Crack your own Windows7 Password! Break into the Windows system.

Hi guys, good day to you.
Before we break into the Windows system lets prepare for the final challenge.
Most of us use Microsoft Windows in our daily office tasks. If you are a gamer, programmer or a journalist you are most likely be using Windows. Of course you can do without Windows, but it has become a sort of culture to use it, because majority of the users seek simplicity.

For geeks and Linux fans, running a smart OS like Linux from a flash drive would be more than fun. There are tons of possibilities such as running BackTrack, GParted, Ubuntu and other Linux flavors each of which is designed for special purposes. BackTrack is a security testing and assessment tool built n top of Linux kernel while GParted is designed for disk management. Ubuntu is a full featured operating system.

Preparation

Download your flavor of Linux from these download links.
GParted       - Disk Management
BackTrack   -Security Assessment and Testing
Ubuntu        -Full featured OS.
Xubuntu      -Full featured OS.

Download a Live USB creator tool.
UNebootin                     - Available for Mac, Windows and Linux
Live USB Install           -  Available for Windows and Linux
Universal USB Installer - Available for Windows
FUSBi                         - Available for Windows and Linux
YUMI                          - A multi boot installer (Windows only).

Installation

After downloading your favorite flavor of Linux and live USB creator tool, lets jump head first into installing Linux.

Run and install the live USB creator tool. In this case I am going to use UNebootin to install GParted (Disk Management Linux).

Firefox running on GParted (USB boot).

High profile cyber sex scandal in Maldives

Failed to identify the photo by running  face recognition.

Age of cyber crime has begun in Maldives. Most of the high profile cyber crimes are originated from the southern most atoll of the Maldives, which is  Addu city.
In 2005 Dhiraagu web servers were hacked and several hosted websites were messed up. And now we are witnessing DoS attacks. Some of these attacks are so successful that it completely shutdown Internet services for some periods.

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After the highly organized attacks on Dhiraagu servers the hackers in Addu city switched their target. The hot topic in the Maldives is now the high profile cyber sex scandal which include cabinet  ministers, MPs and prominent Judicial Service members. The hackers' initial aim was to earn some money through black mailing.

How did they do it?
The teenage group contacted the high profile figures through the social networking service "Face Book". The women in the picture is the profile photo of several facebook ID's the group used to contact the prominent figures. After a lot of sweet talking the group gave them "her" personal Windows Messenger ID.

Now the group has a virtual web cam which streams pre-recorded porn video. As the video chat session was going, the group was silently recording everything without the slightest hint to the victims.

The Black Mailing
After recording hardcore chat sessions, they threatened them with the recorded videos. Bank of Maldives has guaranteed money transfer to Addu city by unnamed government figures, according to sources.
The news was broken by the media regarding the arrest of several teenagers in Addu city during president Nasheed's visit to Addu which began on 17th Feb 2011. The government tried its best to confiscate all the videos before leaking to the public. Despite the efforts many tapes were leaked and available for anyone to see.

Police did not reveal much detail about the investigations. Even though this is a highly sensitive issue the public,  independent bodies and NGO's continue to remain silent.

Eavesdropping cell phone calls becomes possible.

It's bad news, or is it? Mr. Karsten Nohl, a German computer expert has published detailed information on the possibility of eavesdropping phone calls made by cell phones.GSM is the most widely used standard for mobile networks around the globe. The GSM standard was created by The GSM Association (GSMA)22 years ago. The latest GSM algorithm in use today is A5/1. Following the publicizing of the report, GSMA announced that work is in progress of revising the algorithm, which is called A5/3.

Eavesdropping phone calls maybe impractical due to the cost of the equipment and the technical knowledge required. However, since we know that our phone calls are prone to eavesdropping we aren't comfortable speaking on the phone anymore.

Karsten Nohl, Chris Paget – 26C3, Berlin