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Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • August 5, 2005
    • Revision3

    In this pilot episode of Hak.5 we test to see if the speed at which you war drive affects your ability to pick up access points. We also show you how to control your lights from an Internet enabled cell phone, kill remote windows processes, modify the gamecube to enable DVD playback, and custom paint your PC case. Plus a Windows XP installation tip everyone should know.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • September 5, 2005
    • Revision3

    n this episode of Hak.5 we show you how to install a 12-volt accessory outlet in your case, add a webcam to the light script, keep your taskbar clean with a free utility, manage the Windows XP firewall from the command line, create a leet external hard drive case, and install a unix-like disk image over a network. Plus a special interview with an Internet Icon.

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • October 5, 2005
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak.5 the crew explores ways to hack RSS into your morning routine with a custom alarm clock and newspaper. Harrison makes us all a little more paranoid about network security with an ARP Cache Poisoning overview, then takes it to the streets. Wess gives the case a break and takes on the IBM Model M beast-keyboard while Alli goes retro with a classic arcade game review. All this plus a flaming-case-mod and a flame-proof

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Episode 3.5

    • October 16, 2005
    • Revision3

    Darren and Harrison explore ways to keep your machine safe by running insecure code in virtual machines, then invoke a Blue Screen of Death on demand.

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • November 5, 2005
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak.5 Wess builds a mini arcade cabinet for under $100, Harrison attacks SSL with Whoppix, Darren defends himself by setting up a VPN server on XP, and Jon & Harrison take on buffer overflows with beer. Plus an interview with a Goldeneye Source developer, exclusive in-game video, and more Microshaft than you can wave a rounded IDE cable at. Special guest intro by Jenn Cutter from OpenAlpha and new theme music by Ashley Witt.

  • SPECIAL 0x2 Episode 4.5

    • November 13, 2005
    • Revision3

    In this .5 release, Wess does some research and builds a steady-cam for $13.50. Hooray for no more motion sickness!

  • S01E05 Episode 5

    • December 5, 2005
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak.5 Wess finishes up his sub-$100 mini arcade cabinet, Darren talks streaming audio and video, Jon dives into AJAX, and Harrison plays with metasploit. Plus the Microshaft Jackhammer 5160, special guest star Frank Linhares, guest intro by Mike Lazazzera, music by Ashley Witt, and a not-so-friendly server.

  • SPECIAL 0x3 Episode 5.5 : xmas Special

    • December 24, 2005
    • Revision3

  • S01E06 Episode 6

    • January 5, 2006
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak.5 Jon brings us a coding challenge, Wess builds a laser audio transmitter for his iPod, Harrison shows us why we should get to know our network neighbors better, and Darren remotely installs VNC with a command line gem. Plus the conclusion to last month’s chilling cliff-hanger and guest appearances by Leo Laporte, Amber MacArthur, Mike Lazazzera, and Frank Linhares.

  • S01E07 Episode 7

    • February 4, 2006
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak.5 the gang hacks the CVS disposable digital camera, secure VNC traffic using SSH tunneling, take viewer questions and even check out some video submissions. Plus some special announcements and more commercials worth watching. Guest intro by Kevin Mitnick and music by Ashley Witt.

  • SPECIAL 0x4 Episode 7.5: Valentine's Day Special

    • February 13, 2006
    • Revision3

  • S01E08 Episode 8

    • March 5, 2006
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak.5 the gang dives into IPTV subscription apps, pandora timeshifting hacks, and routing PC video over existing home coax. Plus an interview Chris Munton of Mathclub Productions, viewer questions, a sneak peak at episode 9, and a TikiBar parody way over the top. Guest intro by Kyle from Pure Pwnage and theme song by Ashley Witt.

  • SPECIAL 0x5 Episode 8.5

    • March 22, 2006
    • Revision3

    Just for fun. Hope you get it, if not go watch Pure Pwnage.

  • S01E09 Episode 9

    • April 4, 2006
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak.5 Jenn Cutter from Openalpha.tv guest hosts, bringing us a PSP-Windows hack. Darren continues his quest for the ultimate vidcast-couch-potato setup with a media center remote over cell-phone. Wess puts his own spin on Dance Dance Revolution with a custom modded dance pad. Rob Fuller of mubix.com joins us to show off his USB thumbdrive toolkit. Plus an interview with the guys from Podzinger.com, a parody we’ve dubbed ‘the token’, an intro from Sean Carruthers of labrats.tv, leet-hack interviews from Karen Johnson, and Leo Laporte of twit.tv shows his evil side.

  • S01E10 Episode 10

    • May 5, 2006
    • Revision3

    In this experimental season finale episode of Hak.5 Darren & Wess wrap up ton of viewer questions covering gmail to SMS, recovering dead hard drives, email from the command prompt, and streaming video in flash. A special guest drops by to cover cracking windows passwords & securing windows. Plus Rob Fuller of mubix.com joins us to talk a bit about Tor and Anonym.OS and an Interview with | from RainbowCrack-Online.com.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • August 5, 2006
    • Revision3

    In 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.

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • September 5, 2006
    • Revision3

    In 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.

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • October 6, 2006
    • Revision3

    In 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.

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • November 1, 2006
    • Revision3

    In 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.

  • S02E05 Episode 5 — Pure Pwnage Documentary

    • December 5, 2006
    • Revision3

    In 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.

  • S02E06 Episode 6

    • January 5, 2007
    • Revision3

    In 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.

  • S02E07 Episode 7 — Live Beta 2

    • February 5, 2007
    • Revision3

    In 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.

  • S02E08 Episode 8

    • March 7, 2007
    • Revision3

    In 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.

  • S02E09 Episode 9 — Shmoocon Special

    • April 7, 2007
    • Revision3

    In 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.

  • S02E10 Episode 10

    • May 5, 2007
    • Revision3

    In 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.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Episode 1

    • August 5, 2007
    • Revision3

    In this season premiere episode of Hak5 Wess brings us an underwater camera enclosure mod, Alli shows us how to make our own nifty Photoshop brushes, and Darren gets his hack on with some cracked USB Wi-Fi for packet-sniffing goodness. Plus this month’s Trivia, LAN Party, and the latest in the EvilServer saga.

  • S03E02 Episode 2

    • September 5, 2007
    • Revision3

    In this episode Wess mods the Linksys WRT54G wireless router and adds Power-over-Ethernet functionality. Darren checks out Anywhere.FM which pretty much lives up to its name. And our pal Mubix joins us via Skype for a paranoia inducing look at anonymous enumeration tools online. Plus this month’s Trivia, LAN Party, and of course, the saga continues.

  • S03E03 Episode 3 — 1984 Special

    • October 5, 2007
    • Revision3

    In this episode Darren flies solo and heads over to Springfield Missouri to uncover a diamond in the rough. The 1984 Arcade is home to over 50 restored classics and an atmosphere so retro you’ll be tempted to break out the walkman and power-level through Defender.

  • S03E04 Episode 4

    • November 17, 2007
    • Revision3

    In this episode Paul and Matt hold down the fort and hack the Gibson. Check out Guitar Hero modding, easy media streaming, and a great Linux setup for video creativity in this borderline absurd Hak5.

  • S03E05 Episode 5

    • December 3, 2007
    • Revision3

    In this episode Simon Jakesch from Zenoss joins us to talk about the open source network management suite. Wess shows us the science behind the infrared camera mod. Chris Gerling hacks the Nokia 770 Internet tablet. Darren builds a one-click remote assistance package to help save the holidays, and Will Coppola drops by with an EVDO antenna mod sure to boost signal. Plus details on the upcoming Hak5Live / meetup at the East Coast LAN as always trivia. Grab some hax0rflakes, it’s time for a heavy dose of technolust.

  • S03E06 Episode 6

    • December 31, 2007
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak5 Darren uses the eeePC, BackTrack 3, and Aircrack-ng to audit the security of our WPA encrypted wireless access point. Wess reviews Herbie the Mousebot from Solarbotics, a great electronics projects for beginners/intermediates. Chris Gerling comes by to show us Rockbox, the open source firmware alternative for your portable media players as well as a brief tutorial on building your own songs for frets on fire. Grab a companion cube and gather ’round for some technolust.

  • S03E07 Episode 7

    • January 29, 2008
    • Revision3

    In this episode Chris Gerling shows us a little reverse engineering with Crackmes, Darren unlocks OpenWRT on the Fon router, Will Coppola demonstrates inprotect, a nessus/nmap web frontent, and Matt fixes the Rock Band guitar once and for all. Plus HakSnacks including installation package building with Iexpress, a Rock Band drum kit for your PC, converting flash videos to mobile media formats, and browsing the Internets with calculator. Grab some pwnj00z, the next hour is designated for technolust!

  • S03E08 Episode 8 — Shmoocon Special

    • March 7, 2008
    • Revision3

    In this episode we head to Washington DC for Shmoocon, the only security conference with foam projectiles. We converse with Renderman about hacking and con-going. Scott Moulton provides insight on recovery and forensics with solid state disks. Mati Aharoni aka Muts tells us all about Backtrack and offensive-security. Dan Griffin debuts some new security tools for Vista. David Hulton aka H1kari talks about his research intercepting and cracking GSM traffic. And Chris Compton & Co bring us the latest from Hack or Halo. Plus this month’s trivia and a contest sure to get your lolz on.

  • S03E09 Episode 9

    • April 5, 2008
    • Revision3

    In this episode Matt uses PowerGUI to command the new Windows PowerShell, Chris Gerling demonstrates Helix, an open source forensics toolkit and Darren builds a simple web mashup using Yahoo Pipes. Plus haksnacks including router passwords, uninterrupted file copying, password strength auditing, and Firefox keyword shortcuts. Oh yeah and some bloopers. A lot of bloopers. Actually, pretty much most of the episode is one ongoing blooper. We’re kicking it oldschool Hak5 style. Call it senioritis if you will :).

  • S03E10 Episode 10 — Disaster Finale

    • May 5, 2008
    • Revision3

    In this episode Darren tours what’s left of the Hakhouse and shares a emergency shutdown tip. That’s pretty much it. Life hit hard and we’re working at getting back on track. Send us some good mojo.

