from which the lecture will be given and the test will be conducted -

Hacking and Introduction.
Hacking Ethics, and Hacking as a career, future.
Social Engineering.
Footprinting and Scanning.
Basic tools and sites.

Advanced topics to be discussed with selected students -

Use of Virtual Machines/boxes and Why?
System hacking
Trojans, viruses and prank codes
ADS vulnerability, effect in windows and countermeasures
DOS/DDOS (methodology, the tools, demos and ways to prevent)
Buffer overflow attacks (backtrack 3 and metasploit used in this)
How not to go to jail (common mistakes made by hackers,noobs,kiddies and experts alike)
Website Audit tools (Acunetix WVS6,blackwidow etc )
Some excellent resources and websites.
And more topics if possible.

Duration

The duration of course will be of 4 days with lectures and workshops combined of 50 minutes each day.Every student will be eligible for Duty Leave.

Fee Structure

The course has a fee of 200/- only for the students of the SVIET campus,more interested can contact me.

Contact

You can contact me on my email ID for the registration,only first 50 students will be selected for the event.

Put subject in email:SVIET BOOT CAMP

(Else you mail might go into spam)

Email: luckyelites@gmail.com

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My Business Card

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:53:36 PDT

Hi folks,Sorry I am a bit busy nowadays,but I am busy for cause,and I have been trying to make name for myself as of now.I wish to start my own penetration testing company,and I am working upon it nowadays.Also;here is your chance to personally meet me,I will be giving lectures and organizing workshops on Hacking and Security at various institutions..As I am getting much busier then ever,I will be updating list of my schedule but at the earliest,I will be available at -

SVIET on 24 Aug 2009

Also,I have designed my business card in photoshop and I would like to get your comment over it.

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My Experience with Reliance NetConnect

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:33:14 PDT

Speaking of Reliance Netconnect,this data card service promises (just promises,but breaks every one) download speeds of up to 144Kbps,uninterrupted high speed great connectivity,4 times speeds more than dialup and many more..

Its all fake.

Out of wilderness I got this cool looking data card from my friend,and here is my personal experience.

I plugged it,the software installs automatically and the connection started.Until here it went all right,then the real trouble began.I surfed using this son of #$%^@ on my powerhouse PC,using Firefox 3.5 ,Windows XP SP3 and later tested it on Linux.To be honest,the Google homepage my PC Firefox sported opened in 64 seconds,yeah I timed it. I tried opening my gmail ID and you bet I started reading Mario Puzos The Sicilian in the mean time. I later navigated to game-trailers and tried opening pages,but it simply was not able to load multimedia content.

Speaking of 4 Times more speed then dialup,as dialup offers max speeds of 56.6 Kbps,theoretically they shall offer speeds of 224 Kbps of more,but they advertise speeds of 144 Kbps.Its like folks at Reliance are Bad at math.I checked the speed and it was about 5 Kbps - 12 Kbps max and it disconnected frequently even when the signal strength was full. There goes another claim in trash.

The Overall software interface is easy to use but offers less customization and there is no profile creation option.

I later plugged this device to my Linux box (Backtrack 3,Slax based linux and on Fedora core system) and it was unable to configure itself.I tried talking to customer support but they were not "available" and busy attending others while I they told me about the latest offerings from Reliance.More fake claims,I exclaimed to my self.I tried again later in evening,and finally when I got to talk to them,they had no idea about it.

Reliance Netconnect is a Bad bad idea and it gets worse in no time. In all fields,this device sucks and is a waste of your precious hard earned money.

I suggest you to go for BSNL 3G if you want wireless internet,its rely good and offers unrestricted speeds of 300Kbps plus.

I believe you got my point,and if not..then you have no sanity. Ban this service.

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Goodbye Delhi

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:17:12 PDT

Finally friends..I have packed my bags up,put on my favorite levis-puma-raybann combo and i m almost set to leave the heart of India. My stay here was excellent,a great family,bindass people,loads of knowledge and the opportunity of meeting new people and making new contacts.I especially thanks to my mentors and great friends Satish Jhaldiyal and Mukesh Jhaldiyal who have taught me on how to be more professional and to channelize my energy for the right cause. I have cleared my exam and got my certification and I believe I will be able to make some difference in near future,Amen..

For the last one month, I have been living off quite a hectic schedule,with just 4 hour sleep and a lot of research work was done. I guess when I will be back in my room,I will be having enough topics to mess and learn.I guess I have to pay for my 3 month internet bill,library fine and will have to take care of my health (need a ENT checkup and have to take care of my sinus problems,I have been getting these virals now quite frequently..),I will miss the Sony Vaio on which I have played countless hours of Resident Evil 4,the mighty powerhouse I have been working upon for all these days and all the friends I have made..
Love you Delhi

Rishabh Dangwal a.k.a XERO
PS:Since I m leaving to a much more jargoned place,expect some delays in web postings and articles..will be 100% online after 11 august.

