Did you forget your hardware-based password and now you’re locked out? If it’s an IBM ThinkPad you may be in luck but it involves a bit more than just removing the backup battery. SoDoItYourself has an article detailing the retrieval of password data from an EEPROM.
The process is a fun one. Disassemble your laptop. Build a serial interface and solder it to the EEPROM chip where the password is stored. Connect this interface to a second computer and use it to dump the data into a file. Download a special program to decipher the dump file and dig…
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Steal the administrator password from an EEPROM
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Firefox master password recovery tool
It’s great in this day and age that browsers can remember our passwords for us, allowing us cross-site security without the hassle of memorizing a million different random passwords. It’s great, that is, until we forget our master password. Fret not, though; there is a solution. The folks over at Lifehacker show us how to use FireMaster to recover forgotten or misplaced Firefox master passwords. Perhaps a better solution is to just store those tricky passwords where nobody will find them.
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Recover from a Corrupted Registry in Windows XP
When Will This Recovery Work?You’ll want to use the steps on this page to recover from a corrupted registry when you have already tried other options such as System Restore and you receive a message similar to one of the following when you try to boot your computer with Windows XP. * Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM * Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE * Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or its log or…
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How to Remove Content Advisor Password in Internet Explorer
How to Remove Content Advisor Password in Internet ExplorerThe following steps will remove any password set in the Internet Explorer Content Advisor and allow you to reset the program to its original state.1) Click on Start and choose Run.2) Type in RegEdit and select OK.3) Now click on the little plus sign to the left of H_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.4) Continue to drill down, always clicking on the plus sign at the left of the named key, through Software, Microsoft, Windows, Current Version and Policies.5) Now click on the Ratings folder. 6) In the right pane of the RegEdit window, you’ll see…
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how to share files on twitter
Twitter, a microblogging service has grown into a real-time short messaging service that works over multiple networks and devices. Today I’ve a great service to share with you all called TweetAFile. With TweetaFile you can easily send pictures, videos, documents to your followers.How to use this serviceFirst visit TweetAFile and log in with your Twitter username and password and then click on Browse and select your file that you want to send to your followers and click on Upload File.
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WordPress 2.8.3 Remote Admin Password Reset Vulnerability
Researchers are sounding the alarm for a serious administrator password-reset vulnerability affecting the latest version of WordPress, the popular open-source blog publishing platform. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to compromise the admin account of any wordpress/wordpress-mu 2.8.3 and older.
The flaw, which can be exploited via the browser, gives an attacker a trivial way to compromise the admin account of any WordPress of WordPress MU (multiple user) installation.
The attack uses an ability of PHP to not only set values on variables, but also make them arrays. Basically a GET request can add data like: http://www.example.com?data
PHP takes…
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Hackers launch phishing attack on Facebook and Orkut users
We request all Orkut and other Social Networking websites users to beware of phishing websites. Most of the Black Hat Hackers are hacking Orkut account by creating Fake Login page. If you enter your Username and Password on those website, you will loose you account and then they can easily misuse your confidential information.
How Hackers Hack Orkut Accounts
Phishing Attacks : The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. The e-mail…
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Dr.Web CureIt 5.00.4.05282
Easy to use FREE curing utility to clean your computer infected with viruses and various unwanted codes by the Dr Web Anti virus updated once or several times an hour Dr Web CureIt is a FREE anti virus and anti spyware utility based on Dr Web Anti virus scanner which will help you quickly scan and cure if necessary a computer operated by MS Windows 95OSR2 98 Me NT 4 0 2000 XP 2003 Vista without installation of the Dr Web Anti virus The utility contains the most up to date add ons to the Dr Web virus databases going…
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Crack WEP using BackTrack
Lifehacker wrote a guide for cracking a WiFi network’s WEP password using BackTrack. BackTrack is a Linux live CD used for security testing and comes with the tools needed to break WEP. Not just any wireless card will work for this; you need one that supports packet injection. The crack works by collecting legitimate packets then replaying them several times in order to generate data. They point out that this method can be hit-or-miss, especially if there are few other users on the network, as the crack requires authenticated packets. We covered cracking WEP before, but using BackTrack should…
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Maxthon 2.5.2.7058 Final
The Maxthon Browser application was designed to be a powerful tabbed browser built for all users Besides basic browsing functionality Maxthon Browser provides a rich set of features to improve your surfing experience in This Release Interface middot Added icon for http document middot Changed default browser setting dialogCore middot Fixed addon installation problem while boss key is activated middot Fixed some default browser setting problems middot Fixed some flash full screen problems middot Fixed some problems which may crash kernelbase dll middot Fixed password input problem of certain bank sites nbsp
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Coppermine Photo Gallery
Coppermine is a multi-purpose fully-featured and integrated web picture gallery script written in PHP using GD or ImageMagick as image library with a MySQL backend.
Coppermine is a photo gallery which I run on my website. I just installed it, used it, found it good, and so here is the post! It is a very flexible and compact photo gallery. It has notable features such as batch upload, forum integration, album categorization and more. It also comes with a easy installer to make life easier for the users.
It has multi lingual support and also features e-cards. Pictures can be…
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Link Up Facebook With Google, Yahoo or MySpace Account For Auto-Login
Having many login IDs and passwords is encouraged in terms of security but it might not be a good approach for absent minded people. Nowadays, users have accounts in Youtube, Facebook, Yahoo, Google, etc. and this can translate into a huge hassle if users were to check each account every day. Having to log in to the account with the right user name, and remembering the corresponding password can lead to mishaps especially if users are not using their own laptops or desktops with pre-saved names and passwords. For easy and quick login, the social networking website, Facebook, now…