  • S03E11 Episode 11 — Announcement

    • August 4, 2008
    • Revision3

    In this post-disaster announcement we bring you up to speed on reconstruction and awesome new developments with Hak5. Darren shows off the Hak5 graffiti wall, a multiplayer game of notepad projected on the HakHouse set, and Matt reminds us all to mark August 15th on our calendar. The live show starts at 9 PM EST. The new season’s big premiere is scheduled for September 8th. We think you’re really gonna love it.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Wi-Fi Pineapples

    • September 7, 2008
    • Revision3

    In this season premiere episode of Hak5 Mubix joins us to talk about what’s new in Maltego, an open source forensics and intelligence gathering tool. Shannon rocks out with Audio surf, and Darren heads downtown to the coffee shop to own a wireless network with a pineapple. Grab some hax0rflakes ’cause the bricks are gone and we’re back!

  • S04E02 Spicy Reverse Engineering

    • September 10, 2008
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak5 Matt shows us how to map our networks with Spiceworks, an open source infrastructure mapping tool. Chris Gerling breaks down reverse engineering, Shannon talks about OpenDNS, and Christine has a Windows utility for everyone running multiple monitors.

  • S04E03 Reverse Engineering, Graphical Firewall Configuration, Inside the pineapple: Jasager demo, and Remember the BBS?

    • September 17, 2008
    • Revision3

    Reverse Engineering in practice. Configuring Cisco, IPTables and other firewalls with a sweet graphical utility. A little nostalgia with the Hak5 BBS and cracking open the Pineapple, a demo of Jasager.

  • S04E04 Not Found: Multi-Touch Mini, Virus Infection Analysis, Photosynth and Chrome

    • September 24, 2008
    • Revision3

    Building a mini multi-touch table. Analysis of a Virus Infection in Windows. Photo stitching to the extreme with Photosynth, and Google Chrome memory manager.

  • S04E05 Windows USB Booting, Fon Hacking Illustrated, DimDim, DeskSpace and Portals

    • October 1, 2008
    • Revision3

    Booting Windows from a USB key using the Windows Automated Installation Kit. Unlocking the Fon and Installing Jasager — Illustrated. Desktop and meeting collaboration using DimDim, the free open source online collaboration software. Turn your Windows desktop into a 3D spaces cube, and more!

  • S04E06 Packet Sniffing 101, Social Media with Boxee, and multiple Gordon Freemans with Synergy

    • October 8, 2008
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    Chris Gerling begins a three part series on Packet Sniffing starting with the fundamentals of packet structure, the OSI model, tools and terminology. Matt harnesses the social power of media with Boxee, a social media center based on XMBC. Shannon demos out Synergy, the Half-Life 2 co-op mod, and Darren check out Cron for Windows.

  • S04E07 Toorcon 2008: Robin Wood, Dan Griffin, and Jacob Appelbaum

    • October 15, 2008
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    Darren and Shannon head to San Diego for Toorcon and meet up with Robin Wood, Dan Griffin, and Jacob Appelbaum to talk about Jasager, Sharepoint Hacking, and the Cold Boot Attack. Plus Darren’s travel tips and “name that aircraft”.

  • S04E08 Dissect TCP/IP, Dos Box, Alice, Day-Con, and Fon Batteries

    • October 22, 2008
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    Chris Gerling breaks down IP and TCP headers with Wireshark and building blocks. Shannon Morse shows us DosBox, a free IBM PC DOS emulator. Christine Bourquin talks about Alice, a teaching programming language for beginners. Darren Kitchen summarises his experience at Day-Con and answers some questions about Fon batteries.

  • S04E09 HappyHakoween: Password Cracking Clusters, Remote Control Services, Wireshark Packet Filtering

    • October 29, 2008
    • Revision3

    att shows us how to turn anything into a service and provide a web frontend to manage them windows server, great for game server administration. Chris Gerling wraps up his three part series on Packet Sniffing with Wireshark techniques for packet filtering. Darren harnesses the CPU power of the HakHouse for good or evil to demonstrate cluster computing. Plus details on our Hak5 Halloween LAN Party!

  • S04E10 Phreaknic 2008

    • November 5, 2008
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    The gang heads to Phreaknic in Nashville Tennessee and in Hak5 tradition brings you a sampling including interviews with Russell Butturini about his U3 Incident Response Tool, Adrian Crenshaw, aka Irongeek, about Keyloggers and other embedded hacking, Daniel Hooper about Software Defined Radio and GNU Radio, Eighty of Dual Core, Droops from Hacker Media, and more. Yeehaw!

  • S04E11 Paul’s Flamingo

    • November 12, 2008
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    Darren demos optical character regocnition and bar code lookups with GOCR. Shannon talks about a new way to organize your desktop with Microsoft Scalable Fabrics. Matt protects a public workstation with Windows Steady State. Plus USB Protocol Analyzers and Paul’s pink flamingo. Yeah.

  • S04E12 Session Hijacking and Virtualizing Servers

    • November 19, 2008
    • Revision3

    Session Hijacking with a Pineapple, Hamster and Ferret and cell phone? A free and easy way to virtualize physical servers! And is WPA Broken? Ikea clusters, screencasting, and canvas technolust.

  • S04E13 First Responder Forensicss, SNES ROM Hackery, Tailing Logs and Unicorns

    • November 26, 2008
    • Revision3

    First Responder Forensics with Helix/Live View. Editing Super Mario World levels with Lunar Magic. Following logs with Bare Tail. Unicorns, and a lot more.

  • S04E14 Build a web enabled Linux based USB missile launcher and defend your hacker space! Plus smart phone emulators, custom Linux command GUIs and more.

    • December 3, 2008
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    Take physical security to the next step by building a web enabled, linux powered USB missile launcher and defend your hacker space (or use the laser to remotely annoy your cat). Plus smart phone emulators, custom Linux command GUIs using Usermin, USB booting and more.

  • S04E15 Public Key Encryption, Backing Up Drivers, Hackers are People Too Documentary, and Organize Your Music Collection

    • December 10, 2008
    • Revision3

    In this power packed episode Chris explores ways to securely communicate using public key authentication. Matt gives us a healthy helping of Drive Backup utilities. Darren interviews Ashley Schwartau about the documentary Hackers Are People Too. Shannon brings you a few tools for organizing that mismatched MP3 collection of yours.

  • S04E16 SSH Tunneling, Independent Games, Updating Multiple Blogs At Once, and Password Protecting Applications

    • December 17, 2008
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    In this extensive episode Matt shows us how to setup SSH tunneling to securely transmit HTTP traffic and more while on the go. Shannon checks out some student entries to the 2009 Independent Games Festival, including City Rain, Glitch, Froggle, Blazar, and Akrasia. Darren puts together a PHP script that, in conjunction with Ping.fm, allows you to update multiple blogs at once including your own hosted Wordpress. Plus this weeks LAN Party, revamped Trivia and viewer questions.

  • S04E17 VMware Server, Electric Sheep, InkScape, and TreePie

    • December 24, 2008
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    In this Holiday Special Hak5 the cast delivers a smathering of thier choices in freeware/shareware, open source applicatons. Matt sings praise of the free Vmware Server product for virutual goodies. Jason Applebaum discovers his once lost joy in having hard drive space with TreePie. Shannon show her affection for our mechanical friends with ElectricSheep. Darren wish peace for the whole graphics art world with InkScape. Finally Paul decks the halls with a few of his applications for OSX.

  • S04E18 Laser Range Finding and File Recovery

    • December 31, 2008
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    In this new years eve episode Jason Appelbaum joins us to talk about Laser Range Finding using the USB Missile Launcher and some custom code. Chris Gerling is in the house doing file recovery the down and dirty way. Trust your Technolust and thanks for a great ‘08!

  • S04E19 GPU accelerated MD5 Brute Forcing, Easy Windows Password Recovery with Ophcrack live USB and Dave Randolph

    • January 7, 2009
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    In this first episode of '09 Dave Randolph joins us to geek out about all things video. Darren whips up a Password Cracking Cocktail and shows off a wicked fast MD5 brute force tool that harnesses the power of your Nvidia graphics card. Shannon saves the day by recovering her sisters Windows password with Ophcrack Live. And Evil Server gets his evil on while we were away on holiday.

  • S04E20 CES Day 1: Magnetic Card Reader Encryption, LCD eyewear, USB over ethernet, 3D printing and more

    • January 10, 2009
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    We show off some of the neatest toys found at CES 2009

  • S04E21 CES Day 2: Netbook Tablets, Ultra Portables, USB3, PVRs, and Scuba Gear?

    • January 12, 2009
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    After scouring the show floor for the second day we reconvene at the NBC Universal stage to bring you guys some tecnolust. Netbooks, USB3, PVRs Oh My!

  • S04E22 CES 2009 Wrap Up. A bundle of bling sure to tickle your technolust!

    • January 16, 2009
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    In our post CES Wrap Up show we take only the best of the wonderful toys and gizmos, interviews and demos that didn’t make it to the NBC Universal booth for our live broadcasts and wrap them up in a fast paced techno-treat along side a count down of our top favorite CES moments. After reviewing and editing over 4 hours of footage we present to you a 22 minute bundle of bling sure to tickle your technolust.

  • S04E23 Securing Remote Desktop, Online Brute Forcing and Terminal Service Alternatives

    • January 21, 2009
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    Darren’s back in the kitchen with an illustrated scenario of online brute forcing every systems administrators beloved remote desktop. He whips up some home made chicken noodle soup and tosses on the ol’ white hat for a talk about countermeasures and security best practices. Then Matt brings you a full featured and aggressively priced alternative to Microsoft’s own Terminal Service. Do I hear cheap thin clients around the corner?

  • S04E24 PHP Twitter Tamagotchi and ROFLcon

    • January 28, 2009
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    Hot off the heels of ROFLcon in NYC the crew kicks some in studio technolust. Darren shares with you his custom twitter tamagotchi bot written in PHP with some sweet RSS parsing, VLC controlling, curl loving nested goodness. Plus guest Jim Louderback, gadget lover and Revision3 stage hand, joins us to talk about all things new media.

  • S04E25 USB Device Tracking and PFsense

    • February 4, 2009
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    In this episode Peter Giannoulis joins us from TheAcademyPro.com. Chris Gerling is back in studio talking about USB Device Tracking. And Matt is building the new HakHouse firewall/router with PFsense. Plus a ton of haksnax to get your grub on.

  • S04E26 Shmoocon 2009

    • February 11, 2009
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    We head out to DC for Shmoocon, our favorite hacker conference on the east coast, to talk to some of the brightest minds in security. Dave Kenedy on his project FastTrack. Michael Ossmann about sniffing bluetooth. Joshua Abraham on his software

Season 5

  • S05E01 Won’t you be my neighbor?

