Season 2

2006 · 10 episodes

Episodes

1Episode 1In this episode Darren shows us how to unite Windows, Mac, and Linux desktops with Synergy. Wess builds an automatic LED lamp, while Limin Li joins us to show off the setup of the digital DJ. Plus Interviews with Harrison Holland of Sploitcast and Jason Davis of MD5Lookup at the sixth Hackers On Planet Earth conference in New York. And as always details on this month’s LAN party, trivia, poll, and geeky sketches.
2Episode 2In this episode Darren builds a Network Attached Storage server for our home network using a spare PC, a compact flash card, and some BSD. Paul brings us Doom on the iPod using Linux and some geeky voodoo. Wess crafts a unique LED liquor cabinet for about a hundred bucks. And Darren puts on his slightly darker than gray hat with a USB key that owns Windows machines in a matter of seconds (with a little prevention thrown in for good measure). Plus this month’s trivia, poll, & LAN party details from the lovely and talented Alli.
3Episode 3In this episode Darren shows us a USB key, dubbed the USB Hacksaw, that instantly and silently installs on target Windows 2000 or higher computers with guest or higher privledges which will monitor USB ports for flash drives and automatically download their contents for silent archival and email. Paul brings us an Asterisk setup for our home using a hacked Linksys NSLU2 and some inexpensive SIP phones. TheSoftwareJedi from AnAppADay.com joins us to talk about his project and software. And Wess heads to Toronto and meets with Andrew Barrow to see a Nintendo Power Glove, Speak & Spell, MIDI mashup. Plus this month’s trivia, poll, & LAN party details from the lovely and talented Alli.
4Episode 4In this episode Paul takes a look at Q, the open source CPU emulator for Mac. Erin Shahan joins us to talk about RSI, the geeks natural predator. Alli shows off an idiot-proof Nintendo DS mod chip with plenty of hackability (and Doom of course). And Wess brings us a blingin’ modded mouse for micro with style. Plus this month’s trivia, poll, & LAN party details.
5Episode 5 — Pure Pwnage DocumentaryIn this special episode of Hak5 the crew takes a techie break and heads north for the Toronto premier of Pure Pwnage episode 12. Take a trip down the red carpet and experience the phenomenon that is pure pwnage live. From micro battles to gamer mobs, even a kazoo orchestra. Then come back stage and get to know Geoff and Jarett, two of the bright minds behind the show, and gain insight into the characters, origins, and future of the show.
6Episode 6In this truncated episode of Hak5 we dive into the homebrew broadcast console, our little hack behind the scenes that makes the live show tick. And unfortunately due to a jam packed schedule this month between the holidays and buying our first house thats all we had time for. Still thanks for sticking with us as we move to into the new home/studio, we’re excited to be rebuilding the set and going live more frequently. And big props and congratulations to the Community Rainbow Tables team for a job well done. See the page for more details on getting your very own 120 gig LM hash set. Be sure to stay tuned to hak5.org this month as I’m sure some fun move-in clips may surface.
7Episode 7 — Live Beta 2In this Flying-by-the-seat-of-our-pants edition of Hak5 episode 2×07 / Live Beta 2 we settle into the temporary set and check out a web app to help you IRC at work, a Mac hack for using front row with a wiimote, and a utility for recovering WPA/WEP keys. Plus your calls and an AFK award for a long lost code monkey.
8Episode 8In this “breakin’ in the new place” edition of Hak5 we take a look at some spiffy open-source goodies for your data and network. Paul checks out DD-WRT, a free & open firmware replacement for the oh so hackable Linksys WRT54G. Mubix teaches us why we should all be using TrueCrypt for our sensitive data. Darren gets packets flowing with Smoothwall Express, a firewall distribution of Linux. And Paul demos a sweet burning app for OS X.Plus all the deets on this month’s LAN party, Poll, Trivia, upcoming events, and plenty of Technolust with Wess, Alli & Nikki.
9Episode 9 — Shmoocon SpecialIn this special episode of Hak5 the crew heads to Washington DC for ShmooCon, the only annual security conference with complementary foam balls. We start by talk to Bruce Potter, one of the conferences organizers, about all things Shmoo. We also speak to Billy Hoffman about Jikto, JavaScript and XSS. Eoin Miller and Adair Collins tell us all about Cachedump and the dangers of cached domain credentials. Ken Caruso gives us a tour of the Shmoocon NOC and we see how network security is done at a hacker con. Jordan and Wes give us the details on the Hack or Halo competition while Paul tries his luck with the sniper rifle. Scott Moulton talks to us about recovering dead hard drives and Babak tells us about lock picking and the TOOOL organization. We even run into some Hak5 fans, Ryan and David, who built a rockin’ Wii duck hunt box at the Hacker Arcade. Plus all of the usual fixings including the details on this months trivia, poll, LAN party, and a special web 1.0 contest sure to bring back the blink tag.
10Episode 10In this season finale episode of Hak5 Paul cracks open the Apple TV for a little hacking, Wess shows us how to virtualize physical servers, Mubix joins us to show off some goodies for your USB drives, Darren benchmarks budget home servers, and we tread into web two-oh mashup territory. Plus more janky products for your rofling enjoyment, deets on the LAN party, trivia, poll, web 1.0 fan site contest, and info on a new show pilot.