331 Blog Posts To Learn About Hacking

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28 Jun 2026

Let's learn about Hacking via these 331 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology.

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1. How do You Hack Whatsapp Chats? - 7 Vulnerabilities Explained

You can Hack WhatsApp chats by syncing the web version of the app, exporting chat logs, using POCWAPP, WhatsAPP Scan Pro, spoofing, and spy apps.

2. How to Hack Roblox and Should You Do it?

Trying to use Roblox hacks is a difficult and dangerous affair. There's always the risk of installing malware or getting banned. It just not might be worth it.

3. 3 Ways to Crack WinRAR Password Protected Files

This article will explain the 3 best methods to recover WinRAR password protected files.

4. 5 Best Minecraft Hacks and Cheats: How to Enable and Use Them

The top 5 Minecraft hacks are the Invincible hack, the Command Tool hack, custom HUD, custom Blocks and Minecraft Update 1.17 hacks.

5. Top 11 Powerful Keyloggers for Windows

Source: Pexels

6. How to Hack Facebook Messenger: 6 Methods and Vulnerabilities

Spyier, keylogging, and hacking using cookies are some of the most common ways Facebook Messenger accounts get hacked.

7. Signal Amplification Relay Attack (SARA)

During “Hacker Week” in Las Vegas, thousands of information security professionals that include actual hackers, converge. It is best to be alert since there are bad actors who have rogue intentions. Finding victims can be easy when there is no awareness of the imminent threats. With that said, car hacking has become more commonplace in recent years, due to the increased integration with electronic systems that include the car’s own lock system. With keyless entry systems, it uses wireless or radio signals to unlock the car. These signals can in turn be intercepted and used to break into the car and even start it. One such technique is called SARA or Signal Amplification Relay Attack.

8. How to Hack Wifi Like a Pro Hacker

In this article of mine, I am going to discuss the best ways you can hack any wifi networks and what to do after hacking wifi, and how you can prevent it.

9. How to Convert Your Android Device Into a Hacking Machine

In this article, I discuss how you can convert one android phone into a fully working Kali Linux hacking machine.

10. How Can You Hire a Hacker on the Dark Web?

If you are here, you have probably heard about how to hire a hacker on the dark or deep web. Using regular web browsers, we can only have access to four percent of the net. The other 96% must be accessed through a unique browser, Tor.

11. How to Spy on an iPhone Without The User Knowing

Learn how to use the latest spy apps to monitor an iPhone remotely! Discover step-by-step instructions on how to spy on an iPhone without them knowing.

12. The phone hacker is coming

These last few days, a phone hacking video clip has been doing the rounds on India’s social media. This guy, Saket Modi, is giving a live talk onstage. While talking, he borrows a phone from a man in the audience, and casually hacks it, in just 20 seconds. Saket was able to see the list of phone calls, read all the SMS messages, view the contacts, access the GPS to figure out where the phone is at the moment, and even turn on the phone’s microphone to listen to what was being spoken in the phone’s vicinity.

13. How to Hack Android Pattern Lock Without Any Software

In today's digital era, smartphones have become an essential part of our daily lives, serving as a gateway to our personal and professional information. As these devices store a wealth of sensitive data, ensuring their security is of paramount importance. One of the most common ways to secure a smartphone is by using a pattern lock.

14. How to Get a Reverse Shell on macOS Using A Flipper Zero as a BadUSB

Using a Flipper Zero as an ethical pentesting device to establish a reverse shell on a macOS computer.

15. An Anti-Facial Recognition Mask: Fighting for Privacy

I have always been a pretty private person, but lately, the weight of it feels as unbearable as ever.

16. Man In The Middle Attack Using Bettercap Framework

Man-in-the-middle attack (MITM) is an attack where the attacker secretly relays and possibly alters the communications between two devices who believe that they are directly communicating with each other. In order to perform man in the middle attack, we need to be in the same network as our victim because we have to fool these two devices. Now lets initiate the attack by running our tools which is bettercap. To run bettercap we can simply open up terminal and type bettercap -iface [your network interface which connected to the network]. To know which network interface is used we can simply type ifconfig and here is what it shows us.

17. View Someone's Facebook Messages without Knowing Their Password

Wondering how to see someone else's Facebook messages without them knowing? Read this complete guide on dos and don'ts to view someone's Facebook messages.

18. How to Hack Someone's Phone Remotely

There are many Hackers in this world who may be currently watching your activities daily and will try to snatch your personal information from you.

19. How to Map Your Home Networks Using NMAP

Here's to learning basics of networking and an awesome tool called NMAP

20. All the Methods You Can Use to Hack into a Website

In this article, we are looking into various basic methods of hacking into a user's web account and the website's database itself by using some basic methods.

21. Inside a Hacker's Backpack: Gadgets, Tips, and Tricks for Hackers

Not ever hack job requires just a laptop and some software to gain privileges into a system. Sometimes, something extra is required to make the job very easy

22. I Was Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Hacking Back - My Story

Jonathan Manzi: My journey through digital ethics, policy, love and fear, and intention, which started with a homeless lady in San Francisco.

23. Roadmap and Resources to Become an Ethical Hacker

How to become an ethical hacker

24. How an 18-Year-Old Teen Breached Uber Without Hacking a Single System

A comprehensive coverage of how an 18-year-old teen breached Uber databases without hacking into the company's servers or seeing them.

25. How to Create Your Own Dark Website (.onion) on Linux

As we know dark websites use .onion for their domain extension.

26. Top Resources to Learn Ethical Hacking

In this article, I will list the best resources all over the internet which will help you to be a hacker yourself.

27. How To Remove a Rootkit

Companies—and even the government—collect the information they need online. And this is where the risk to privacy and cybersecurity arises.

28. How to Crack a Password Using Hashcat

In this article, I discuss the best ways to crack passwords.

29. How To Find Out If A Hacker Has Attacked You

Computer crimes are all those online attacks carried out by a hacker whose purpose is to breach a computer system in order to gain financial gain in some way

30. UNCOVERING HIDDEN SSIDs

Before we move on to understand how an SSID attack is launched let us cover some basics first so that you know exactly what you are doing.

31. An Evidence-Based Guide to Nootropics and Cognitive Enhancement [Comic]

After years of listening to people preach misinformed rubbish about nootropics and cognitive enhancement, I decided to do the responsible thing and write a comic to preach myself.

32. Transform the SF Transit Clipper Card into a Wearable

As you know, <a href="https://hackernoon.com/how-i-live-my-115-things-53558259575b" target="_blank">I’m a hardcore minimalist</a>. I was getting tired of carrying around so many cards in my wallet and wanted to experiment with transforming my cards to a different form factor. Luckily, all it takes is a jar and some nail polish remover to dissolve the Clipper Card. After that, <a href="https://medium.com/@chrso" data-anchor-type="2" data-user-id="dba14badec93" data-action-value="dba14badec93" data-action="show-user-card" data-action-type="hover" target="_blank">Chris So</a> and I tried out three different form factors:

33. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Main Menu Is Vulnerable to Hacking

<strong>Update: </strong>This security hole has been plugged. See my <a href="https://medium.com/@fsufitch/pubg-main-menu-hack-its-fixed-cbad28c706fa" target="_blank">next post</a> for details.

34. The Ethical Hacker's Guide to Hacking WiFi with Termux

Learn ethical WiFi hacking with Termux and Wipwn. This guide covers setup, Pixie Dust attacks, WPS brute force, and tips to secure your network.

35. Weather.com Has Become the Pawn of A Huge Data Theft Scheme

Wanna know tomorrow’s temperature? Don’t visit weather.com to find out, especially if you’re on a mobile device: the website has been compromised by a malicious advertising (malvertising) attack that is scraping personal information from its mobile users. While its purposes are not yet known, security searchers who have already identified and named this strain of malware — alternatively called “IcePick-3PC” or “eGobbler” — theorize that it originates from a group of organized criminals who are collecting the information for a future attack, or selling it on the Dark Web.

36. Modify and Reply To Deleted WhatsApp Texts [A How-To Guide]

A while back I was playing around with a chrome extension that allows you to restore deleted messages on WhatsApp web.

37. Crack Wifi Handshake Using Hashcat in Windows

You can use GPU power for hacking the world.

38. Attack Default SSH Username/Passwords Using Metasploit

This is a quick tutorial for using Metasploit to attack default user names and passwords in our lab environment.

39. Is WhatsApp Safe?

WhatsApp is the most popular messenger owned by Facebook. According to the official stats, the number of WhatsApp active users has reached 1 billion in 2020. Just imagine, approximately 65 million messages are sent via this social app daily.  Since the app is so popular, it’s very attractive for hackers. In this article, I’ll tell you about the major WhatsApp security threats, which will help you protect your chats and shared media from hackers, WhatsApp spy apps, and keylogging software.

