How to get unlimited free Internet at Airports

Hello,

A big number of Airports in major Western cities in the US provide free and unlimited Internet access.

In my recent trips to the Middle East, I was disappointed to find out that the internet is not totally for free. Instead, they usually give you 30 minutes for free and then you have to pay after that.

In this article, I am going to show you one trick on how to keep extending your 30 minutes free internet so you get unlimited internet.

Temporary Internet at the Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport:

How to reveal saved passwords in Internet Explorer, Outlook, Firefox, Thunderbird, and more…

This is a quick blog post to tell you about a bunch of nice password recovery utilities for Windows. They are free and very useful. Please check out the following password recovery tools:

• Password recovery tools from SecurityXploded
• Password recovery tools from Nirsoft

How to solve the “Build the cube” puzzle

This video shows how to build the cube from its 7 pieces.

The cube puzzle can be purchased from Amazon.com using this link.

How to check who logged in and when via Windows Remote Desktop

Hello,

Remote Deskop is a nice facility built-in Microsoft Windows from XP and up.

You can use it to remotely administer your computer or simply do programming work.

Many times you may want to keep track and see who is logging into your PC for security reasons. This article will show you how. Let’s proceed!

How to capture and analyze HTTP/HTTPS from your smartphone or tablet using Fiddler

Hello,

In the previous article, I showed you how to capture traffic from WiFi devices. In this article, I will illustrate how to capture HTTP/HTTPS traffic using Fiddler.

This skill is very useful for web programmers or security engineers who want to debug their application or audit third party applications that use web services over an encrypted channel. Let’s get started!

How to capture all network traffic going through your smartphone/tablet/laptop or other wireless devices

Hello,

In this blog post, I am going to show you how to record all inbound and outbound network traffic from a wireless device (smartphone, tablet, laptop, etc…).

People desire to capture traffic for many reasons, namely for/by:

• Security Auditing and penetration testing
• Programmers and testers
• Application protocol analysis and recovery
• etc…

Let’s get started!

How to show saved Windows 8 Wifi passwords

In this blog post, I am going to illustrate how to reveal the saved Wifi passwords under Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 in three easy steps.

You may also like the following posts:

• How to show saved Windows 7 Wifi passwords
• Free WifiShare Tool – Turning your laptop into a hotspot and internet connection sharing station

Step 1 – Open the Network and Sharing Center

Right click on the wireless networks icon in the tray bar (just next the clock):

Then right click on select “Open network and sharing center”

Step 2 – List all network adapters

Select “Change adapter settings”

This will give you a list of all available network adapters:

Step 3 – Show the WiFi properties and reveal the password

Double click on the Wifi card adapter icon for which you want to retrieve the password. In my case, I double-clicked on the “Wi-Fi” card.

The “Wi-Fi Status” dialog will show up. Press the “Wireless Properties” button:

Then switch to the “Security” tab:

Press “Show characters” to reveal the password.

I hope this short and concise article was useful. Please leave your comments or start following this blog to get notified about new / other useful tips.

Free WifiShare Tool – Turning your laptop into a hotspot and internet connection sharing station

In this blog post, I am going to share with you this free utility that allows you to turn your laptop (via your Wifi network card) into a hotspot so that you can share your internet connection with other portable devices or with your friends.

Change hard disk volume serial number

A few years ago, I wrote an article explaining how to change the volume serial number.

This program does not work properly now under Windows Vista or Windows 7 unless executed as administrator. Following many suggestions, I updated the tool to support the latest Windows version.

Please note that after you change the serial number you may need to reboot the PC for the settings to take effect.

Download:

• Binary
• Source code

Note: You may need to download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86).

How your Yahoo! Mail account can be hacked with phishing – A real life example explained

Introduction

In this article, I am going to illustrate a real life scenario where an attempt to hack my email account was carried by fooling me into giving my user name / password through a fake website that looks like Yahoo! Mail.

Such attacks, where the victim is lured into entering information in what looks like an innocent website, are called “phishing attacks”. Wikipedia defines “phishing” as the following:

Phishing is the act of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money) by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication

In the subsequent sections I will show you how the attack is carried, how you can inspect such emails by yourself and then conclude by giving you some safety guidelines.