A black-hat is a term in computing for someone who compromises the security of a system without permission from an authorized party, usually with the intent of accessing computers connected to the network. The term white hat is used for a person who is ethically opposed to the abuse of computer systems. The term cracker [...]

I decided to compile a list of movies about hacking, or Hacking as one of the main themes, I could find. This list is no particular order. 1) Sneakers (1992)  Martin Bishop is the head of a group of experts who specialise in testing security systems. When he is blackmailed by Government agents into stealing [...]

To play a movie in ascii art, you’ll need mplayer and a library called aalib. Mplayer (along with xine) is one of the more popular video player/engines for linux, and therefore should be available in the repository for your distribution. aalib is also commonly included in distribution repositories. If not you’ll have to compile it [...]

We have seen nmap in action in the Matrix. But this could well be the first pictures of nmap in the movie Live free or Die hard. After Fyodor claimed to have seen nmap in action in the movie http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2007/q2/0499.html   Also other cool desktop screenshots from that movie. Cheers pavs