What's Your Phishing IQ?

Check it here.


(I got a 100%).

Microsoft Word: Paste Unformatted Text

Here's the macro for pasting unformatted text in Word:

Sub PasteUnformatted()
'
' PasteUnformatted Macro
' Macro created 11/13/2008 by Peter Carney
'
Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText
End Sub

Also, remember that you can map it to a keyboard command with "Tools->Customize->[Keyboard]".


http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=128

Why is FreeBSD So Awesome?

That's a good question.

Especially after reading this post.


"The problem is, that most of these companies do not really realize how many people would use their product if there were FreeBSD versions too, and most continue to only develop for Linux."

It is just curious to me why, if there are so many FreeBSD users ready to use the software from these companies, do the companies not develop FreeBSD versions?

Rock On: We're Not the Biggest Nerds

So, it may come as quite a shock to hear that we here at 10nerds aren't the biggest nerds ever, but we finally have proof.

Wireless != Security either!!!

Welp, apparently I'm going to have to find a way to operate without my keyboard or my wireless connection!

I taught myself how to hack wireless connections when I had some extra time on my hands one summer in Albuquerque, NM. I figured out that it took me about 5 minutes to crack a wireless network with 64-bit WEP and about 2 hours to crack a wireless network with 128-bit WEP. Cracking networks with WPA were a bit harder, and required some more computers to act as people using the network, so I didn't fool with that much.

However, it appears that cracking the wireless networks may have just become 10,000 percent faster, and using nothing more than a fancy video card.


Oh, and by the way, that 64-bit encryption that takes me about 5 minutes to crack -- yeah, that's what HIPAA says is "OK" to use when running computers on the same network that hold your medical records! -- It's just a scary day here at 10nerds!

Wire != Security

Welp, after this post, I will no longer be using a keyboard. These people have found a way to pick up (and decode) the electromagnetic emanations of the signals that run through the wire in a wired keyboard from the next room!

Here's the non-engineering version (engineers probably shouldn't read this):
Your computer and your keyboard are connected with basically what amounts to two cups and a string. When the keyboard wants to send a signal, say an "f", to the computer, it picks up the cup and screams "f!" The computer hears this, and puts an "f" on the screen. The problem with this is that the screaming makes noise all along the string and someone who is standing near the string can hear it.

So what does that mean for you? Well, if you type your password on your wired keyboard, someone with know-how can hear the screams of each letter and in effect listen to your password.


Here are a couple of videos showing it in action.

Man this stuff is scary.

How to Back Up and Restore a MySQL Database

Backup:
[/bin/nice -n 19] mysqldump -u [uname] -p [dbname] -c | [/bin/nice -n 19] | gzip -9 > [backupfile.sql.gz]

Note: You can use $(date '+%Y.%m.%d').sql.gz like I do for the name.


Restore:
gunzip [backupfile.sql.gz]
mysql -u [uname] -p [db_to_restore] < [backupfile.sql]


How to Back Up and Restore a MySQL Database