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HACKING aNGELFIRE ACCOUNTS! 
for kM and da peeps at 
Hackersclub 
 
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THIS TEXT FILE IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY!! WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE I IN NO WAY ENCOURAGE U 
TO GO ON A HACKING SPREE!! JUST KNOWING HOW SHOULD BE ENOUGH!!! This text file may be 
redistributed freely. But, it may NOT be changed in any way without permission from HotWired. So spread the knowledge!!!!! 
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To Whom It May Concern, 
 
My name is DJ and my web page is located at http://www.angelfire.com/ky/LydianSociety/welcome.html. This weekend I left for a trip to NY, and when I got back I decided to edit my homepage.  Except when I entered my password it did not work.  I am fairly sure I have the right one but am not 100% certain.  I would have used the web based password retrieving system form your site but I have changed my E-Mail addresses as well, so the old ones are no longer available.  My new address is XLydeX@hotmail.com . If you would please send me my account information again so I can finally edit my page again, I would be greatful. Thank you. 
 
Lyde 
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The Angelfire Hack! 
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Enough with the legal shit! Let's get to the hack! Ok... You know this lamer on the net and u 
want to get him back and he's got a page on Angelfire! What do u do? You hack his page of 
course! For those of you who don't know what Angelfire is it's a free web page service. The 
basic things u will need to hack an Angelfire account are: 
 
 
/\/\/\/\ STEP 1 /\/\/\/\ 
 
The full url of this dood's page. Like http://www.angelfire.com/ca/lamer/index.html 
or what ever the url is... Basically what the url says is his page is at angelfire.com 
in the State of California in a directory called lamer. Index is just the name of the 
specific page. It could be different, but it usually defaults to index.html for their 
main page if they didn't change it. 
 
/\/\/\/\ STEP 2 /\/\/\/\ 
 
I know what ur saying... How could i hack an account with just the url!! Keep reading! On 
to step 2! Next up you need to find out this person's old email addy. Usually it's on their 
front page. Write it down! 
 
/\/\/\/\ STEP 3 /\/\/\/\ 
 
Now you've got their full url and their email address. Now you have to find their name on their 
page. Usually they fill u in on what their real names are so find it and write it down. This 
isn't necessary, but it makes the letter a lot more genuine... 
 
/\/\/\/\ STEP 4 /\/\/\/\ 
 
With all this information write a letter to Angelfire sayin how unhappy u r! Angelfire's help 
mail is mail@angelfire.com. Make the letter sound like a REAL scenario. That's the trick to 
this hack. A little social engineering goes a long way in getting u what u want. Say something 
in your letter like you went on vacation and forgot ur dam password! Say that you changed your 
email address and your old addy is no longer available so the password retrievable form won't 
work because it's sending to an unavailable address. So you give them a new address to send 
the password to!! Check ur mail the next day and wallah!!! INSTANT ACCESS!!! 
 
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A beginners Guide To Hacking Unix

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*       A beginners guide to:        * 
*          H A C K I N G             * 
*                                    * 
*                U N I X             * 
*                                    * 
*          By Jester Sluggo          * 
*         Written 10/08/85           * 
************************************** 
 
  In the following file, all references made to the name Unix, may also be 
substituted to the Xenix operating system. 
 
  Brief history:  Back in the early sixties, during the development of third 
generation computers at MIT, a group of programmers studying the potential of 
computers, discovered their ability of performing two or more tasks 
simultaneously.  Bell Labs, taking notice of this discovery, provided funds for 
their developmental scientists to investigate into this new frontier.  After 
about 2 years of developmental research, they produced an operating system they 
called "Unix". 
 
  Sixties to Current:  During this time Bell Systems installed the Unix system 
to provide their computer operators with the ability to multitask so that they 
could become more productive, and efficient.  One of the systems they put on the 
Unix system was called "Elmos".  Through Elmos many tasks (i.e.  billing,and 
installation records) could be done by many people using the same mainframe. 
 
  Note:  Cosmos is accessed through the Elmos system. 
 
  Current:  Today, with the development of micro computers, such multitasking 
can be achieved by a scaled down version of Unix (but just as powerful). 
Microsoft,seeing this development, opted to develop their own Unix like system 
for the IBM line of PC/XT's.  Their result they called Xenix (pronounced 
zee-nicks).  Both Unix and Xenix can be easily installed on IBM PC's and offer 
the same functions (just 2 different vendors). 
 
