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Disable Password Authentication for better Security More about SSH can be found here. You might be astonished how many people try to break into your computer via ssh. It is advisable to use key-based authentication only. Article for key-based authentication. Enable monitoring sudo gedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config --> change LogLevel INFO to LogLevel VERBOSE SSH login attempts will now be saved in your /var/log/auth.log file. Accessing the information sudo cat /var/log/auth.log | grep sshd sudo cat /var/log/auth.log | grep Fail sudo cat /var/log/auth.log | grep Invalid Disabling SSH all-together sudo mv /etc/init/ssh.conf /etc/init/ssh.conf.disabled

Open a terminal sudo leafpad ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml -->Change <animateIconify> no </animateIconify> Save and exit

WPScan is a tool to automatically scan Wordpress-Blogs for vulnerabilities. Furthermore it can enumerate user names and carry out bruteforce attacks on accounts associated with the blog. Link: http://wpscan.org/ Install sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libopenssl-ruby libxml2 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev ruby-dev git git clone https://github.com/wpscanteam/wpscan.git  cd wpscan  sudo gem install bundler && bundle install --without test development Enumerate vulnerable plugins and themes Plugins   ruby wpscan.rb --url http://www.wpblog.com --enumerate vp Themes ruby wpscan.rb --url http://www.wpblog.com --enumerate vt Get usernames ruby wpscan.rb --url http://www.wpblog.com --enumerate u Brute-forcing accounts Most of the time, user don't chance the default 'admin' username, so you should start here. ruby wpscan.rb --url www.wpblog.com --wordlist YOURWORDLIST --username admin You can get an extremely good wordlist here: htt

I guess most of you (including me) would like to lock their screens.  You  accomplish this  in Openbox by installing and using XscreenSaver. XScreenSaver Terminal sudo apt-get install xscreensaver sudo nano /home/YOURUSERNAME/.config/openbox/autostart.sh #ad this line xscreensaver -no-splash & #save and exit sudo chmod +x /home/YOURUSERNAME/.config/openbox/autostart.sh Adding an entry to obmenu obmenu new item ==> label: lock ==> action: execute ==> execute: xscreensaver-command -lock save the menu & exit You should now be able to lock your screen. 

It might be ''Game Over'' for Flappy Bird on the iTunes store, but its still possible to install and play the game. Download: File iPhone  Download and install iFunBox to your computer Connect iPhone to your computer Open iFunBox and click the <<Install App>> button Open the Flappy Bird .IPA file Android Settings > Security > Enable Unknown sources Open a web browser and download the Flappy Bird zip file Extract Open and install the file (.apk) That's it. 

Before we start with the guide, I would like to point out that if you want to get serious, you need the invest some money.  This is what I would recommend and run myself (I have 4 rigs): 3 * ASUS R9 280X-DC2T-3GD5 Graphics Cards  1 * ASRock MB-970EX4 Socket AM3+/ AMD 970 1 * AMD Sempron 145 Processor 1* Corsair Professional Series AX 1200 Watt 1* Kingston Hyper X Blu 4 GB   PCI-E PCI Express 16X Riser   The 280x graphics cards currently offer the best bang for the buck and yield 740-760 khs each. Litecoin is scrypt-based But now back to the actual topic: i.e. how to mine your first Litecoins for free. ;) Requirements sign up for a mining pool such as LTCRabbit and create a worker (LTCRabbit: My Account > My Workers > Add New Worker) an azure trial account approx. 15 min of your time The Azure Account You need a credit card to qualify for the trial period of 1 month (Link: Trial ). Note that the subscription will end automatically. (You can even sig

I recently encountered a problem with OpenVpn and the riseup VPN on a friend's notebook. Although it connected and seemed to work none of the traffic was going over the RiseupVPN. This is the configuration of the .ovpn file that did the trick for me. Save it under C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config\RiseupVpn.ovpn. client dev tun remote vpn.riseup.net auth-user-pass ca RiseupCA.pem redirect-gateway def1 verb 4 Or alternatively download the file here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B06EJahqJCOCOVV2NERwNEtVRlE/edit?usp=sharing Also, make sure to run  OpenVpn as administrator. Right click on the OpenVPN application >> choose “Run as Administrator"