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For A Good Time…
Thursday, December 15th, 2011 | computer graphics, Funny, Hack, visual effects | No Comments
For a good time.. open up terminal or a shell and telnet into miku.acm.uiuc.edu….gotta love the old school implementation of an old meme.
We Need A New Approach To Web Security
Friday, September 16th, 2011 | Hack, Info-Sec, Research, Security | No Comments
So every week it seems a new set of supposedly secure organizations/websites get hacked, including two days ago the very organization that was created to lead the effort in cyber security for the United States, the RSA (as well as one CIA site) were hacked + even altered. Does anyone else think it’s time we stop wasting all this money on frivolous things and start spending it on cultivating the types of curious, technologically advanced folks already living in the US (“hackers” if u have to use that word) into working along side us instead of against us. Because the it seems like the sub-par security firms we currently are paying billions to each year via taxes don’t understand how DNS works. Why not approach these groups with open arms, asking for help in securing our infrastructure. World war III will not be from a bomb being dropped by a key being hit which sends off a bot-net on a rampage taking down our power-grids, banking systems, bringing this entire nation to a fend-for-itself civil war as every man ends up fighting for whatever little supplies they can scavenge, steal or buy (ok now i’m taking my tin foil hat off). But seriously. Let’s get the new bread of hackers we have here in the states working on our side rather than issuing them ultimatums and threats which so far they’ve been unable to back up. In fact, with each threat, the attacks by them on our own organizations get worse.
Everyone go read the hackers manifesto and cut the crap. Wikileaks isn’t the problem, the fact you’re pulling these back-door attempts at stopping the truth that you dropped the ball in multiple situations from reaching the public.. also known as the very same people who put you in power is pathetic.
What i love reading about is how these cheap arduino kits when attached to RC planes/helicopters can fly around sniffing wifi packets (i.e. with the intent to use the data to break into the network) are being stated as costing well over $1000 is a joke. You can put a micro board together that does that automatically for under $50, then add the cost of an RC helicopter powerful enough to cary the tiny little micro-board up in the air and you’re still looking at something under $300. And that will only go down in price as we advance in technology faster than our politicians seen to be advancing in intelligence/common sense.
A Final ASCII Farewell From The Lulz Sec Crew
Sunday, June 26th, 2011 | Hack, Info-Sec, News, Security | No Comments
A final ascii farewell from the lulzsec crew as they ‘disband’… taken from (which will prob be down soon): http://pastebin.com/1znEGmHa
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Friends around the globe,
We are Lulz Security, and this is our final release, as today marks something meaningful to us. 50 days ago, we set sail with our humble ship on an uneasy and brutal ocean: the Internet. The hate machine, the love machine, the machine powered by many machines. We are all part of it, helping it grow, and helping it grow on us.
For the past 50 days we've been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself, and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could. All to selflessly entertain others - vanity, fame, recognition, all of these things are shadowed by our desire for that which we all love. The raw, uninterrupted, chaotic thrill of entertainment and anarchy. It's what we all crave, even the seemingly lifeless politicians and emotionless, middle-aged self-titled failures. You are not failures. You have not blown away. You can get what you want and you are worth having it, believe in yourself.
While we are responsible for everything that The Lulz Boat is, we are not tied to this identity permanently. Behind this jolly visage of rainbows and top hats, we are people. People with a preference for music, a preference for food; we have varying taste in clothes and television, we are just like you. Even Hitler and Osama Bin Laden had these unique variations and style, and isn't that interesting to know? The mediocre painter turned supervillain liked cats more than we did.
Again, behind the mask, behind the insanity and mayhem, we truly believe in the AntiSec movement. We believe in it so strongly that we brought it back, much to the dismay of those looking for more anarchic lulz. We hope, wish, even beg, that the movement manifests itself into a revolution that can continue on without us. The support we've gathered for it in such a short space of time is truly overwhelming, and not to mention humbling. Please don't stop. Together, united, we can stomp down our common oppressors and imbue ourselves with the power and freedom we deserve.
