Bringing your lunch to work doesn't always have to involve boring brown paper bags and plastic ziplocks. If you want to avoid crushing your homemade bagel sandwich on the way to work, store it in a CD spindle case. Tired of stealing ketchup packets from food courts? Place you ...more
Cursed treasure is a very popular and challenging web game that, like most of it's webgame contemporaries, has attracted a lot of attention from hackers looking to make it easier to cheat in the game. This video shows you how to use cheat engine to get more money and change ot ...more
Meet Newstweek, a hidden device engineered to hack news items being read at public WiFi hotspots (cafes, libraries, airports, etc.). Both nefarious and tech-saavy, the ingenious mechanism wasn't fathered by a group of web hackers, but rather a pair of Berlin artists, Julian Ol ...more
John Park from Make Magazine hacks a Nintendo Wii controller and turns it into a personal flight recorder that can sense and measure the stomach-churning G forces of roller coasters and other high-speed, high-risk activities. This Maker Workshop episode will expand your uses ...more
Another Community Byte announcement from Null Byte! The Community Byte projects serve to teach people in a co-operative, hands-on manner. Learning from experience and immersing yourself in a subject is the best way to learn something foreign to you. In our sessions, we have st ...more
Household Hacker brings you fun hack how to projects in a variety of areas: electronic hacks, computer hacks, pranks, etc. Search Household Hacker on WonderHowTo for more videos by this creator. In this video, learn how to make YouTube paper. Template: http://www.householdhac ...more
If your computer is working slow--or not at all, there could be some unsavory programs running amok in your system. Trojans, malware, viruses, and hacks are dangerous to the health of your operating system. This video tutorial demonstrates the measures to take in order to rid ...more
To prevent melted ice cream from leaking out of the pointy bottom of a cone, plug the hole up with a marshmallow before adding any ice cream on top. This will also give you a nice treat when you're almost finished, as the marshmallow will absorb some of the ice cream. Or, if ...more
Learn everything you could possibly want to know about the internet, multiplayer game Evony. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to hack Evony (09/17/09). Evony, formerly known as Civony, is a free, interactive, browser-based, online game, similar to Civilization. You can ...more
Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a featur ...more
Unlock the sim, of your iphone and use it with another company Hack your iPhone. Click through to watch this video on tricklife.com
If you didn't think you could make a high speed photography trigger or hack together some creepy googly eyeballs for Halloween, then you've got another think coming, because learning how to use Arduino just got easier thanks to Jody Culkin and her wonderful comic book introduc ...more
Mario hacks, cheats, glitches. How to play and hack the flash game Mario Games. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to hack Mario Games with Cheat Engine 5.5 (09/30/09). Download Cheat Engine. Description of the app on Softendo: Mario Games is a compilation of three actio ...more
If you want to succeed at your New Year's resolution, stop thinking of it as a resolution. Instead, frame your resolution as a daily, manageable habit you want to develop into you day-to-day life. Don't think in vague terms like "I want to lose weight" or "I want to become fl ...more
This video shows us how to hack a video camcorder. He shows VideoJug users how to take a one time use video camcorder, and learn to hack it so you can use it again and again, saving you money! Hack a video camcorder. Click through to watch this video on videojug.com
There are tons of hacks for Windows computers, so it was only about time that a hack for Bloons TD came out for a Mac. If you're using a Windows, you can still hack with Cheat Engine, but with Mac, you're going to want to use iHaxGamez. This video tutorial teaches how to hack ...more
Level up on Happy Aquarium by hacking it with Registry Helper. Huh? No Cheat Engine? See for yourself. This won't work for all computers, so test it out for yourself. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to hack levels in Happy Aquarium (10/18/09). This might get boring aft ...more
Get tons of money to spend in the free online game Ninja Saga! This tutorial is easy - all you need is the latest version of Cheat Engine. Open Ninja Saga, scan it with Cheat Engine and then enter in however much money you want!