40. How to Hack a Windows Machine Like a Pro Hacker

In this article, we are going to discuss how we can hack into a windows 10 operating system using some really cool tricks and some highly advanced hardware.

41. Stack Overflow Vulnerability

Stack overflow is a type of buffer overflow vulnerability. When we pour water in a glass more than its capacity the water spills or overflow, similarly when we enter data in a buffer more than its capacity the data overflows to adjacent memory location causing program to crash. This is know as buffer overflow.

42. How My Mother Got Hacked by a Phishing Attack

My mom got hacked and probably your mom too. How a social engineering attack works on vulnerable users.

43. Hallucination by Design: How Embedding Models Misunderstand Language

Embedding needs to be tested and evaluated; otherwise, hallucinations will happen. Experiment and evaluation on custom data is a must

44. 5 Ways to Protect Your Facebook Account from Getting Hacked

If you're wondering how to stop Facebook hackers, here are 5 easy ways to do so. This guide is beginner-friendly and all discussed methods are free.

45. Unsafe use of target=”_blank”

Developers have been frequently using this attribute to open a new webpage. But this attribute, though looks pretty simple, can create a major security threat to your application.

46. Implementing A Return Oriented Programming (ROP) Attack: A How-To Guide

The post first explains what ROP is. Next, it uses a concrete example to show you step by step how to implement a real ROP attack!

47. What Personality Traits Lead to White Hat, Gray Hat and Black Hat Hackers? [STUDY]

Inside the mind of a hacker

48. The Five Linux Distros Hackers Prefer

These are the Linux distros recommended by hackers

49. Summarizing Youtube Videos and News/Blog articles

I made a new app/service that lets users summarize the deluge of info that comes our way every day. Its unambiguously named MakeMySummary.

50. How to Exploit Prototype Pollution?

Prototype Pollution is a JavaScript related vulnerability. This article explains how it works and how to exploit it bypassing security checks of the app.

51. How I Solved the Passman CTF Challenge with GPT-4

Discover how Chat GPT-4, an AI chatbot, helped crack the Passman challenge in Hack The Box's Cyber Apocalypse event. Ethical hacking meets AI power!

52. Introduction to One Gadget: A Necessary Tool for Exploitation

This post uses a concrete CTF problem to show you step-by-step how to find and execute a one gadget and eventually spawn a shell.

53. How Much Does the CEH Exam Cost?

EC-Council’s Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) is one of the most established and recognized offensive security certifications. The certification is ANSI-accredited and DoDD 8140-approved because of which the certification in highly valued by security professionals from both the public and private sectors. Since CEH is the gold standard for validating offensive security skills, the CEH certification cost is around $1,199 and the cost to retake the exam is $450.  This article will cover the various processes you have to go through to earn this certification as well as the associated costs.

54. Imagine Yourself Being A Hacker [Beginner's Guide]

Make no mistake, the knowledge of hacking is different from a hacker. A hacker is a person, not the skill. And the use of any knowledge is a personal choice and that choice isn’t universal. The same way some politicians are corrupt, some hackers are corrupt. The same way some politicians are good, some hackers are good also. You may be a Satoshi Nakamoto or an Albert Gonzalez, it is your choice. There is nothing wrong with the hacker knowledge. It is all about you. What You’ll Learn

55. Black Hat Hacking Forums Get Hacked: Possibly a LulzSec Attack

Presently, the world of black hat forums appears to be engulfed in a series of cyberattacks. According to a Telegram channel, on 18th June 2019 it was reported that three leading black hat hacking forums were reportedly exploited, affecting an aggregate of over 260,000 hackers. From the disclosed data, it appears as though the creator of the aforementioned Telegram Channel has access to certain Ukrainian police files which may have led to the leak.

56. The 10 Video Games That Can Teach You About Coding, Hacking and DevOps

Top 10 Video Games that can help you learn coding, hacking and even DevOps!

57. How to Run a Ducky-Script Fake Windows Login

This article will guide you through the process of setting up and using he Ducky-script-Fake-Windows-Login!

58. Digital Defenders: Meet Syed Shahzaib Shah, Pakistan’s Ethical Hacker Changing the Game

Discover the inspiring journey of Syed Shahzaib Shah, a self-taught ethical hacker from Pakistan who rose to global fame by identifying critical vulnerabilities

59. Satellite OSINT: Space-Based Intelligence in Aerospace Cybersecurity

Employ a cybersecurity technique known as OSINT to perform reconnaissance on satellites to retrieve useful telemetry data.

60. Stuxnet, or how to destroy a centrifuge with a small piece of code

Stuxnet represents the pinnacle of coding design. This small computer worm, just a half a megabyte in size, managed to infiltrate Iran’s nuclear facilities and destroy about one-fifth of uranium enrichment centrifuges. Furthermore, it was done in such a specific way to prevent political unrest, at least at the level of open conflict.

61. How I Started Hacking

It all started with video games.

62. SQL Injections: Beginners Guide

The basics of how to test and protect your application

63. Launching DDos Attacks Using Various Programs and Methods

DDoS attack or Distributed Denial of Service attack is an attack aiming to destroy the service of a website by crashing its server by sending a lot of packets and requests to the server. The hackers usually use tools like the low orbit ion cannon, ping of death, SYN flood, HTTP flood & more.

64. Hack Webcam Using Ninja as Spyware

This article will show you how to hack a computer webcam and microphone in less than 10 seconds using a USB drive and Ninja as Spyware

65. I Made The 'Best' Hacking PC Under a Ball-Busting Tight Budget

To me, hacking is a subset of testing and tweaking things by looking at them from a different point of view.

A look at some of the hardware tools that hackers use to access and corrupt your computer.

67. How to Emulate CPUID in a KVM VM

For most workloads it will be necessary to determine characteristics of CPU on which they are run. Most processors have some way of querying capabilities. x86 CPU uses CPUID instruction.

68. $275M Research: How was KuCoin, One of the Largest Crypto Exchanges, Hacked?

Over the last couple weeks, the hottest crypto market topic was the KuCoin Hack. Hacken Group, the major cryptocurrency exchanges auditor, highly values the need for user awareness of the threats. The issue of preventing such situations is of greater importance at the moment. Therefore, we present the research that was carried out by Hacken specialists. Read the recommendations on what to pay attention to and what to do to avoid such attacks.

69. Handling Client Side Routing When Hosting Your React.js Project on AWS S3

As a recent Bootcamp grad I wanted to put my new React skills to work and tie in my older skills with AWS. I built out my new portfolio site, using React, and I thought to myself, “can I host this in an S3 bucket?” The first task is deploying to S3, which was pretty straightforward and there are many good resources that you can find with a little googling, like this one, stepping through how to do that.

70. Social Engineering: How to Be a Craftsman of the Dark Arts

So you've been forced by your program director to take a course you didn't want to do. Let's say said course starts with 'A' and ends with 'ED'. Well you think, consoling yourself, at least I will make some new friends...

71. My Wireless Router is Better than Yours

In other posts I have covered the step-by-step process on how to uncover a hidden SSID, both by just listening to the network channel, or by causing a de-authentication attack. In those articles I assumed that you already had a wireless USB adapter capable of going into monitor mode and also capable of injecting packets.

72. An Intro to NIM: The Python-Like Programming Language Used By Malicious Ransomware Developers

Learn about Nim, benefit it offers as programming language and why it's a tool worth having.

73. How to Use ROP Vulnerability in PicoCTF Ropfu Challenge

This is a write up for solving the picoCTF challenge 'ropfu' in binary exploitation category.

74. Read Code Like a Hacker With the SAST

Static application security testing (SAST) is a subset of static code analysis used to increase the security and reliability of the code.

75. Programming a Keylogger in Python

A keylogger is a tool designed to record every keystroke on a system for later retrieval. Its purpose is to allow the user to gain access to confidential info.

76. The Security Issues in Using Public Wi-Fi  —  “Honeypots” And “Pineapples”

It is a warm and sunny afternoon on a weekend. This is a good time to head to a cafe to chill for a bit with a coffee and pastry. It is also perfect for some web surfing using the free Wi-Fi service. The next thing you would need to know is the Wi-Fi access point (i.e. hotspot) and password. Now you are all set and connect to the Internet. For the average user this is fine, but for cybersecurity experts there is a risk to using free Wi-Fi services.

77. 2 Ways to Access WhatsApp Conversations

In this article, you'll find the best ways to hack WhatsApp chats including syncing the app with the web version or exporting a txt file of the chat.