  Note:  Due to the many different versions of Unix (Berkley Unix, Bell System 
III, and System V the most popular) many commands following may/may not work.  I 
have written them in System V routines.  Unix/Xenix operating systems will be 
considered identical systems below. 
 
  How to tell if/if not you are on a Unix system:  Unix systems are quite common 
systems across the country.  Their security appears as such: 
 
Login;     (or login;) 
password: 
 
  When hacking on a Unix system it is best to use lowercase because the Unix 
system commands are all done in lower- case. 
 
  Login; is a 1-8 character field.  It is usually the name (i.e.  joe or fred) 
of the user, or initials (i.e.  j.jones or f.wilson).  Hints for login names can 
be found trashing the location of the dial-up (use your CN/A to find where the 
computer is). 
 
  Password:  is a 1-8 character password assigned by the sysop or chosen by the 
user. 
 
      Common default logins 
   -------------------------- 
 
   login;       Password: 
 
   root         root,system,etc.. 
   sys          sys,system 
   daemon       daemon 
   uucp         uucp 
   tty          tty 
   test         test 
   unix         unix 
   bin          bin 
   adm          adm 
   who          who 
   learn        learn 
   uuhost       uuhost 
   nuucp        nuucp 
 
  If you guess a login name and you are not asked for a password, and have 
accessed to the system, then you have what is known as a non-gifted account.  If 
you guess a correct login and pass- word, then you have a user account.  And, 
if you guess the root password, then you have a "super-user" account.  All Unix 
systems have the following installed to their system:  root, sys, bin, daemon, 
uucp, adm 
 
  Once you are in the system, you will get a prompt.  Common prompts are: 
 
 
$ 
 
% 
 
# 
 
 
  But can be just about anything the sysop or user wants it to be. 
 
  Things to do when you are in:  Some of the commands that you may want to try 
follow below: 
 
  who is on (shows who is currently logged on the system.) 
  write name (name is the person you wish to chat with) 
  To exit chat mode try ctrl-D. 
  EOT=End of Transfer. 
  ls -a (list all files in current directory.) 
  du -a (checks amount of memory your files use;disk usage) 
  cd\name (name is the name of the sub-directory you choose) 
  cd\ (brings your home directory to current use) 
  cat name (name is a filename either a program or documentation your username 
has written) 
 
  Most Unix programs are written in the C language or Pascal since Unix is a 
programmers' environment. 
 
  One of the first things done on the system is print up or capture (in a 
buffer) the file containing all user names and accounts.  This can be done by 
doing the following command: 
 
 
 
cat /etc/passwd 
 
 
 
  If you are successful you will a list of all accounts on the system.  It 
should look like this: 
 
root:hvnsdcf:0:0:root dir:/: 
joe:majdnfd:1:1:Joe Cool:/bin:/bin/joe 
hal::1:2:Hal Smith:/bin:/bin/hal 
 
  The "root" line tells the following info : 
 
login name=root 
hvnsdcf   = encrypted password 
0         = user group number 
0         = user number 
root dir  = name of user 
/         = root directory 
 
  In the Joe login, the last part "/bin/joe " tells us which directory is his 
home directory (joe) is. 
 
  In the "hal" example the login name is followed by 2 colons, that means that 
there is no password needed to get in using his name. 
 
  Conclusion:  I hope that this file will help other novice Unix hackers obtain 
access to the Unix/Xenix systems that they may find.  There is still wide growth 
in the future of Unix, so I hope users will not abuse any systems (Unix or any 
others) that they may happen across on their journey across the electronic 
highways of America.  There is much more to be learned about the Unix system 
that I have not covered.  They may be found by buying a book on the Unix System 
(how I learned) or in the future I may write a part II to this........ 
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A beginners Guide To Hacking Unix

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Who's Seeding The Net With Spyware

Who's Seeding the Net With Spyware? 
 
Young surfers pick up paychecks for posting misleading pitches armed with invasive programs. 
 
It's tough enough sometimes to figure out where you picked up that spyware, but have you ever wondered who planted that digital parasite? 
 
It's likely a young man, maybe a college student, just making a few bucks spreading pop-up ads that contain a package unwelcome by many. And it's a growing cottage industry. 
 
