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Hack is a programming language for the HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM), created by Meta (formerly Facebook) as a dialect of PHP. The language implementation is free and open-source software, licensed under an MIT License. [2] [3] [4] Hack allows use of both dynamic typing and static typing.
The Shadow Brokers (TSB) is a hacker group who first appeared in the summer of 2016. [1] [2] They published several leaks containing hacking tools, including several zero-day exploits, [1] from the "Equation Group" who are widely suspected to be a branch of the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States.
In 2013 Microsoft added a feature to Windows 8.1 that would allow turning off the feature that could be exploited. [1] In Windows 10 the feature is turned off by default, but Jake Williams from Rendition Infosec says that it remains effective, either because the system runs an outdated version of Windows, or he can use privilege escalation to gain enough control over the target to turn on the ...
GitHub (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ t h ʌ b /) is a proprietary developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage, and share their code. It uses Git to provide distributed version control and GitHub itself provides access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, continuous integration, and wikis for every project. [8]
Hydra can launch attacks on multiple targets at once using threads, called hydra heads. The tool keeps track of the threads using another structure, the hydra brain. Each target is attacked using a module that corresponds to a protocol(eg. if the target is an SSH server, the SSH module is used).
Redirects for a hacking website, Fkn0wned, appeared on the Steam users' forums, offering "hacking tutorials and tools, porn, free giveaways and much more." [ 79 ] December 14: Five members of the Norwegian hacker group, Noria, were arrested, allegedly suspected for hacking into the email account of the militant extremist Anders Behring Breivik ...
In 2019, GitHub Education provided cash grants of up to $500 to every Hack Club "hackathon" event. [13] In May 2020, GitHub committed to a $50K hardware fund, globally alongside Arduino and Adafruit , to deliver hardware tools directly to students’ homes with a program named Hack Club Summer of Making. [ 14 ]
Slowloris is a type of denial of service attack tool which allows a single machine to take down another machine's web server with minimal bandwidth and side effects on unrelated services and ports. Slowloris tries to keep many connections to the target web server open and hold them open as long as possible.