78. WTF Are APIs?

If you’re a working professional, you’ve probably heard your coworkers talk about APIs, Web Services, endpoints, and other weird words like 200 and 401. What the heck does it mean and what’s the difference between them?

79. How to Perform a Rogue Raspberry Pi Exploit

How a $20 Raspberry Pi can be used as pentest tool and what to look out for to protect your network.

80. How to Reduce Your Chances of Being a Victim of Identity Theft

The major causes of identity theft, along with some simple steps you can take to lower your risk of exposure dramatically.

81. How Do I know if My Phone has been Hacked?

Our smartphones are our lives. We do everything on them and spend a lot of time. All major mobile phone manufacturers and application developers had to start introducing digital health features to curb our addiction.

82. DIY Enthusiast Hacks His Way Into Building His Own Musical Instrument (And It Rocks!)

A cybersecurity engineer built a sci-fi bass from scratch, packed with a synth, a wireless transmitter, a hacked built-in tuner and voltmeters.

83. Hardware Upgrades At Home: Hacking Nintendo Joy-Con Controller

Surgically implanting a 3D-Touch Capacitive Trackpad in place of the original Analog Joystick.

84. Red Team Phishing Simulations: Using Evilginx2 and GoPhish

I'd like to share my experiences using evilginx2 and gophish for red teaming phishing simulations.

85. 7 Ways to Protect Your Router From Hackers

Since we are in the modern technological era, the internet has become an indispensable tool in our modern-day life. As we speak, we need it to communicate, work online, learn online and even do business online. When it comes to internet connectivity, there are many ways to get internet in your home. One of the best ways to access the internet at home or workplace is by investing in a router. With this device in place, you will be able to create a home network that can be used by wireless devices such as smart TVs, home appliances, IP cameras, and so much more.

86. How To Start A Career in Cyber Security?

As we move forward into the age of technology, and as business people, there is one that should always remember. That thing is simply this; the more advanced technology gets, the more danger there is when it comes to cyber threats.

87. How to Enable 64bit Mode on x86

In the previous set of articles we have worked our way through configuring a vCPU and getting it to run in 32bit mode with paging enabled. In this article we will take it a step further and enable 64bit mode.

88. The Basics of Hacking [An Introduction]

Today we will begin our journey into the basics of hacking. Let’s not waste any time.

89. How To Unlock Your Android Phone If Your Forgot Your Pin

Google equipped Android devices with screen locks, ensuring your private content is safe whenever unwanted individuals handle your device. This factor is essential, especially in today's society, where stolen personal data can ruin one's life.

90. The Vulnerabilities of NFC Payments Need to be Addressed

Even though NFC appears to be so easy and convenient, it is not without its vulnerabilities, especially in regards to security.

91. 8 Ways Crypto Wallets Can be Hacked

Today there are a lot of ways how to hack a cryptocurrency wallet. I discuss 8 vulnerabilities for your cryptocurrencies in the wallet and how to protect them.

92. Don’t Let Fraud Cost Your Business

We’ve all probably received a badly worded email in the past promising us a great fortune or claiming we are winners of a prize draw we didn’t enter.

93. True Hackers and the Monsters we Invent

Common misconceptions about hacking that makes you vulnerable and how to avoid them.

94. Everything You Need to Know About a White Hat Hacker

White hat hackers find and exploit vulnerabilities within a company's network or system with the intention to provide remediation steps to mitigate these risks.

95. Did the FBI Hack the Bitcoin?

What are the two things that gangsters and business owners have in common? Fear of being caught by the IRS or police for doing something “wrong”. “Big money loves silence,” as they say, and if you attract too much attention from authorities then eventually it could affect your job. Just look at what happened to Al Capone and The Wolf of Wall Street.

96. Your Wi-Fi Cameras may be getting Attacked

Your Wi-Fi security cameras are probably not secure. See how we disable our camera network with a simple DoS attack.

97. Why Phishing is Still the Most Successful Hacking Technique

The reality of this situation is, no one can stop phishing completely. For sure, there are multiple steps a company can use anti-phishing protection.

98. This Illegal Android Hack Will Make You a Better Parent

I built a script that connects to your Android device wirelessly and keeps an eye on its volume.

99. Reflections on the Movie Hackers

My favorite movie is Iain Softley’s “Hackers”, but this story is not about it. Instead, it is the story of a young man in great distress, who finds solace in a world very reminiscent of the one portrayed by the movie. It is the story of me, whether I like it or not.

100. Demystifying SSH Key Types: From RSA to Ed25519

Explore SSH key types—RSA, DSA, ECDSA, Ed25519—and learn their pros and cons, best‑practice generation commands, and how to choose the right key for your needs.

101. New Kids On The Block: Understanding Cold Boot Attacks

In computer security, a cold boot attack is a type of side-channel attack in which an attacker with physical access to a computer performs a memory dump of a c

102. “Hackers for Hire” Is a Rising Industry That Demands Ethical Considerations

The cost of hiring a hacker can go up to thousands of dollars for a well-executed hack. White hat hackers from freelancing sites like Fiverr or Upwork can probe

103. I Could Crash Your Instagram Remotely. But I Chose to Report It.

On April 2019, I had the foolish idea of testing Facebook security (and more specifically Instagram security), after I got informed that the company enabled a new setting on their assets (called Whitehat Settings), making easier for researchers to discover new vulnerabilities (pinning was not a problem, I am just a bit lazy sometimes :P).

104. The Basics of Hacking: Part 2

Let’s rock and roll. Below we have a C-program designed to accept and print command line arguments:

105. Hidden in Plain Sight

What is something that is hidden in plain sight.. Can you think of an example?

106. GitHACK! We are the vulnerability

Github has been hacked. The affected computers cloned the affected repositories. How much is it Github's fault? How can we protect ourselves from this?

107. How to Exploit the Heap Overflow Bug *CTF 2019 oob-v8

This post shows you how to exploit a v8 heap overflow bug - *CTF 2019 oob-v8. It presents two novel points: similar exploitation, primitive escalation.

108. The Blockchain is a Broken Chain After-all

There are several security issues affecting blockchain. To have a wider adoption, the community must address these issues by implementing appropriate controls

109. Network Scanner Working and Implementation

In this blog, we will see how a network mapper works and how we can implement these network security tools in Python for our cybersecurity related projects

110. So, You Want to Be a Hacker?

Explore cybersecurity through Capture The Flag competitions! This article invites beginners to a thrilling CTF event, offering a hands-on way to learn hacking!

111. What Happens to Hackathon Code?

Most hackathons are commercial endeavors. Organizers pretend it's for fun and honor, but that's not the real reason. To a certain extent that's fine, it's a break from everyday routine, having some fun, show off your skills as a developer.

112. The Basics of Hacking: Part 3

So we’ve all compiled programs before, but do you know how your computer divided up and saved the different parts of the program? Be patient, this kind of overwhelmed me at first. Let’s jump in.

113. How Hackers Host C2 Servers on Google Infrastructure (Google Sheets & Drive)

A guide on how to use Google Workspace's Drive and Sheets (formerly G-Suite) to communicate and exfiltrate information natively Drive and Sheets.

114. The Cyber Risks of Electric Vehicles

With the increase in the popularity of electric vehicles, it is essential to be aware of the potential cyber security risks associated with using them.

115. No System is Safe

A collection of dialogues and explanations from the movie whoami that give an insight into the world of hacking and cybersecurity.

116. Debugging Simple Arrow Functions More Efficiently

Let's say we have the function below.

117. How Bitcoin Mixers Help The Privacy-Conscious Hide Their Transactions

There's no doubt that the cryptocurrency network is considered to be one of the most secure systems because of its blockchain technology and peer-to-peer network. But does this mean that your transactions are hidden from prying eyes?

118. 7 Ways How Hackers Crack Your Passwords

DISCLAIMER: The article is intended to be used and must be used for informational purposes only.

119. COD Warzone is Broken: Here Are 2 Reasons Why

COD Warzone is broken, due to a multitude of hackers and frequent game-breaking glitches.

120. How I Hacked and Turned My CASIO F-91W Into a Contactless Payment Device

Bringing NFC contactless payment capability to a true classic.

121. Ten Underground Tech Masterminds You Probably Haven't Heard Enough About

The history of technology, intended here in a narrow sense as the history of information technology, rests on the shoulders of a small handful of giants.

122. Hacked Peruvian Government Servers are Sending Phishing Campaigns to Chase Bank Customers

If you are a current or former Chase customer and familiar with those periodic "a secure message from Chase" email notifications, this one would've better caught your attention, if not your spam filter's. Thankfully for me, it was sent to a Gmail address I had not used with Chase online banking since 2014 or so. This instantly indicated the attackers had prior knowledge of my Gmail address having been used with Chase online banking in the past.

