Last week, on the new MacHaxor site, I explained how to create an encrypted disk image on a mac, but there are similar tools available for Linux. TrueCrypt allows you to make all kinds of encrypted containers, but one of the most interesting is a hidden partition. The trick here is to convert all [...]

  The internet has been ablaze with news about the Kaminsky DNS vulnerability over the last week or so, especially in light of some vendors’ taking their sweet time with supplying a fix. Behind all the security technobabble, what this means for you is that if your ISP hasn’t applied the appropriate fixes to the [...]

Timevault is an automatic backup utility that takes a snapshot of your current filesystem or directory for pre-defined amount of time, which can be used later to retrieve damaged files or folders. Timevault is in beta stage of development and can be downloaded from https://launchpad.net/timevault. After installation you need to logout and log in back [...]

My love for xkcd comics has influenced me to write this modified autoconfig “cracking” tool that cracks wifi WEP password from your neighbors, exactly the way shown in xkcd comic number 416: (click for larger view) Here is the tool in action: As you can see there are some state of the art features added [...]