Tag: Hacker
![Hackers vs. Adobe: How File Types Cripple Security [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hackers-Vs-Adobe-Malware-Infographic-1-optimized.jpg "Hackers vs. Adobe: How File Types Cripple Security [Infographic]")
Hackers vs. Adobe: How File Types Cripple Security [Infographic]
Every day we see new malicious malware spring up, and our virus software captures thousands of new and old attacks on our computers. We're constantly trying to shield ourselves from the attacks but hackers continuously find new ways to get to our information. Adobe has been a target now for about ...
The Dark Side Of Being A Geek
I've noticed there are two types of geeks. There are those people who have always been geeks, and then there are those people who are wanna-be-geeks who wouldn't wanna be a geek if it wasn't so popular right now. There is definitely a rise in "how to be a geek" tutorials popping up all over the In ...
![Secure Your Stuff: Top Hackable Passwords [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Hackable-Passwords-Security-Data-Infographic-1-optimized.png "Secure Your Stuff: Top Hackable Passwords [Infographic]")
Secure Your Stuff: Top Hackable Passwords [Infographic]
It's nothing new that we are all dependent on our passwords. Without them, we wouldn't have an Internet, or at least not all the different services we use every day. Take Facebook for example, it's a service used by 600 million people and growing fast. If it was an open community with no password ...
The Geeky Etch-A-Sketch Computer
Martin over at NortHACKton gets the ultimate geek award this week for sure with his etch-a-sketch computer hybrid. According to his website, after seeing tons of computer controlled etch-a-sketches, he decided to create the opposite... an etch-a-sketch controlled computer.
I grew up playing with ...
IKEA Hackers: IKEA Furniture Hacker Style
Everyone knows that IKEA is cheap stylish furniture that you have to put together yourself once you get home. More than often after I have been shopping at IKEA, I have unfortunately found myself wondering where certain parts are since they are not included in the package that I hauled home. And d ...
You Think Your Password Is Private? Think Again.
The Georgia Institute of Technology, a school only a few miles away from me, revealed some interesting results from their intense research this week.
According to CNN, "The researchers used clusters of graphics cards to crack eight-character passwords in less than two hours." Yes, that means eve ...
How To: Hack Websites Using Google
As security measures on servers all around the world are beefed up, hackers are getting forever more clever. They find more and more ways to gain access to whatever they feel is important to check out or damage. What most people don't know is that there are several different methods of hacking cer ...
What you can do with an IP Address
I wrote an article recently explaining how to hide your IP address to be a little bit safer on the Internet when you are surfing. I'd like to take that post a little bit further and explain to you what someone can do if they get your IP address. There are several other things they can do with it exc ...
Hacker Tip | Hide Your IP Address
Are you safe on the Internet? Do you feel as all your personal information is secured behind a firewall on your computer? Well, thing is that you are not. As soon as someone has your true IP address they can find out just about everything about you. Even down to the exact street your at right when y ...