123. Drone Penetration Kit – The New Attack Vector Hackers Use to Penetrate A Company’s Network

Do you know that a common mistake such as not turning off your smartphone’s WiFi could give out your data to hackers in just a few minutes?

124. Bypassing SSL Pinning with LLDB on AppStore iOS apps [A Step by Step Guide]

Imagine that you want to inspect the app to see what’s information exchange between mobile app and server, you can think about using simple proxy tools to sniff requests and responses or more advanced techniques such as a reverse binary file to see what are endpoints, parameters, and response payloads…

125. Hacking Humanity: Can We Record and Decode Human Brainwaves?

Thanks to AI and the Internet of Bodies (IoB), decoding the human brain is already well underway, according to a recent World Economic Forum (WEF) presentation.

126. My 30-Day Journey on a Dark Web Marketplace That Belonged to a Cyber Gang

My 30-Day Journey on a Dark Web Marketplace that belonged to a Cyber Gang that changed my perspective about data breaches..

127. From Breach to Fallout: The Story of the 2014 Sony Hack

Delve into the gripping account of the Sony Hack 2014, exploring the cyber attack's journey from initial breach to widespread fallout.

128. Scraping a Website for High-Quality ROMs Using Python

Let’s say hypothetically you wanted to download all of the high quality Super Nintendo ROMs from a website. The site simply has a list of links that take you to the file itself. Since this is a flat tree, you could run a basic wget command with the URL ala:

129. Clickjacking Attacks: What Are They and How to Prevent Them

Clickjacking refers to any attack where is user is tricked into clicking any unexpected web element unintentionally. It is a malicious practice in which the attacker tricks a user to click on another webpage who actually clicks on another page. This technique is mostly used for websites or web pages by overlaying malicious content over a trusted webpage or by placing a transparent element or an entire page over a visible one.

130. What is the Best Operating System and Programming Language for a Hacker?

It is the geeky thinker who uses an operating system along with programming and scripting languages to solve problems and automate tedious and monotonous tasks.

131. 4 Largest Crypto Wallet Hacks in the History of Blockchain

Crypto Wallets on exchange platforms are very vulnerable to hackers: find out about large crypto hacks that have happened in the past and ways to prevent them.

132. Hacker's AI: The Messy Reality of Weaponized AI

WormGPT, AI‑generated phishing, and the red team vs. blue team AI arms race. A tired SOC manager spills the truth (and some minor dark humor).

133. How Do You Hack Data Structures and Algorithms? Teach Us Sensei!

Software Engineers are always on the lookout for better, more efficient ways to solve problems.

134. How Social Engineering is Used to Bypass Your Security...with Ease

Social Engineering uses influence and persuasion in order to deceive, convince or manipulate. As a result, the social engineer is able to take advantage of people to obtain information with or without the use of technology.

135. A Deep Dive Into the Concept of Ethical Hacking

A deep dive into the topic of ethical hacking and its place in the cybersecurity ecosystem.

136. A Brief Discourse About the Solana Hack

A quick explanation of what happened to Solana. How the hack happened and the culprit.

137. How Secure Are Blockchain Networks Today

Blockchains are less likely to be hacked than other systems since they are not centralized.

138. I Hacked An Android App To Get A Free Haircut

Android apps are mainly composed of a bunch of binaries bundled together, built from compiled Kotlin or Java code. The original source code can be easily reconstructed by several light-weight tools, found on the top of a google search page.

139. Hacking Unikernels Through Process Injection [A Step by Step Guide]

A lot of people have this mistaken notion that unikernels have this 'unhackable' characteristic about them. This is untrue. They absolutely are hackable depending on what is deployed and how they are configured.

140. Great Methods To Create A Password File To Prevent Brute-Force Attacks

Brute-forcing a really important method that a hacker or a pentester must be aware of and he will use in various places.

141. Hackers Are Stealing NFTs, and It’s Not As Easy as You Think

Unfortunately, even though NFTs are relatively new, there’s already been an issue of hackers stealing non-fungible tokens. Here's a closer look.

142. Inside the Governance Hack of Tornado Cash

Read about the attack on Tornado Cash governance and understand it in the simplest form.

143. Nmap: From Movies to the Most Used Tool in the Industry

Nmap was seen in many successful movies, from Chloe to Rihanna and die-hard 4. Discover the tool from a technical perspective.

144. Testing EDRs for Linux: A Simple Test Case

How to simplify your edr tests while keeping it real, and an easy-to-expand initial access case.

145. Hacking Quarterly Performance Reviews

What ACTUALLY happens when your manager writes your quarterly performance review? Learn their tricks to get the promotion you deserve.

146. Here's How I Organized a Jeopardy Style Capture-The-Flag Competition

Last year I organized a Capture The Flag competition called CBMCTF which was successful. More than 500 teams all over the world registered and around 100 teams successfully submitted at-least 1 flag.

147. 61 Stories To Learn About Ethical Hacking

Learn everything you need to know about Ethical Hacking via these 61 free HackerNoon stories.

148. How I Hacked and Stole the Data of the CEO, CTO and Other Staff at a Company

Finding 0 days in an enterprise application. A tale of ‘Site-wide Account Takeover’ - Breaking Enterprise Application (SAP) The ESS application is sold by IBM

149. Hackers and Musicians

I was lucky enough to be born into a musical upbringing. My dad had played the guitar for 30+ years when I was born, and continued to play with his friends well into my adolescence. He would noodle endlessly, on the same Fender Jazzmaster and Roland amp for years. Although this tapered off, it left me with a hunger for more. What was this musical magic, and how could I wield it?

150. How Does Ransomware-as-a-Service Work?

Ransomware is on the rise — and now anyone can buy the malware. Here's how ransomware became a service and how that service works.

151. Change Your Codes Behavior By Using Bitwise Operators

Let’s dissect a weird bit flag program that took me a second to understand. in doing so, we’ll hopefully gain a more robust understanding of how bit masks and bitwise OR logic can manipulate values effectively.

152. How Passwords Get Hacked

Fernando Corbato pioneered the first computer password in 1960, being used as a personal point of entry on MIT's Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS). Just 2 years later, the CTSS was hacked and has been inspiring hackers ever since. There have been immense technological advancements since 1962 - how is it that today's hackers can get through 2-step authentication, biometrics, and security questions? Cryptographers predict a future that moves beyond passwords, but the issue seems to lie between cybersecurity and human nature.

153. Expert Hacking Techniques For Hackers in 2021

Today I will tell you about various types of hacking techniques, and out of these, I will focus more on password hacking. There is no fixed classification of hacking, but I will tell you all the techniques that I remember. It is not possible to tell completely about all Hacking Techniques, so I will give you all the basic knowledge.

154. Ethical Hacking 101: Part 2

Ethical Hacking 101: Part 2

155. It's Estimated That 91% Of Cyber Attacks Begin With Phishing Emails

It's estimated that 91% of cyberattacks start with phishing emails, and a staggering 35% of those are tied to ransomware

156. The Tornado Cash Ban and Chaos Agents

The U.S Government announced recently that it would be placing a ban on the Ethereum coin mixing service Tornado Cash.

157. Why 2020 Could Be A Bad Year for Crypto HODLers?

2020 is a rough year for everybody. I don’t want to add another article on the pile of articles about the coronavirus pandemic, but what I’m about to say next is happening, first of all, due to the current worldwide situation.

158. The SIM Swap Attack :  Addressing This Identity Fraud Problem

The SIM-Swap Attack makes use of customer support in the telecom service provider’s system. Here are Prevention and Mitigation Methods against Sim Swap Attacks.

159. The Dark Side of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) On Centralized Exchanges (CEX)

In as much as moving stolen assets to Centralised Exchanges is highly risky, find out the motivation behind this valiant 'move' carried out by some hackers.

160. Blockchain and Decentralized Networks are the Future of Cybersecurity

Naoris Protocol is the Decentralized CyberSecurity Mesh that protects devices across the digital world from cyber threats and associated risks.

161. Jackware: Malware That Controls Machines

Jackware is a form of malware designed purely to cause chaos and destruction. Here's how it works.

162. The Pen-Tester's Arsenal: ProjectDiscovery's CVEmap to Nuclei Template Mapping

How to bridge CVEmap and Nuclei for pen-testers.

163. What You Should Learn Before Learning Cybersecurity - Updated 2022

Have you been looking to learn Cybersecurity but you’re unsure where to start from?

Here’s a great guide on where to start!

