[Nomad.Null]

I am committing this thread to introducing the young and the old members of this forum to a history of hackers and what it means to be considered one.. This thread, whether it reigns at the top of the forum, or is forgotten in the graveyard of archived and forgotten threads, I would have it said that the first moments of this sub-forum was dedicated to the monumental achievements and exploits of hackers come before.

This book is free to download and distribute, as long as you give me credit for its creation. It has my name slapped all over it anyway, but it's nice to be recognized for the hard work. Put it on The Pirate Bay, for all I care, as long as you keep it free, and leave my name on it, we're good.

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Oh, and take a peek at the other stuff I posted on here if you liked this. I post a lot of tutorials and e-books, and this was just a tiny tid-bit of what I've written with real substance and knowledge to give.

Hacker Ethos [EBOOK]

Universal Password Cracking Guide [EBOOK]

Letter from the Author

I regret to inform you all that this will likely be my final, freesource publication. It has been a lot of fun writing these white-papers and documents on my knowledge and experience, but I cannot keep doing it. Originally, I had decided to make all of my e-books free and open to the public, but some financial strife has stricken me and my family recently, and I cannot commit to writing these any longer without some form of adequate compensation. To the very few who have donated, thank you so much, your support of my publications is more than I even expected.

Since this publication is entirely built up from open-source knowledge and documented history, I didn't feel right slapping a price-tag on it. Never pay for this e-book, no matter where you go. It, and the knowledge within it, while great to have, should never have a price put on it.

To the denizens of HF. Thanks for your support. Expect more from me soon.

-- Your friendly-neighborhood Demon. 🤝

[Febreze]

Not going to read all this, but it was really interesting learning about "phreaking" and that Joseph kid. Never knew that before, nor much of any of this... fuck it i read it

[DARPA]

Jolly Good Thread old Sport. Jolly Good Read. I remember when we were kids and got hold of the old Telecommunications Repair Manual, as was strangely similar to the Movie 'Hackers". Oh what fun we had....

We used to make the pay phones automatically ring after 30 seconds and watch as drunks from the pub picked up the phone. Hilarity, oh the hilarity.

[Nomad.Null]

I'm very glad to see my efforts did not fall on blind eyes. 🤝

As I said, this is a testament to the exploits of hackers come before. I'll never be able to update this thread, since it is twice the word limit and is combined of two posts into one, but I enjoyed compiling it.

This is for the nostalgia and for the history-lovers...and to teach the newbies what it means to be one of us.

[Evil Corp]

That was a good read my friend. I read all of it, skipped some on "hacking becomes a crime". I didn't know most of this stuff, thanks for writing this.
May I ask, do you still work as a cyber security? what is it like to work as a cyber security?

[Nomad.Null]

That was a good read my friend. I read all of it, skipped some on "hacking becomes a crime". I didn't know most of this stuff, thanks for writing this.
May I ask, do you still work as a cyber security? what is it like to work as a cyber security?

Yes I do, and it has been getting really interesting lately with the recent hack of Kaspersky labs. Recently, they were hacked with a virus that they estimate had been on their system for six months, at least. The virus was basically a piece of Spyware we believe was trying to get insight on how virus signatures are detected, as well as understanding how western cyber security operates. I say western, because this hack fits the profile and time line of a series of hacks committed by one of the Irani terrorist groups that was involved in the Auswitz attacks. (The attacks were launched against semetic targets on the aniversary of the Auswitz liberation).

If you are wondering what cyber security is like, I'd compare it to a never-ending chess game with yourself, lol. Trying to figure out new ways to justify your job to your client by developing a new method for cracking their network and patching the hole before someone else figures it out and as a way of keeping end-users on their toes. We try not to be too disruptive, but every once in a while, we attempt to SE certain client's employees out of their password or to let us download a RAT into their system. It's mostly for their benefit and we kind of make a game out of it. A lot of users at one company have gotten really smart about asking the right questions, so we feel a lot better about their security.

If I could even begin to describe the daily challenges that I deal with, I'd love to throw them all into a thread for you guys to give you an idea. There are really too many different scenarios I run into on a monthly basis, everything is constantly changing. I will say that working cyber security has been one of the best jobs I could have ever ended up with. I'm currently thinking about a career change to game design though. Maybe owning my own studio... It's all been a lot of fun, but I don't enjoy working for a boss. I'd rather be my own. Still, if you love security, I encourage anyone to go for it. It has been the ride of my life.

[05317832892]

Wow this is a nice thread. An amazing way to start off a new section.

[Betty Blue]

John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The military wanted a computer system that was able to communicate with their missile defense grid so that, in the event of a nuclear war, the computers would be capable of launching pre-emptive or even post-detonation retaliations.

This is a common misconception with ARPANET. ARPANET was NOT designed for anything to do with nuclear attacks. ARPANET was designed to connect the large supercomputers, which there were few in the country. Because of the design of ARPANET, it was commonly believe that this was an intentional feature, to survive a nuclear attack.

[Nomad.Null]

The misconception is that this was the sole purpose of ARPANET. The original plan was for two computers to be connected between the White House and Los Angeles merely as an alternative to rolodex and telagraph. ARPANET was not the realization of this plan, but it was the original motivation and the reason for government interest behind it. By the time ARPANET had gone up and the bugs worked out, the need for this had come and gone.

ARPANET was a private project conducted by government and private sector research organizations with the sole goal being to make computers talk to each other.

[Ͼhance The Rapper]

All i can say is wow, this is spot on, such a nice informative thread. Thanks for this OP. it's clear you put lots of work into this.

[Nomad.Null]

All i can say is wow, this is spot on, such a nice informative thread. Thanks for this OP. it's clear you put lots of work into this.

Thank you for saying so. And yes, it took a long time to type it out. Especially since it was on my smartphone...

[FlatlineXxX]

Is there a PDF version of this available, like there was for "Universal Guide to Password Attacks"?

[CyberGuard]

It's nice and informative, yet the way it's presented hurts my eyes.
A bit more spacing & formatting would do no harm.

[Armada]

It's nice and informative, yet the way it's presented hurts my eyes.
A bit more spacing & formatting would do no harm.

Fantastic write up man.
I do kind of agree with what CyberGuard said though.
The double spacing between the lines kind of makes it hard to read, not sure why you presented it that way. But the content is fantastic. Linking to this one for sure.🤝

[Motiv]

What a fantastic addition to this section. Another job well done by True Demon.