Tips and Tricks for devices

Need to hide some program you have installed on some machine ?  Wanna prevent your program from being removed by admin ? Or wanna be safe from some security audit!!! Here's the Trick.... First the bottom line/concept   The Add/Remove Programs list is populated from the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall. So ,we can modify the entries here ! The Hack begins... Just follow these steps( u must be admin ): Press start button + R. and goto "Run". type regedit. Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall. Here find the program you want to hide.(eg. Mozilla Firefox) In the right-pane, right-click the DisplayName value and choose Rename Rename it to anything (For example, NoDisplayName ) That's all. we are done. Now, windows does not know DisplayName for that program and will not load it in control panel. Do refer to this site for more details.....

\/\The Conscience of a Hacker/\/ The Hackers Manifesto written by a real hacker The Mentor. In the movie 'Hackers', after the newbie is arrested, Agent Bob reads part of the hackers manifesto out loud. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This is in fact the whole manifesto by "The Mentor" Written on January 8, shortly after his own arrest in 1986 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- HACKER'S MANIFESTO Another one got caught today, it's all over the papers. "Teenager Arrested in Computer Crime Scandal", "Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering"... Damn kids. They're all alike. But did you, in your three-piece psychology and 1950's technobrain, ever take a look behind the eyes of the hacker? Did you ever wonder what made him tick, what forces shaped him, what may have molded him? I am a hacker, enter my world... Mine is a world that begins with school... I'm smarter than most of the othe...

Till now , my all posts were on hacking but this one is on how to protect/guard against a hacking attack:Phishing. Its a bit long but worth it specially for newcomers and budding hackers. Phishing is the simplest method of knowing user name,passwords of anyone on any website. U don't attack the site, u attack the person(Like Inception Movie!). Basically u fool the victim to give u his personal details using fake websites,emails etc. I have tried on many people and found that it does work because most people do not pay enough attention or do not have enough exposure. To make sure u are not a victim, read below. What it is? Phishing is an attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details , by appearing as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. eBay, PayPal,gmail,facebook,yahoomail,orkut and other online banks are common targets. How it is carried out ? Phishing is typically carried out by email o...