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Microsoft has had a pretty bad wrap with their Xbox 360 gaming console. Right from the start, the console has...

OpenVPN is the open-source VPN (Virtual Private Network) client, used over the PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol). It allows...

GRUB, or the GRand Unified Bootloader, is a program that installs to your Master Boot Record and controls what operating...

Archiving and compression is a great way to store and prepare files for sending. You can reduce the size of...

Last week's Community Byte we got off to a great start! We had a few people build our IRC bot,...

Our first Community Byte went well! We had around 8 people in the room coding collaboratively and watching to learn....

Welcome to part three in a series about steganography, the art of hiding things in plain sight. We are practicing...

Welcome to part two in a series about steganography, the art of hiding things in plain sight. We are practicing...

This is the first of a multi-part series on steganography techniques. Steganography, the art of hiding things in plain sight,...

In Linux, all password hashes are normally stored using the MD5 hashing algorithm in the /etc/shadow file, but MD5 is...

eBooks are an amazing thing, especially with Amazon's Kindle. What's irrtating about eBooks as that you have an infinite selection...

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF, pronounce "sea-surf") is a common web exploit. However, for unknown reasons it's not used very often....

Leaving your wireless router at its default settings is a bad idea. The sad thing is, most people still do...

Your IP (Internet Protocol) address is your unique ID on the internet. It's synonymous with your home address. Anyone in...

Beginning this week, Null Byte will be hosting a new feature called Community Byte, a weekly coding and hacking session...

You may have asked yourself, "How do hackers take my password, if the website owner can't?" The answer is simple....

XSS stands for cross-site scripting, which is a form of web-based exploitation that uses client-side vulnerabilities in a web page...

JavaScript is one of the main programming languages that the Web is built on. It talks directly to your browser...

Why Have a Firewall?A firewalls main purpose is to filter ports. But what are ports?Certain applications run on specific ports...

A proxy is a server that lets a client to connect to it and forward its traffic. This enables a...

Lockpicking is a skill that takes years upon years to master. Locks come in all sorts of shapes and sizes,...

One of the main reasons I was held back from fully switching over to Linux was the fact that media...

Sharing a laptop's wireless Internet connection with other computers connected to its Ethernet port is a great skill to know....

Linux can have the most beautiful interface in the world, because it is simply what you make of it. You...

Often times when staying at a hotel or anywhere for that matter, you'll whip out your laptop and check the...

I've previously mentioned how saving browser passwords is a bad idea, but I never went into much detail as to...

The internet is a scary place, and if you're like me, you don't want anyone tracking you or learning your...

Something that can shy a user away from making the switch to Linux is not having the option to go...

Bitcoin is a new currency built off "Satoshi Nakamoto's" (alias) 2008 Bitcoin white-paper. Bitcoin provides its users with a way...

SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer. It's an encryption standard used on most sites' login pages to avoid their users'...

SSH is what is referred to as the Secure SHell protocol. SSH allows you to do a plethora of great...

Welcome to the second Null Byte in a series educating you on Social Engineering awareness and techniques. Today, I'm going...

I have had a lot of people ask me, "How does my neighbor keep getting into my wireless?!". Chances are,...

In this Null Byte, we are going to be installing Packet Injection capable drivers in Linux. These are the open-source...

What is Social Engineering?Social Engineering is the art of hacking humans. It's when a person is manipulated into doing something...

In this Null Byte, I'm going to teach you about Null Byte Injections. Null Bytes are an older exploit. It...

You'll see a lot of Linux action going down here at Null Byte. We use Linux for hacking-related stuff because...

Like the recent XSS 0day exploit found in the Mac and Windows versions of Skype, a similar one has been...

This Null Byte is a doozey. On Sunday, September 19th, an exploit for the latest Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion"...

If you're interested in bypassing Windows and Linux passwords, there is a great tool from the good people at Kryptoslogic....

PacketStorm member Ben Schmidt has found dozens of 0day's in Multiple WordPress plugins.Just another reminder to look over code yourself,...