I just finished a Backtrack 5 install on my Samsung Galaxy S phone.  I will detail out the steps to get it running most Android phones.  While this method was ONLY testing on my Galaxy S (Vibrant) but should work with other devices.

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The purpose of this post (like most of mine) is to take my notes out of evernote and  make them available.  The goal for this post was really just a quick way to get Kismet up and running and then viewing the output quickly.

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Just a quick post to serve a couple of purposes.  First, a reminder to go to and submit content to securityfail.com.  Secondly, check out ALL the current articles there, but mainly  the post I have written about Avaya 4600 series phones and Canon iR series devices.

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I purchased an Alfa AWUS036H a few months ago and it came with the “high power” (5dBi) antenna.   After plugging in a booting into Backtrack 4 (r2 at time of writing). I found that by default it is only operating at 10% power.

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After reading Cory’s post about Rooted Android device + Accounts.db = passwords stored in clear text, it got me thinking.  What else could I find. There are multiple databases in the Android OS, ranging from chat history to password storage.  Lets see what they  give up.

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September is less than 30 days away and already shaping up to be one of the most exciting months from an InfoSec perspective that I’ve have signed up to participate in.  This industry (artform) has been nothing short of amazing to be involved with.  Sitting in a cube and reading about most of these things, vs going out and getting involved should be a huge learning opportunity.   If you are within driving distance of Kansas City and are remotely interesting in information security , consider coming to these events!

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If you are anything like me, you have invested a lot of Social Engineering man hours, dumpster diving, and the plenty of blood, sweat and tears in building your hacking lab into something worthy of being referenced as such.  Wouldn’t it be nice to package up all that effort and take that hacking on the road with you?   This article is not only going to give you some ideas on what you can put in such a lab, but I will show you how to take Windows host machines with all of those VM’s living in them and put them into something portable.

I will try to keep this to the point and simply split it up into two sections.  Section 1 will cover what types of things you can include in such a lab. Section 2 will cover converting it all into one portable file and using that within VirtualBox.

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My wife decided she wanted a neat addition to our sons room that we were re-doing. Enter: Barn Door in lieu of a standard door. AWESOME.  Now, I need to build it.
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We live in a regular neighborhood in Anytown, USA and that neighborhood had many wonderful things that make it a wonderful place to live.  This includes very neighborly neighbors that are just trying to help.

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Beginning Less than a year ago,

I decided it was time to stop being defined by the job I was doing, I noticed I was on the path of complacency and wanted to belong to an area I have always been an outsider looking in on. Information Security.  I am no stranger to technology, and have had a strong passion for anything related to it for as long as I can remember. I just lacked focus…

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