June 15th, 2009 -- Posted in Podcasts, e-life, technology |
Kon-Boot
Kon-Boot is an prototype piece of software which allows to change contents of a linux kernel (and now Windows kernel also!!!) on the fly (while booting). In the current compilation state it allows to log into a linux system as ‘root’ user without typing the correct password or to elevate privileges from current user to root. For Windows systems it allows to enter any password protected profile without any knowledge of the password. It was acctually started as silly project of mine, which was born from my never-ending memory problems 
Secondly it was mainly created for Ubuntu, later i have made few add-ons to cover some other linux distributions. Finally, please consider this is my first linux project so far Entire Kon-Boot was written in pure x86 assembly, using old grandpa-geezer TASM 4.0.
So basically, Kon-Boot enables you to log into any Windows or Linux password protected computer without knowing the password or anything about it.
The tech behind it? Kon-Boot basically latches onto parts of the memory and starts patching parts of the kernel (the Brain!), mainly the parts that have to do with the log-on auth and security. These patches let you logon without a password. Then, the bootkit does it so quickly that it leaves no footprints behind after you leave.
DUDE!
To do this:
Go to the website above and download Kon-Boot, open the zip file, and burn the .iso to a disc. I use ImgBurner because it is fast, easy, and FREE.
Shut down the computer you intend to get on to. When booting up, if it isn’t already set to boot from CD (or flashdrive, or whatever Kon-Boot is on), go into the BIOS and set it. You should see the Kon-Boot splash screen for a few seconds, then the username/password screen will appear with the main username already set if they have it saved. If not you need to know the username ahead of time. Press enter or type in some random characters (it doesn’t really matter) and press enter. You’re in!
Now party, snoop around, and get that file you wanted. Get your flashdrive or CD out, then shut the computer back off like usual.
Protecting yourself:
Password protect your BIOS!
True Crypt your entire harddrive!
May 8th, 2009 -- Posted in Podcasts, e-life, technology |
Want to bypass those nasty restrictions imposed by your corporate or university firewalls? Darren has just the trick with Internet Redirection. Ever wanted to hide secret data inside a photo? Shannon’s show us a neat steganography app. Plus Matt answers your virtualization questions!
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May 5th, 2009 -- Posted in Podcasts, e-life, technology |
How to use Steghide:
Go to this site: http://steghide.sourceforge.net/ and download a copy of Steghide. Extract the zip.
You want to hide a file. First thing you need is a file to hide it in. Choose a file – whether that be a music file, jpeg, word document… whatever – and save it inside the steghide folder, which was extracted from the zip folder. Also, save your file that you want to hide inside that same folder as well.
Open up your command prompt and open the steghide folder directory. Open the steghide.exe file. The last few rows of type will tell you how to embed and extract your hidden file.
Embedding:
Type into the command prompt: ’steghide embed -cf file.jpg (this is your regular file) -ef hiddenfile.txt’ (this is the file you want to hide).
Choose a Passphrase and you’re done! You’ll notice the original photo or music file has changed it’s byte size now that you’ve embedded something inside it.
Extracting:
Type into the command prompt: ’steghide extract -sf file.jpg’ and enter the passphrase. Now, you’ll see the extracted hidden file appear inside the same folder.
Your done! Simple, eh?
April 30th, 2009 -- Posted in Podcasts, e-life, technology |
Darren shows off some nifty tricks for Netcat and a targeted brute force attack dictionary generator. Matt continues his series on Virtualization with redundancy and Shannon pimps the blog with her Wordpress plugin picks. Plus the results of our Monkey Contest, the Code Challenge and this weeks easter egg hunt 
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April 3rd, 2009 -- Posted in Games, News, Podcasts, e-life, technology |
This April 1st we bring you a gem* from the archives. Recently dig’d from a super VHS tape it’s Hak5 episode 507 from 1995. We take a peak at a Windows 95 “chicago” beta build, get our phone phreaking on, and review one of the latest SNES games.
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March 28th, 2009 -- Posted in Podcasts, technology |
In this episode Shannon hacks the Wii and shares her favorite homebrew with us. Matt connects 3CX to the PSTN and Darren sets up a network monkey client in Linux.
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March 18th, 2009 -- Posted in Podcasts, e-life, technology |
This episode was a blast! Although I got sick over the weekend (and I’m still recuperating), I still had a great time putting together a partially improv sketch and helping Darren with his animation. I hop you enjoy it!
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