164. Pwning Binaries with Surgeon: A Primer for Offensive Security Professionals

With the rise in popularity of security-oriented Linux distros like Parrot OS and Kali Linux, complete with their bundles of offensive security tools and no shortage of guides on YouTube and HackForums on how to use them, it seems like anyone can be a “hacker” nowadays. It doesn’t take any skill, or even knowledge, to fire up a tool like Wifite or Fern to try breaking into a poorly secured wifi network, but if you’re dependent upon a handful of tools written by people more knowledgeable than yourself, you won’t be successful on real-life red-team engagements with an actual IDS instead of a router left on default settings by a clueless, underpaid employee.

165. Learn Pentesting/Hacking - The Red Team

All materials tested by myself

166. The Importance and Benefits of a Hackathon in 2022

This story will explore the importance and benefits of a hackathon in 2022

167. How I Hacked a Gitlab Integration with Fastlane for Android

So far, I have enjoyed using Fastlane as a CI tool for deployment of APKs on my Android projects. This post is just to build on what my friend Roger wrote about on his detailed 3 part series “Automating the Android Build and Release Process using Fastlane”.

168. Here's How The KuCoin Hack Rattled The Crypto-community

As Kucoin, international law enforcement, and crypto security companies continue to size up the extent of last Saturday’s hack, several crypto projects, victims of the attack, have each implemented measures in order to minimise their losses and address the situation.

169. Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

Man-in-the-middle attacks intercept communications for hackers to decrypt, letting them gain access to otherwise private information, bypassing security.

170. What is Zero-Knowledge Proof ?

Let’s explain exactly what that term means in one sentence:

171. Hacking Web3: Introduction and How to Start

An introduction to hacking web3 and smart contracts

172. How To Secure Your Bank Account from Hackers

In this article, we shall take a closer look at how one can secure his or her bank account and other related ideas.

173. CertiK Exposes the Security Gap No One in OpenClaw's Marketplace Wants to Talk About

CertiK researchers prove OpenClaw's ClawHub marketplace can be bypassed via plausible but exploitable Skills, achieving arbitrary code execution.

174. Hacking the House: Testing the Defense Readiness Condition of DEFCON

Penetration testing the world’s largest conference of hackers: DEFCON. Defense Readiness Condition? We put their name to the test.

175. OSCP Survivor Reveals Brain Hack Behind Creative Problem Solving Under Pressure

Struggling with OSCP exam? These brain-based tips and creative thinking strategies might be the edge you need to break through and think like an innovator.

176. How to Detect Malware on your Website (And How to Protect your Site)

Malware will harm the user experience and SEO ranking of your website which makes detecting and removing it a priority that can be done with some planning.

177. A Guide To Web Security Testing: Part 1 - Mapping Contents

Beginners guide to web security testing for penetration testers and bug bounty hunters.

178. Is a Crypto-DAG Platform Vulnerable to Hacking? Understanding the Security Risks

We’ll make here a quick overview of the security landscape of crypto-DAG platforms, exploring the measures in place to safeguard user funds and data.

179. Change Your Personality Type With This Simple Hack!

Do you feel deeply related to your personality type test result? Let's find out how reliable it is.

180. The PS5 Controller Hack That Exposed Seven Thousand Living Rooms

A simple project to use a PS5 controller on a robot vacuum accidentally exposed 7,000 homes.

181. How Tornado Cash Helped Hackers Launder Money in 2022

Sanctioning Tornado Cash obviously wasn't enough!

182. She Was a Hacker, He Was a Botnet: A Phishing Love Story

My hacker best friend decided to open Tinder. I was a bit reluctant about her decision. Unfortunately, she matches with a guy that gives her a phishing link.

183. Mixin Network's $200 Million Hack: What Happened and What's Next

On September 24th, SlowMist, a blockchain security firm, reported a massive $200 million hack of the Mixin Network. The hack occurred....

184. One Website, 28 Flags: A Christmas Scavenger Hunt!

A Christmas scavenger hunt called SANTA. The website contains 28 hidden flags and is a fun and challenging experience for those interested in cybersecurity!

185. 24 Stories To Learn About Hacker News

Learn everything you need to know about Hacker News via these 24 free HackerNoon stories.

186. Would You Notice If You Were Hacked?

Android Security

187. Getting started with Manual Content Discovery

Understanding Robots.txt, Favicon, Sitemap.xml, HTML Headers and the Framework stack

188. Is DeFi Now Dead? Inside the dForce / LendfMe 25 Million USD Hack!

189. The Zero-Day Deduction

A bug bounty hunter finds an IDOR vuln in a major tax portal, exposing millions of financial records. A story about privacy, ethics, and the HTTP protocol.

190. Protecting Your Online Privacy: 7 Simple Steps You Can Take Today

What people wish to share is their prerogative, yet to unconsciously give away your private information is very different to making an active choice.

191. The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Crypto-Security

In the end, AI plays an important part in helping guard their users' information and assets day and night.

192. Covid 19: The End of Politics?

There are already two cliches when it comes to op-eds on the post-Covid future. One is obvious: the claim that the pandemic has “changed everything.” Analysts in many fields, from Fintech to branding to politics, have all seen the current crisis as a millennial moment. Some have even claimed that it will finally usher in the era of post-humanism that techno-utopians have been predicting for decades.

193. Risk Management Strategies To Combat Fraudsters

In an increasingly digitized world, cybercriminals are taking to the internet to share exactly how they commit fraud.

194. How Hacktivism Helps Ukraine Fight Against Russian Invasion

The article describes how Ukraine's IT Army and its allies including Anonymous help Ukraine fight against the Russian invasion and defend European values.

195. Learnings From The Meow Bot Attack on Our MongoDB Databases

and ever since then we never look at a kitty the same way again. meow!

196. Defi Hacks: How to Detect Vulnerabilities of the Chain

Due to the rise in decentralized finance (DeFi) trade volume and its under-regulated and pseudo-anonymous (or private) nature, many criminals have turned their attention towards this space, where profits are lucrative and chances of detection are slim. DeFi and the wider Web3 arena are still relatively new innovations that the market is coming to terms with.

197. Social Engineering Attacks [Infographic]

Over the years, social engineering assaults have been a regular phenomenon against companies. It has become more and more sophisticated.

198. Not So Fast: Valuable Lessons from the FastCompany Hack

When FastCompany's website was hacked recently, it sent shockwaves through the media world, underscoring the importance of routine cybersecurity hygiene.

199. 37 Stories To Learn How to Become a Hacker

Learn everything you need to know about Hacker via these 37 free HackerNoon stories.

200. How To Protect Your Data Against Credit Card Breaches

Save your credit card information from being hacked by following these tips.

201. Hacking or Social Engineering? What You Need to Know to Keep Yourself Safe

What's the difference between hacking and social engineering? Is hacking in 2023 just a form a social engineering? Find out here.

202. Things to Consider When Facing a Ransomware Scenario

Getting your data locked by ransomware is a difficult situation to deal with. This is how you get out of the situation quickly and with minimal trouble.

203. Shawn Younai Teaches People to Travel Smart

Shawn Younai is a travel hacker, the founder of AllCreditFixing.com, and a cyber security expert.

204. Social Engineering and The Great Twitter Hack of 2020

One of the most significant Twitter hacks of all time has people shook to their core. The attack targeted some of the most influential accounts on Twitter and led some to question the platform's security capabilities.

205. What Happens When You Call a Function?

206. A Glimpse into an Ethical Hacker's High-Tech Workspace

Ethical hacking is a critical component of cybersecurity. By understanding and implementing these practices, you can significantly contribute to the security an

207. Is It Worth Paying For Stolen Data On The Dark Web?

Data breaches are increasingly common these days. It seems like every other week there is a new headline about a major company experiencing a threat.

208. An introduction to CSRF Attacks: Who Is Riding With You?

Picture the scene: you've just created your first web app with all the bells and whistles you dreamed of. Your CSS is on point, you've wrangled with CRUD operations and now your users' login is authenticated by a cookie that's saved in their browser. You are flying high and are ready to share your creation with the world. They will love it as much as you do.

209. Is a $30 Million BCH SIM Swap Hack Possible in a Non-custodial Wallet?

Peculiar $30 Million Bitcoin Cash (BCH) SIM SWAP Hack

210. How Hackathons Can Help You Build Much-Needed Developer Experience

Hackathons are a great way to get hands-on development experience. They offer developers the chance to learn from more experienced devs and can also be fun.

211. The Security Vulnerabilities of Smart Devices

In 2020, we are now more connected to the internet than ever before, from having smart fridges, smart cars, and even RFID implants that can be placed under our skin.

212. How I Hacked a Colorfit Pro 4

How I hacked Colorfit pro 4 is a blog where I (iamatulsingh) shared how and why I did that.

