Iraqi Hacker Hacks the Official GPGPU Website

A few hours back, when I opened the official GPGPU site, something strange happened. Instead of the usual clean homepage (yeah, i do admire the site) full of resources, I saw this (see image above). A black webpage claiming that some Iraqi hacker named Ahmed Ali has hacked into the official GPGPU website. Initially, i thought, someone is playing a prank on Lan, or it is something on my computer. I went to my friend’s computer and then opened the site from there, and omg! .. this was there too. We immediately googled for GpuGpu and found that the cache was intact. This meant that, the hacker had indeed recently broken into the site.

Trying to get some info about this person, we visited the link suggested by him through proxy, but it seems the webpage doesn’t exist. But in the end it is a sad news for the scientific community at large that a plain hacker could so easily break into such a reputed worldwide forum, tampering the homepage, and perhaps with the sensitive data too.

MIT restrains Students from giving Hacking Talks

CNET News reports,

A federal judge on Saturday granted the Massachusetts transit authority’s request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system.

It seems interesting that MIT is even taking legal steps to prevent its students from indulging in any activities, that might not be in the best interest of the government and the nation at large. While at the same time, “21″ is creating waves throughout the world.

(PS: For those who live in another world, “21″ is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. It is inspired by the true story of five students who changed the game forever.)

Underground Socities Part I – Cult of The Dead Cow

Underground Societies have always attracted people. Being a part of a underground society has traditional been considered to be a privilege – a symbol of status. Herein i begin my daily series on the underground societies in the world. I will try to cover as many as i can, and readers are requested to suggest the societies they want to be included. I begin with the famous ‘Cult of the Dead Cow’.

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cDc’s ASCII cowskull logo

CULT OF THE DEAD COW, also known as cDc or cDc Communications, is a computer hacker and DIY media organization founded in 1984 in Lubbock, Texas. The group maintains a weblog on its site, also titled “CULT OF THE DEAD COW”. New media are released first through the blog, which also features thoughts and opinions of the group’s members.

To further the Cult’s stated goal of “Global Domination Through Media Saturation,” over the years cDc members have granted interviews to major newspapers, print magazines, online news sites, and international television news programs.

The group was formed in June 1984 at the Farm Pac slaughterhouse by Grandmaster Ratte’ (aka Swamp Ratte’), Franken Gibe, and Sid Vicious, three BBS SysOps. The slaughterhouse, a hangout of many Lubbock youth, burned in 1996. (The burned out building was used as a haunted house for several Halloweens after that. In 2001, the grounds surrounding it were converted into the “West Texas Canyon Amphitheater,” which closed in 2004.)

In December 1990, cDc member Drunkfux gave birth to the modern hacker con. HoHoCon, usually held in Houston, Texas, was the first hacker conference which invited the participation of both journalists and law enforcement. In all, dFx hosted five annual HoHoCons.

In 1991, cDc was named “Sassiest Underground Computer Group” by Sassy Magazine. Also in 1991, the group began distributing music in the form of cassette tape albums sold through its post office box. Many of these albums are now available online in their entirety.

October 1994 saw the creation of the cDc’s Usenet newsgroup, alt.fan.cult-dead-cow.^[1] It was thus the first hacking group to have its own Usenet newsgroup. In November of that year, the group claimed responsibility for giving Ronald Reagan Alzheimer’s disease, claiming to have done so in 1986 with a blowgun.^[2]

The cDc declared war on the Church of Scientology in 1995 during the alt.religion.scientology controversy,^[3] stating

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We believe that El Ron Hubbard [sic] is actually none other than Heinrich Himmler of the SS, who fled to Argentina and is now responsible for the stealing of babies from hospitals and raising them as ’super-soldiers’ for the purpose of overthrowing the U.S. Fed. Govt. in a bloody revolution. We fear plans for a ‘Fourth Reich’ to be established on our home soil under the vise-like grip of oppression known as Scientology!

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In 1997, before online distribution of audio files was common, the cDc began distributing original MP3-format music on its website.^[4]

In February 2000, the cDc was the subject of an 11-minute documentary short entitled “Disinformation.” Also in February 2000, cDc member Mudge briefed President Bill Clinton on internet security.

Ethical Hacking Tools

Searching on the net for one hacking tool or another? Here is a list of the the best ethical hacking tools. They are all easily available on the net – u just need to learn how to use them (the ethics and the technique). Extensive research on the tech sites, blogs and forums allows this to be the most comprehensive and complete list ever made in this regard.

