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zip Bomb

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Introduced to zip Bomb      This post is about zip bomb and it's working. You will also get a gist of how petabytes of files are converted into smaller files of kilo or mega bytes. Now I will take you through some things that will really intrigue you. Let's get started straight away.   What's zip bomb?     A zip bomb also known as zip of death or decompression bomb, is a malicious archive file designed to crash or render useless the program or system reading it. It is open employed to disable antivirus software in order to crate opening for traditional types of viruses.   Rather than highjacking the normal operation of a program, the zip bomb allows a program to work as intended, the archive is carefully crafted so that unpacking it i.e if an antivirus scans the zip file for viruses, will require inordinate amount of time, disk space or memory.   But as everything it has certain limitations ofcourse. This zip fil...

USB Stealer

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USB Stealer education purpose only... Windows allows the storage of the passwords, as do modern browsers. While this feature is convenient for users, it has imposed itself as a big security risk among organizations. We know that browsers store most passwords on daily basis, like MSN messenger, Yahoo, Facebook passwords, etc. Most people lack time and ask their browsers to save their passwords. As we know, there are many tools available to recover saved passwords, so in this article I will explain to you how to make aUSB passwordstealer and steal saved passwords. Just to explain the concept, we are going to collect some password stealing tools, tools that are freely available on the internet and capable of stealing the passwords stored in the browsers or other windows files. Then, we create a batch program that will execute these combined programs and store the stolen usernames and passwords in a text file. To further spice up the penetration testing dem...
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Top 10 Common Hacking Techniques You Should Know About Unethical hacking can be called an illegal activity to get unauthorized information by modifying a system’s features and exploiting its loopholes. In this world where most of the things happen online, hacking provides wider opportunities for the hackers to gain unauthorized access to the unclassified information like credit card details, email account details, and other personal information.  So, it is also important to know some of the hacking techniques that are commonly used to get your personal information in an unauthorized way. 10. Keylogger Keylogger is a simple software that records the key sequence and strokes of your keyboard into a log file on your machine. These log files might even contain your personal email IDs and passwords. Keylogger is one of the main reasons why online banking sites give you an option to use their virtual keyboards. 9. Denial of Service (DoS\DDoS) A Denial...