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Hak5 – Technolust since 2005 Hak5 - Technolust since 2005 » Trust Your Technolust. Open Security Training - Security and Hacking Tools. Cain & Abel - A useful hacking tool. By admin on Oct 16, 2007 in freebies, hacking This is the tool I used sometimes to recover passwords that I have forgotten. I do not encourage hacking. This tool is actually considered a backdoor sometimes by some of the security software in the market. Personally I think it is useful, but people tend to abuse it.

Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. Cain & Abel has been developed in the hope that it will be useful for network administrators, teachers, security consultants/professionals, forensic staff, security software vendors, professional penetration tester and everyone else that plans to use it for ethical reasons. The tool is divided into 2, namely Cain, and Abel. Cain’s features Protected Storage Password Manager Reveals locally stored passwords of Outlook, Outlook Express, Outlook Express Identities, Outlook 2002, Internet Explorer and MSN Explorer. Abel features Remote Console Provides a remote system shell on the remote machine.

How to Turn Your PlayStation 3 Into a Linux PC. (Photograph by Jeffrey Westbrook/Studio D) The Cell processor inside Sony's PlayStation 3 is a powerhouse that lets the gaming console render highly detailed graphics at blistering speed. That same chip gives the PS3 all the processing muscle it needs to become a fully functional computer. When we first heard this was possible, we were sure the procedure had to be illegal, or that it would at least void the warranty. But as it turns out, this is that rarest of finds in consumer electronics: a perfectly legal, manufacturer-supported hack that adds significant functionality.

With a little bit of effort and expense, we turned a PS3 into a Linux computer—without losing any of the machine's native gaming goodness. Step 1: Back Up Sony hardly walks people through the conversion process—you've got to know where to look in the PS3's menus, and many of the steps can be a bit tricky. Step 2: Upgrade Your Drive PlayStation 3 ships with either a 40 or 80 GB drive. Step 3: Install Your New OS. TAZforum: Computer and Security Assistance, Tutorials, Games, and a laid-back community. Hacks - how to articles from wikiHow. Hack a Day. Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done. Exploits Database by Offensive Security.