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Hacking with Google: Up-to-Date Google Dork Queries for OSINT and Penetration Testing

Date: 19/08/2025

Author: 84ckf1r3

Penetration testing usually calls for a toolkit of specialized utilities, but one of them is available to everyone and always at your fingertips — Google. You just need to know how to use it. Google dork queries are clever search strings that help surface data that’s publicly accessible but hidden from plain view.

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Best Privacy-Focused Linux Distros for Bypassing Censorship and Protecting Against Surveillance

Date: 14/08/2025

Author: 84ckf1r3

You might already use the Tails distro—or even run it every day. But it’s not the only operating system that can conceal your presence online and help you bypass regional blocks. In this article, we’ll look at five Tails alternatives, each with its own noteworthy features.

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Conducting a Wi-Fi Security Audit Using a Smartphone with Kali NetHunter and an External Wi-Fi Adapter

Date: 08/08/2025

Author: 84ckf1r3

Wardriving can quite seriously be conducted with a smartphone, but just the built-in radio module and Android apps won’t be enough. Advanced attacks utilize external Wi-Fi adapters and command-line tools for Linux. All the necessary utilities are already available in the Kali NetHunter distribution. Today, we’ll explore how to install it and use it for attacks on access points by connecting a separate Wi-Fi dongle.

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Earn Cryptocurrency by Renting Out Your Hard Drive Space

Date: 08/08/2025

Author: 84ckf1r3

If you have unlimited internet and plenty of free disk space, you might want to try earning some money from it. We’ll explain how blockchain is used for data storage and conduct an experiment with the Storj crypto storage platform. Fair warning: you won’t be swimming in money, but you’ll get a taste of the future.

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Understanding and Hacking BitLocker: Exploring Windows Disk Encryption and Its Vulnerabilities

Date: 20/07/2025

Author: 84ckf1r3

BitLocker encryption technology was first introduced ten years ago and has evolved with each version of Windows. However, not all changes were aimed at enhancing its cryptographic strength. In this article, we will closely examine the structure of different BitLocker versions (including those pre-installed in the latest builds of Windows 10) and demonstrate how this built-in security mechanism can be bypassed.

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Hacking Wi-Fi Networks Using a Smartphone: Reconnaissance and Initial Attack Steps

Date: 14/07/2025

Author: 84ckf1r3

You’ve probably tried hacking wireless networks using a laptop and noticed how cumbersome it can be, not to mention that it draws attention. But why bother with a laptop when you can use a real pocket-sized computer that allows you to go war driving without anyone noticing? In this article, we’ll go through the preparation steps and cover some basic attacks, and in the next article, we’ll dive into more advanced techniques.

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Victory over “bads”: using Victoria to recover data and reset disk password

Date: 04/06/2025

Author: 84ckf1r3

Recovering deleted files is not a problem; there are dozens of utilities for this. But what if the drive is damaged, has an erroneous geometry description, or is password protected at the controller level? Then the Victoria utility comes to the rescue. It is written in assembler, takes up a few kilobytes and works directly with the controller.

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