All you hackers out there that can actually hack, I got a question for ya! When you sit down, and are about to start hacking away at whatever, what gets you in and keeps you in the “hacking mode”? You know that place you get into where you have full concentration on the task before you and nothing can get in the way of you and the final outcome. Let me give you a personal example. When I sit back at my butt wrenching computer chair and am about to start kickin’ computer ass, I require a few things… here’s my list:

This Episode looks at this weeks hacker news and discusses the hacking process.

 

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This Episode looks at this weeks hacker news and discusses DoS/DDoS attacks.

 

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While there are sophisticated encrypting programs, there are also those that are used by almost anyone provided that the users know what symbols are being used. Geeks and even non-geeks can hide messages using substitutes for the English alphabet. This symbolic writing is known in technical communities as leet speak or 1337.

Scenario: Spencer was having a terrible day. His girlfriend broke up with him and kicked him out of her apartment. He didn’t think that it could get any worse, after all, he could try to get over her by watching the beautiful, HIV infected women on his favorite late night website. He knew that no matter how depressed he got…. there was NOTHING that couldn’t be fixed by titties. But his night got worse when he realized that the website was shut down forever, and he had no backup to fall on!

How to hack. It’s a very often asked question with around 1,000,000 Google searches each month. I know that anyone that runs a hacking related website get’s asked this question daily. After searching the internet for a decent answer to this question, I found none, so I decided to answer it on my own once and for all.