Anybody who uses a Mac should be aware of Spotlight; it appears as that little magnifying glass that sits in the top-right of your screen. Many people have decided to replace Spotlight with 3rd-party programs that provide different functions (Evan has already highlighted two of them, Alfred and Quicksilver), but most reviews overlook some of the hidden...

In many countries (including US and UK), it is illegal to use this attack on an active website. Sqlzoo has set up a vulnerable test system here so that you can legally try this out for yourself. Overview SQL, also known as Structured Query Language, is a special-purpose programming language used to communicate with databases. SQL can insert data, retrieve...

This guide is an updated version of our extremely popular guide, Decrypt OS X User Account Passwords. The guide has been updated to work with Mountain Lion 10.8. Requirements Physical access to the machine. If you need to crack passwords on Tiger, Leopard, or Snow Leopard, please use our tried-and-true Decrypt OS X User Account Passwords guide. If you...

This is a guest post by Natalia David. The entire tech world is familiar with the Yahoo Voice debacle resulting in the exposure of over 400,000 users’ email addresses and passwords. As reported by Reuters and many tech news sites, the bunch of hackers claiming responsibility of this attack go by the title of the D33Ds (deeds) company and on their site...

Port forwarding allows external computers to connect with computers within a local area network. Why Forward Your Ports? Port forwarding can be very useful if you want to connect to your computer from a remote location. For instance, if you try to SSH into your computer from another using your external IP address, the connection will time out. Why?...

This guide will NOT WORK with Mountain Lion 10.8. Please view our new, updated guide for Cracking Passwords in Mac OS X Mountain Lion This guide is an updated version of our extremely popular guide, Decrypt OS X User Account Passwords. The guide has been updated to work with Lion 10.7. Requirements Physical access to the machine. If you need to crack...