    • February 18, 2009
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    Getting to know your neighbors — Darren takes a trip around your network with nmap, THE open source network security scanner. Want to obscure your OS fingerprint? Make a Windows Box show up as a printer? Shannon’s got just the thing. And Matt takes a first look at the Napera N24 smart network switch / security appliance. All that and more on this Hak5 Season 5 Premiere!

  • S05E02 Linux RC Rovers, PHP Compiled and Napera

    • February 25, 2009
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    Darren’s got a soldering iron and knows how to use it. In this episode we kick off the HakHouse Rover project and web enable an inexpensive RC Tank using a Phidget USB Interface Kit. Then Jody Franklin joins us to talk about compiling PHP and using Netsh to renumber IP addresses in Windows. And Matt has a follow up to your questions about Napera. Plus our weekly trivia, LAN Party and a ton of fun.

  • S05E03 Build a free VoIP PBX in under 10 minutes – Start programming a USB Dev Board for less than $20

    • March 4, 2009
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    Building a free voice over IP phone system was never easier. Matt shows us how to setup a 3CX PBX in under 10 minutes. Ever wanted to program a development board? Darren’s gets started with a USB based kit for under 20 bucks. And Ron Gula, CEO and CTO of Tenable Network Security joins us to talk about Nessus, PVS and more.

  • S05E04 Get Free WiFi by tunneling through DNS and gaming optimized on Linux

    • March 11, 2009
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    Tired of paying $9.95 an hour for WiFi at the airport? Can you resolve DNS? We head down to Mubix’ lair and build a SSH SOCKS proxy over a DNS tunnel. Then we speak with Tyler McAdams from LinuxDNA about kernel optimizations and the future of gaming on Linux.

  • S05E05 Introducing Interceptor: The network tap and rogue wireless access point

    • March 18, 2009
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    The perfect primate for pen testers is none other than network monkey. Introducing Robin Wood’s Interceptor — on this episode we hack the Fon+ and turn it into a network tap and rogue wireless access point. Sniff the LAN from across the street or hack the network from the inside out! Learn how Network Monkey Pirates your Packets today!

  • S05E06 Wii Homebrew, 3CX meets PSTN and Interceptor Linux client

    • March 24, 2009
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    In this episode Shannon hacks the Wii and shares her favorite homebrew with us. Matt connects 3CX to the PSTN and Darren sets up a network monkey client in Linux.

  • S05E07 The Bad 90s Show

    • March 31, 2009
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    This April 1st we bring you a gem* from the archives. Recently dig’d from a super VHS tape it’s Hak5 episode 507 from 1995. We take a peak at a Windows 95 “chicago” beta build, get our phone phreaking on, and review one of the latest SNES games.

  • S05E08 Build a Free Instant Messaging Server in 10 Mins, Wii Homebrew, Doom2 returns!

    • April 7, 2009
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    Matt builds a free XMPP/Jabber server in under 10 minutes. Shannon has the low down on Wii Homebrew in regards to Nintendo’s new Wii System Menu 4.0 and Darren just can’t stop playing Doom2.

  • S05E09 Wii in HD, Portable Ubuntu, SheevaPlug, Fon 2.0, Facial Recognition, Doom and More

    • April 15, 2009
    • Revision3

    Backing up Wii games to SD so you can play them in HD with the Dolphin Emulator. Ubuntu inside Windows, the SheevaPlug and Fon 2.0 embedded Linux devices. Face.com’s photo finder for facebook. The best Doom source ports and much more.

  • S05E10 Virtualization and Emulation

    • April 22, 2009
    • Revision3

    Matt kicks off a series on Virtualization and invites us to see the 10 Gigabit beast at his office while Shannon and Darren wrap up their series on Wii Homebrew with the easiest way to backup and load Wii games and the Dolphin emulator.

  • S05E11 Netcat, Brute Force, Virtualization and Pimping Wordpress

    • April 29, 2009
    • Revision3

    Darren shows off some nifty tricks for Netcat and a targeted brute force attack dictionary generator. Matt continues his series on Virtualization with redundancy and Shannon pimps the blog with her Wordpress plugin picks. Plus the results of our Monkey Contest, the Code Challenge and this weeks easter egg hunt

  • S05E12 Break through the university firewall Internet Redirection, Hide data in photos with Steganography and answers to your Virtualization questions!

    • May 6, 2009
    • Revision3

    Want to bypass those nasty restrictions imposed by your corporate or university firewalls? Darren has just the trick with Internet Redirection. Ever wanted to hide secret data inside a photo? Shannon’s show us a neat steganography app. Plus Matt answers your virtualization questions!

  • S05E13 Extract Windows Executables from Packet Captures, PHP Gmail Badges, Winning the Easter Egg Hunt, and special guest Eighty of DualCore

    • May 13, 2009
    • Revision3

    Eighty of Dual Core comes down to the HakHouse to share with us a technique for extracting Windows executables from packet captures. Darren’s featuring some of the Gmail badge submissions and a walkthrough of the Easter Egg hunt. Plus be sure to stick around as Eighty treats us to a live performance off his upcoming album.

  • S05E14 Network Tap Analyzers, Streaming Music with Netcat and Wii Homebrew on System Menu 4.0

    • May 20, 2009
    • Revision3

    Mubix of Room362 comes down to the HakHouse to share his favorite tools for analyzing packet captures and network taps. Darren’s toying around with netcat and music streaming while Shannon’s got the skinny on the latest hacks for Wii Homebrew with system menu 4.0.

  • S05E15 Build your own SAN, PSP Hacking, Net Grep

    • May 27, 2009
    • Revision3

    Jenn Cutter of Open Alpha fame joins us to talk about recent developments in PSP hacking and homebrew. Matt’s got answers to your questions about rolling your own Storage Area Network for all your virtualization needs, and Darren’s filtering packets in the console with ngrep.

  • S05E16 Roll your own VMware ESXi Server and more

    • June 3, 2009
    • Revision3

    Building your own VMware ESXi Server in under an hour with parts you may have lying under your bed. Extreme sports cameras and mounts and mounts can be expensive. Why not build your own for about 5 bucks. And light video editing that’s both easy and free? Avidemux may be the answer.

  • S05E17 Packet Injection, WPA Attacks, Virtualization

    • June 10, 2009
    • Revision3

    The gang gathers at a dive in Hoboken, NJ during their trip to NYC for the live diggnation and discuss wireless packet injection with airpwn, advancements in WPA-PSK attacks and of course, virtualization.

  • S05E18 Hacking WPA, ESXi and iSCSI, Bypass Windows Passwords

    • June 17, 2009
    • Revision3

    Darren’s Hacking WPA-PSK keys using the recently updated Cowpatty and some damn fine lookup tables. Connecting ESXi to iSCSI targets — Matt breaks it down with FreeNAS. And Shannon completely bypasses local Windows logins with a Kernel modifyin’ boot cd? w00t!

  • S05E19 Building the Ultimate White Box for under $2000

    • June 24, 2009
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    Building the ultimate white box ESXi server for under $2000! Can it be done? Darren and Matt grab the company credit card and answer that question.

  • S05E20 Encrypt your entire hard drive!

    • July 1, 2009
    • Revision3

    What’s your best defense against a boot CD that breaks Windows passwords in two keystrokes? Encrypting your entire hard disk. Shannon’s got the details on truecrypt drive encryption while Darren brings up plausible deniability with hidden volumes.

  • S05E21 The Cold Boot Attack

    • July 8, 2009
    • Revision3

    When it comes to recovering encryption keys from memory nobody has a more intriguing method than Princeton University researchers. We explore a method known as the “Cold Boot Attack”. Plus, a clever DirectX injecting UI widget for your PC games that means the end of ALT+Tab.

  • S05E22 Whats in your RAM?

    • July 15, 2009
    • Revision3

    Rob Fuler, aka Mubix, of Room362.com joins us to expand on last week’s discussion about the Cold Boot attacks. We cover retrieving memory from live systems, analysis with tools like volatility, and file recovery with foremost. Mubix calls it forensics for the gray hat.

  • S05E23 Return of the Matt: Physical to Virtual and Apache Tomcat3

    • July 22, 2009
    • Revision3

    Matt Lestock returns and brings us the skinny on converting physical servers into virtual servers and piping ‘em right into your ESXi box while Darren takes the scenic route on a Linux Apache Tomcat install with some Java and bash lovin’.

  • S05E24 USB Multipass

    • July 29, 2009
    • Revision3

    Why carry around a dozen bootable USB drives when you could merge ‘em all into one? On his episode we buld a USB Multipass complete with customized boot menu ready to launch any of favorite tools–including Backtrack, Ophcrack, Kon-boot, dban, freedos, and more. Plus Shannon reviews the Trinity Rescue Kit, the boot disc dubbed CPR for your computer.

  • S05E25 Sea Salt for your Hashes

    • August 5, 2009
    • Revision3

    While on Vacation at the beach Darren and Shannon talk password security. Shannon covers her favorite free open source password safe, Keepass, and how it can take the nightmare out of remembering a different password for every site. Then, Darren goes over salting and what it does to protect your password’s hash on the back end.

  • S05E26 Nerdcore Vacation

    • August 11, 2009
    • Revision3

    It’s the end of the season and we’re celebrating four years of podcasting with a much needed vacation. Join us for a musical montage with the stylings of Pronobozo, Dual Core and Dale Chase.

Season 6

  • S06E01 New Digs

    • August 18, 2009
    • Revision3

    Engineering a mid size office network from the ground up. Matt shares with us tips on switch stacking and more. Palm centro security? Shannon shows us how to bypass SIM lockout. And Darren’s getting his grub2 on without borking his ubuntu box. All that and more on this episode of Hak5.

  • S06E02 Grub2 and VM-fu

    • August 25, 2009
    • Revision3

    Managing ESX(i) with a cross platform adobe air application. Matt reviews BlueBear’s Kodiak. Want to boot ISO files directly from USB? Darren explores the options with Grub Legacy and Grub2, plus tweaks for Persistent installations, nested menus, notes and more.

  • S06E03 Network Planning, Kindle Tricks and a Linux Network Install Tool

    • September 1, 2009
    • Revision3

    This week Matt continues his series on IT Infrastructure planning. Shannon has a bundle of Kindle tricks, and Darren’s amped about a USB boot key that network insalls popular Linux distros.

