The iPhone X was released in November 2017, and the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus dropped right before it, but the hottest news right now revolves around the 2018 iPhone releases. The rumor mill regarding the iPhone X's successor started churning out speculations on names, cameras, disp ...more
The macOS 10.14 security update tried to make parts of the operating system difficult for hackers to access. Let's take a closer look at how its new feature works and what we can do to spoof the origin of an application attempting to access protected data. Apple introduced so ...more
With an ordinary birthday card, we can introduce a physical device which contains malicious files into someone's home and deceive them into inserting the device into a computer. In my last series, we used a Post-it note to trick a neighbor into visiting a website that we cont ...more
In 2019, the Raspberry Pi 4 was released with specs including either 1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB of memory, a Broadcom BCM2711B0 quad-core A72 SoC, a USB Type-C power supply, and dual Micro-HDMI outputs. Performance and hardware changes aside, the Pi 4 Model B runs Kali Linux just as ...more
The Pi-hole project is a popular DNS-level ad blocker, but it can be much more than that. Its DNS-level filtering can also be used as a firewall of sorts to prevent malicious websites from resolving, as well as to keep privacy-killing trackers such as Google Analytics from eve ...more
Aircraft equipped with ADS-B are constantly shouting their location into the radio void, along with other useful unauthenticated and unencrypted data. In this guide, we will make an ADS-B receiver using a Raspberry Pi with a software-defined radio (SDR) dongle, which we can us ...more
Windows 10 and macOS have poor reputations when it comes to customer privacy and user policies. Our hacking Windows 10 and hacking macOS articles might make it seem like a reasonably secure operating system doesn't exist. But I'm here to tell you that there is a viable alterna ...more
Barrow's article on Pupy made me wish for a RAT that could target an OS frequently used by gatekeepers at startups, tech companies, and creative firms: macOS. Once run, a RAT can do severe damage by dumping a user's stored credentials for many accounts. The best loot lives in ...more
The Raspberry Pi Zero W and Pi 3 Model B+ include integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy, and more than enough power to run Kali Linux. They sound like perfect all-in-one penetration testing devices, but the lack of support for monitor mode and packet injection usually meant b ...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
Data can be injected into images quickly without the use of metadata tools. Attackers may use this knowledge to exfiltrate sensitive information from a MacBook by sending the pictures to ordinary file-sharing websites. Continuing on the topics of DPI evasion, payload obfuscat ...more
Now that the iPhone 4 is on Verizon, there's an increasing number of ex-Android users wanting to know how to take a screenshot on their new iOS device. We all know what a nightmare it was to take a screenshot on your Android device. You had to download the Android SDK, enable ...more
It's somewhat funny that the HTC ThunderBolt smartphone would be released around the same time as Apple's new Thunderbolt technology. Mainly because HTC's smartphone isn't exactly something I would compare to a flash of lightning, which averages around 60,000 miles per second. ...more
Thanks to online music services like eMusic and iTunes, compact discs are becoming a far distant memory, turning local music shops around the country into desolate wastelands. The once mighty movie rental store Blockbuster is now bankrupt because of online streaming services l ...more
Is your Xbox 360 lacking on storage space? Need just a little bit more room? Maybe a new hard drive isn't the answer for your needs. Maybe all you need is a USB flash drive. You could also use an external hard drive that connects via USB cable. You need to make sure you have ...more
Systm is the Do It Yourself show designed for the common geek who wants to quickly and easily learn how to dive into the latest and hottest tech projects. We will help you avoid pitfalls and get your project up and running fast. Search Systm on WonderHowTo for more DIY episod ...more
The Ubuntu experience has improved greatly with version 10.04, providing an easy-to-use interface. Especially when it comes to installing programs. However, it still relies on an online internet connection for installing additional software. Well, not anymore. You can collect ...more
Here is an alternative method to run Ubuntu 10.04 on a Mac without actually installing it on your internal hard disk. The idea is to install Ubuntu on your USB flash disk, instead of installing it on your internal hard drive. I'm talking about a full disk installation. It won ...more
You've had a massive hard disk failure.. ...in your PC or laptop and like a large number of people who think it will never happen to them...you did not have a backup of those 2000+ family pictures, those hundred of important Word documents, those family videos that you downlo ...more
There are several different kinds of disc drives that come in different iterations of the XBox 360, and each one has to be hacked a little differently. This video will show you how to flash the ms28 drive used in some systems, the second part of the video will show you how to ...more
So you've watched this video, done your research, and decided that you want to flash the firmware on your XBox 360 with a LiteOn DG-16D2S rev. 7485 disc drive. Good for you! This video will walk you through the whole process. Be very careful, as messing up in small ways at any ...more
