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Building a Cyberdeck

D10D3 — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 20:10:00 +0000

Note from D10D3: What follows is a detailed description of a custom hardware project I did awhile back. I previously posted a simple how-to on another site but I’ve had a lot of questions about how this was done, so I decided to write a more detailed account of the project. It’s a little rambly but I […]

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Mr. Robot

D1G1TVL — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 08:01:00 +0000

MR. ROBOT Mr Robot follows Elliot (Rami Malek, “The Pacific”), a young programmer who works as a cyber-security engineer by day and as a vigilante hacker by night. Elliot finds himself at a crossroads when the mysterious leader (Christian Slater, “The Adderall Diaries”) of an underground hacker group recruits him to destroy the firm he […]

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DIY Wearables: System Complete

D10D3 — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:03:00 +0000

Putting it all together This is the third article in my DIY Wearables series. Given the small size and large power of today’s devices, you don’t need to wait on the big tech companies to make a wearable computer you can afford. These creations may be a bit kludgy, but if you want to experiment with […]

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Hacking – Chapter 4 – Create your own virtualized hacking environment

Active Wirehead — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:32:29 +0000

Tomorrow’s victory is today’s practice. Netrunner, After these 3 first chapters ( Have a look here: Netrunner/ITKnowledge/Security), it is time to start and create your own virtualized hacking environment. Just put the first bricks. Later we will use this new environment. What do I need to create my own hacking environment? Because you don’t want to […]

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Hacking – Chapter 3 – Phases of hacking

Active Wirehead — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 04:55:22 +0000

Hacking – Chapter 3 – Phases of hacking The process could be divided in five distinct phases. There are different models but this one is a common one. White, black or grey hackers use the equivalent process. Forget intentions. Here we’ll focus on the method. It is also important to understand the sequence of phases. Indeed, […]

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Hacking – Chapter 2 – Skills

Active Wirehead — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:12:58 +0000

Being able to break security doesn’t make you a hacker anymore than being able to hotwire cars makes you an automotive engineer. Eric Raymond After a brief introduction in the first post ”what is a hacker?” we will focus on the different skills a Computer Hacker should have. Hacking – Chapter 2 – Skills […]

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Hacking – Chapter 1 – What is a hacker?

Active Wirehead — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 05:58:37 +0000

This is our world now… the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn’t run by profiteering gluttons, and you call us criminals. We explore… and you call us criminals. We seek after […]

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