Reverse Engineering with "pdf2word" Live

In This "tutorial" we will use a real program called PDF2Word. I stumbled upon this program when trying to convert a pdf document to a word document (duh..). The funny thing about this program is that it costs $39.95 and that it is released under the GPL. Let's start shall we? 1: Obtain a copy of the program at http://www.verypdf.com/pdf2word/index.html We will use version 2.6 in this tutorial. 2: Obtain a copy of ollydbg at http://www.ollydbg.de/ Start PDF2Word and you will see a screen with title "Please register .." Type in an emailadress and a bogus Registrationkey and hit OK. Write down the error message you get since we will need...

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Hacking Mind, Learn Faster, Be Smart

If someone granted you one wish, what do you imagine you would want out of life that you haven't gotten yet? For many people, it would be self-improvement and knowledge. New knowledge is the backbone of society's progress. Great thinkers such as Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and others' quests for knowledge have led society to many of the marvels we enjoy today. Your quest for knowledge doesn't have to be as Earth-changing as Einstein's, but it can be an important part of your life, leading to a new job, better pay, a new hobby, or simply knowledge for knowledge's sake — whatever is important to you as...

Configure SSH Without Password Login Prompt

Password less SSH login to another server can be very useful when you want to configure a remote backup server or when migrating servers. For enabling this you need to have openSSH installed on the server. Here is a tutorial on how to configure password less SSH login to server ‘mars’ from server ‘earth’ 1. Login to earth as root. 2. Run the command ssh-keygen -t rsa If the key already exists you can either go to step 3 or you can generate a new key by overwriting existing key (see image). It would be better to overwrite the existing key if you did not generate it. 3. Change directory to /root/.ssh/ root@earth:~# cd /root/.ssh/ root@earth:~/.ssh# 4....

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