Have a file or a number of files too sensitive to be stored on your desktop hard drive? Thwart would-be snoopers with an encrypted USB flash drive. This free video tutorial from the folks at CNET TV will show you everything you'll need to know to create your own password-prote ...more
For those of you who have grown tired of the Playstation 3's user interface and are proficient with Linux, this video is a must-see. It demonstrates how to install Linux on your PS3 operating system without reformatting its hard drive or needing to pay for the USB keyboard for ...more
The good old Zip Drive introduced by Iomega in late 1994 served its purpose as a medium-capacity removable disk storage system until obsolescence kicked in as it was replaced by flash drives as well as rewritable CDs and DVDs. This video presents a number of fun, DIY art proje ...more
Flashing the disc drive on an XBox 360 and putting new firmware on it so that it can read burned discs is the most challenging and most important part of modding your console. It will allow you to play burned copies of any game and load all sorts of nefarious software onto you ...more
This step-by-step video tutorial shows you how to install CHDK onto your Canon digital camera. CHDK is a firmware enhancement that operates on a number of Canon cameras. CHDK gets loaded into your camera's memory upon bootup (either manually or automatically). It provides add ...more
There are lots of Linux distros out there. Normally, you'll have to download the ISO and then burn the image onto a CD. But nowadays, it's easier and cheap to install it on a USB drive. A multiplatform program called UNetbootin can install a variety of Linux distros on a USB. ...more
There are loads of reasons for somebody to want to recover a Windows password, and there are lots of different ways of doing it. My favorite of all of these ways is to use a piece of software called Ophcrack because: The free tables are suitable for almost all uses (I've neve ...more
Got video files on your computer? Watch them on your big-screen TV – using your Xbox! You Will Need * A computer with wireless internet connection * An Xbox 360 * A USB drive or memory card capable of storing video files * Windows XP or higher * Windows Media Player 11 Step ...more
For this tutorial to work, you will need a Nintendo Wii with the homebrew channel loaded onto it, a USB flash drive and a USB loader homebrew app. Once you have your USB loader downloaded onto a PC, follow this tutorial!
Video: . Recycle your hard drive into a hidden flash memory device that only you know how to turn on and use in secret. This DIY hack project allows you to recycle your broken hard drives back to life and turn them into something useful. So far, this project has several funct ...more
Since the day of the Xbox 360 release, storage space for the device has been overpriced beyond belief. OEM 250GB HDD models still cost $110 USD! A 250GB hard drive should not destroy my wallet, Microsoft. Storage space, especially on HDDs, is cheap. You can buy a removable 2TB ...more
Flash memory can be a tad unpredictable at times. I have had 4 flash drives die out on me over the last few years, and they usually die without warning. When a flash memory based device dies, the data is likely impossible to recover. Adversely on an HDD, or Hard Drive Disk, ev ...more
If you want to get more out of your AppleTV, Boxee is the way to go. Dave Mathews from Boxee— no, not "Dave Matthews"— shows you how to get the HTPC program installed on your Apple TV. If you have an Apple TV and want to run XBMC or Boxee, in order to watch your own XVID, DIV ...more
There are various methods that flash videos can be copied from the web. Mostly, it requires installing software, like one of the many YouTube downloaders available. But in Ubuntu, you can directly copy and store them on your hard drive. Whenever you watch flash-based videos o ...more
Flashing the Xbox 360 is the first step to modding the console. It allows you to modify the firmware on the consoles disk drive to make it read burned discs. You will need to buy this and this. Then you need to disassemble your Xbox 360; we have several videos on the site deta ...more
In this Video Games video tutorial you are going to learn how to flash the Benq VAD6038 Xbox 360 DVD drive. This video will show how to do this with the connectivity kit and the jungle flasher. You will need a compatible card for this. VIA 6421a SATA PCI card is probably the b ...more
In this video PCMECH give a walkthrough the installation of a bootable Linux on a USB thumb drive from Windows. For this it's recommended to use a USB stick with a capacity of at least 1GB. First the UNetBootin application should be downloaded from the site mentioned and run t ...more
How to transfer iTunes from PC to Mac You want to switch from PC to Mac and you want to take your iTunes library with you? There are several ways to move iTunes from your Windows PC to your new Mac. You can manually move all your iTunes contents to an external hard drive and ...more
In the first part of this series, we learned about darknets, as well as how they came about. But these patches of forgotten Internet are not the oasis of free information you might think. Despite being hidden—or just harder to come across—these networks are no more safe then a ...more
Okay, stop me if you've heard this one. You have a document that you want your co-workers' advice on. You attach said document onto a mass email. The first reply comes back with an edited version of the document. You begin to make changes, but another email comes in, with yet ...more