213. CloudEye Turns Out To Be A Front For Hackers spreading GuLoader

Conservative estimates put company’s monthly income at a minimum $500,000.

214. Introducing Metasploit

The Metasploit Project is a computer security project written in ruby that provides information about security vulnerabilities and aids in penetration testing and IDS signature development. It is owned by Boston, Massachusetts-based security company Rapid7.

215. How To Prevent SQL Injection Attacks While Running Security Testing

An SQL injection is the misuse of a computer or website system, which has developed by the handling of unacceptable data which is mistakenly arrived in the form places by a wicked user. An attacker can make use of SQL injection so that he could present or introduce code inside the computer program to modify the sequence of implementation so that it can get easy access and operate the records behind the website, application, and systems.

216. Whistleblowing and Data Leaks: The Thin Line Between Heroism and Hacking

Explore the delicate balance between whistleblowing as a noble act and illegal hacking, and the legal and ethical boundaries involved.

217. How to Protect Your Crypto Wallet from Hacks and Scams

Learn how to protect your cryptocurrency wallet from scams and theft.

218. A Security Vulnerability Let Anyone “Rewrite the Laws” of Gibraltar

“Rewriting the laws” of British Overseas territory Gibraltar with SQL Injection

219. 31 Mark Zuckerbergisms (Real Mark Zuckerberg Quotes)

These Mark Zuckerberg quotes were gathered from across the internet. And without further adieu...

220. The Truffle Pig's Guide to Source Discovery in OSINT

This article gives you methods and ideas on how to find sources for doing OSINT.

221. Inside the Mind of Shahzaib Shah: The Ethical Hacker Redefining Cyber Defense

Explore the story of Syed Shahzaib Shah, one of Pakistan's top ethical hackers, as he rises from Balakot to global cybersecurity prominence.

222. Dissecting Poly Network Hack: What Really Happened

The Poly Network cyber attack that has been the largest hack of all time in the cryptocurrency market saw $611 million worth of Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT. The network is a cross-chain bridge connecting Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain and Polygon Network. The attack produced a host of catchy headlines and more than one version of what happened, some of which contradict each other. But there are still more questions than clear answers.

223. You Can Hack People, Too: The Art of Social Engineering

Human engineers are experts in human nature. They use these skills to gain access to your networks.

224. What Exactly Is Browser Security and Why Does It Matter So Much

With an approximate of over 4.33 billion users globally, the internet first blossomed into a phenomenon the world could not get enough of and has now transformed itself into a necessity, around which the core of our modern lives revolve.

225. Common Web Security Vulnerabilities

In the movies, hacking is like fast keyboard typing and hitting the Enter but in the real world, hackers find and exploit vulnerabilities to hack websites.

226. A Honeypot Experiment Shows How Long It Takes To Get Hacked

Some systems are specifically meant to be hacked. The little experiment I describe shows that a system is found quite soon after being connected to the Internet

227. A Hacker's Awakening: Ep.01 - Being Free While Feeling Caged and Yearning for a Victory

The following are various emails, posts, messages, and tweets I've had on social media and privately (my side, only paraphrasing their side without permission) in the last 24 hours.

228. Ransomware Doesn't Need to Lock Your Files Anymore — Here's Why That's Terrifying

Ransomware is evolving from "lock your files and demand payment" to "steal everything and threaten to leak it."

229. Getting Into The Mind Of The Hacker: Here's How Hackers Steal Your Keys, Secrets, and Passwords

In this post, I’m going to share concepts, methods, and tools used by researchers both for finding secrets and exploiting them. I’ll also list mitigation ideas.

230. The Importance Of Bug Bounty Programs

A bug bounty program is one of the elements ensuring projects protection against cyberattacks that does not fully substitute other forms of security testing bug

231. Model Poisoning Turns Helpful AI Into a Trojan Horse

Model poisoning can turn a self-hosted LLM into a stealthy data leak. Here’s how poisoned models exfiltrate sensitive information.

232. What is an SQL Injection Attack? How To Prevent SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

The best way to prevent SQL injection vulnerabilities is to use a framework that allows you to construct and parameterize queries safely. An ORM works well.

233. "It is Doubtless That DEXs Are More Vulnerable to Illicit Activities" - Johnny Lyu, CEO at KuCoin

Interview with the co-founder and CEO of KuCoin Exchange regarding recovering from cyberbreach and building one the largest cryptocurrency exchanges.

234. Reverse-Engineering Zomato Food Rescue: MQTT, Server-Driven UI, and a Headless Monitor

How I intercepted Zomato's Android traffic, found MQTT credentials in plain JSON, and built a real-time monitor to win Food Rescue before anyone else.

235. Hackers Tapping into Company Systems to Test Security Features

Enhance your cybersecurity with robust application security testing to protect critical systems, identify vulnerabilities, and ensure business continuity.

236. How to Secure Websites By Monitoring the DNS Records

Communicating with each other, i.e., applications, devices, web pages, requires a standard naming system. The naming system allows every shred of technology to recognize each other as well as an essential part of knowing where to send the information. It is vital when devices need to communicate with resources over the internet due to the vast quantity of services and websites that need to be recognized. This is the reason why the Domain Name System (DNS) is crucial to the business organizations.

237. Questions For The Most Controversial Hacker Of This Generation: Sabu

I believe strongly if we get answers to these questions from a source with gravitas, such as Sabu, we will understand how to navigate the future.

238. Hackers are Already Using ChatGPT in the Wild

Check Point’s recent analysis of underground hacking communities revealed that cybercriminals are already utilizing AI-based tools for malicious purposes.

239. The #1 Insecurity Holding Back Web3

To be frank, the numbers don’t look good. Over half a billion dollars of value was drained from Web3 platforms and users between July and September of this year. $504,158,033, to be precise. This is not a great look for the crypto industry, whose market capitalization has already suffered a 70% drawdown over the last year. Adding half a billion dollars of losses due to security incidents onto the industry’s notorious price volatility is not a recipe for attracting new users and bolstering the confidence of those who have stuck around.

240. Cybersecurity Job Hunting, Pen-Testing Study Plans, and Certifications on a Budget

In light of recent debates and scandals about cybersecurity education and job search, I want to provide my own views and insights about learning pen-testing.

241. The Noonification: Top TypeScript Utility Functions You Need to Know (7/2/2023)

7/2/2023: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!

242. Rising WordPress Cyber Attacks: 7 Tips For Keeping Your Website Secure

Instances of cyberattacks, especially those targeting WordPress websites, are on the rise across the internet. The most recent attack to hit WordPress users affected some 700,000 sites running a vulnerable plugin.

243. Hackers May Not Need Better Skills Anymore—Just Better AI Prompts

Better prompts = bigger threats. How AI is quietly reshaping cybercrime by empowering the average attacker, not just the elite ones.

244. The Rise of Cyber Militias

When wars, climate change, and civil unrest disrupt your life, how do you respond? For some people, it's by joining a cyber militia.

245. The Noonification: Read Code Like a Hacker With the SAST (5/4/2024)

5/4/2024: Top 5 stories on the HackerNoon homepage!

246. Can Photography Explain Memory? Memory Booth Art Exhibition at Yale University

A <a href="https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2012/09/your-memory-is-like-the-telephone-game" target="_blank">2012 Northwestern study</a> investigating memory concluded that memory is like the telephone game. When you remember something, you’re actually not recalling the original event. Instead, you’re remembering what you remembered from your last recall of this memory.

247. Cybersecurity in The Post-Pandemic Economy

COVID-19 has brought millions of people onto the internet for much longer stretches of time. These new practices and habits on such a large scale is bringing new weak links in the chain that keeps us safe on the internet. Huge amounts of growth of work from home tech, online cloud services, and customer facing networks are starting to open doors for cyberattackers to walk in.

248. Badger Dao Interface Hack: Do We Need to Panic?

The Badger DAO attack was conceptually very different from the more traditional attack in DeFi. Those traditional ones are aimed at exploiting vulnerabilities in the code of smart contracts of the protocols, otherwise called bugs. We are familiar with flash loan attacks that use uncollateralised loans across a multitude of protocols to manipulate certain markets and pump-and-dump certain assets. We also know about reentrancy attacks that exploit the logic of execution of functions inside a smart contract. However, the Badger DAO exploit was both more and less ingenious at once.

249. The Five Most Common Ways Hackers Attack Firms' Digital Assets

Cyber attacks are becoming something of an everyday practice lately. This has grown into a huge problem since unsecured accounts are usually subject to malicious attacks, which result in the theft of assets. The higher the value of assets the more interest hackers have and the more cybersecurity is required. The issue is increasingly true for brokerages, which deal with traders that are moving lots of money through their accounts. This prompted lots of firms to review their cybersecurity standards and start working on the betterment of the system as a whole. This is in the face of the popularity of breaches and exploitations of security vulnerabilities. Not a week goes by without headlines lighting up with new and terrifying data leaks. As a rule of thumb in the cybersecurity industry if the website has not been attacked it is just a matter of time until it will. Thus, it is important to make sure every aspect of the cybersecurity is covered and fully taken care of.

