+++[9/12/2011] Hack Community News +++ 09-13-2011, 05:25 AM
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Welcome to the third edition of Hack Community news.
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th3.g4m3_0v3r has written a short tutorial on a brute force tool which a Firefox add-on. You can find the tutorial by clicking here. Good job th3.g4m3_0v3r!
Guts666 has written a detailed tutorial on how to defend yourself in a fight. The thread can be found here. Good job Guts666!
Hack Community has experienced some server issues. It could even be a DDos attack. For more information, read the thread here.
Frooxius has written a very informative, in-depth yet easy to understand article on how processor, assembler and programming languages work. It is recommended that you give it a read.
The graphics group name contest is over. White Charisma's entry, "Visualizers" had the most votes (5) however, it was disqualified when he voted for his own entry. The entry with the second highest number of votes was "Graphic Alliance" (3 votes) by SoulSelector. Congratulations SoulSelector!
networkZombie PMed The 7th Sage about the GFX group but he is still waiting for a reply.
This week we have another great tutorial by barhoumti. The tutorial is about being anonymous on the internet and it is Hack Community exclusive! Find the tutorial here.
networkZombie insulted DeffoN in last week's news thread because of the quality issues in the 2nd edition of Hack Community news. Upon being insulted, DeffoN quit the news team. networkZombie realized that he was extremely rude and he made an apology thread. DeffoN has accepted the apology.
This week, a lot of members have been posting pictures of what they look like in real life. Most of these threads can be found in the Open Discussion section.
The official Hack Community IRC channel has been cancelled. In his thread in the Rules and Announcements section, Frooxius said that the IRC channel was cancelled "Due to very low activity and no interest of users for a few weeks of existence". Check out the thread by clicking here.
The 7th sage has created a page where a list of banned members can be found. However, the link is not working for some members and the reason is unknown. You can visit the link here and you can see the official announcement by The 7th Sage by clicking here
The 7th Sage has blocked some countries due to a heavy DDos attack. These countries include Albania, Algeria, Indonesia, Nigeria, Russian Federation and Singapore. You can read the official thread here.
We have yet another important tutorial this week! The tutorial is on how to become an elite hacker by white-rabbit. Click here to visit the tutorial.
Coded32 has found out that Microsoft.com has an XSS vulnerability. Check out his thread here. Nice job Coded32!
If you are bored and love challenges, Escapa is the perfect game for you. Thanks ahmadijaz for posting this!
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There were no interviews this week.
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