In this how to video, you will learn how to create a system repair disc on a bootable USB flash drive without having to burn a CD for your Windows 7 system. First, plug in your USB drive and create new folders in it. Name the first folder boot and the second sources. Next, ope ...more
WonderHowTo is made up of niche communities called Worlds. If you've yet to join one (or create your own), get a taste below of what's going on in the community. Check in every Wednesday for a roundup of new activities and projects. Thanks to all of our moderators and contrib ...more
In this video you will learn how to Install Mac OS X Snow Leopard from a USB drive to windows. This does not include how to exactly download Snow Leopard but it does, however, show how to install it from the USB drive. Mahmood23 shows how you first setup your partition and how ...more
In this video the author shows how to install any version of Linux from a USB thumb drive. He gives the requirements, which are a USB drive, the ISO of the Linux OS and a program called UNetbootin. He shows how to download the program from Sourgeforge.net. After installing it ...more
This video is a tutorial showing how to recover deleted files using a free program called Easeus. Even if you have deleted a file from a USB stick or your hard drive, this program can recover them since the files have not been wiped clean. The program can be downloaded from Do ...more
If you have just gotten a Netbook and need to install Windows on it, check out this tutorial. In this video, you will learn how to get Windows XP onto a Netbook using only your USB input and a thumb drive. In this particular video, the example shown is installing Windows XP o ...more
INTRODUCTION The everyday PC user doesn't think much about its PC and problems that can cause critical damage to their data or other stuffs stored on Hard drive and other electronic parts until the problem actually occurs. Once a failure happens, the repairs can be costly and ...more
In this Video Games video tutorial you will learn how to fix a PS3 Black Screen of Death. For this you got to put the PS3 into stand by mode. Press down the button located at the top end of the console for 7-10 seconds and listen for 3 beeps. Repeat this step again. Then this ...more
Formatting a hard drive is not exactly an essential computer skill, but it certainly is if you're a technie who's looking to start building your own computers. Hard drive formatting involves erasing/formating a hard drive or USB flash drive to be compatible with different form ...more
In this video tutorial, we learn how to install and run the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution on a USB flash drive. For more information, including a complete demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this how-to from the folks at CNET TV.
Wondering how to mod Call of Duty: World at War? This video guide will show you how to use a USB flash drive to mod your Xbox 360 game. Be efficient by killing Nazis and Zombies at the same time.
Would you like to mod Oblivion for Xbox 360? This video will show you how to do just that, using Horizon (download it here.) You'll also want to download Modio and WinRar. Using a USB drive you can mod Oblivion and improve your gameplay.
Did your USB just bite the storage drive dust, but you have a paper you have to print out within an hour for English class? Tap your technie magic wand on your iPod Touch or iPhone to turn it into a USB jumpdrive. Watch this video to learn how to do the deed. You'll need to d ...more
ReadyBoost in Windows 7 can give your PC a boost. How? This feature takes advantage of unused space and can quickly free up room and make your computer faster. Watch this Microsoft video for more details. Just plug in a USB flash drive or card and let ReadyBoost borrow it. Re ...more
This silent video shows you how to install HP printer drivers for Windows XP. Start off by turning on the power on the printer. Do not connect the USB cable to the computer yet, it'll ask you at a later time. Now go to HP's support webpage by typing "www.hp.com/support" on you ...more
In this how to video, you will learn how to open an SWF file the easy way. First, download the link shown at the bottom. It is a flash player that will open flash movies saved on your hard drive. You can view these movies in full screen mode and control the play back. Once it ...more
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Windows XP or Windows 7 onto a Netbook using the WinToFlash program. Netbooks are awesome new tools, they are as convenient as a cell phone and as useful as a whole computer; however, they often don't come with CD-Rom or Disc dr ...more
In this how to video, you will learn how to make a boot-able USB pen drive using Unetbootin. First, download Unetbootin and install it. From here, insert your USB pen drive into your computer. Next, open the program. Go to my computer and right click your USB pen drive. Next, ...more
Let's face it, CDs and DVDs are a thing of the past. We no longer use them as a storage medium because they are slow, prone to failure in burning, and non-reusable. The future is flash memory. Flash memory is cheap, fast, and efficient. Eventually, flash drives might even repl ...more
How To:
Add Website Shortcuts to Your iPhone's Home Screen for Fast Access to Web Apps and Bookmarks
News:
Apple Pencil 3 Is Almost Here — And It Comes with Squeeze Gestures and These Other Features
How To:
The Messaging Trick You Never Knew You Needed
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Customize and Use Control Center on Your iPhone for Quick Access to Your Most-Used Apps, Features, and Settings
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11 Features Coming to Apple News on Your iPhone with iOS 17.5 — Including Some Big Ones!
