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Howto: Pwn any Windows box you can touch

Hans Kokx — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:51:41 +0000

It's no secret that Windows security is akin to that of cheesecloth. As if you needed yet another reason to switch to a real operating system, let's take a look at how to get administrative access on any Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or 7 box that you can physically access, and change the boot [...]

Hacking the U3 into a Switchblade on Windows Vista and Windows 7

Hans Kokx — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:57:14 +0000

Straight out of the hak5 wiki, I've been trying to build my own USB Switchblade. Unfortunately, at the time of the episode, the best we had was Windows XP. Well, time has passed, things have changed, and I'm sitting on a Windows 7 box (honestly, I only use it for gaming), and I [...]

Modlog – a BASH modular logger

Hans Kokx — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:34:05 +0000

Introduction This summer, I had the good fortune to spend several months working at the University of Michigan. One of the tasks assigned to me was devising a method for data collection over time for certain types of data. In particular, we were looking to collect information from /proc/meminfo and out of our lm_sensors [...]

Coming soon!

Hans Kokx — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:21:11 +0000

So, there's a reason I haven't been posting all summer. I have a ton of stuff in the pipeline that I've been working on. My schedule just opened up a bit, so you will start to see some new scripts and tutorials over the next couple of weeks. There's some really impressive [...]

Remove the NFL app from the Pre

Hans Kokx — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:51:01 +0000

Introduction Ever since the Palm Pre came out, there has been a dull uproar over the inability to remove certain apps, specifically the NASCAR app that nobody seems to use. A typical downloaded application can be removed by pressing [orange] while tapping on the application icon. A dialog will pop up that gives you [...]

Removing the NASCAR app from your Palm Pre

Hans Kokx — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:27:06 +0000

IPv6 in Windows XP

Hans Kokx — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:36:33 +0000

There is no doubt that we will soon run out of IPv4 space. To remedy this problem, IPv6 was developed. Linux and Mac OS X have inherit IPv6 support, and many people are still avoiding Vista in lieu of XP. Unfortunately, Windows XP does not have the built in IPv6 support that [...]

Stroke – a built in OS X port mapper

Hans Kokx — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:35:31 +0000

Introduction Knowing what ports are open on your machine is half the battle of locking it down. Knowing that you have a rogue web server running on port 6337, or realizing that somebody forgot to disable SSH logins can mean all the difference when under attack from an unknown entity. Preferably, we'd use a [...]

Hide the Dock icon of any application

Hans Kokx — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:17:23 +0000

For anyone familiar with OS X, they know that the Dock can get pretty cluttered with running applications. If you're like me, you try to keep the dock as tidy as possible. Some, however, have a need to run multiple programs, and there's no way around it. Luckily, there is a way [...]

The weather in your Geektool arsenal

Hans Kokx — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:05:00 +0000

Sitting in the dark, as many of us geekly types often do, I don't look out the window much. I also don't like surprises. Needless to say, I don't like clamoring out of my cove only to find that it's raining. Or snowing. Or 127º. So, I came up with [...]