  • S06E04 WiFi Network Scanners and Windows VPN services

    • September 8, 2009
    • Revision3

    This week Matt reviews an open source WiFi network scanner for Windows while Darren convinces a Windows server into treating a VPN connection as a service.

  • S06E05 Three VPN Servers and a Kindle Console

    • September 15, 2009
    • Revision3

    This week Shannon taps into a hidden Kindle serial port using a inty bitsy ribbon cable, a USB to Serial TTL cable and some jumpers in an attempt to hack root and finds herself upon the bootloader and nearly at a bash prompt. Darren guides you through the installation of VPN servers on Windows XP, Windows Server and Linux so you can keep your traffic secure in an encrypted tunnel while on untrusted networks.

  • S06E06 Virtual LANs, Google Maps GPS Mashups and Unicorns

    • September 23, 2009
    • Revision3

    This week we're joined by Bill from AtlasRider.com to talk about a clever mashup of motorcycle helmet cam youtube videos and the corresponding GPS data updaing live in Google maps. Then Matt has the ins and outs of Virtual LANs.

  • S06E07 Build a free SSL VPN on Linux or Windows

    • September 29, 2009
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, bypass restrictive firewalls with a free and open source virtual private network server for Windows and Linux that will have you connecting back to the home or office with just a web browser!

  • S06E08 Automatic Packet Reporting System

    • October 6, 2009
    • Revision3

    This time on the show Tray Murphey, N4PAT, joins to to introduce the Automatic Packet Reporting System, radio licensing, hardware and building a kit on the cheap.

  • S06E09 Touchscreen Mod and VirtualBox vs VMware

    • October 13, 2009
    • Revision3

    This time on the show Jason Appelbaum joins with a touchscreen LCD mod that's a lot easier than one might think. Then Darren and Matt pit their desktop virtualization platforms, Virtual Box and VMware Workstation, against eachother over a game of Halo.

  • S06E10 Man in the Middle Fun with SSL Strip

    • October 20, 2009
    • Revision3

    This time on the show Darren's having a little man-in-the-middle fun with a demonstration os SSLStrip, an epic tool for removing that pesky encryption from your victims browsing session.

  • S06E11 Metasploit 101 with Mubix

    • October 27, 2009
    • Revision3

    After much request we've dedicated an episode to Metasploit. Room362.com's very own Rob Fuller, aka Mubix, joins us in studio to show us the basics of exploiting and the power of auxiliary modules.

  • S06E12 Hacking PPTP VPNs with ASLEAP

    • November 3, 2009
    • Revision3

    Continuing with the VPN Series, Darren discusses the inherent weaknesses in Microsoft's PPTP authentication protocol, MS-CHAPv2, and demos a Linux tool that exploits these weaknesses.

  • S06E13 Virginia Tech Live

    • November 10, 2009
    • Revision3

    This week we take the show on the road and perform live in Blacksburg, VA at Virginia Tech! Go Hokies and special thanks to Tim Tutt and John Ryding.

  • S06E14 Firewall evasion, SSH and virtual appliances!

    • November 17, 2009
    • Revision3

    Got a restrictive firewall blocking sites at school or work? Evade ‘em easily with your own private web proxy. Want to securely tunnel any port through an SSH session? Darren’s got just the trick. Wondering how to properly use Asleap to crack MS-CHAPv2 PPTP VPN handshakes & LM Hashes? Interested in trying out neat free enterprise applications but don’t feel like spending hours in a terminal? Try deploying a virtual appliance in minutes, the free and open source way.

  • S06E15 Linux Hacking the Zipit, SMS Scripting Google Voice, and Chrome OS

    • November 24, 2009
    • Revision3

    Nothing makes us happier than hacking an inexpensive gadget to run just about any Linux app — and that’s exactly what Shannon Morse is doing this week on Hak5. We’re also joined by Jason Appelbaum for a little Google Voice SMS scripting with Java or PHP libraries, and Darren Kitchen has gone googly for Chrome OS. Prepare the popcorn it’s technolust time!

  • S06E16 Make your own Nintendo DS Games for free! Tunneling on a Mac and Virtual Routers.

    • December 2, 2009
    • Revision3

    Cheap mod chips plus free dev tools equals hello world on the Nintendo DS! Jason Appelbaum joins us to geek out about code up the dual screen’d programmers playground that is NDS homebrew. Matt has answers to your questions about Virtual Routers, Paul comes out from behind the camera to school us on SSH Tunneling for the Mac, and Darren’s featuring some pretty Python & PHP to tunnel cross platform.

  • S06E17 Certificate Authentication, Persistent Live Linux

    • December 9, 2009
    • Revision3

    Forget typing your password to SSH, Certificate based Authentication is where it’s at. Darren demonstrates with an Interceptor, Dropbear and Ngrep. Want a Linux Live USB key with persistent storage? Shannon has just the tool. Plus your picks on SSH tools and answers to your Wordpress questions.

  • S06E18 Rooting the Droid, Zipit Doom and USB Live Chrome OS

    • December 15, 2009
    • Revision3

    Hacking the Motorola Droid: Root Access! A Linux Doom source port on the Zipit, Booting and installing Chrome OS from USB, your Wordpress picks and much more.

  • S06E19 Hospitalized Hacking: Droid Tether, Theme Generation & More

    • December 25, 2009
    • Revision3

    Proof that Hak5 can be produced under heavy medication, Darren & Shannon go over some nifty tips for tethering your Droid in Ubuntu without root access, generating themes for popular CMS like Wordpress or Joomla, and more.

  • S06E20 IP Spoofing, World of Goo Mods, Linux Drive Encryption

    • December 29, 2009
    • Revision3

    On this episode of Hak5 Darren joins Jenn Cutter in Toronto to talk IP Spoofing, Tethering Terms of Service, World of Goo mods, Linux Drive Encryption, 13" Ultralight notebooks and more.

  • S06E21 MiTM Javascript Keylogger, Social Engineering Toolkit and More

    • January 5, 2010
    • Revision3

    This week Darren is joined by Rob Ruller.

  • S06E22 CES 2010 Part 1: Gaming Gadgets, ebooks, smartphones & set-top boxes

    • January 12, 2010
    • Revision3

    At the Consumer Electronics Show in 2010, Darren and Shannon bring you their first impressions of the hottest gadgets to tickle their technolust. Stay tuned for gaming netbooks, open source set-top boxes, low-end and high-end ebook readers, hybrid gaming controllers / musical instruments and Linux lovin' smartphones.

  • S06E23 CES 2010 Part 2: Drones, Smartbooks, Pocket HD Cams, Gaming Gloves & Lego

    • January 19, 2010
    • Revision3

    Part 2 of our favorite things from the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. Tune in for our first impressions of the latest in Smartbooks, Pocket HD cameras, and Drones? Plus gamer gloves with keybindings and a Lego MMORPG.

  • S06E24 Homebrew Multitouch

    • January 26, 2010
    • Revision3

    This week we are joined by Aaron Bitler and Brady Simpson from LCDMultiTouch.com to check out the custom built x19 multi-touch table and get advice on construction and software.

  • S06E25 Create a BackTrack 4 Persistent USB Drive and a ZipIt Userland Image for the Average User

    • February 3, 2010
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    Darren is playing with the latest version of BackTrack linux, setting up a persistant USB boot drive that'll keep your files and settings consistent after a restart. Shannon is back at the ZipIt checking out the "Average User" userland image and connecting to WPA protected wireless networks.

  • S06E26 Shmoocon 2010

    • February 9, 2010
    • Revision3

    We head out to DC for Shmoocon, our favorite hacker conference on the east coast, to talk to some of the brightest minds in security. We talk to Tom Eston about social media security, TheX1le about his new tool airdrop-ng, Jason Scott about preserving our digital heritage, Chris Paget about man-in-the-middle attacks against GSM networks, and much more.

Season 7

  • S07E01 Botnet Command & Control and Man-in-the-Middle detection

    • February 17, 2010
    • Revision3

    Following our 2010 Shmoocon special we're joined in studio by security expert and programmer extraordinaire Robin Wood to talk about his proof of concept botnet command and control tool KreiosC2. We also discuss tools for detecting traditional Man-in-the-Middle attacks. And stay tuned for a special season seven announcement.

  • S07E02 DHCP Exhaustion and DNS Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

    • February 23, 2010
    • Revision3

    With a mixture of in-studio and on location in Dublin this week we're talking to Robin Wood about DHCP Exhaustion and DNS Man-in-the-Middle attacks, talking Metasploit modules and a Pineapple Monkey half-breed.

  • S07E03 Free Application Sandbox Challenge and Top

    • March 2, 2010
    • Revision3

    Back from Britain and bouncing off the walls Darren pits three ancient Internet Explorers against each other to see which free application sandbox can save you from yourself. Shannon joins us from Missouri for her take on the top "ultra" Windows software, and Paul... Well, Paul's tearing down the set.

  • S07E04 Malware Analyzis Sandbox and PC Remote Control over Twitter

    • March 9, 2010
    • Revision3

    Following up with last week's desktop sandboxing challenge Darren's taking a look at another kind of sandbox -- one for malware analysis. Shannon thinks your VNC and SSH servers are pretty spiffy, but how about controlling your computer over twitter? Free text messaging to your PC anyone?

  • S07E05 Airport WiFi Challenge and Your Ultra Software Picks

    • March 16, 2010
    • Revision3

    While meeting up with family in Florida this week Darren takes on a WiFi Challenge using the airport friendly Pineapple Mark II and Airdrop-ng. Plus, Shannon has a follow-up to the Ultra Software including your picks.

  • S07E06 Deauth Detection and Cloud Data Backups

    • March 23, 2010
    • Revision3

    Back in studio with Shannon this week. Darren has answers to your WiFi deauthorization attack questions and a demo of a nifty deuth watching script. Shannon's all about free and open source alternatives to online backup services like Backupify. Can these tools keep your cloud data secure?

  • S07E07 Teh Pure Pwnage Special

    • March 30, 2010
    • Revision3

    Back in Canada again eh? It's another Hak5 field trip. This time the crew is in Toronto for the Pure Pwnage Teh TV Series premiere at the Bloor Street theatre. We're talking to creators and cast Geoff Lapaire (Kyle), Jarett Cale (Jeremy) and Joel Gardiner (fps_doug).