Welcome to the fifth Community Byte for coding in Python and beating the challenges given to us from HackThisSite. These sessions are created to bring our community together, to learn from each other, and essentially grow together. Everyone is welcome, from novice programmers ...more
Tricycle + simple plow blade = true yankee ingenuity. (Who needs a pricey snow plow vehicle?) Craig Smith recently submitted his custom contraption to MAKE: "The custom 3-wheel bike with sidecar was made years ago, a replica of a bike my childhood friend had. Last winter I a ...more
Welcome to the sixth Community Byte for coding in Python and beating the challenges presented to us by HackThisSite. These sessions are created to bring our community together, to learn from each other, and essentially grow together. Everyone is welcome, from novice programmer ...more
T-Mobile's credit-checking system was recently hacked, and this one is about as bad as it gets. The names of 15 million customers, their date of birth and social security number, as well as driver's license numbers and additional information was illegally accessed, meaning the ...more
If you have a Homebrew hacked Wii, chances are you aren't using your disc channel as much as you used to. You can play back ups now, why use discs? This video will show you how to move the disc channel from its hallowed spot at the top-left of your Wii menu to somewhere more c ...more
There are a couple of limitations that Microsoft put in to Windows 7 upgrades that can prevent users from upgrading and ultimately force them to do a clean install. First limitation is that they won't let you to upgrade Windows 7 if you run Windows 7 release candidate that was ...more
As any informed PopSci reader will know, the iPhone is definitely a game-changing piece of hardware, but it's not without its problems. Chief among those nagging little imperfections, for me, was the recessed headphone hack that rejected any headphones but Apple's trademark gl ...more
If you're struggling to get your PSP hacked after downloading the required software (ChickHEN and CFW), check out this video for a helpful walkthrough on how to get things started. This video shows you how to install ChickHEN R2 and boot Custom Firmware 3.60, allowing you to a ...more
Trevor4Ever595 teaches you how to hack mini tower defense using Cheat Engine. Start the game in your internet browser and then pause it. Start Cheat Engine and go to your process list - the little computer icon in the top left corner of the window. Select your browser and then ...more
If you want more money, character points, and skill points on Arcuz online, then this video should solve your dilemma. Just use Cheat Engine. Play Arcuz online with this video tutorial. See how to hack money and points on Arcuz online (12/22/09). Download Cheat Engine 5.5 and ...more
So, you want to hack Club Penguin, do you? Easy enough… just use Cheat Engine. Cheat Engine solves any gamer's problems, which means cheating. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to use Cheat Engine 5.5 to hack Club Penguin (11/03/09). Download Cheat Engine. You can hack C ...more
If you're one of the lucky people who received the gift of terrible eyesight from your parents at a young age, chances are you ate an awful lot of carrots growing up. Though carrots are one of the top vision-boosting foods, they don't offer fast results. Rather than risk turn ...more
Welcome back, my rookie hackers! The Golden Fleece of hackers is to develop a zero-day exploit, an exploit that has not been seen by antivirus (AV) software or and intrusion detection system (IDS). A zero-day exploit is capable of skating right past these defenses as they do ...more
This tutorial shows you how you can use the free hacking program Cheat Engine to change both your speed and the stats for your weapons when playing World of Warcraft. The cheat works best when used on the live servers.
Apple offers many ways to customize the Home Screen on your iPhone, from adding widgets and scheduling rotating wallpapers to hiding apps and entire pages. But some of the best ways to customize your Home Screen are options Apple won't even tell you about, either because they ...more
Welcome to the eighth Community Byte for coding in Python and completing the challenges presented to us by HackThisSite. These sessions are created to bring our community together, to learn from each other, and grow together. Everyone is welcome, from novice programmers to asp ...more
Two easy solutions for avoiding pesky drill dust. You will need: a Post-it and/or a disposable paper cup. The Post-It Method Via There, I Fixed It, the image says it all: quick, cheap, clever. The Paper Cup Method Bertus52x11 was featured on Instructables for his simple dr ...more
It's important to know who you're dealing with after hacking your target's MacBook. Getting remote access is simple, but covertly gathering information about the user and their system can be a challenge. Continuing with our situational awareness attacks, we'll be further orie ...more
This is part 1 of 2 on how to hack a PSP without a Pandoras Battery using ChickHEN. You will need to ensure that you have firmware version 5.03 ChickHEN R2 in order for this hack to work. Perform these steps at your own risk, as there is a potential risk of bricking your PSP. ...more
SQL injection is a common web application attack that focuses on the database backend. WebGoat is a deliberately insecure J2EE web application maintained by OWASP designed to teach web application security lessons. I plan to use WebGoat for a few future videos. This first WebG ...more
Want to shoot video in low-light conditions with a HTC Evo 4G smartphone? Whether you're the owner of an HTC Evo 4G Android phone or just covet one, you're sure to enjoy this Evo owner's guide from HTC Evo Hacks, which presents a complete, step-by-step walkthrough of how to tu ...more
Developed by Open Whisper Systems, Signal is a free, open-source encrypted communications app for both mobile and desktop devices that allows users to make voice calls, send instant messages, and even make video calls securely. However, a vulnerability was recently discovered ...more
Need internet access and you don't have a login? Hack into a private or controlled network with this tutorial. Thefixed.org also shows you how to build a smoke bomb!
