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Hi guys, I don't know how many of you have heard about CTF contests. Basically those are contests organized by different entities (Universities, Google, Facebook, Mozila, etc.) containing problems that mainly require security knowledge (web hacking, reverse engineering, writing shellcode for different architectures [to exploit buffer overflows, use after free, etc]. There is a global ranking here http://ctftime.org/ that sums together all CTFs by difficulty and number of teams that played and other factors too. I am part of a team that used to be a top 10 one 2 years ago, then we stopped playing, some had too much work, some moved to other teams as we were…

Hello all does any body have a complete book about OllyDbg ?! I found just this amazon book for OllyDbg but I Can`t find PDF version any where https://www.amazon.co.uk/OllyDbg-Ronald-Cohn-Jesse-Russell/dp/B007MHOLZY please if there is any book about OllyDbg let me know thanks in advance

Hello ppl. The title says it all. What are your beliefs about scene? Many says that is dying. Please share your opinions.

Hi guys, so I have two questions about Windows 7 and maybe you can help.First I wanna know whether there is any method to start offten used apps quickly?So I mean it does differ on Win 7 to start apps so it seems to be randomly so sometimes it starts quick and then it will take a longer time etc.So I would like to start some apps just fast without longer loading times because of any reason.Can I give any app more memory somewhere or else etc so could this help? Next question: So I see that the Win 7 explorer has no icon bar anymore where I could handle files quickly just by button click.So I do miss the delete icon very much.No idea why there are no icons anymor…

Hi guys, today I have a new question and need some infos to find something useful what I could use. Maybe you know the problem,you do surf on internet and you find any file / video on any sources you wanna download.I notice that there are some or more sources / hosts who try to deny a download with full speed and you got just some KB/s what really sucks and if you know me then you know I don't like limits.In the past I have seen that problem too already and tried some different donwloader tools who have a feature called "accelerator" and in some cases it really works and I could download files with 100 % speed of my internet connection instead of some KB/s like …

Hi guys, so I play with the thought to buy & use a moddern OS instead using XP anymore.Now I am not really up to date about all new OS and what I should choose etc and looking for some infos & advices what I should know. - On the Net I found for example Windows 7 Fullversions with many diffrent prices starting with 20 Euro - 200 Euro.So is that 20 Euro version ok or are there any hidden hooks I can't see yet?Or should I better choose Windows 10?Found that for 50 Euro.I see that Win 7 will only updated till 2020. - Now if I choose any new OS then I would like to pick a 64 bit version.I checked my PC with a tool what can check this and I got this resu…

https://blog.lastpass.com/2016/07/lastpass-security-updates.html/ Ted.

What is the best Hash Decrypter Softwares? What is the best archive password cracker softwares (.rar , .zip)?

Okay i just need some info from you guys i am using VS 2012 for coding in Visual Basic What you guys suggest should i upgrade to VS 2015 latest at the moment size hungry ? What will be pro cons if anybody knws? Same thing is with eclipse n android studio ,i prefer eclipse though google doesnot support eclipse anymore but with sdk updated everything cool with eclipse,while Android Studio results in nice features n designs but size hungry. Anyway only asking for VS not eclipse,i knw better in that case.

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Full article here. "The UK Government's Digital Economy Bill, which is set to revamp current copyright legislation, has been introduced in Parliament. One of the most controversial changes is the increased maximum sentences for online copyright infringement. Despite public protest, the bill increased the maximum prison term five-fold, from two to ten years. “The Government believes that a maximum sentence of 10 years allows the courts to apply an appropriate sentence to reflect the scale of the offending,” the Government explained previously, adding that the maximum sentence will only be applied in rare cases. This means that casual file-sharers are …

Hi, I consider buying win10 and using it as a primary OS, and for reversing. There has been a lot of rant about privacy issues, forced updates, windows itself enabling user disabled reporting options..... I wonder if it's worth of buying. Is it even good idea to use legal win10 for reversing when noone knows for sure what actually is collected and send to MS? Anybody here using legal version of Win10?

Hello, What is the style for 2016 and onward of where all the real crackers,5% real hackers,c0ders,etc hang out??????????????????? meaning the old style of where you look up text, http://csdb.dk/release/?id=29609 http://textfiles.com/ keygenmusic.net etc you know, that old asci art style.. but now its all

I had rar file with password. the problem is that the password is in this kind of form: Sorry for my stupidity. Thx.

Russia lawmakers pass sweeping spying law that requires encryption backdoors, call surveillance Read it here. Wonder what will happen !

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/money/microsoft-readies-windows-10-update-answers-critics/ar-AAhLHNl cheers all B

Here you can find a detailed guide to configure settings on your computer so that windows apps and windows components especially on windows 10 will not connect to Microsoft Services. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/manage/manage-connections-from-windows-operating-system-components-to-microsoft-services

Who's up for some white-hat research? Official announcement: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2016/06/07/microsoft-bounty-program-expansion-net-core-and-asp-net-rc2-beta-bounty/ Full terms: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/mt574248 @moderators: please feel free to move to more appropriate section.

well today several MS updates popped up...if you intend on sticking to win7 keep an eye out for sum updates..(check out the thread on page 2 with the link to updates to avoid for win10 crap) watchout for this one KB3159398 it seems to screw up things if your on win7 more info here https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e2ebead9-b30d-4789-a151-5c7783dbbe34/patch-tuesday-kb3159398?forum=winserverGP just a heads up cheers all B

Have the RCE communities migrated to some socia-lame-dia platform or something? Where does everyone meet up these days...or does everyone have like one of those job things or something? Most of the forums are like ghost towns of late (no offense to anyone). Thanks.

Hi Does anyone have the password for https://tuts4you.com/download.php?view.3554

All that glitters is not gold. Well, artificial intelligence is actually gold. Alas, it seems like it won't glitter in this era. A nice article by Kaspersky: https://eugene.kaspersky.com/2016/06/07/artificial-intelligence-artificial-truth-here-and-now/

Hi Does anyone here have an account on What.CD ? and can send me an invite, Regards

Hello, I have been introduced to reverse engineering lately.I am fascinated by it and the history that lies behind it , all the teams,sites and the community in general.I've noticed that the community is not as alive as it used to be.I've hears stories by the people who introduced me(who are not part of the community anymore because they've retired years ago) that, the RE scene was a huge community back in the day,with dozens teams and active IRCs.What happened to all those people?Is the community still alive?Are there any teams out there?According to web archive site the SeeknDestroy's website went down in july 2015 , as a result of the shutdown of astalavista.ms si…

Any laptop like the Ubuntu solar panel? has solar panel? any what ways to get laptops like this? without the need for plugs. ty