  • S07E08 PAX East 2010

    • April 7, 2010
    • Revision3

    Jason Appelbaum and Jenn Cutter bring us sights from the show floor at the Penny Arcade Expo East 2010. Table top dungeons & dragons on a multi-touch surface! A mod to turn any guitar into a game controller and killer gaming headphones. Plus, Shannon investigates secure delete utilities in this week's Snusb Report. All that and more this time on Hak5.

  • S07E09 USB Rubber Ducky Part 1

    • April 13, 2010
    • Revision3

    This time on the show Shannon has a tool that'll make that spring cleaning Windows reinstall a breeze in the Snubs Report. Then Mubix is unboxing the Nano Note, a pocket sized OpenWRT based bundle of Linux Lovin'. And finally Darren has the scoop on a new open source pen testing tool, the USB Rubber Ducky! Tune in and find out about special dev kits.

  • S07E10 Unsynchronized

    • April 20, 2010
    • Revision3

    In this wacky episode of Hak5 Darren and Paul follow up on some USB Rubber Ducky related topics, a cheaper version of the mini camera from last week, pelican cases, USB LCD monitors and flying zebras. Meanwhile Shannon is investigating a freeware tool that'll keep your folders in sync over just about any protocol.

  • S07E11 Android SDK, CoolIris and Puzzle Quest 2!

    • April 27, 2010
    • Revision3

    This week Shannon is investigating alternative ways to view web media with CoolIris. Jason is diving into some mobile application development with the Android SDK, and Jenn brings us the latest about Puzzle Quest 2.

  • S07E12 Disk Cloning and Offline Maps

    • May 4, 2010
    • Revision3

    Week 1 of the Hack Across America series begins with a look at a bare metal disaster recovery plan. Darren talks Hard Disk cloning the free and open source way, while Shannon investigates a number of tools for offline Google Maps usage.

  • S07E13 Android Abso-defilutely

    • May 12, 2010
    • Revision3

    The Hack Across America series continues in week 2 with Jason Appelbaum and Android user interface development, Shannon Morse and Windows file transfer utilities, and an exclusive interview with nerdcore sensation Dale Chase. Plus, Hackers on Ice!

  • S07E14 Pronobozo, Metasploit and Ninite

    • May 18, 2010
    • Revision3

    The Hack Across America series continues in week 3 with a phenomenal episode featuring an exclusive interview with Pronobozo. Then mubix joins us for Metasploit 101 part 2, pwning a domain controller via SQL injection an token passing on a fully patched enterprise network. Plus Shannon has a tool that will save tons of time on your next PC build in this week's Snubs Report. Get comfortable, you won't wanna miss this.

  • S07E15 The LateHak Show, HFS and DSiXL Mods

    • May 25, 2010
    • Revision3

    The Hack Across America series continues in week 4 with what can only be described as the LateHak Show thanks to the enthusiastic folks at the i3Detroit hackerspace. Jenn Cutter joins us from Toronto for a little Nintendo DSiXL homebrew and Shannon has the cure for HTTP file transfer woes in this weeks Snubs Report. Hang on to your plush primate, it's time for technolust!

  • S07E16 PDF Exploits

    • June 1, 2010
    • Revision3

    The Hack Across America series continues in week 5 with Eighty of DualCore and PDF Exploits and malware analysis. Darren and Shannon take your questions at the Hak5 Springfield MO Meetup, and the perfect screenshot utility in this week's Snubs Report.

  • S07E17 Home VM Servers and Android WiFi Development

    • June 8, 2010
    • Revision3

    The Hack Across America series concludes after 6 weeks and the first order of business at the new place in the San Francisco bay area is to build an inexpensive home server to host virtual machines. Then Shannon has a Windows power tools two-fer and Jason joins us for some Android application development -- can you way wardriving app?

  • S07E18 Building a high performance home router

    • June 15, 2010
    • Revision3

    Make your home network scream with a high performance router and firewall. Darren builds a custom network appliance using cheap parts, free and open source software and more power tools than he's typically allowed to touch. Plus, need an online backup solution? Fancy 50 gigs in the cloud for free? Shannon's got the hookup.

  • S07E19 E3 Expo 2010

    • June 22, 2010
    • Revision3

    This week Darren is joined by Jenn Cutter of OpenAlpha.tv in LA for the E3 Expo. We're taking a look at our favorite picks from the show floor including the latest from Alienware, Valve and Nintendo, plus linux gaming handhelds, wireless PC controllers, latest addition to the rock music gaming scene and much more.

  • S07E20 Stolen Laptop Recovery and Homebrew Router Part 2

    • June 30, 2010
    • Revision3

    This week Darren is joined in San Francisco by his wonderful co-host Shannon! I know, right? We're talking about open source software that will save the day if your laptop is ever stolen, following up on your password tips, and finishing up the homebrew router build with Untangle!

  • S07E21 Water Cooling, EXIF data mining and 25GB free cloud storage

    • July 6, 2010
    • Revision3

    This week Darren heads to the Department of Spontaneous Combustion to meet with PC guru Colleen Kelly and get learned up on the arts of water cooling. Then we're joined by Mubix (aka Rob Fuller) for a discussion on EXIF data, geo location, and twitpic privacy. Plus, Shannon has the hookup on 25 gigs of free cloud storage!

  • S07E22 Virtual Private Networks using your Google account and chipset woes

    • July 13, 2010
    • Revision3

    This week Shannon has a great Snubs Report on setting up a Virtual Private Network using your Google account, and Darren shares some lessons learned in Linux wireless chipset compatibility and motherboard selection in a segment that can only be dubbed "How I walked in for a USB dongle and left with an i7 rig"

  • S07E23 Fun with Android Root and Monitoring your PC with Dropbox

    • July 21, 2010
    • Revision3

    On this better late then never episode of Hak5 Darren is joined by Hak5 IRC's very own Rkiver to talk Android Root. Then Shannon has just the tool to get a peak at your desktop using Dropbox. Plus, Evil Server and a boat.

  • S07E24 Bypassing NSFW filters and Android Packet Sniffing

    • July 28, 2010
    • Revision3

    This week Shannon is bypassing NSFW filters while Darren goes sniffing for packets in all the wrong places.

  • S07E25 DEFCON 18

    • August 8, 2010
    • Revision3

    This week Darren & crew take on DEFCON, the nations largest annual hacker convention and check out pentesting UAV platforms, badge viruses, lock picking, metasploit, capture the flag and so much more.

  • S07E26 Jailbreaking, VirtualBox PHP GUIs, bandwidth throttles and python streaming scripts

    • August 19, 2010
    • Revision3

    Rounding out season 7 Darren and Shannon meetup to take on iOS 4 jailbreaking, followed by a roundabout way to stream media anywhere online using some open source python scripts. Toss in a little VirtualBox PHP front-ends and Untangle tweaks for good measure. Then Shannon has just the tools to detect network throttling. All that and more on this episode of Hak5!

Season 8

  • S08E01 Android App Inventor, Building a Boxee Box, Ubuntu 10.10

    • August 25, 2010
    • Revision3

    Hak5 kicks off another season with a plethora of projects. Darren gets his code on with Google's new App Inventor for Android - a spiffy new web based drag-and-drop WYSIWYG development environment. Jason joins us for a little homebrew Boxee machine building and app development, and Shannon's around for a little Ubuntu 10.10 lovin'

  • S08E02 Android App Inventor & Boxee Development Part 2, and SDExplorer

    • August 30, 2010
    • Revision3

    Following up from last week Darren is diving deeper into the Android App Inventor while Jason has you building the Boxee equivalent to Hello World -- which is actually quite useful! Then Shannon has just the tool to make those 25 gigs of free Skydrive storage useful.

  • S08E03 Ampache, Boxee and Wireless Virtual Machines

    • September 3, 2010
    • Revision3

    Darren checks out Ampache, a powerful open source streaming media solution perfect for your Linux home server. Jason answers your Boxee questions and Shannon joins the round table for a discussion on jailbreaking and USB wireless adapters for virtual machines.

  • S08E04 Linux Screen Recording, Boxee Python Development and Qnext

    • September 12, 2010
    • Revision3

    Darren checks out screen recording solutions for Linux while Jason improves his Boxee app with a little Python and Shannon is all about combining instant messaging, file sharing and remote access with Qnext.

  • S08E05 Internet Enabled Garage Door Opener Mod

    • September 14, 2010
    • Revision3

    This week we're breaking out the breadboard for an oldschool Hak5 mod -- the Internet enabled garage door opener. Because when it comes to garage entry, what could be easier than writing an Android app to access a home Apache server, hitting a PHP script that interfaces with a USB Teensy over serial, activating relays connected to a remote. Duh.

  • S08E06 Magic Lantern, Katana and the Android Garage Door Opener

    • September 23, 2010
    • Revision3

    This time on Hak5 Jason Appelbaum is writing an Android app to interface with our PHP/Apache/Arduino controlled garage door opener. We check out the latest Magic Lantern firmware for the Canon 550D, Shannon joins us to show off Katana — the happy hackers boot key — and answers to your emails.

  • S08E07 Run Linux apps in any OS – X11 over SSH, Multi-Cam editing and more

    • September 29, 2010
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    Securely forwarding X11 over SSH so you can use Linux GUI tools in anywhere — even on Windows. Multi cam editing, SMS rescue texts, Android Terminals and clark kent glasses. All that and more this time on Hak5!

  • S08E08 DNS Brute Forcing part 1, Stoned Bootkit and remote access via SMS

    • October 6, 2010
    • Revision3

    This time on the show: DNS Brute Forcing part 1. The Stoned Bootkit. Controlling your PC via SMS with Google Voice and a little Java code. Plus, mini-ITX power supplies, Pelican cases and Shannon's a penguin. All that a more this time on Hak5!

  • S08E09 Hacking DNS from beginning to end

    • October 13, 2010
    • Revision3

    In this high as a kite edition of Hak5 Darren takes you on an adventure through the wonderful world of DNS. Explore the vast and intricate details of our beloved Domain Name System while exploiting mis-configured routers, brute forcing, and even looking up Wikipedia entries from TXT records.

  • S08E10 Hacking persistence with IPv6, Metasploit, Microsoft and Mubix!

    • October 20, 2010
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, Mubix joins us to add persistance to our penetration testing with a little Metasploit, Microsoft, and IP version 6.