How It Works 
 
Spyware follows your Internet surfing habits and serves up advertisements. You typically pick up spyware by clicking on links, which may not make it clear that you're downloading a "bonus" program when you read an ad or download a program you want. 
 
The Federal Trade Commission defines spyware as "software that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge and which may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or asserts control over a computer without the consumer's knowledge." The federal government and several states are considering antispyware laws, and Utah recently enacted one. 
 
FTC and industry leaders have urged Congress to resist spyware legislation, instead pushing for the industry to adopt self-regulatory practices. They fear that proposed laws define the practice too vaguely, and would prohibit other marketing practices that benefit consumers. But some lawmakers worry that the tech industry will not regulate spyware aggressively enough to protect consumers. 
 
Meanwhile, computer users continue to face the side effects of spyware on their systems: bogged-down Internet connections, identity theft, lost documents, system problems, and potential loss of privacy. 
 
Who's Behind It 
 
The people distributing the links for spyware downloads are paid about 15 cents every time an unsuspecting surfer clicks on their misleading bait. 
 
"Friends signed me up one night, after we'd been drinking," says one twenty-something man, who plants spyware for pay. "They said it was an easy way to make some money." 
 
"All I had to do was sign up and post fake ads, saying things like 'to see my picture click here.' Then when they clicked, it told them they had to download software to see the pictures." 
 
But the user downloaded no pictures; instead, they got the greeting, "Come back later to see my photo." The ad is bogus, but the contamination of the computer is real. 
 
He says open forums and other unregulated sites are the best places to post ads, because large numbers of people are likely to click on the phony links. 
 
"You have to move around," he says, noting that if users complain, he'll be kicked off a site, or a section of a site. For example, he will just move to a different part of a classified advertisement site, he says. "It's really easy, so reposting your ad is not a big deal." 
 
At 15 cents per hit, he got checks every two weeks for a few hundred dollars each. 
 
"I could have made a lot more," he says, adding that he really isn't doing it anymore. "All I had to do was put more ads up and I would have doubled or tripled my profits." 
 
What's the Risk? 
 
The foot soldiers who spread spyware may also become victims of the companies behind the software. 
 
Many companies paying individuals to spread spyware post a disclaimer on their own Web site. It often contains a clause telling readers that if they commit fraud the company has the right to pull their paycheck. 
 
However, the new Utah Spyware Control Act and other privacy laws sometimes invoked to combat spyware consider posting spyware to be fraud. 
 
The spyware spreaders may not be reading the disclaimer themselves. But they do understand the company is paying them to trick people into downloading software, the young man says. 
 
Does he feel any remorse for contaminating the computers of naive users? "Look, they're perverts if they click on my ads," he says, noting that the ads imply pornographic pictures await. "I say some nasty stuff, so, no, I don't feel bad." Anyone online should have a spyware blocker, spam blocker, and a firewall anyway, he said. "If they don't, they're just stupid." 
 
A Challenging Battle 
 
Placing ads online can be a tempting and easy way to make money from home, notes Ray Everette-Church, chief privacy officer for antispam product vendor Turn Tide. 
 
"It is very successful," Everette-Church says. "Hundreds of thousands of dollars a month is generated in this tiered structural referral." He is serving as an expert witness for the plaintiffs in an ongoing adware case arguing against pop-up ads. 
 
Millions of Americans online haven't protected their PCs, and pursuing perpetrators of spyware is more complicated than in other criminal investigations, according to Mozelle Thompson, an FTC commissioner. 
 
"It's hard to identify how many companies are engaged in dangerous spyware, or spyware in general," Thompson says. "The definition of spyware is too broad." 
 
The surreptitious nature of spyware makes it more difficult to track who, where, and how the spyware is disseminated, Thompson told a House subcommittee at a recent hearing. 
 
"Consumer complaints, for instance, are less likely to lead directly to targets than in other law enforcement investigations, because consumers often do not know that spyware has caused the problems or, even if they do, they may not know the source of the spyware," he said at the April hearing.

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The difference between DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD-RW

The difference between DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD-RW explained 
 
There's DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, and even DVD-ROM! So what's the difference between all of these different names, aren't all DVDs the same? Well, it's not quite that simple. 
 
Let's first start with the most obvious difference: some have R and some have RW. The "R" stands for readable, while the "W" stands for writeable. 
 