250. The problem with your crypto could actually be your private key

251. Story Behind Spoyl Data Leak

What’s Up Hackernoon Community, It’s Sayaan Alam and I’m not perfect in doing write-ups, Please Ignore Mistakes...

252. What is “Cyberbiosecurity?" and why we should stop using the term

The term cyberbiosecurity is rapidly making its way around the internet, academic, and government communities. If you want a silly analogy, you might say its spreading like an emerging infection through various host communities. Specifically, communities with no innate immunity to fight off the misinformation.

253. Using Macros and Emulation Voodoo to Solve a Crackme

This time I’m tackling this beautiful crackme, the third of the series. To solve this we will use radare2’s macros and unicorn emulation. Let’s jump right in!

254. Hacker Agrees to Return $197 Million Stolen from Euler Finance

On March 13th, Euler Finance, a decentralized lending platform, was hacked for a whopping $197 million.

255. Biometric Security Is the Only Truly Secure MFA Option Left

The latest advancements in biometric authentication bulletproof the flaws of multifactor authentication.

256. The Growing Number Of Digital Assets Hacks Caused Users Billions

Hackers that have managed to break into online services both financial and otherwise have been able to cost users billions of dollars through the chaos caused.

257. A Guide To Web Security Testing: Part 2 - Analyze the Web Application

This is the second part of the series, here we are going to discuss about analyzing the web application. In the previous article we had discussed about mapping

258. The 5 Best Cybersecurity Strategies and Tools for Your Remote Team

In the midst of the chaos caused by the corona pandemic, more people are working remotely than ever before. With the abrupt shift to a distributed workforce, many an IT department scrambled to put infrastructure in place to enable the operation of remote teams.

259. The Sword of Words: the Evolution of Prompt Injection

Explore the 3-level evolution of prompt injection: from social engineering in Tensor Trust to BPE fragmentation and RAG-driven logic overrides in Web3 games.

260. How Hacks Happen: Views on the July 4th Ransomware Attack

Over the Fourth of July weekend, a ransomware attack by a Russian hacker group REvil left hundreds of companies' information susceptible.

261. AT&T’s Ad Exchange is Overrun With Data Stealing Malware

Xandr/AppNexus is serving up infected ads across major websites

262. Unknown Botnet Using Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_ User Agent Ignoring Crawl Delay on WordPress Sites

Botnet, identified by the user-agent string Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64), is aggressively scraping WordPress.

263. How Chrome Extensions Became an Attack Vector for Hackers (Part 1) 🔓

Chrome extensions have always been a major selling point for the browser. However, some developed them to snoop on everyday users.

264. What Does It Mean to Contribute to The Hacker Culture?

Hacker and doubt

265. The Top Lawyer to the World’s Notorious Cyber Criminals - An Interview with Nicholas Wooldridge

Nicholas Wooldridge stands in his lush office in Downtown Las Vegas

266. Hackers are Weaponizing Connected Devices, Here’s How We Stop Them

IoT botnets are growing more dangerous every day. This article looks at how cybersecurity experts can prevent their devices from becoming weaponized.

267. How Can We Expose Cyber Criminals Through Identity Attribution

As we approach the dawn of another year, the cybersecurity world faces a strange dilemma- organized crime. Throughout the course of recent years, cybercrimes have grown increasingly sophisticated, primarily because of the rise in prominence of technologies such as machine learning, and the growing amalgamation of artificial intelligence within enterprises.

268. An Anthology of Russian Hack Stories

Over the past four years, the term Russian Hacker has no doubt gained notoriety in the US, and, in turn, the world. Before the 2016 presidential election, most had little idea of the capabilities that computer wizzes from Russia possess.

269. Remote Logging Using Syslog: How to Track Client Device Connections

Nowadays, having a remote syslog feature within the WiFi network system is a must-have for Service Providers. The Tanaza software has the built-in capability of tracking the client device activities on the access points. When enabled, the messages and events stored in the access points can be exported to a remote Syslog server.

270. The Kill Switch: A Coder's Act of Revenge

A contract programmer was fired by a US trucking and logistics company. Unbeknownst to his bosses, he had secretly embedded a digital kill switch.

271. Newest Malware from China

“I think malware is a significant threat because the mitigation, like antivirus software, hasn’t evolved to a point to mitigate the risk to a reasonable degree.” Kevin Mitnick

272. How Crypto Thieves Affect the Financial Security Crypto Should Avail

Crypto assets have slowly assumed the reputation of being the next poster boy for the financial industry. However, throughout its long and tedious ascent to global reckoning, cryptocurrency still continues to beg the question of whether its eventual adoption is near anytime soon.

273. Crypto Exchanges Need a More Holistic Approach to Security

Over recent weeks, cryptocurrency exchange security has once again become a headline news event. In late September, KuCoin broke the news that it had suffered a major security incident.

274. How to Create the Ultimate Unstoppable Robotic Combat Unit

Why is AI so dangerous? Are armed robots such a threat? Read on to find out!

275. Essential Vulnerability Fixes for Securing Node.js Applications

Discover common web vulnerabilities and strengthen your defenses against cyber threats. Learn about the latest security vulnerabilities, best practices for vuln

276. Surviving a Skynet Apocalypse

We've all seen the terminator a million billion times. From the Judgement day to the latest one. F*ck ! It was so bad i don't even remember the name. That's not the point though.

277. How To Prevent Data Theft With Cybersecurity

Technology has many advantages to offer businesses, but it also presents unique threats. Cyberattacks are levied at businesses and consumers alike, but companies are often directly targeted. This is because companies deal with large amounts of valuable data, including the personal information of customers and clients, and that can make for a veritable treasure trove for hackers. Protecting your company and your customers from bad actors on the world wide web should be a major priority. Here’s what you need to know.

278. Anonymous vs “ICE Air:” GlobaIX Needs A Security Fix

"ICE Air" deportation flight files and passenger lists hacked by "Anonymous."

279. How I Exploited Millennium MP3 Studio 2.0 with Shellcode Payload

Structured Exception Handler (SEH) based overflows work in many different ways. In this tutorial, we’ll be using a text file to inject the malicious payload into the vulnerable field.

280. A New Internet's Foundation or A Damp Squib: How can “Security's Game Changer” Be So Insecure?

Merely couple of years ago many people considered blockchain a geek thing, a fad or a bubble. Their opponents claimed it was a hack-proof technology that would solve all trust and security issues modern world had been struggling with.

281. The Noonification: Mayday (5/3/2024)

5/3/2024: Top 5 stories on the HackerNoon homepage!

282. 5 Reasons Why We Dont Need To Worry About the SolarWinds Hack

There is quite a bit of consternation in the tech universe about the Solar Winds hack. Here are five reasons not to worry about the Solar Winds hack because these are much more important.

283. How to Find Out If Your WordPress Site Was Hacked

There are signals that you can notice to check if the security of your site is intact. By taking action at the right time, you can protect your online presence from any severe damage.

284. How to Structure an Effective Digital Defense Team

Today’s cybercriminals are increasingly sophisticated. Just downloading some antivirus software isn’t nearly enough protection against them and you need a team.

285. How the Top Result In Google Could Be a Scam Website

Jailbreak Checkrain Checkra1n Security Scam Malware

286. Why “EVM Hacking” Became a Bigger Story Than EVM Security

How “EVM hacking” became a bigger public fear than EVM security itself.

287. Security is at Odds With Productivity and Team Cohesion

Security is at odds with productivity and team cohesion. It doesn't have to be. There's a balance to strike that mitigates external and internal risk.

288. Smart Speakers: A Blessing Or A Curse?

Does Smart Speaker help you become better or screw your happiness? The answer lies in the question. With technology booming, so are the risks.

289. Catch Secrets in Real Time on GitHub with EnvScanner 2.0 and AI

EnvScanner is a real-time GitHub secret detection tool powered by AI. Built with Fastify, React, it detects and validates leaked credentials across every commit

290. How to Protect your Business from Any Type of Criminals: The Complete Guide

Today’s modern world is, undoubtedly, not a safe haven for any business. Make no mistake, even running a small-time operation or setting up a niche venture can become challenging. But surprisingly enough, the major brands like Sony or top cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance aren’t under the greatest threat - criminals and hackers mostly see their prey under a much lower grade. Network security is one of the stumbling stones for businesses of any scale nowadays. Digital age fraudsters rarely engage in assaulting the top corporations - the largest chunk of their bounty comes from the companies that would never make it to the Forbes list.