  • S08E11 Toorcon San Diego 2010 Part 1

    • October 28, 2010
    • Revision3

    This time on the show Darren travels to Toorcon San Diego and talk to Don A. Bailey and Nick DePetrillo about the Carmen Sandiego project and why the telephone network is full of false privacy assumptions. Dan Tentler joins us to talk about hacking people, and we catch up with George Spillman to find out about the end of the world.

  • S08E12 Toorcon 2010 Part 2: IPv6 with Joe Klein

    • November 2, 2010
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    In this episode Darren sits down with Joe Klein at Toorcon San Diego 2010 to talk IPv6, good and evil. Its more than just a big address space. We discuss the demise of IPv4, the differences between IPv6 and IPv6, Neighbor discovery, self-forming networks, global multicasting, address discovery and more.

  • S08E13 Top Jailbroken Apps and Android Scripting

    • November 12, 2010
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak5 Shannon brings us her top jailbroken apps for the iPhone while Jason ditches the heavy development environment and takes on lightweight scripting for Android.

  • S08E14 DSLR video hacks, homebrew Google TV, Shannon's favorite portable apps, Ubuntu FTP servers and USB Dumper

    • November 17, 2010
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    This time on the show Jason joins us to talk DSLR video hacks and homebrew Google TV. Shannon brings us her favorite portable apps, and Jackie and Darren tackle your questions concerning secure FTP, Ubuntu Server, and document stealing with USB Dumper.

  • S08E15 Pulse Code Modulation

    • November 24, 2010
    • Revision3

    This time on the show we get our phone phreaking on. No, not free long distance, rather we dive into the world of signal modulation, coding and digital signalling.

  • S08E16 Time Division Multiplexing

    • December 2, 2010
    • Revision3

    This time on the show Darren continues his series on the Public Switched Telephone Network with Time Division Multiplexing and some of the more interesting elements of T1 signalling.

  • S08E17 The Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem, Nintendo DS emulators and QT programming

    • December 9, 2010
    • Revision3

    This time on the show Shannon joins us "in studio" to go over a little signal sampling. Jenn has just the emulator for the Nintendo DS-less, and Jason kicks off a series on programming using the QT SDK.

  • S08E18 Using Screen in Linux, Motion Detection Webcam Software, and QT Interface Design

    • December 22, 2010
    • Revision3

    This time on the show Darren shares a heartwarming story about how a little plastic minifig saved the day using the Linux screen command. Shannon demos her favorite webcam software's motion detection features, and Jason introduces interface design using the QT SDK.

  • S08E19 Time-lapse Photography with the QT SDK & Gmail Drive

    • December 28, 2010
    • Revision3

    This time on the show Jason Appelbaum continues his series on the QT SDK with the time-lapse photography app while Shannon checks out the Gmail drive shell extension.

  • S08E20 Recycle That Old PC and Build a Proxmox Virtual Environment

    • January 1, 2011
    • Revision3

    This time on Hak5 Darren brings new life to an old editing rig with Proxmox-VE, an open source virtualization platform.

  • S08E21 Augmented Reality, Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Robotic Helicopters at CES 2011

    • January 12, 2011
    • Revision3

    Episode Description (30-40 words): On this special edition of Hak5 Darren and Shannon are joined by Jenn Cutter to wrap up their favourite gadgets from CES 2011. Tune in and catch a pair of stereoscopic 3D augmented-reality video eyewear from Vuzix, the AR Drone flying video game / robotic helicopter from Parrot, and a hydrogen fuel cell remote control car sure to please. Plus a behind the scenes look at prototype holographic eyewear! Trust your technolust!

  • S08E22 Fast and Easy Hacking with Armitage for Metasploit

    • January 20, 2011
    • Revision3

    Raphael Mudge of FastAndEasyHacking.com joins Rob Fuller, aka Mubix, to talk about his project Armitage; a cross-platform GUI front-end for Rapid7's Metasploit. Mudge demonstrate setting up the software, scanning for targets, attacking hosts with client side attacks or remote exploits, and finally pivoting throughout the network using pass-the-hash techniques. Time to grab some paper, pencil and an unsuspecting virtual machine!

  • S08E23 Building a Virtualization Cluster for under $1000?!? 3 CPUs, 12 gigs of RAM and a Cardboard Case Mod

    • January 26, 2011
    • Revision3

    This time on Hak5 we're asking the question, can a three node Virtualization Cluster be built for under $1000? With the help of Proxmox, an open source virtualization environment, some cardboard boxes and a knife -- we find out!

  • S08E24 Shmoocon 2011 - Custom Bluetooth Hacking Hardware

    • February 2, 2011
    • Revision3

    This time on Hak5 we venture back to DC for Shmoocon and meet up with Michael Ossmann of GreatScottGadgets.com to find out about project Ubertooth - a custom hardware device for sniffing and injecting bluetooth packets. Then Shannon finds out the latest from Hackers For Charity with our good friend Johnny Long. Look out for even more Shmoocon coverage next week as we wrap up Hak5 season 8.

  • S08E25 Shmoocon 2011 Part 2: Android Botnets, Hacking from a cave and IPv6

    • February 9, 2011
    • Revision3

    This time on the show Darren talks to Georgia Weidman, Director of Cyber Warfare at Reverse Space about her smartphone botnet project. Shannon learns about the latest in Katana and Joe Klein joins us once again to debunk IPv4 exhaustion myths and the next step for IPv6 adoption.

  • S08E26 Shmoocon 2011 Part 3: Search and Siezure, Evite pwnage and printer attacks

    • February 16, 2011
    • Revision3

    This week we wrap up Hak5 season 8 with the conclusion of our Shmoocon 2011 conversations. Search and Siezure, Evite pwnage and printer attacks! Be sure to tune in next week for a very special Hak5 season 9 premiere!

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

  • S11E01 Source Code, Ponies and Cyborgs!

    • February 21, 2012
    • Revision3

    Is wearable computing a practical reality? Darren speaks with Greg Priest-Dorman, a fellow geek who's been building and wearing the tech for 12 years. Plus open source gaming that involves Ponies!

  • S11E02 Backtrack 5 Root Encryption and Ubuntu 12.04 - Precise Pangolin First Look!

    • February 28, 2012
    • Revision3

    Ubuntu 12.04 is around the corner and we have a first look at its new Heads-Up display. Then Eighty of Dual Core joins us to setup Backtrack 5 with root encryption. Plus Ubuntu on Android?

  • S11E03 The Internet in a Box, a Yubikey You Could Swallow, and Phone Phreaking from RSA 2012

    • March 6, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, the internet in a box! Darren talks to Kyle Flaherty from Breaking Point about a million dollar rack, Stina Ehrensvärd of Yubico demos an NFC enabled Yubikey prototype and a one-time password key so small you could accidentally swallow it, and more!

  • S11E04 IRC Bouncers and How to Protect Windows from SAM Attacks

    • March 13, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, Darren explains maintaining persistence and privacy on IRC with your very own bouncer. Then, we set up simple 2-factor authentication in Windows and much more!

  • S11E05 Bluetooth Magic, SXSW Report and IEEE Interview

    • March 20, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, locking down your PC with proximity and a little bluetooth magic -- I'll be showing you how. Then, what's the IEEE on about these days? Darren reports from South-by-South-West. More fun bash tips and VPN security - who do you trust? All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S11E06 How to Setup Two Factor Authentication in Backtrack Linux

    • March 27, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show Darren reports from SXSW 2012 with Eighty of Dual Core and Chris Mooney of DoD.net. The boys discuss two-factor authentication on the Linux platform then brainstorm and develop a tool, dubbed "Kill All The Humans", to protect your machine from unwanted invaders. Invaders must die.

  • S11E07 Block Facebook Tracking, Interactive Process Automation, Plus NetCat and Ngrep Tricks

    • April 3, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, automating interactive tasks in Linux, preventing your browser sessions from being tracked, graphical command-line disk usage utilities, and pushing hex over TCP with Echo. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S11E08 Proxies - Part 1

    • April 10, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on Hak5, we begin a special series on proxies. Caching, filtering, security or anonymity -- whatever your reasons may be, Darren and I are exploring the ins and outs of this great technology from the ground up. All that and more!

  • S11E09 Proxies, Linux SSH Servers, Windows Clients and Public Key Authentication

    • April 17, 2012
    • Revision3

    Building on top of last week's episode on Proxies, SOCKS5 and SSH we're covering Authentication via Public Key Cryptography, setting up an SSH server in Linux and properly configuring a client in Windows.

  • S11E10 SSH Public Key Fingerprints, Windows SSH Servers and Linux Key Pair Exchange

    • April 24, 2012
    • Revision3

    Continuing with Proxies, SOCKS5 and SSH, Darren and Shannon cover SSH Public Key Fingerprints, then build a free Windows SSH Server and configure Key Pairs for a Linux client.

  • S11E11 Roll Your Own Secure Cloud Storage with SSHFS - Secure Shell File System

    • May 1, 2012
    • Revision3

    Continuing with SOCKS5, SSH, Public Key Pairs and fingerprints, Darren and Shannon use SSH to create a secure remotely mounted network file system with implementations in both Windows and Linux.

  • S11E12 Relay Two Firewalled Devices Through a Persistent SSH Proxy

    • May 8, 2012
    • Revision3

    Traversing NAT firewalls couldn't be easier with a well crafted SSH proxy. This week Darren and Shannon break down reverse shells and persistence using a WiFi Pineapple and some autossh-fu. Plus, SSHFS GUIs for Linux, ClientAliveMaxCounts, Putty keys without Pageant and more!

  • S11E13 Persistent SSH Tunnels for Windows and Linux, Local vs Remote Forwards and More

    • May 15, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, local and remote forwarding with SSH, persistent connections in Linux with AutoSSH, Windows tunnels that don't quit (with a GUI front-end for Plink), and a whole lot of technolust. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S11E14 One-Time-Passwords for SSH Authentication with Yubikey

    • May 22, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, using One-Time-Passwords in Linux for SSH authentication. We cover the theory and set up our server with a Yubikey. Plus relaying without GatewayPorts, easily edit Known_Hosts, Free SSHFS in Windows and a ton more!

  • S11E15 Encryption 101

    • May 29, 2012
    • Revision3

    Encryption 101 begins with understanding the terminology and mechanisms. This week, we're breaking down encryption in the context of SSH, from symmetric and asymmetric to block and stream ciphers.

