Posted by, XlogicX on August 28, 2008 at 11:24 pm
A key logger is a device or piece of software or hardware that intercepts and stores strokes of a keyboard. I’ll be focusing on the hardware key loggers. Hardware key loggers do have their disadvantages, though. I felt the benefits definitely outweigh the weaknesses. There are a couple of hardware key loggers out in the market. I’ll discuss one of the more popular ones. I’ll also go over the theory of how they work and how one could be built (if you’re afraid of being “secured” by the “homeland”).
Disadvantages of Hardware Key Logging
Limited Storage: The storage space is one of the first notable limits. With software key logging, the limit is usually the size of the free disk space on the hard drive. The limit of the commercial logger I’ll go over is only 64K. It may sound bad in comparison to all of the huge hard drives out there, but if you think about how much text is required to take up 64K, it’s plenty enough to get accounts and passwords. Also, if you make your own logger, the limit is however much EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) you wish to purchase and are able to address
Visible Detection: If the back of the computer is visible, the logger is pretty simple to see. It looks like an inch long PS/2 adapter. Though it doesn’t look suspicious, it is still visible. One thing I would do to overcome this disadvantage is get a PS/2 extender cable and connect the logger below the computer somewhere out of site.
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Posted by, XlogicX on August 28, 2008 at 11:16 pm
There are a few ways to purchase a product with the price of another. Before I talk about that though, I’ll review the meaning of the bars and numbers on the bar code. After that, I’ll explain tricks like “inking” and the “sticker.”
Review: What bar-space combination will make a meaningful number? For UPC-A, there is about 23 different meaningful characters: 1 start guard, 1 center guard, 1 stop guard, 10 left hand data characters, and 10 right hand data characters. I specify right and left because the code is different on each side. Imagine the data characters as 7-bit binary words; where the 0 is a space, and a 1 is a line.
Notice that all left-hand characters start with a 0 and end with a 1. Also, the right hand side is just the compliment of the left-hand side; so if the bit were a 0 on the left for a certain character, it would be a 1 on the right for the same character. Another thing to notice is that there are two variable width spaces and lines per character, no more, no less.
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Posted by, XlogicX on August 28, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Before I get started, I should specify that this file is not about computer hacking. This file focuses more on physical security and possibly a small amount of social engineering. I would also like to dedicate this file to the MPAA. After having to watch theses pre-preview propaganda clips of greedy movie corporations moaning about how we are stealing virtually un-accountable money from them by downloading their movies, not to add that theses clips are viewed by the people that actually went to the theatre and typically paid for a ticket, not the ones at home watching the download, I’ve then decided to share my tricks on how to enjoy the movies at the theater and pay less. Some of these tricks are well known, and some may not be. I hope that I may teach a few new ideas, or at least motivate people to practice the established techniques some more.
First, I will list some helpful equipment to bring along. Next, I will talk a little bit on foot printing the system. And last, I will get into the methods for discounted and even free movies. Before I get into the equipment, there is one general tip I have that will make you at least twice as successful. It’s one of the oldest social engineering tricks in the book: confidence. Act like you belong, you will rarely be hassled this way, even if they have suspicion that your up to no good, just be confident and act offended that they would even question your justified place at the movies.
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Posted by, XlogicX on August 28, 2008 at 3:32 am
This file contains a partial list of common radio codes. Most of these are the same in the military, but these codes are more rent-a-cop specific. Personally, I would rather mess with fake bacon then the military
10-1 Your transmission is unreadable
10-2 Your transmission is fine
10-3 Emergency
10-4 Your transmission was received
10-6 Change to channel ___
10-7 Out of service
10-8 In service
10-9 Repeat your transmission
10-10 Off duty/End of shift
10-13 Situation normal
10-19 Return to Location ___
10-20 Request for location
10-21 Request for phone call
10-22 Disregard/Cancel last transmission
10-23 Stand-by
10-29 Suspicious person
10-33 Officer needs help/Emergency use only
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Posted by, XlogicX on August 28, 2008 at 3:22 am
Why? I was really bored and curious to see what was beind all of those numbers. The ANI numbers were there, so I wanted to see what other goodies were there as well. Unfortunately, no numbers were as useful as 1-800-555-1140 or 1180, but I did find some interesting numbers.
Consider that not all of these numbers will be the same by the time this is read. The time frame I manually scanned these numbers were from the middle of June to the beginning of July of 2004. All further inacuracies are just me being an idiot or making typos.
Following my rambling is a listing of all the numbers. After that, I formulated some statistics, and the most interesting numbers that I found. Enjoy:
1-800-555-1000 Pilgrim telephone (sexline)
1-800-555-1001 talk-line referal (1-800-424-4400)
1-800-555-1002 reorder
1-800-555-1003 can’t be completed as dialed
1-800-555-1004 can’t be completed as dialed
1-800-555-1005 talk-line referal (1-800-400-8255)
1-800-555-1006 yellow transportation
1-800-555-1007 disconnected
1-800-555-1008 title offices
1-800-555-1009 answering machine (business/personal)
1-800-555-1010 pilgrim telephone (sexline)
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Posted by, XlogicX on August 28, 2008 at 3:18 am
Back when I was in high school I worked at a call center, a job many of us have came across. I’ve done a variety of call center jobs: inbound credit card activation, outbound telemarketing (didn’t last very long), and outbound surveys. Right now I’m back to the call center after years working as a rent-a-cop. I now do tech-support, and I’m reminded of a trick that still works: How to not work a whole shift by using the phone system.
Discovery:
It all started back at the original call center while working with some friends. We had a 30 minute lunch and two normal ten-minute breaks. We also had an extra ten minutes of break that could be used however we wanted. We could take three three-minute 20-second breaks or five two-minute breaks> My good friend noticed a timing pattern in the queue we got after taking a break.
Say we had a 15-minute wait between calls normally. After taking a break, we would be waiting on the phone for just about 15 minutes until we got a call. My friend looked over the supervisor’s monitor and saw that after logging back into the phone, that user would be placed at the bottom of the queue. This doesn’t sound like too big of a deal; most people know that this type of system works this way. It’s only fair that the agent isn’t bombarded with calls right after break. But that’s not how the mind of a hacker things. How could this be used in a way it’s not intended to be used.
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Posted by, XlogicX on August 1, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Our meeting time and location has been added back into magazine. General talk on lock picking given by ThatGuy. Evil1 brought a white paper on advanced SQL injection. Zapperlink has returned. A lengthy discussion occurred in part of our group on how we are more than hackers; a community; a family. Finally, welcome to some new attendees: HalfSight, TerrorDrone, and Jory.
Attendance count: About 20
Posted by, PHLAK on April 4, 2008 at 12:04 am
Posted by, XlogicX on January 4, 2008 at 8:57 pm
OLPC presentation. Much socializing occurred. Box of old hardware for anyone to grab from.
Attendance count: About 15-20
Posted by, XlogicX on July 6, 2007 at 8:51 pm