So with those last thoughts, it's time to say bon voyage. Our planned 50 day cruise has expired, and we must now sail into the distance, leaving behind - we hope - inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love. If anything, we hope we had a microscopic impact on someone, somewhere. Anywhere.
Thank you for sailing with us. The breeze is fresh and the sun is setting, so now we head for the horizon.
Let it flow...
Lulz Security - our crew of six wishes you a happy 2011, and a shout-out to all of our battlefleet members and supporters across the globe
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Our mayhem: http://lulzsecurity.com/releases/
Our chaos: http://thepiratebay.org/user/LulzSec/
Our final release: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6495523/50_Days_of_Lulz
Please make mirrors of material on the website, because we're not renewing the hosting. Goodbye. <3
Looking For Privacy On The Web?
Sunday, June 13th, 2010 | Hack, Security, Tools, Utilities | No Comments
If you’re like me then you probably spend more time working on your laptop outside of your office than inside. This also includes surfing facebook on your iphone while waiting in line at the coffeshop. By now you probably already know of just how insecure wireless really is, but how can you ensure that no matter where you are, you’re safe?
Simple answer: a VPN service.
It acts as a secure connection between your computer or iphone (or any electronic device for that matter, including your boxee, etc..) and them, sending out requests to websites, email accounts, etc.. all through THEIR secure connection. Stops people from being able to sniff your connection, stops people from stealing your data, most importantly, it can also enable you to use service like spotify which are currently only allowing certain countries to sign up. Don’t worry, VPN services are typically cheap, so what you need to look for when choosing a VPN provider is the options and level of security they provide.
How many different countries do they have VPN accounts available in? What level of security do they use?
I’ve used a few different services through the years, even attempting to run my own via openvpn, but so far the easiest (and well, cheapest without losing security features) one has been overplay.net. They’re widely known for their strong level of anonymous/secure surfing not to mention their ability to access location restrictive TV content. Anyhow, they’re worth at least checking out. The service is only $9.95 a month and you get access to all their vpn servers spanning 20 countries around the world. Not to shabby right? Ohh, and not to leave out – they accept paypal..
A Twitter Power Users Top Tricks
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 | API, Hack, Tools, Twitter, Unusual, Utilities | No Comments
Here are some twitter tools/tricks that you’ll probably never see in 99% of those ‘twitter lists’ out there. When you have so many applications that do either the same thing but with a different face or don’t really do anything at all, these are some tricks/tools that will actually help you stay productive…especially if you’re a Twitter/data junkie.
TweepML
Before there was twitter lists, there was TweepML. The funny thing is I still use this more than twitter lists because you can easily import/export your lists in csv format. Essentially its simple format designed to help share lists of twitter users. Plus you can auto-follow part or all of TweepML lists directly from within the site. two thumbs up.
TwitPic JSON API
This app was released upon the world by Remy Sharp when he wanted an easier way to pull out all of his uploaded photos from TwitPic (Their API only allows you to upload to the site, not download from your account).Source is available on GitHub.
Twavatar
If you’ve ever developed a twitter app that pulls a users profile picture you’ve undoubtedly run into the problem that occurs every time that they change it, all of a sudden the link doesn’t work and the photo’s gone! Well, fret no more because Damon Cortesi (@dacort) put out an appspot hosted permalink to be able to grab anyone’s updated twitter profile picture. Very useful.
Amy Iris – An AI chat bot for twitter. This one’s a very easily adaptable AI chat bot for twitter. The possibilities are endless for adaption into your projects. Check it out, it’s really a cool framework that they give you.
Now the last one isn’t a tool but rather a Twitter trick:
Want to download ANYONE’s previous 3,200 tweets? Easy! Just fire off the following curl command replacing where it says username with the desired tweeter’s name and you’ll soon have the last 3,200 tweets of theirs all to yourself. This one is also courtesy of @dacort.
curl -O “http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/username.xml?count=100&page=[1-32]“
