HACKING TRICKS AND TIPS

Orkut Account Hacking:New XSS found

cracksandhacks — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:12:54 +0000

Orkut is not safe now days.See this profile .

XSS is found in one of the orkut application ‘DOG OF THE DAY‘

You can undersatnd what can happen if I redirect that profile page to any fake page, many people out there on orkut may end up givin their username and passwords on that page.

Anybody with little bit knowledge of HTML can do this, so beware of such scripts and do check the URL before enterin your username and password on orut.

I hope orkut will fix this bug asap.

Cool Computer Tricks

Some GreaseMonkey Scripts for ORKUT users

Password protect your messages with SMS guard

Windows Vista Sidebar For Windows XP

cracksandhacks — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:05:19 +0000

One of the more visible changes of the Windows Vista operating system was the Windows Vista Sidebar which made it possible to put so called gadgets on the Windows.Gadgets are
small applications that can display all kinds of information such as RSS
news feeds, contacts or system information.

Many Windows Vista users like the Windows
Sidebar, others feel that it is to restricted to one part of the screen. Microsoft has already announced that they will change that behavior in Windows 7 so that users can place gadgets wherever they want on the desktop.

It was only a matter of time until someone would port the Windows Vista Sidebar to Windows XP. Joshoon managed to port the real Windows
Sidebar to
Windows XP by making use of Alky For application. You might remember Alky from the time when Windows Vista came out. That was at the same time when Microsoft announced Vista only applications and Alky was supposed to make them compatible with Windows XP (like the games Shadowrun or Halo 2)

The pack includes three different applications that are needed to install, display and maintain the Windows Vista Sidebar in Windows XP. First there is Alky For Applications which can simply be installed. Once that is done the Windows Vista Sidebar can be installed and will be operational afterwards. The pack comes with many gadgets and a tool called Gadget Gallery which can be used to add new gadgets to the sidebar.

Already available gadgets can be added by right-clicking the sidebar and selecting a gadget from the list of installed gadgets. Each gadget can be added by right-clicking it and selecting Add from the context menu.

Even more interesting than this is the ability to download gadgets from the Windows
Vista Gallery site over at Microsoft. It requires some manual work but it’s easily done and works perfectly fine. The gadget needs to be downloaded and unpacked. It comes with the .gadget extension but it can easily be unpacked by most unpackers. Worked fine with 7-zip.

The directory that will be created by unpacking the .gadget file, adding the .gadget extension to the root directory of it and moving it to the Shared Gadgets directory of the sidebar
application.

One interesting feature is the ability to detach a gadget from the sidebar so that it can be moved freely around on the desktop.

The Sidebar requires roughly 20 Megabytes of computer memory when displaying the default three gadgets.

Source:

http://www.brothersoft.com/blog/2008/11/17/windows-vista-sidebar-for-w…

All Keyboard shortcuts in vista

cracksandhacks — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:40:25 +0000

Known thing

+d. Which display’s the desktop.

+e is for Explorer and Windows Key

+r launches the Run dialog box.

+L is switch user or user exit

New Vista Shortcuts

+u activates the Ease of Use Center. (Used for turning ON/OFF Narrator or Magnify).

+t cycles through programs in Taskbar

+Tab activates the new Vista feature called Flip 3-D.New keyboards r having a special key dedicated to this Flip 3-D.This feature is addition to Alt +Tab.

+g switches b/w Gadgets.

+spacebar brings Gadgets to front.

+x cycles thought the Mobility Center.

+a All Programs
F8 to Shutdown computer
F6 to Restart computer
F4 to Log Off

+d Desktop

+e Explorer
+f Search (Find)
+g Gadgets
+l Lock workstation
+m Minimise
+r Run Command (Try with ‘\’ backspace)
+t Quick Launch (Taskbar)
+u Ease of Access Center
+x Mobility Center
+Tab Flip 3-d feature
+Pause / Break key System Tabs

Full list of Vista Shell:Commands

cracksandhacks — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:38:42 +0000