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1) IP Address Scanner

2) IP Calculator

3) IP Converter

4) Port Listener

5) Port Scanner

6) Ping

7) NetStat (2 ways)

8.) Trace Route (2 ways)

9) TCP/IP Configuration

10) Online – Offline Checker

11) Resolve Host & IP

12) Time Sync

13) Whois & MX Lookup

14) Connect0r

15) Connection Analysator and protector

16) Net Sender

17) E-mail seeker

18) Net Pager

19) Active and Passive port scanner

20) Spoofer

21) Hack Trapper

22) HTTP flooder (DoS)

23) Mass Website Visiter

24) Advanced Port Scanner

25) Trojan Hunter (Multi IP)

26) Port Connecter Tool

27) Advanced Spoofer

28) Advanced Anonymous E-mailer

29) Simple Anonymous E-mailer

30) Anonymous E-mailer with Attachment Support

31) Mass E-mailer

32) E-mail Bomber

33) E-mail Spoofer

34) Simple Port Scanner (fast)

35) Advanced Netstat Monitoring

36) X Pinger

37) Web Page Scanner

38) Fast Port Scanner

39) Deep Port Scanner

40) Fastest Host Scanner (UDP)

41) Get Header

42) Open Port Scanner

43) Multi Port Scanner

44) HTTP scanner (Open port 80 subnet scanner)

45) Multi Ping for Cisco Routers

46) TCP Packet Sniffer

47) UDP flooder

48) Resolve and Ping

49) Multi IP ping

50) File Dependency Sniffer

51) EXE-joiner (bind 2 files)

52) Encrypter

53) Advanced Encryption

54) File Difference Engine

55) File Comparasion

56) Mass File Renamer

57) Add Bytes to EXE

58) Variable Encryption

59) Simple File Encryption

60) ASCII to Binary (and Binary to ASCII)

61) Enigma

62) Password Unmasker

63) Credit Card Number Validate and Generate

64) Create Local HTTP Server

65) eXtreme UDP Flooder

66) Web Server Scanner
67) Force Reboot

68) Webpage Info Seeker

69) Bouncer

70) Advanced Packet Sniffer

71) IRC server creater

72) Connection Tester

73) Fake Mail Sender

74) Bandwidth Monitor

75) Remote Desktop Protocol Scanner

76) MX Query

77) Messenger Packet Sniffer

78) API Spy

79) DHCP Restart

80) File Merger

81) E-mail Extractor (crawler / harvester bot)

82) Open FTP Scanner

83) Advanced System Locker

84) Advanced System Information

85) CPU Monitor

86) Windows Startup Manager

87) Process Checker

88) IP String Collecter

89) Mass Auto-Emailer (Database mailer; Spammer)

90) Central Server (Base Server; Echo Server; Time
Server; Telnet Server; HTTP Server; FTP Server)

91) Fishing Port Scanner (with named ports)

92) Mouse Record / Play Automation (Macro Tool)

93) Internet / LAN Messenger Chat (Server + Client)

94) Timer Shutdown/Restart/Log Off/Hibernate/Suspend/
Control

95) Hash MD5 Checker

96) Port Connect – Listen tool

97) Internet MAC Address Scanner (Multiple IP)

98) Connection Manager / Monitor

99) Direct Peer Connecter (Send/Receive files + chat)

100) Force Application Termination (against Viruses and
Spyware)

101) Easy and Fast Screenshot Maker (also Web Hex Color
Picker)

102) COM Detect and Test

103) Create Virtual Drives

104) URL Encoder

105) WEP/WPA Key Generator

106) Sniffer.NET

107) File Shredder

108) Local Access Enumerater

109) Steganographer (Art of hiding secret data in
pictures)

110) Subnet Calculater

111) Domain to IP (DNS)

112) Get SNMP Variables

113) Internet Explorer Password Revealer

114) Advanced Multi Port Scanner

115) Port Identification List (+port scanner)

116) Get Quick Net Info

117) Get Remote MAC Address
118) Share Add

119) Net Wanderer

120) WhoIs Console

121) Cookies Analyser

122) Hide Secret Data In Files

123) Packet Generator

124) Secure File Splitting

125) My File Protection (Password Protect Files, File
Injections)

126) Dynamic Switch Port Mapper

127) Internet Logger (Log URL)

128) Get Whois Servers

129) File Split&Merge

130) Hide Drive

131) Extract E-mails from Documents

132) Net Tools Mini (Client/Server, Scan, ICMP, Net
Statistics, Interactive, Raw Packets, DNS, Whois, ARP,
Computer’s IP, Wake On LAN)

133) Hook Spy

134) Software Uninstaller

135) Tweak & Clean XP

136) Steganographic Random Byte Encryption

137) NetTools Notepad (encrypt your sensitive data)

138) File Encrypter/Decrypter

139) Quick Proxy Server

140) Connection Redirector (HTTP, IRC, … All protocols
supported)

141) Local E-mail Extractor

142) Recursive E-mail Extractor

143) Outlook Express E-mail Extractor

144) Telnet Client

145) Fast Ip Catcher

146) Monitor Host IP

147) FreeMAC (MAC Address Editor)

148) QuickFTP Server (+user accounts support)

149) NetTools Macro Recorder/Player (Keybord and Mouse
Hook)

150) Network Protocol Analyzer

151) Steganographic Tools (Picture, Sounds, ZIP
Compression and Misc Methods)

152) WebMirror (Website Ripper)

153) Extra Tools (nmap console & win32 version)

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