The main difference between DVD-R and DVD-RW, or DVD+R and DVD+RW is that the R disc formats can only be written to once, and then it is only readable and can’t be erased for the rest of its digital life. While RW discs are can be written to and erased many times, they are both readable and writeable. 
 
"R" discs are perfect if they are only needed to be written to once, such as giving some files to a friend or transferring them between PCs. "RW" discs have their strength in the ability to be used many times over, which is great for routine system backups, etc. And naturally, the RW discs are slightly more expensive than the R discs, but you'll have to decide if the trade offs are worth the money. 
 
Now, onto the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R. As I just described above, DVD-R & DVD-RW are sister discs, the difference being one is writeable once, while the other is writeable multiple times. The same thing is true for DVD+R & DVD+RW. So the question is, what's the difference between the plus and minus? 
 
In order to explain this we must take a trip back in time. When DVDs were first being developed, there was no industry standard. Multiple companies were competing to develop what they hoped would be the dominant form of the future. 
 
The DVD-R DVD+R difference can easily be summarized by the following: 
 
    * The DVD-R/RW standard was developed by Pioneer, and is used primarily by Apple and Pioneer. These "minus" discs can only be written to in one layer on the discs surface. In addition, this format is supported by the DVD forum, but is in no way an industry standard. DVD-R/RW discs are cheaper than the "plus" format. 
    * The DVD+R/RW format is supported by Philips, Dell, Sony, HP, and Mcft. These discs can be written to in multiple layers, giving them slightly better and more disc storage than the "minus" format. Because of this additional capacity, they are slightly more expensive than "minus" discs. 
 
A couple final things to clear up is the difference between DVD-ROM and DVD+RW, or the other DVD formats I mentioned above. The DVD-ROM drive can only read DVDs, while the other DVD drives can read and write data to DVDs. 
 
And naturally the DVD+RW CD+RW difference can be explained by the "DVD" or "CD" prefix. DVDs, on average, can store up to 4.7 GB of data, while a CD can only store about 700 MB of data, or about 15% of a DVD's capacity. While CDs are slightly cheaper, in my opinion, the benefits of DVDs are much greater. 
 
So now that you've learned about the difference between DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and even DVD-ROM, which one is right for you? The easiest way to determine which is more beneficial is to watch the industry trends. A few years ago all pre-built computers were shipping with DVD-ROM drives. Today, most PCs have a burnable DVD drive. 
 
I feel that the benefits of having a burnable DVD drive far outweigh any additional costs. They store much more data, and they are ideal for storing your home movies to watch on your DVD player. 
 
My advice is to look at DVD burners that support all of the major formats I've mentioned above, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW. While a DVD drive that supports all of these formats may be slightly more expensive, it will allow you to use any type of DVD disc to burn to, and you'll be protected from any industry shifts to one format or the other.

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Secret Backdoor To Many Websites

Ever experienced this? You ask Google to look something up; the engine returns with a number of finds, but if you try to open the ones with the most promising content, you are confronted with a registration page instead, and the stuff you were looking for will not be revealed to you unless you agree to a credit card transaction first.... 
The lesson you should have learned here is: Obviously Google can go where you can't. 
 
Can we solve this problem? Yes, we can. We merely have to convince the site we want to enter, that WE ARE GOOGLE. 
In fact, many sites that force users to register or even pay in order to search and use their content, leave a backdoor open for the Googlebot, because a prominent presence in Google searches is known to generate sales leads, site hits and exposure. 
Examples of such sites are Windows Magazine, .Net Magazine, Nature, and many, many newspapers around the globe. 
How then, can you disguise yourself as a Googlebot? Quite simple: by changing your browser's User Agent. Copy the following code segment and paste it into a fresh notepad file. Save it as Useragent.reg and merge it into your registry. 
 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent] 
@="Googlebot/2.1" 
"Compatible"="+http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html" 
 
Voila! You're done! 
 
You may always change it back again.... I know only one site that uses you User Agent to establish your eligability to use its services, and that's the Windows Update site... 
To restore the IE6 User Agent, save the following code to NormalAgent.reg and merge with your registry: 
 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent] 
@="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)" 
 
Ps: 
Opera allows for on-the-fly switching of User Agents through its "Browser Identification" function, while for Mozilla/FireFox browsers a switching utility is available as an installable extension from this url: 
help://chrispederick.myacen.com/work/firefox/useragentswitcher/download/

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