In the beginning there was dial-up, and it was slow; then came broadband in the form of cable, which redefined how we access the internet, share information, and communicate with each other online. Hacking the Cable Modem goes inside the device that makes Internet via cable possible and, along the way, reveals secrets of many popular cable modems, including products from Motorola, RCA, WebSTAR, D-Link and more.
Inside Hacking The Cable Modem, you'll learn:
# the history of cable modem hacking
# how a cable modem works
# the importance of firmware (including multiple ways to install new firmware)
# how to unblock network ports and unlock hidden features
# how to hack and modify your cable modem
# what uncapping is and how it makes cable modems upload and download faster
Written for people at all skill levels, the book features step-by-step tutorials with easy to follow diagrams, source code examples, hardware schematics, links to software (exclusive to this book!), and previously unreleased cable modem hacks.
Password:
warezspark.org
Search engines for large collections of data preceded the World Wide Web by decades. There were those massive library catalogs, hand-typed with painstaking precision on index cards and eventually, to varying degrees, automated. There were the large data collections of professional information companies such as Dialog and LexisNexis. Then there are the extant private, expensive medical, real estate, and legal search services.
Those data collections were not always easy to search, but with a little finesse and a lot of patience, it was always possible to search them thoroughly. Information was grouped according to established ontologies, the data preformatted according to particular guidelines...
Information on the Webas anyone who has ever looked at half a dozen web pages knowsis not all formatted the same way. Nor is it necessarily accurate. Nor up to date. Nor spellchecked. Nonetheless, search engines cropped up, trying to make sense of the rapidly increasing index of information online. Eventually, special syntaxes were added for searching common parts of the average web page (such as title or URL). Search engines evolved rapidly, trying to encompass all the nuances of the billions of documents online, and they continue to evolve today.
Google™ threw its hat into the ring in 1998. The second incarnation of a search engine service known as BackRub, the name Google was a play on the word googol: a one followed by a hundred zeros. From the beginning, Google was different from the other major search engines onlineAltaVista, Excite, HotBot, and others. Was it the technology? Partially. The relevance of Google's search results was outstanding. But more than that, Google's focus and more human face made it stand out online.
With its friendly presentation and constantly expanding set of options, it's no surprise that Google continues to draw lots of fans. There are blogs devoted to it. Search engine newsletters, such as ResearchBuzz, spend a lot of time covering Google. Legions of devoted fans spend a lot of time uncovering undocumented features, creating games (such as Google whacking), and even coining new words (such as Googling, the practice of checking out a prospective date or hire via Google's search engine). People Google prospective employers and blind dates, goods and services, school reports and movie reviews, facts and fiction, fun and profit.
At the time of this writing, Google is reaching out further with many more products that achieve its stated mission to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." Not only is Google organizing public information on the Web with Google Search offerings, books by Google Print, and geographic information with Google Maps, but it is also organizing our personal information with products such as Google Desktop, Gmail, and the recently announced Google Calendar.
Google has changed the way people and computers alike approach information....
Welcome to Hacking Gmail. Thanks for buying this book. If you haven’t bought it, you should. It’s very good, and once you buy it you can stop loitering around the bookstore stacks. Go on: Buy it, sit down, have a coffee. See? Comfier isn’t it? Ah. Hacking Gmail. It’s a manly hobby, and this book will tell you how. Sorry? What’s Gmail, you ask? Well, let me tell you . . .
March 31, 2004. A watershed in human history. Google’s web-based e-mail service, still now at the time of this writing in Beta, and available only to people invited by other existing users, was launched. Offering a gigabyte of storage, an incredibly advanced JavaScript interface, and a series of user interface innovations, Gmail was an instant hit among those who could get access to the system.Today, more than a year later, Gmail is proving to be one of the flagship applications on the web—a truly rich application within the browser, combined with the serverbased power of the world’s leading search engine.
Of course, all that power just begs to be abused. Power corrupts, as they say, and hackers are nothing but a corrupt bunch: Almost as soon as Gmail was launched, hackers were looking at ways to use those capabilities for other purposes. They investigated the incredibly rich interface, and saw how much of the processing is done on the user’s own machine; they burrowed into the communication between the browser and the server; and they developed a series of interfaces for scripting languages to allow you to control Gmail from your own programs. This book shows what they did, how to do it yourself, and what to do after you’ve mastered the techniques. Meanwhile, you’ll also learn all about Ajax, the terribly fashionable JavaScript technique that Gmail brought into the mainstream.Two topics for the price of one!
Concentrating on Linux installation, tuning, and administration, this guide to protecting systems from security attacks
demonstrates how to install Linux so that it is tuned for the highest security and best performance, how to scan the network and encrypt the traffic for securing all private traffics in a public network, and how to monitor and log the system to detect potential security problems.
Backup and recovery policies that provide a structure for secure operations are also considered, and information related to configuring an Apache server, e-mail service, and the Internet gateway using a proxy server, an FTP server, DSN server for mapping DNS names to IP addresses, and firewall for system protection is provided.
David Litchfield, Chris Anley, John Heasman , Bill Grindlay, "The Database Hacker's Handbook: Defending Database Servers"
Wiley | 2005 | ISBN: 0764578014 | 500 pages | CHM | 1,1 MB
Databases are the nerve center of our economy. Every piece of your personal information is stored there-medical records, bank accounts, employment history, pensions, car registrations, even your children's grades and what groceries you buy. Database attacks are potentially crippling-and relentless.
In this essential follow-up to The Shellcoder's Handbook, four of the world's top security experts teach you to break into and defend the seven most popular database servers. You'll learn how to identify vulnerabilities, how attacks are carried out, and how to stop the carnage. The bad guys already know all this. You need to know it too.
* Identify and plug the new holes in Oracle and Microsoft(r) SQL Server
* Learn the best defenses for IBM's DB2(r), PostgreSQL, Sybase ASE, and MySQL(r) servers
* Discover how buffer overflow exploitation, privilege escalation through SQL, stored procedure or trigger abuse, and SQL injection enable hacker access
* Recognize vulnerabilities peculiar to each database
* Find out what the attackers already know
Johnny Cache, Vincent Liu, "Hacking Exposed Wireless: Wireless Security Secrets & Solutions"
McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | 2007 | ISBN: 0072262583 | 386 pages | CHM | 12,2 MB
Secure Your Wireless Networks the Hacking Exposed Way
Defend against the latest pervasive and devastating wireless attacks using the tactical security information contained in this comprehensive volume. Hacking Exposed Wireless reveals how hackers zero in on susceptible networks and peripherals, gain access, and execute debilitating attacks. Find out how to plug security holes in Wi-Fi/802.11 and Bluetooth systems and devices. You'll also learn how to launch wireless exploits from Metasploit, employ bulletproof authentication and encryption, and sidestep insecure wireless hotspots. The book includes vital details on new, previously unpublished attacks alongside real-world countermeasures.
Understand the concepts behind RF electronics, Wi-Fi/802.11, and Bluetooth
Find out how hackers use NetStumbler, WiSPY, Kismet, KisMAC, and AiroPeek to target vulnerable wireless networks
Defend against WEP key brute-force, aircrack, and traffic injection hacks
Crack WEP at new speeds using Field Programmable Gate Arrays or your spare PS3 CPU cycles
Prevent rogue AP and certificate authentication attacks
Perform packet injection from Linux
Launch DoS attacks using device driver-independent tools
Exploit wireless device drivers using the Metasploit 3.0 Framework
Identify and avoid malicious hotspots
Deploy WPA/802.11i authentication and encryption using PEAP, FreeRADIUS, and WPA pre-shared keys
