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Welcome to How2Hack Security Group

Welcome to H2H, a site dedicated to the teaching of security techniques that can help you secure your systems against attack, whether it be a webserver, or your home computer. This site is a custom-coded website designed to prevent against attacks, and is helped along with your support. By joining the site and contributing the site by posting in the forums, you can help us last longer, and can help yourself by expanding you knowledge. We specialize in teaching the basics to those that wish to start off hacking, yet provide a place where advanced users can test their skills on the site itself.

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Newest Article:
"The Use Of TrueCrypts System Partition Encryption" by Satal Keto

Newest Challenge:
"Realistic Challenge 3"

Newest Download:
"OSAM: Autorun Manager v4.0 "
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Site News

Do 'I'm on vacation' posts pose security concerns? :: July 2, 2009

Like a lot of people who use social media, Israel Hyman and his wife Noell went on Twitter to share real-time details of a recent trip. Their posts said they were "preparing to head out of town," that they had "another 10 hours of driving ahead," and that they "made it to Kansas City."

While they were on the road, their home in Mesa, Ariz., was burglarized. Hyman has an online video business called IzzyVideo.com, with 2,000 followers on Twitter. He thinks his Twitter updates tipped the burglars off.

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U.S. Objects to China’s Web Filtering :: June 25, 2009
The Obama administration lodged a formal protest on Wednesday with the Chinese government over its plan to force all computers sold in China to come with software that blocks access to certain Web sites. Source
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Anti-Spam System Modified :: June 23, 2009
I've added a bad word filter to the anti-spam system to thwart the spike in spam which has hit the site. From now on if there are any more than two keywords in the post content, the anti-spam system will trip. This may take a while to fine-tune. Let me know if any false positives crop up and I'll tweak the system to prevent them from occurring.
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Militants, 'hacktivists' exploit Web, eye recruits :: June 19, 2009

WASHINGTON Airplane

— Terrorist groups that have long used the Internet to spread propaganda are increasingly tapping the Web to teach Islamic extremists how to be hackers, recruit techies for cyberwarfare and raise money through online fraud, U.S. officials say.

A senior defense official said intelligence reports indicate extremist groups are seeking computer experts, including those capable of breaching government or other sensitive network systems.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence reports about the recruiting, said the extent and success of those recruiting efforts are unclear.

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Jury rules against Minn. woman in download case :: June 19, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS Airplane

— A replay of the nation's only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result — a Minnesota woman was found to have violated music copyrights and must pay huge damages to the recording industry.

A federal jury ruled Thursday that Jammie Thomas-Rasset willfully violated the copyrights on 24 songs, and awarded recording companies $1.92 million, or $80,000 per song.

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Italy, US break up hacking group that may have financed terrorists in Southeast Asia :: June 19, 2009

ROME

— Italian and U.S. authorities have broken up an international group that hacked into long-distance phone lines and may have provided funds to terrorists in Southeast Asia, officials said Monday.

Police conducted raids across Italy on Friday to arrest five Pakistanis linked to a hacking operation in the Philippines. On the same day, Federal authorities in New Jersey charged three people living in the Philippines in connection with the case.

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Microsoft won't fix Windows 7 UAC glitch :: June 18, 2009
The Microsoft blogger who first called attention to a security vulnerability in Windows 7's User Account Control (UAC) feature claims it still exists and that Microsoft won't fix it, even as the company nears final code completion on the OS. Source
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Fake Outlook Re-Configuration Emails Spread New Zbot Variant :: June 18, 2009
Security researchers warn that a new version of Zbot is being propagated through Microsoft Outlook configuration-themed spam campaigns. Moreover, the malware distributors have extended their pool of potential victims by also targeting TheBat! users. Source
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Advanced Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins Under Cyber Attack :: June 18, 2009
The Web site for the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory, which works closely with the military and NASA on research projects, was hit with a cyber attack that officials discovered Sunday and which led them to take down the site until they analyze their computer systems, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Source
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Worm-able Smart Meters Not so Smart :: June 15, 2009

A push by the government and power companies to roll out 'smart meters' on a short deadline could leave up to 52 million U.S. citizens at risk. As Dan Goodin of The Register reports, the proposed meters are "are riddled with security bugs that could bring down the power grid". The risk is more than hypothetical. Security researchers for IOActive have already discovered vulnerabilities in the devices update feature and plan to demonstrate the wormable risk at next month's Black Hat conference.

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