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Apple's Integrating Game Center Leaderboards into News+ Puzzles with iOS 17.5
How To:
Apple Has a Killer New Word Game Puzzle Called Quartiles Hiding on iOS 17.5
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Identify Any Song Playing on Instagram, TikTok, and Other Apps on Your iPhone Using Shazam
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Apple News Gives You More Options for Automatic Downloads on iOS 17.5
How To:
27 New Features and Changes Coming to Your iPhone with iOS 17.5
How To:
Download and Install iOS 17.5 Beta on Your iPhone — And Try New Features Before Everyone Else
How To:
Download and Install iPadOS 17.5 Beta on Your iPhone to Explore New Features Before Everyone Else
How To:
Update Your iPhone's Lock Screen with an Attention-Grabbing Note, Reminder, Warning, or Other Custom Message
How To:
Your iCloud Email Lets You Create Aliases to Protect Your Primary Email Address and Organize Your Inbox
How To:
Use Your iPhone's Built-in Image Analyzer to Reveal the Hidden Meaning Behind Symbols, Signs, and More
Text Replacements:
The Secret Weapon to Typing More with Less on Your iPhone, iPad, or Mac
How To:
Focus Profiles Will Change How You Use Your iPhone — Here's How to Set Them Up for Distraction-Free Experiences
How To:
Force Restart an iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, or 15 Pro Max When It's Frozen, Glitchy, or Won't Turn On
How To:
Create Unlimited iCloud Email Address Variations to Take Total Control Over Your iCloud Mail Inbox
How To:
Use Your iPhone to Hear the World Around You Better, Spy on Conversations, Listen to Your Heartbeat, and More
How To:
See Passwords for Wi-Fi Networks You've Connected Your Android Device To
How To:
Create an Admin User Account Using CMD Prompt (Windows)
How To:
Scan for Vulnerabilities on Any Website Using Nikto
Warning:
Sensitive Info You Black Out in Images Can Be Revealed with a Few Quick Edits on Your iPhone
How To:
Use Burp & FoxyProxy to Easily Switch Between Proxy Settings
How To:
19 Harry Potter Spells Your Android Phone Can Cast Using Google Assistant
How To:
Use FaceTime's Secret Hand Gestures and Reaction Buttons to Add Animated On-Screen Effects to Your Video Feed
How To:
Clone Any Android App on Your Samsung Galaxy Phone Without Using Any Third-Party Tools
How To:
Dial These Secret Codes to See if Someone Is Hijacking Calls & Texts on Your iPhone
Android Basics:
How to See What Kind of Processor You Have (ARM, ARM64, or x86)
How To:
How & Why to Enable Negative Calorie Adjustments in MyFitnessPal
How To:
Make Siri Run Google Assistant Commands on Your iPhone
How To:
Dox Anyone
How To:
See What Traffic Will Be Like at a Specific Time with Google Maps
How To:
Crack SSH Private Key Passwords with John the Ripper
How To:
Keep Your Night Vision Sharp with the iPhone's Hidden Red Screen
How To:
The Trick That Lets You Link to Specific Start Times in YouTube Videos Right from Your Phone
How To:
Brute-Force Nearly Any Website Login with Hatch
How To:
The Complete Guide on How to Build a Crystal Radio—Plus How They Work
How To:
Find Identifying Information from a Phone Number Using OSINT Tools
How to Hack Wi-Fi:
Cracking WPA2 Passwords Using the New PMKID Hashcat Attack
How To:
Make the USB Connection on Your Android Phone Default to File Transfer Mode
How To:
Use Kismet to Watch Wi-Fi User Activity Through Walls
How To:
13 Tips Every Apple Pencil User Needs to Know for iPad
How To:
Turn Any Website into a Full-Screen App on Your iPhone
How To:
The Easiest Way to Secretly Record Someone's Conversation with Your iPhone
BT Recon:
How to Snoop on Bluetooth Devices Using Kali Linux
How To:
Inflate Any Ball Without a Pump or Needle
How To:
Can't Find an App on Your iPhone's Home Screen? Its Icon Is Likely Hiding from You
Hacking Windows 10:
How to Dump NTLM Hashes & Crack Windows Passwords
How To:
Scrape Target Email Addresses with TheHarvester
Hack Like a Pro:
How to Find Directories in Websites Using DirBuster
How To:
Use Any Animated GIF as Your iPhone's Lock Screen Wallpaper
Money Origami, Flower Edition:
10 Different Ways to Fold a Dollar Bill into a Blossoming Bloom
How To:
Install Facebook Lite on Your iPhone
How To:
Activate Your Samsung Galaxy's Vault to Keep Your Apps, Files, and History Safe from Prying Eyes and Hackers
How To:
Send ADB Commands to Your Own Phone Without a Computer or Root
How to Make Money on Android:
15 Apps That Give Rewards & Cash Back for Doing Almost Nothing
How to Hack Wi-Fi:
Automating Wi-Fi Hacking with Besside-ng
How To:
Make an Anonymous Facebook Profile to Keep Your Personal Data Private