POSTED BY XERO . ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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Automatic SQL Injection Tool – SQLMAP

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:42:34 PDT

Sqlmap is an open source command-line automatic SQL injection tool and its goal is to detect and take advantage of SQL injection vulnerabilities in web applications. Once it detects one or more SQL injections on the target host, the user can choose among a variety of options to perform an extensive back-end database management system fingerprint, retrieve DBMS session user and database, enumerate users, password hashes, privileges, databases, dump entire or user’s specified DBMS tables/columns, run his own SQL statement, read or write either text or binary files on the file system, execute arbitrary commands on the operating system, establish an out-of-band stateful connection between the attacker box and the database server via Metasploit payload stager, database stored procedure buffer overflow exploitation or SMB relay attack and more.Enthusiastics can experiment with its opotions and pwn many of the servers around,or can test their skills to secure their servers..but remember,SQL map is a tool,its might help you to find and apply vulnerabilities and injections,but in the end,you really must have a good knowledge of SQL some real pwning out there..

You Can download sqlmap 0.7 here:

Linux Source: sqlmap-0.7.tar.gz
Windows Portable: sqlmap-0.7_exe.zip

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King of Fighters 12,an honest review

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:44:52 PDT

Lets go back to early 90’s Street Fighter series is churning arcades up there and fans of fighting games have gone berserk with the offering of Capcom,enter SNK King of Fighters is born,and the series originally stood as the top contender against the legendary Street Fighter series.With the launch of King of Fighters 12,I have been enthusiastic enough to give it a try as I m a fighting game maniac,and its time to test if it matches the expectations of fans and critics alike.

Prologue

SNK's King of Fighters has been touted as the reboot of the series,to restore it to its former glory,this theme emerged from the game’s brand new style of characters and sprites which contribute to the overall visual overhaul of the series in ages,and to do what Street Fighter 4 did to the Street Fighter series.However to my dismay,this game is a disappointment.This 3 on 3, 2D fighter sports a fairly solid fighting engine much like the older KOF’s but everything surrounding that engine is either lackluster or broken. Or both. It's a shame that the one game aimed at the rebirth of a dying franchise has been rushed and lacks developer effort.

Characters

As we all know,the characters are the core of the fighting game,after all they provide an identity to the game.KOF sports all the nostalgic and series stars –Terry Bogard,Kim Kaphwan,Iori yagami and more ..however series iconic Mai Shirunai is missing (I miss her hot figure :P).

Gameplay,Graphics and presentation

It follows the old school rules of the series,every character has a Light Punch, Heavy Punch, Light Kick and Heavy Kick. These form the basic attacks and you can combine them to execute all orts of complex combos. By Pressing both Light Punch and Light Kick you can evade an attack while you can execute a by hitting both punch buttons.You can block heavy attacks by Hitting both heavy attacks which can knock your opponent away and give your fighter some room to breathe.You can parry an incoming strike by hitting heavies while holding D-Pad which will perform a Guard Attack.

As with all fighting games,every character has his set of specials and super moves.one of new systems KOF introduces is the Critical Counter system. Fill up your gauge during a sparring session and, once filled, counter your opponent's attack with a Heavy Punch or Heavy Kick,which will activate a special combo state where you can release all sorts of combos and chain attacks together.It was a real blast (I like real damage).

When it comes to selecting stages,I was disappointed with the fact that there are only six stages to choose from, two of which are just day/night variations of each other. And there is just one soundtrack for the whole game !!!! Cant they tune it all together ?

The core battle system in KOFXII is faithful to the series however it feels bland when compared to Street Fighter 4,BlazBlue and Guilty Gear series.The new character animation are praiseworthy,but there are resolution issues,as they seem to be pixilated when the combat starts.

Modes

KOFXII can be quite fun when you mash it out with your friend locally,but it has got some serious issues on both the PS3 and 360. No unlockables,just 2 modes –arcade and multiplayer,no story and survival modes..well,WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!! The game navigation system is broken, For example, you can't back out of the character selection screen once you dive in, the game loads at odd points during menu navigation and the training mode lacks a "reset" button.

Multiplayer

LAG LAG LAG..that's what I can describe the KOF12 multiplayer as of now,the online multiplayer is unplayable.They released patches but they too suffered from horrendous lags,and in short,it ruins the multiplayer experience as most player nowadays match their skills online. Also the patch they made me (forcefully and I M SERIOUS !!!) to install was an odd 700+ MB file that installs and updates game data which you would normally install from the disc. one more act of dev-foolishness..

Epilogue

King of Fighters XII is fun to play when you're fighting a buddy locally, but everything else about the game is seriously lacking. This is not rebirth you have been waiting for and SNK was hoping for, as just smoothly animated sprites can't make a lackluster game with broken online support a topdog.I would rather recommend you to get your hands on Blazblue,play Street Fighter 4 and wait for Tekken 6 if you are a hardcore fighting fan.