Hacking the PSP requires some unique tools and procedures, including the infamous Pandora Batteries and Magic Memory Sticks. This video will show you how to hack both the fat and slim versions of the PSP with firmware version 5.03 and below. This will allow you to play all sor ...more
A long series of code is required to hack any JavaScript web page. Watch this video to learn how to hack a Java website to edit it for your pleasure.
Hey all you facebook gamers... see how to play a new game that's not on Facebook. Swords and Sandals 2, which can be played on y8.com. This video tutorial will show you how to hack Swords and Sandals 2 with Cheat Engine 5.4 (09/28/09).
David Wang of the iPhone Dev Team has achieved what is considered quite a jaw-dropping hacking feat. Yesterday Wang posted a video of Google's Android operating system up and running on an iPhone. Via CNET: "The Android-on-iPhone hack is a notable technical accomplishment, bu ...more
This ultra clever mod of household junk makes for an ingenious variation on the carnival classic. The essence of this treat is basic carmelization. Start with juice. Heat. Spray liquid into air so that it crystallizes into a thready form resembling cotton. Or as the Aussies c ...more
There is a security flaw with any Apple iPhone running firmware version 2.0.2. This flaw potentially gives a person access to your email account and contacts when you have your iPhone locked. This video demonstrates a simple, but impermanent, fix for stopping others from acces ...more
It's gigantic! It can handle over 100 simultaneous touch points! It has a curvature of 135 degrees! And best of all, it is not the newest, insanely expensive gadget to hit the market. Instead, this touchscreen was hacked together with a bunch of PCs, video cameras, projectors ...more
Slow down Rock Riot with Cheat Engine, so you can get a perfect score every time. Simply download Cheat Engine 5.5 and follow along. Cheat and hack Rock Riot! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to hack speed in Rock Riot with Cheat Engine (12/12/09). Also, using the Mozil ...more
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to hack the flash game, Age Of War 2. Users will need to download the Cheat Engine program for this process. Begin by starting the game. The game should start with 2500 gold. Then pause the game and open Cheat Engine. Click on the Proc ...more
Oh, Mario. The guy that's been a part of our lives since as long as we can all remember. Well, Adam Ringwood and his friends did something pretty cool with one of Mario's most exciting games at the HackIllinois event in February 2016—they hacked a Chevrolet Volt's steering whe ...more
This is the first installment in a new series that I am calling "Hacker Hurdles." These are things, methods, techniques that make our job as hackers more challenging and difficult. Don't misunderstand me, these items don't make our task impossible, but rather more challenging ...more
Too lazy to take your phone out of your pocket? If so, then here's a must-have: a customizable inPulse wristwatch that can check into Facebook Places. Created by inPulse designer Eric Migicovsky, the hacked watch uses Bluetooth to pull Facebook Places from a connected Android ...more
When the iPad 2 was released earlier this month, as to be expected there was a whole lotta buzz. And for good reason—while the the newest version shares the same price tag as the old, it boasts some significant new features. In case you missed it, here's a quick overview: Bet ...more
A clever driver from Cairo, Egypt has revolutionized parallel parking with a fifth wheel built into his car. The extra wheel in the rear is perpendicular to the others and under the trunk (which looks like it's actually stored in the trunk compartment), and can be raised and l ...more
The Brother KH-930e knitting machine is an old but reliable device. It's age means that it doesn't like interfacing with modern computers though, so it's hard to get patterns from your computer to your machine so it will knit your project. Without this video it's hard, that is ...more
All you need for this hack is the most current version of Cheat Engine and a compatible browser (like Mozilla Firefox). Then just follow along with the tutorial, which shows you how to hack the Flash game Robot Rage for more money.
Check out this video to learn how to hack your Nintendo Wii by installing the Homebrew channel. This video will take you through all of the steps required to install the Homebrew channel to get access to Homebrew channel apps. Download Hackmii and Bannerbomb before you start. ...more
Looking for the easiest method of customizing the login screen on a Microsoft Windows PC? This brief video tutorial from the folks at Butterscotch will teach you everything you need to know. For more information, and to get started personalizing your own log-on screen, take a ...more
Windows XP will always have a special place in my heart—it's the operating system I grew up on. It guided me through the glory days of AIM, Napster, and MySpace, but now it's dead. The OS that had been supported by Microsoft for twelve years officially lost its support on Apri ...more