AddNewProgramsFolder
Administrative Tools
AppData
AppUpdatesFolder
Cache
CD Burning
ChangeRemoveProgramsFolder
Common Administrative Tools
Common AppData
Common Desktop
Common Documents
Common Programs
Common Start Menu
Common Startup
Common Templates
CommonDownloads
CommonMusic
CommonPictures
CommonVideo
ConflictFolder
ConnectionsFolder
Contacts
ControlPanelFolder
Cookies
CredentialManager
CryptoKeys
CSCFolder
Default Gadgets
Desktop
Downloads
DpapiKeys
Favorites
Fonts
Gadgets
Games
GameTasks
History
InternetFolder
Links
Local AppData
LocalAppDataLow
LocalizedResourcesDir
MAPIFolder
My Music
My Pictures
My Video
MyComputerFolder
NetHood
NetworkPlacesFolder
OEM Links
Original Images
Personal
PhotoAlbums
Playlists
PrintersFolder
PrintHood
Profile
ProgramFiles
ProgramFilesCommon
ProgramFilesCommonX86
ProgramFilesX86
Programs
Public
PublicGameTasks
Quick Launch
Recent
RecycleBinFolder
ResourceDir
SampleMusic
SamplePictures
SamplePlaylists
SampleVideos
SavedGames
Searches
SendTo
Start Menu
Startup
SyncCenterFolder
SyncResultsFolder
SyncSetupFolder
System
SystemCertificates
SystemX86
Templates
TreePropertiesFolder
UserProfiles
UsersFilesFolder
Windows

Showing Super Hidden Files In Windows Vista

cracksandhacks — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:27:22 +0000

Windows Vista Tips To show Windows Vista “super hidden” files, that is, those files that are normally hidden from the user, you’ll need to accesss the registry editor.

To turn on (or off) super hidden files: (make sure you backup the registry before making changes)

Click the Start Button, type “regedit” (Registry Editor) in the search box, and press Enter
Click Continue to get past the User Account Control hurdle
On the left panel, double-click to navigate to the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
On the right panel, double-click on Superhidden
In the Value Data box, change the value to “1“
Click OK
Exit the Registry Editor
Restart your machine for the changes to take effect

Free vodafone gprs trick

cracksandhacks — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:24:34 +0000

I have been asked by many Vodafone Users to post a Method to get a free GPRS for the Vodafone. Nobody wants to pay for what he/she uses. I am also a Nobody so I was also in trying out all the things to get free GPRS for Vodafone users since I am also a Vodafone User. Finally I have got a Full proof way to get free GPRS for all the Vodafone Users. This method has been tested on different mobiles and has been confirmed to be working. Still if anybody faces any problem please contact me and I will try to solve it as quickly as possible.

Followng are the Settings you require to configure on your Mobile:

Account Name: Vodafone_gprs
Homepage: http://live.vodafone.in
User Name: (no need)
Pass: (no need)

Acess Point Settings:

Proxy: Enabled
Proxy Address: 10.10.1.100
Proxy Port: 9401
Data Bearer: Packet Data

Bearer Settings:

Packet Data Access Point: portalnmms
Network type: IPV4
Authentication: normal
User Name: (no need)
Password: (no need)

*IF that happen this settings is not working then change the proxy port number to:-

Proxy Port: 9401

Change Windows Vista Power Button Setting to shut down

cracksandhacks — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:28:49 +0000

In vista you would find the default action for the power button on the start menu is ‘Sleep’. It simply puts the computer in low power state rather than shutting it all together .But this may not be necessary or useful for everyone .You may want to the system to shut down directly on clicking the power button rather than making it Sleep.To change this setting simply follow the following steps below-

1. click ‘StartControl Panel’

2. In the control panel , double click the ‘Power Options ‘ window.

3. click the ‘Change Plan Settings ‘ link below the Power saver radio button.

4. click the ‘Change Advanced power settings link

5. expand the ‘Power Buttons and lid ‘ setting.

6. Expand the Power button action ‘ and ‘Start menu power button ‘ options .

7. Click ‘Setting’ and select the ‘Shut down’ option from the drop down list .
8. Once done click ‘Ok’

Now your system will get ’shut down’ instead of ‘Sleep’ when you ll press power Button.