Final Score – 27/40

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Now preparing for my Certification..CEH,I m coming..

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:17:38 PDT

Friends,my stay at the capital of India is now coming to an end,I m having my certification exam on Friday and if I pass this,I will be a Certified Information Security Expert. I will then go for CEH and will be a Certified Ethical Hacker :) As many readers have asked me the question that how I m preparing for the exam,well,as for as time goes,I m devoting much time to hone my skills and dedicate at least 10 hours in front of my PC for the research involved. however,when it comes to preparation,I have selected 2 books which allow me to do my best out there.These books serve as the ultimate guide to the CEH and other security certification exams.
Sybex CEH official Guide
The EC-Council’s Certified Ethical Hacker has emerged as one of today’s most sought-after certifications.This is the only official review guide to the test, covering all CEH exam objectives, from ethics and testing to securing wired and wireless networks.Written industry expert Kimberly Graves, this concise, focused guide is ideal for people who have taken CEH classes and need a last-minute review. I found this book quite to the point and its question and objective level fairly competitive.This concise book covers all of the exam objectives and includes a CD with a host of additional study tools.

Easy-to-use book is organized by exam objectives for quick review
Flexible review guide goes hand-in-hand with any learning tool on the market
Book includes over 300 review questions and practice tools

My Recco – Get it if you are serious for CEH and other tests.
EXAM PREP CEH guide

This book is a great supplement to the Sybex and icludes all the most current CEH content, the book also contains the elements that make Exam Preps such strong study aides: comprehensive coverage of exam topics, end-of-chapter review, practice questions, Exam Alerts, Fast Facts, plus an entire practice exam to test your understanding of the material. The book also features MeasureUp's innovative testing software, to help you drill and practice your way to higher scores.
My Recco – Exam prep will add the extra touch to your preparation

After I get my certification, I will be off to my room at Rajpura,and be back to my college life.Trust me I have learnt a lot from Delhi and it has been one of the best experiences of life.
Wish me luck,Love you Delhi..

Cheers
[PS: The Lazy and the poor can email me and get the links,unofficially]

POSTED BY XERO . ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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Learning Software Development Life Cycle the Hard Way

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:17:38 PDT

I thought its been sometime since I have posted some humorous content on my blog,so I got this funny clip on youtube and thought you might like it too :P . For all developers,programmers and corporate professionals out there,its a must watch. Big thanks goes to Iman Louis for making this fantastic presentation on Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC),something which I wasnt gettting properly even after truckloads of research..But now,I have a pretty clear picture of what ACTUALLY SDLC is...

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Run Resident Evil 4 on PC perfectly

luckyelites@gmail.com (X.E.R.O) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:37:06 PDT

Resident Evil 4 is a legendary game, and that’s not an overestimation. Recently I got the Asian edition of the game and I was violated to see the over the top crappy graphics, bad controls with no mouse support and worse no dynamic lighting. It was a crappy port of an excellent game. Ubisoft ported Capcom's prized baby on PC and I thought they made it like something only monkey's can play.

Ubisoft got the "rave" comments about their port and handled the above issues by releasing a patch which addressed some of the issues posed by the original conversion. However here too they messed it up again by releasing the patch only for European version to my knowledge (please correct me if I m wrong) so most of the diehard fans and gamers (like me) were devoid of the playable port of RE4 even if we had original DVD’s. Also the official patch caused some machines to crash and some saved games to get erased. Overall it showed the carelessness of Capcom and Ubisoft, 2 industry giants who has given us quality games from over a decade.

However, this was not something that cannot be handled by the loyal and large fanbase RE4 commands. Fans of the series modded the game to their likingness and have made their mods available for everyone out their. I played RE using both 3D analyzer and using conventional method, however I would like to share how I did that, how I made it run..its a long run, and be prepared for making some good backups.

You will need-

How to do that -

First recognize the version of RE you are using, if it says Resident Evil 4 on main screen then you are lucky, you have the European version of the game, skip to the step 5 then, and if in the other case if it says Biohazard 4,then get ready for some hardships though.
Install the game as usual.
Download the unofficial Asian to European patch and install it, make sure to backup your main game EXE files first.
open registry editor and navigate to -
- HKEY_Local_Machine/software/CAPCOM/Biohazard 4
- And rename it to -
- HKEY_Local_Machine/software/CAPCOM/Resident Evil 4
Now Download the official European patch from Ubisoft and install it.
Now download the Mouse patch version 2.0 and Keyboard patch and extract all the files to the install directory. Double click the patch files and restart your PC.
You are now good to go..Heed my advice, play the game like its meant to be, get a good controller, grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the game.

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