We examined the internals of a Wi‑Fi–enabled USB drive and took a close look at how it operates. Appearances were deceiving, and our test results overturned our initial assumptions about the device. Below is our unedited, unsanctioned…
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Crypto Mining FAQ: What to Mine Today, How to Mine…
You hear the word “mining” everywhere these days—even from people far outside the IT world. Crypto exchanges are seeing unprecedented price swings, and in July the combined market cap of cryptocurrencies topped $100 billion. The hype is…
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ReactOS: Why Trojans Run on the Windows Alternative but Microsoft…
On display in our cabinet of curiosities today is an unusual specimen—a twenty‑year‑gestating OS embryo learning to take its first steps. For now it can only stand and move gingerly, but it’s already trying to communicate with…
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Gridcoin: Earn Cryptocurrency Rewards for Scientific Computing
While some people mine crypto, others crunch scientific data. Until recently, you had to choose between profit and altruism, since most distributed computing projects don’t offer payouts. Now there’s a third‑party rewards program, and it’s already showing…
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Crypto Mining Made Easy: Automate Your Operations and Optimize Performance
Lately, the mining landscape has changed fundamentally. With around a thousand altcoins now, focusing on a single cryptocurrency has become too risky. Exchange rates and mining difficulty are constantly in flux. Keeping up and manually switching to…
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GPU-Accelerated Password Cracking: Harnessing Your Graphics Card for Brute-Force Attacks
Modern graphics cards are essentially compact supercomputers, delivering several teraflops of performance. A multi-GPU setup fits on a desk and can quickly crack most encrypted files. Where you once had to buy and configure a stack of…
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Windows 10 Hardening Guide: Secure, Private, and Optimized Setup for…
Over the years, Windows has evolved from a graphical shell on top of MS-DOS into a client front end for Microsoft’s cloud services. Turning it into a fully self-sufficient OS is probably unrealistic, but with some deep…
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How to Choose and Configure an Ad Blocker to Stop…
The web is awash with ads, and the delivery tactics are getting more aggressive. Animated GIFs and Flash, iframes and pop-ups—that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Phishing redirects, trojans, and stealthy cryptojacking scripts that start mining…
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Tiny Hummingbird: Exploring an Entirely Assembly Language Operating System
Today in our collection of curiosities, we have an intriguing specimen: an operating system written entirely in pure assembly language. With its drivers, graphical interface, and dozens of pre-installed programs and games, it takes up less than…
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