Category Archives: Hacks

Security, Art of Hacking, & the Worst 2014 Security Breaches

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Humair

Security is hot; no doubt about it. Consider the fact that between 2011 and 2013, venture investors put nearly $3 billion into cyber security companies, resulting in new funding for some 300 firms (Source: Thomson Reuters). Worldwide security software revenue … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Hacks, Labs, Linux, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Python, Red Hat Linux Enterprise, Security, Technology, Technology, Tips, Tips & Tricks, Windows | Tagged backdoor, backdoor access, backdoor script, brute-force, cyber security, data breach, DOS, employee negligence, Experion, firewall, firewall misconfiguration, Gartner, Global Cybersecurity Spending, Goodwill industries, Goodwill Industries data breach, Goodwill industries security breach, hacked Linux, hacked pc, hacked target, hacker, hacking, Home Depot, Home Depot data breach, Home Depot security breach, host scanning, JP Morgan, JP Morgan data breach, JP Morgan security breach, linux, malicious code, malware, malware detection software, malware software, malware software detection, Michael Bruemmer, Michaels Data Breach, Michaels security breach, micro-segmentation, microsegmentation, negligence, Neiman Marcus data breach, Neiman Marcus security breach, network security, novice hackers, packet injection, perl, Point-of-sale, Point-of-sale system, Point-of-sale systems, Point-of-sales system, Point-of-sales systems, Ponemon Institute, POS, POS systems, proxy server, Python, Python client, Python hacking, Python hacks, Python server, RedHat, RedHat Linux, RedHat Linux Enterprise, security, security breach, security exploitation, security infrastructure, security perimeter, security software, sensitive information, social engineering, Sony, Sony data breach, Sony security breach, sophisticated hackers, spyware, spyware detection software, spyware software detection, SQL injection, Target, Target data breach, Target security breach, traffic sniffing, trojan, unpatched Windows, unpatched Windows flaw, vi, Visa, windows, Windows flaw | Leave a comment

TechCrunch DISRUPT Europe 2013 Recap and Winners

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Humair

At TechCrunch DISRUPT Europe in Berlin (Oct 25 – 27, 2013), coders, hackers, engineers, and designers from multiple countries spent the last 24 hours to build the best product possible. Top price was $5000 with many other sponsored prizes [tablets, … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Hacks, Tech Events, TechCrunch DISRUPT Europe 2013, Technology, Technology | Tagged A Colorful Gift, coder event, coders, coding event, Crunchbase, DISRUPT 2013, DISRUPT Europe 2013, Foarsquare, Foursquare preCheck-in, hack, hacker event, hacking event, Lufthansa, Mashery, PayMill, TechCruch, TechCruch conference, TechCrunch DISRUPT 2013, TechCrunch DISRUPT Europe 2013, TechCrunch DISRUPT Europe in Berlin, Teleapp, Weather Underground, Xing, Yammer, Zalando | Leave a comment

Blocking Hackers From Accessing Your Switch via Telnet/SSH

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Humair

It’s amazing how much rattling at the doors and attempted intrusions companies become accustomed to seeing on their networks. Here I show a simple way to block telnet/SSH access to your switch. First, you should never use telnet to manage … Continue reading →

Posted in Dell Force10, Force10 Networks, Hacks, Labs, Network Security, Networking, Technology | Tagged access list, access lists, access-llists, block ssh, block telnet, block VTY access, Dell, Dell Force10, extended access list, extended access-lists, Force10 Networks, FTOS, hack, hacker, named access list, named access-lists, port 22, port 23, S0N, SSH, tcp, telnet, VTY, VTY access, VTY line, VTY lines | Leave a comment

How to Transfer Your Putty Settings Between PCs Running Windows

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Humair

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had people ask me how they can export their Putty settings. For those of you who have been completely in the dark for the last decade, Putty is a Telnet and SSH … Continue reading →

Posted in Applications, Hacks, Networking, Operating Systems, Technology, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 | Tagged export putty, export putty settings, export windows putty, export windows putty settings, hack, putty, putty hack, putty hack to export settings, putty windows registry hack, regedit, registry hack, Simon Tathamm, ssh client, telnet client, transfer putty settings, transfer putty settings between computers, transfer putty settings between pcs, windows, Windows 7, windows 7 registry hack, windows regedit, windows registry, windows registry hack | 8 Comments

Screen Scraping with Perl to get the top 25 Websites and the Web Servers they use

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Humair

This was a really fun little script I wrote that I thought I would share with everyone. I basically wrote a Perl script using the popular LWP Perl module to screen scrape and obtain the top 25 sites and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Data Mining, Hacks, Perl, Programming Languages, Technology | Tagged alexa, alexa.com, bot, bots, download webpage, hack, hacking, HTTP, HTTP header, HTTP request, HTTP response, Library for WWW in Perl, libwww-perl, LWP, LWP::Simple, LWP::UserAgent, perl, screen scraping, script, scripts, server, Simple, top 25 websites, UserAgent, web server. web servers. automate | 3 Comments

Facebook Hack – How “shared” is your website on Facebook?

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Humair

In this blog I describe a cool little data mining hack you can use to determine how “shared” a specific website is on Facebook. Let’s say you want to determine how often the “http://www.cnet.com” site has been “shared” on Facebook. … Continue reading →

Posted in Data Mining, Hacks, Social Networking, Technology | Tagged Facebook, Facebook Hack, Facebook Shares, hack, shares, website shares | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Hacks

TechCrunch DISRUPT Europe 2013 Recap and Winners

Blocking Hackers From Accessing Your Switch via Telnet/SSH

How to Transfer Your Putty Settings Between PCs Running Windows

Screen Scraping with Perl to get the top 25 Websites and the Web Servers they use

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