291. How to Get 80% of Your Work Done in the First 2 Hours

As soon as you wake up your brain is much more receptive to what you watch and listen to.

292. Cyber Heroes: WANTED

Cyber predators are like internet thugs with cyber weapons that they mostly use to extort the helpless and innocent. So we need cyber heroes.

293. Defending Your Organization Against AI-Powered Hackers

Bad actors are now using new AI-powered tools to launch more sophisticated attacks. In this post, we outline steps you can take to defend your organization.

294. How the Maker Of Zeus Trojan Retired and was Never Caught

He was ahead his time in 2009, but today there are other threat actors in action. Here's how he seems to have gotten away with stealing millions of dollars.

295. 7 Ways To Keep Your Mobile Phone Secure

It is critical to change our outlook towards the security of smartphones and adopt as many precautions as possible for safeguarding ourselves.

296. Why Most Hackers Prey on WordPress

WordPress has grown to become the most popular CMS in the world. But being in the public eye puts a big and obvious target on its back. Everyone uses WordPress, from a small blogger to Time Magazine. In fact, anyone looking to publish website content can make use of the CMS. It is flexible, extensible, Open Source and most importantly, supported by a large community of active contributors.

297. Koushik Pal: 'Knowledge Should Be Free'

An interview of a great cybersecurity leader.

298. Vulnerability Of Windows: The Truth

In 2017, DZone wrote a really cool article about a windows exploit that a German student discovered that takes advantage of the trusted binary ‘fodhelper.exe’ that is a part of windows. It is located in System32 and is signed by Microsoft, so when you run it, the UAC prompt (pictured below), which is normally required to run a program as an administrator, is not required.

299. What Cybersecurity Professionals Can Learn From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

The Philosophy and Poetry of Cybersecurity Writing using Edgar Allan Poe as an example.

300. Enterprise Intranets: How Well Are You Protected?

Intranets are vital communication hubs for many companies. According to Simpplr’s Employee Engagement Statistics: 2018, over 70% of professionals involved in employee engagement and internal communications consider intranets to be an essential aspect of their strategy. Indeed, it is on corporate intranets where employees not only collaborate but also share their ideas, express opinions and attitudes to everything that happens in a company.

301. Why Educational Platforms are a Favorite Target Among Attackers?

Educational Institutes are easy prey for hackers to compromise and covertly launch Cyber Attacks/Malicious Campaigns under the hood, without divulging their real identity.

302. Hide an Admin User on Cisco IOS (Router/Switch) Platform [A How-To Guide]

Beginning Reminder: This article is written for research and experimentation purposes only. Only ever access devices you have written, legal authorization to access.

303. Why Is Cybersecurity Becoming Vital in Politics

The 21st century is considered to be an era of technologies. From the beginning of the 21st century, they started developing rapidly. Almost every day, we hear from social media and TV that companies create something new. Artificial intelligence is also gaining a foothold in life.

304. Automate Your Cybersecurity Efforts to Speed Up Response Time

Automation can stand as a mighty knight for the fortress of your organization by strengthening cybersecurity. Collect data and speed up response time.

305. America's Digital Maginot Line

America's critical infrastructure appears to be protected by a Digital Maginot Line

306. Generating Databases for Tests or Other Purposes

Some time ago, a friend told me that she was having trouble testing a certain application. All test solutions stressed the platform correctly, generated relevant scalability results, but at the same time they looked very artificial, she said. Well, as a self-proclaimed information security student, also known as the weird-looking-guy-guy, I could adapt some of my studies to the case.

307. Hackathon: Hack DeFi Products in Africa

Decentralize Africa and beyond is a hackathon by Xend Finance announced with Google Africa, Binance, Huobi, Polygon and more as sponsors!

308. Work From Home Accountable For Massive Twitter Hack

The takeover of high profile Twitter profiles last month on July 15 made headlines when public figures like former President Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk began announcing that they wanted to “give back” to the community.

309. How to Fastline Internet Asset Enumeration with Cyber Search Engines

Cyber Search Engines collect data across the whole internet and deliver it in a structured view.

310. Code Smell 284 - Encrypted Functions

Discover why cryptic code hurts readability, security, and trust in your software.

311. Navigating the Cybersecurity Hiring Trenches: Challenges, Realities, and Paths Forward

Exciting yet frustrating tech scene: layoffs, low pay, unrealistic expectations, talent shortages. Success needs skills, community, and resilience.

312. Methodology and Mindset for Clearing the OSCP

While there are thousands of OSCP guides out there, I still want to give you some hacks for the OSCP that I haven't seen in most other guides.

313. The Noonification: I Was Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Hacking Back - My Story (6/20/2023)

6/20/2023: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!

314. Successful Collaboration in Cybersecurity: If the Only Tool You Have Is a Hammer…

If the hammer is the tool you are best with, I think you should use it as much as possible. I feel it would help collaboration

315. What is Discover? Contribute Your Time this Hacktoberfest

Contributions from the community are the lifeblood of an open-source project. Attracting new contributors, therefore, is one of the most important parts of building an active community around an open-source project. After talking to hundreds of project maintainers, we realized the easiest way to help an open-source project is to lower the bar for a new developer to start contributing.

316. "Being Kind is a Superpower," says Indie Writer, Hacker, Bethan Vincent

Bethan Vincent from the UK generally introduces herself as a marketer, but - as time goes by - feels like that’s really only part of the story. Alongside supporting companies with their marketing efforts, Bethan also runs her own podcast about resilience - The Brave, dip her toes into creating my own products and platforms, and has been nominated for a 2020 Noonie in the Technology Award Category.

317. Dealing with My Annoying & Malicious Chrome Extensions

As much as we love Chrome extensions and the ease they bring to use while surfing the web, it is wise to note that not all of them are authentic.

318. How I Hacked the Lenovo Carme HW25P Smartwatch

In this tutorial I am going to tell you how I hacked Lenovo Carme smart watch using Python3 in less than 100 lines of code and with basic knowledge of BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy). This code has been tested on Ubuntu 18.04. It will not work on Windows. You can find the source code for the same in my Github repository here.

319. How We Built Open Previews and Used Invisible Divs in GitHub Discussions as a Key-Value Store

We came up with an open-source solution for commenting and using invisible divs in GitHub discussions.

320. Pre-IBC Hackathon—Get Your Spacesuits Ready for HackAtom V

IBC is coming. Come and hack on it before it gets shipped on Cosmos Hub mainnet.

321. The Noonification: Introducing Drag Your GAN: Drag Objects to Create New Images (6/25/2023)

6/25/2023: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!

322. "Complaining only helps if you're prepared to do something about it" -Dawood Khan Masood

Dawood Khan Masood from Pakistan has been nominated for a 2020 Noonie in the Back to the Internet category. The Noonies are Hacker Noon’s way of getting to know — from a community perspective —  what matters in tech today. So, we asked our Noonie Nominees to tell us. Here’s what Dawood had to share.

323. Who Will Guard The Guards?

In this hyperconnected world we generate data everyday, and anyone who has access to it can be a threat to our privacy and security. Even the government.

324. Sony Pictures Hack: The Strike From North Korea and Early Cyberwarfare

Here is some information about the Sony Pictures hack - a 2014 cyberterrorist attack from North Korea.

325. The Importance of Cybersecurity in Water Treatment Processing

Rapid digital transformation, Industry 4.0, AI adoption and Internet of Things devices are popping up in every sector. A desire to improve productivity and make data-driven decisions expands surface areas for hackers to target information-rich companies. But what data does water have to offer to cyber criminals?

326. Fırat Civaner Became Sad About People Who Lost Their Jobs, Health And Lives

Fırat Civaner from Turkey has been nominated for a 2020#Noonie in the Future Heroes and Technology categories..

327. Hacking the Art World with Thomas Webb

About #CrazyTechStories

328. The Noonification: Who Really Runs Twitter? (7/6/2023)

7/6/2023: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!

329. Progress From Coding Software To Engineering It

Before I learned how to build apps with code, I thought software development would be like building something out of wood... you learn a couple of basic skills,

330. Hacking Nursing Homes of the Future [Infographic]

Cleanliness lies at the heart of nursing homes going forward.

331. Adrian H. Raudaschl is Ready to Live Somewhere Other Than Earth

Adrian H. Raudaschl from the United Kingdom is a 5x Noonie Nominee who, right now, is most excited about the prospect of "Living on worlds other than Earth." We feel that vibe. Read more of Adrian's insights in the 10-question interview below.

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