  • S11E16 2-Factor SSH with Google Authenticator and Challenge Response Authentication

    • June 5, 2012
    • Revision3

    We challenge you... to respond... then we'll authenticate ya! That's right, we're getting into Challenge Response Authentication. Plus Two-Factor Authentication for SSH using the Google Authenticator, and how not to lock yourself out of your own workstation. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S11E17 The Raspberry Pi and How 6.4 Million LinkedIn Passwords Could Have Been Saved with Salt

    • June 12, 2012
    • Revision3

    Security breach! LinkedIn loses 6.4 million password hashes -- what does that mean to you? We're talking one-way-hashes, salting, and the end of MD5.

  • S11E18 NCCDC Documentary

    • June 20, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on a special Hak5, Darren and Paul travel to San Antonio for the 2012 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition and find out what it takes to compete in the nations largest collegiate cyber defense show.

  • S11E19 Bounce Traffic off Multiple Servers with ProxyChains

    • June 27, 2012
    • Revision3

    We're tunneling our traffic through multiple servers with ProxyChains. Plus safe password keeping and Active Directory authentication for Linux. All that and more this time on Hak5.

  • S11E20 Hacking RF with Mike Ossmann

    • July 3, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, hacking RF! Mike Ossmann, founder of Great Scott Gadgets and inventor of the Ubertooth One, joins us to talk about his latest radio hacking project.

  • S11E21 Mountain Top WiFi Shootout, Plus Cisco, DHS, Facebook and the ACLU

    • July 11, 2012
    • Revision3

    Mountain Top WiFi Shootout! Plus, Facebook vs. Your Address Book, The Department of Homeland Security reports on US cyber incidents, and Cisco Linksys snoops on your Internet traffic.

  • S11E22 WiFi Hacking Workshop: Part 1

    • July 19, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show is part 1 of our WiFi from-the-ground-up series. Darren presents a wireless workshop at the Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco, California.

  • S11E23 WiFi Hacking Workshop: Part 2

    • July 24, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, part 2 of our WiFi from-the-ground-up series. Darren presents a wireless workshop at the Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco.

  • S11E24 WiFi Hacking Workshop: Part 3

    • July 31, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, the conclusion of our WiFi from-the-ground-up series. Darren presents a wireless workshop at the Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco.

  • S11E25 Black Hat 2012 - Cracking Firmware and Physical Locks

    • August 8, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show: Black Hat 2012, popping hotel key card locks and soho wifi routers with elegance. All that and more on this special episode of Hak5.

  • S11E26 DEFCON 2012

    • August 14, 2012
    • Revision3

    Reporting from DEFCON 2012, Darren catches up with Georgia Weidman to talk mobile application security. Plus Piotr and the gang from Quad Shot recap last year's experience building their open source RC aircraft. All that and more this time on Hak5!

Season 12

  • S12E01 RFID Injection and Laser Hands at Toorcamp 2012

    • August 21, 2012
    • Revision3

    Darren travels to the North Western most corner of the continental US for Toorcamp -- an epic Hacker Camp hosting the most some of the nations most creative hackers, makers, movers and shakers.

  • S12E02 Mapping with Balloons, Building a GSM Network with Shadytel and Hacker Pants

    • August 28, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show we continue coverage of Toorcamp 2012 - The American Hacker Camp. Darren speaks with Mathew L of Public Laboratory about Balloon mapping. Then Shadytel shares their experience building a certified experimental GSM network. Plus why do hacker's pants weigh 3 pounds? Ronin of HackFromACave explains.

  • S12E03 Introduction to Packet Radio and Arduino Controlled LED Strips

    • September 5, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show we continue coverage of Toorcamp 2012 - the American Hacker Camp. This time Darren speaks with Rob Eby about packet radio as an extension of the Internet. Plus what could be better than flexible individually addressable RGB LED strips? %1 controlled by Arduino! All that and more!

  • S12E04 Hacking Zigbee with Dragorn of Kismet Wireless

    • September 11, 2012
    • Revision3

    Mike Kershaw (aka Dragorn) of Kismet fame joins us to talk all things Kismet, WiFi hacking, and his latest project, the Kisbee.

  • S12E05 Extreme Android and Google Auth Hacking with Kos

    • September 19, 2012
    • Revision3

    Kos of kos.io joins us to demonstrate his lethal Android hacking toolkit - P2P-ADB. Taking advantage of USB Debug Mode, Root, and some crafty hacks, Kos' toolkit enables the bypassing of lock screens, making system changes and even "backing up" Android profiles, all from one phone to another.

  • S12E06 Learning to Fly Quad-Shot Style

    • September 26, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, learn to fly a quad-copter from the pros! Darren heads down to Santa Cruz and meets with the folks at Quad-Shot. Plus frightening the TSA, out-of-spec USB cables, and more!

  • S12E07 Derbycon 2012

    • October 3, 2012
    • Revision3

    We're joined by Skip of Passing-The-Hash to talk Windows Auth Tokens, then Mubix from Room362 shares his unprivileged network mapping utility, and Chris Gates of Carnal 0wnage farms Linked In and trolls incident response teams.

  • S12E08 Gaming on the Nexus 7 with a PS3 controller via Bluetooth and Reverse Proxy Web Servers

    • October 10, 2012
    • Revision3

    Check out how you can start gaming with a Playstation 3 controller on Android!

  • S12E09 Linux Motion Detecting Lock Screens and Android NFC Hacking with Arduino

    • October 16, 2012
    • Revision3

    Motion detecting lock screens for Linux using motion and pagekite, NFC hacking on Android with an Arduino and how secure is that 80 character password really? All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S12E10 Occupineapple - Protesting with Spoofed WiFi SSIDs and the MK802 Android Mini PC

    • October 23, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, funny WiFi names, MDK3 and non-violent protesting with an Occupineapple. Plus,what's the deal with the MK802? I'll be reviewing this little Android PC. All that and more!

  • S12E11 Eagle Eye, DroidMote and War Dialing

    • October 31, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, let the pwnage begin! Viss shares with us his Eagle Eye tool for evaluating tens of thousands of potentially insecure publicly accessible web servers with ease. What's out there? Red Light cameras, industrial automation systems, power plants? Oh my! Then I'll be controlling my MK802 with an phone - that's Android on Android action to the one there. Plus, war dialing! You heard me right, not driving, dialing. Senor Jiffy Pop explains why having your computer dial ten thousa

  • S12E12 Hacking the Airwave with HackRF and Jailbreaking the NetGear NeoTV

    • November 7, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, Hack the Airwaves! Darren sits down with HackRF creators Mike Ossmann and Jared Boone at Toorcon San Diego. Then, rooting the Netgear NeoTV with just a remote? It's possible with just a little command injection. Plus, disk imaging in Linux the sexy way. All that and more!

  • S12E13 Fixing Ubuntu 12.10 and What it Means to Be a Public Hacker

    • November 13, 2012
    • Revision3

    Patching privacy holes in Ubuntu 12.10, event triggers in Linux with CuttleFish, and what it means to be a public hacker. All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S12E14 Anonymous Browsing the Easy Way and 900 MHz SDR with RFcat and Python

    • November 22, 2012
    • Revision3

    We continue hacking the airwaves with RFcat, a usb radio dongle and a little Python lovin'. Then I'm setting up a bit of a counter surveillance rig the easy way with a live Onion Router distro. Plus, portable VPN clients for unprivileged users - what are your open source options? All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S12E15 Run Windows Apps in Linux the Easy Way, Netflix Unofficially Comes to Linux, and Chocolate!

    • November 27, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, Netflix comes to Linux! Sort of. We'll explain how and what this might mean for the industry. Then, playing games and other Windows apps in Linux with WINE, which, isn't an emulator. But it is. Sorta. Plus, our favorite Linux commands. One of 'em involves chocolate! Stay tuned! All that and more this time on Hak5!

  • S12E16 Android Hacking with the USB Rubber Ducky

    • December 4, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, hacking Android with the USB Rubber Ducky. Darren revisits the original Human Interface Device Attack tool and shows off the 4th generation hardware. Plus improve your Ubuntu boxes performance with a few simple tips - Shannon reports.

  • S12E17 Hack Any 4-digit Android PIN in 16 hours with a USB Rubber Ducky

    • December 12, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, an online brute force attack against Android successfully defeats 4-digit PIN codes in about 16 hours using the USB Rubber Ducky without wiping user data. Plus, BackBox Linux - is this a pen-testing OS for every day use? All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S12E18 Extreme GPU Password Cracking and Home Theater PC Builds

    • December 18, 2012
    • Revision3

    Cracking every standard Windows password in less than 6 hours with a massive GPU cluster, building a home theater PC for about $300 and blinkenlights. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S12E19 WiFi Packet Sniffing on Android and Ubuntu Backups

    • December 25, 2012
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, packet captures on Android - Mike Kershaw, aka Drag0rn, joins us to talk about his rootless Android pcap app. Then, backing up Ubuntu the easy way. Plus, apt tips, sudo aliases and the return of blackbuntu? All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S12E20 Free Your Nexus 7 - Make It Run Ubuntu!

    • January 2, 2013
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, installing Ubuntu on the Nexus 7. Plus, EtherApe, Backbox and Matriux. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S12E22 Surviving CES Wireless and 60GHz Beam Forming

    • January 16, 2013
    • Revision3

    This time on a special Hak5 from CES 2013 - surviving overloaded wireless networks, fitness tech for hackers and pico sized 802.11ad beam forming antenna arrays for the 60GHz band. All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S12E23 R.I.P. Aaron Swartz

    • January 23, 2013
    • Revision3

    Darren steps away from the usual Hak5 episode to take some time to remember a true hero amongst hackers, Aaron Swartz. A founder of Reddit and more importantly, a champion for internet rights, Swartz tragically took his own life on January 11, 2013. We take some time to reflect on his life and honor his memory.

  • S12E24 SShuttle and Linux Talk

    • January 30, 2013
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, can an SSH Proxy become a VPN? We're bridging networks with a wicked python script.. It's what happens when a transparent proxy gets together with a VPN and SSH. That's like a networking threesome! Plus, secure chat in Linux! All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S12E25 Linux laptop battery optimization and using encryption with dropbox

    • February 6, 2013
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, optimizing your Linux install for better battery life - Darren reports. Then, Encrypt all the things! I'm setting up local encryption volumes that play well with cloud sync services like spideroak and dropbox. Plus, RSS podcasts from YouTube - is it possible? All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S12E26 Interview with Stina Ehrensvärd of Yubico and Necomimi the Brainwave Cat Ears

    • February 12, 2013
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, something happened to Darren... He's AWOL somewhere in Europe or France or Geneva, on ITU business. Also talking about Yubico with Stina Ehrensvärd and Cat Ears! All that and more, this time on Hak5!

