Ressurecting a dead laptop - Dell XPS m1730

There was a dell xps m1730 sitting besides me. Nobody had ever said something about it. I decided to open the lid and check it. Everything ran smooth, i started reformatting, installed drivers and just after driver installating, bang! No video.... I didn`t know that it was a common m1730 problem up to the point i googled around a bit and found so many problems regarding GPU, even a video about reconstructing it on youtube. I examined the laptop closely, unscrew everything and took it apart. All i was able to notice was that the fans weren`t spinning...

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CVE-2014-6271 - Shellshock

A Critical remotely exploitable vulnerability has been discovered in the widely used Linux and Unix command-line shell, known as Bash, aka the GNU Bourne Again Shell, leaving countless websites, servers, PCs, OS X Macs, various home routers, and many more open to the cyber criminals. REMOTELY EXPLOITABLE SHELLSHOCK The vulnerability (CVE-2014-6271) affects versions 1.14 through 4.3 of GNU Bash and being named as Bash Bug, and Shellshock by the Security researchers on the Internet discussions. According to...

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Kali Linux - Assuring Security by Penetration Testing

Interested about ‪#‎security‬? A big fan of ‪#‎kali‬ linux?Stay tuned with this amazing book from PacktPub.http://goo.gl/TQ80h3 This is what i posted today on my social networks, all about a perfect book. This is a book where i chose to be a reviewer.Excellent content inside, have a look on Amazon or on the publisher's website, PacktPu...

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Reverse Engineering - Hack Norton GoBack

That was an old trick i used as a PoC to some of my fellas, some years ago in a net station : > This hack will definitely get you out of shit. Especially when you're in troubles! 1. Run OllyDbg, open file GBOption.exe in "%Program Files%\Norton GoBack". 2. Hit F9 in OllyDbg. The Norton GoBack Options will appear. Choose 2nd tab, click "Change Level...". A window to change level for each action will appear: enable/disable, uninstall, autobackup... There are three levels: ADMIN, USER and NONE. By default, the level for uninstall is ADMIN, mean...

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Keep users happy: Don`t call them users.

Sysadmin blog A common complaint about IT staff is their lack of social skills. As in any industry that attracts a certain type of person, there's a high percentage of dark-room-dwelling people who can sometimes struggle to communicate. This is either through what they say or how they interact with others. Not all IT people are like this of course, just as nurses are not all popping out of their skimpy outfits and pool cleaners don't universally have a mustache and manage to find themselves in many interesting and awkward situations. There...

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Windows XP svchost bug - finally a fix

For the past several months, we have been checking on a bug in Windows XP that has caused SVCHOST to push the CPU of a PC up to 100 percent usage for some users. Microsoft tried in November to fix the issue but was unsuccessful. However, the company pledged to continue to work on fixing the bug, which it stated was due to "Windows Update Agent processing long lists of superseded updates." On Tuesday, Microsoft depreciated legacy security updates for Internet Explorer that had been replaced by more recent ones. We did this to improve customer experience,...

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Windows Server 2012 R2 & HP Proliant Microserver

Windows Server 2012 R2 hangs on 'Getting devices ready 84%' Fails to Complete the installation on HP MicroServer Gen7 (N36L, N40L & N54L) The MicroServer N36, N40L and N54L all share the same embedded NC107i PCI Express gigabit NIC. The NC107i uses the Broadcom BCM5723 chip which doesn’t have an updated driver included with the Server 2012 R2 installation media. The lack of drivers will get you stuck at 84%... The current workaround is to disable the on-board NIC and install another card. Flash the custom BIOS to unlock the hidden BIOS screens Install...

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