Open password protected pdf files

cracksandhacks — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:27:25 +0000

Pdf is one of the most common text formats online. From Ebooks to codes all the available. Reason it’s easy to prevent privacy since once you password protect it no one can copy it. Adobe Acrobat even has settings to prevent underside copying of the file i.e save as text is disabled. But you can use these software to crack open those files .You can remove all restrictions.

Just use any of these fully legal software to do it.None of these are free so if you want full version just do torrent(p2p) download. Let me warn you that cracking open these files is considered illegal so don’t do them unless you have by mistakenly locked your own file.

Top 20 Hacking Tools

cracksandhacks — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:25:16 +0000

These are Top 20 Hacking Tools, the list is exhaustive, this are a few to name.

Nessus

The “Nessus” Project aims to provide to the internet community a free, powerful, up-to-date and easy to use remote security scanner for Linux, BSD, Solaris, and other flavors of Unix.

Ethereal

Ethereal is a free network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows. Ethereal has several powerful features, including a rich display filter language and the ability to view the reconstructed stream of a TCP session.

Snort

Snort is an open source network intrusion detection system capable of performing real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks.

Netcat

Netcat has been dubbed the network swiss army knife. It is a simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using TCP or UDP protocol

TCPdump

TCPdump is the most used network sniffer/analyzer for UNIX.TCPtrace analyzes the dump file format generated by TCPdump and other applications.

Hping

Hping is a command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer, kind of like the “ping” program (but with a lot of extensions).

DNSiff

DNSiff is a collection of tools for network auditing and penetration testing. dsniff, filesnarf, mailsnarf, msgsnarf, urlsnarf, and webspy passively monitor a network for interesting data (passwords, e-mail, files, etc.).

GFI LANguard

GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) automatically scans your entire network, IP by IP, and plays the devil’s advocate alerting you to security vulnerabilities.

Ettercap

>Ettercap is a multipurpose sniffer/interceptor/logger for switched LAN. It supports active and passive dissection of many protocols (even ciphered ones)and includes many feature for network and host analysis.

Nikto

Nikto is an Open Source (GPL) web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against webservers for multiple items, including over 2500 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, versions on over 375 servers, and version specific problems on over 230 servers.

John the Ripper

John the Ripper is a fast password cracker, currently available for many flavors of Unix.

OpenSSH

OpenSSH is a FREE version of the SSH protocol suite of network connectivity tools, which encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other network-level attacks.

TripWire

Tripwire is a tool that can be used for data and program integrity assurance.

Kismet

Kismet is an 802.11 wireless network sniffer – this is different from a normal network sniffer (such as Ethereal or tcpdump) because it separates and identifies different wireless networks in the area.

NetFilter

NetFilter and iptables are the framework inside the Linux 2.4.x kernel which enables packet filtering, network address translation (NAT) and other packetmangling.

IP Filter

IP Filter is a software package that can be used to provide network address translation (NAT) or firewall service

OpenBSD Packet Filter

fport

fport identifys all open TCP/IP and UDP ports and maps them to the owning application.

SAINT

SAINT network vulnerability assessment scanner detects vulnerabilities in your network’s security before they can be exploited.

OpenPGP

OpenPGP is a non-proprietary protocol for encrypting email using public key cryptography. It is based on PGP as originally developed by Phil Zimmermann.

How to create screensaver shortcuts in Vista

cracksandhacks — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:22:29 +0000

Shortcuts in Windows are good,they save time and also are cool.Just think instead of clicking many times,you can accomplish specific tasks in a single click or a single hot key,wouldn’t that increase productivity?

Let us take a look at how to make a shortcut to launch any screensaver in Vista.In Windows,screensavers are having the extension .scr.These files are located in Windows\system32 folder.

If you want a quick look at what kind of .scr files are there,navigate to command prompt ( Start > run > cmd) and type cd /windows/system32.
Once in the system folder,list the scr files with dir *.scr

Suppose,I want to make a shortcut to launch the cool Aurora screensaver directly from my desktop.To do this,I create a shortcut that simply points to that particular .scr file.

To make a new shortcut,right click on desktop (that’s where I want the shortcut) and select New > Shortcut.

The path should be
%systemroot%\system32\Aurora.scr /s

Name the shortcut and it will show up on the desktop.

To see if it is working,simply double click on it and screensaver will launch.

All done.