Season 14

Season 15

  • S15E01 What's Up with the Duck?

    • August 21, 2013
    • Revision3

    Running the occasional Windows program with out cramping your Linux lifestyle, Windows exfiltration with the USB Rubber Ducky and a tour of the Los Angeles hacker space; CrashSpace. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S15E02 How to Benchmark Your Linux System And Exfiltration Ducky Attacks

    • August 28, 2013
    • Revision3

    Windows exfiltration with a USB thumb drive and a USB Rubber Ducky and Benchmarking Your Linux Systems. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S15E03 Install OwnCloud and Cracking Passwords with a Rubber Ducky

    • September 5, 2013
    • Revision3

    Cracking Windows passwords in 15 seconds or less with a special USB Rubber Ducky firmware and mimikatz. Build your own Dropbox alternative for free with OwnCloud - Shannon's Installation and Configuration guide. Then Darren borrows a page from Mubix with a Ducky Script to dump Windows memory for password cracking without getting caught by Anti-Virus. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S15E04 Setup Your Own Private Cloud and Air Gaps

    • September 12, 2013
    • Revision3

    The latest NSA leaks outline a massive program against internet encryption. What is safe anymore? Can you trust PGP? How do I implement proper crypto systems? And why do I have a tiny little netbook with a NSA sticker on it? Plus Shannon Morse is here to show us how to build our own cloud storage, using Sparkle Share. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S15E05 Kali Linux Raspberry Pi Laptop and Hijack Windows Password

    • September 18, 2013
    • Revision3

    Cheap Kali Linux Laptop with a Raspberry Pi, a Lapdock and Custom Cables - Shannon Morse reports. Then, Persistently Stealing Windows Passwords in Plaintext. Mubix of Room362.com demonstrates this devious hack! All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S15E06 Alternative Sneaker Nets and BitTorrent Syncing

    • September 25, 2013
    • Revision3

    Syncing files with BitTorrent Sync and alternative ways to Sneaker Net files using optics and audio! All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S15E07 Secure Messaging and Air Traffic Control Hacking

    • October 3, 2013
    • Revision3

    This time on Hak5, Darren speaks with RenderMan at Derbycon 2013 on vulnerabilities in the nextgen Air Traffic Control system and ATS-B. Then Shannon rounds up three secure messaging apps for iOS and Android.

  • S15E08 Derbycon 2013 Continues and Enterprise Cloud Syncing

    • October 10, 2013
    • Revision3

    Session Hijacking with Raphael Mudge of Armitage, Disk Forensic from Raspberry Pi and Custom Hacker Linux Distros from Derbycon 2013. Plus, Secure File Syncing with Share Plan. All that and more this time on Hak5!

  • S15E09 The New WiFi Pineapple Mark V

    • October 17, 2013
    • Revision3

    The new WiFi Pineapple Mark V is unveiled at this special Hak5 launch event featuring Darren, Sebastian, Eighty of Dual Core, Shannon and Dale Chase. Tune in and learn more about this truly revolutionary wireless hacking tool purpose built from the ground up, this time on Hak5!

  • S15E10 Creating Virtual Worlds With castAR

    • October 14, 2013
    • Revision3

    Exploring the software development for the castAR with Rick Johnson. Also seeing the hardware side of castAR with Jeri Ellsworth. All that and more this time on Hak5!

  • S15E11 Tracking Cars Wirelessly And Intercepting Femtocell Traffic

    • October 30, 2013
    • Revision3

    Wireless Packet Sniffing!!! Tracking vehicle Tire Pressure Sensor data with Jared Boone and open source software defined radio. Plus, eavesdropping on Verizon CDMA phones with a hacked femtocell - Doug DePerry and Andrew Rahimi of ISEC Partners. All that and more this time on a very special Toorcon 2013 edition of Hak5.

  • S15E12 Hidden Device Inputs Revealed!

    • November 6, 2013
    • Revision3

    Darren meets Paul McMillan to see the whole internets VNC servers in 16 minutes. Also find new was to connect to your phone with Mike Ossmann and Kyle Osborn at ToorCon 2013, all that and more this time on Hak5!

  • S15E13 Discovering Hidden Backdoors In Home Routers And Storing Data With Seafile

    • November 13, 2013
    • Revision3

    This week Darren interviews Craig Heffner on his research in to backdoors on routers. Also find Shannon dices into Seafile cloud storage, all that and more this time on Hak5!

  • S15E14 Upgrading the Studio and Chromecast Tricks

    • November 20, 2013
    • Revision3

    This week we go behind the scenes at the Hak5 Studio during our recent studio upgrades. Also Shannon explores some of the hidden features in Chromecast, all that and more this time on Hak5!

  • S15E15 Legally build a 60 Watt WiFi Link – 2.4 GHz and EIRP

    • November 27, 2013
    • Revision3

    Learn the ins and outs of EIRP, 2.4 GHz and the legal way to balance radio output with antenna gain. This episode is specific to the United States and FCC regulations and may not apply to your region.

  • S15E16 Point to Point Pineapple Mesh Continued and Syncing with GoodSync

    • December 4, 2013
    • Revision3

    Point to Point Pineapple mesh continued. Decibels to Watts, antenna polarization, "cable loss" and why HAMS get all the good stuff. All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S15E17 Point-to-Point WiFi Nodes – OpenWRT Config and Threema – “Secure” messaging for iOS and Android?

    • December 12, 2013
    • Revision3

    Wireless networking point-to-point pineapples and secure messaging for iOS and Android, this time on Hak5.

  • S15E18 Drones Hacking Drones

    • December 18, 2013
    • Revision3

    Drone Hacking from an airborne WiFi Pineapple - this time on Hak5. Darren demonstrates his proof of concept "Denial of Drone" attack targeting the Parrot AR.Drone from a WiFi Pineapple equipped DJI Phantom 2 Vision. Inspired by Sammy Kamkar's Raspberry Pi based Skyjacking demo, this drone killer PoC takes a backdoor approach without the need to deauth clients.

  • S15E19 Ranting Raving Roast - A Hak5 Holiday Special

    • December 25, 2013
    • Revision3

    This time on a Holiday Hak5 Darren and Shannon look back at some of their favorite moments from the past 8 years in what can only be described as a ranting raving roast. Yes - it's a clip show. After 320 episodes we get to do this. Deal. PS: Merry Christmas.

  • S15E20 Pineapple Drone, Rooftop Packet Sniffing and Offline Archival Backup

    • January 2, 2014
    • Revision3

    Drone + WiFi Pineapple = Rooftop Packet Sniffing. Plus, Offline Archival Backups with Printed 2D Barcodes? All that and more this time on Hak5!

  • S15E21 A 20 Second Mac Hack + Pineapple Drones Continued

    • January 9, 2014
    • Revision3

    Shannon shows us how to root her mac in under 10 seconds and Darren continues the WiFi Pineapple drone proof of concept, All that and more this time on Hak5!

  • S15E22 CES 2014 – Darren & Shannon’s Top Picks

    • January 15, 2014
    • Revision3

  • S15E23 Bitmessage and Wireless CTF from Shmoocon 2014

    • January 22, 2014
    • Revision3

  • S15E24 Free Software + $20 USB Dongle = Software Defined Radio

    • January 29, 2014
    • Revision3

  • S15E25 Track Aircraft with a $20 Software Defined Radio

    • February 5, 2014
    • Revision3

  • S15E26 Building Software Radios With A Little Bit Of Python

    • February 12, 2014
    • Revision3

Season 16

Season 17

  • S17E01 DefCon 22; Municipal Mesh, Social Engineering, Hackers, and Airplane Security Systems

    • August 21, 2014
    • Revision3

    This time on a DefCon 22 Hak5 Special the team comes to you from Las Vegas where we learn about Police Remote WiFi Stations, Social Engineering in Pen Testing, The Saftey Of AirPlane Systems, and a Conversation with Jayson E Street. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S17E02 DefCon 22: Home Automation Security, Personal Wrist Computer Badge and How To Buy Online Anonymously

    • August 27, 2014
    • Revision3

    This time on a DefCon 22 Hak5 Special the team comes to you from Las Vegas where we learn about the Security of Home Automation Devices, Building a wrist computer, and buying things online anonymously. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S17E03 WiFi Birdhouses and Linux RTL-SDR Setup

    • September 4, 2014
    • Revision3

    Reconnaissance with WiFi Birdhouses and RTL-SDR for Linux

  • S17E04 Farewell Hak5 Fire House!

    • September 10, 2014
    • Revision3

    We're moving! This time on the show, Darren pays tribute to the Hak5 Fire House - a place we've lovingly called home for the last 3 years. We're excited about the next chapter of the show and hope you'll enjoy this behind the scenes look at our cramped quarters. Trust your Technolust!

  • S17E05 Netcat Pastebins and WiFi Birdhouses Continued

    • September 17, 2014
    • Revision3

    Windows command line aliases, a netcat-based pastebin and an update on the WiFi Birdhouse project.

  • S17E06 Onboard FPV Quadcopter Racing

    • September 24, 2014
    • Revision3

    In the chaos that is moving into the new Hak5 warehouse, Darren leaves the studio for a quadcopter FPV flying session. Ride along and learn about this hobby and the impending FPV doom!

  • S17E07 Getting Started With The HackRF

    • October 1, 2014
    • Revision3

    Shannon starts up the HackRF to show some of it’s capabilities. Follow along and learn about this new software defined radio peripheral capable of transmission or reception of radio signals!

  • S17E08 Cellular Testing Tools and Mobile SDR Apps

    • October 8, 2014
    • Revision3

    Shannon and Darren use their phones to test signals. From checking your connection on WiFi or Cellular! To catching flight information from the skies!

  • S17E09 Is Firechat Secure?

    • October 15, 2014
    • Revision3

    Open Gardens Fire Chat app enables "off-the-grid" messaging over a WiFi - Bluetooth mesh. While the protocol isn't documented, some ask - is it secure? All that and more this time on Hak5

  • S17E10 Goodbye Hak5 Firehouse

    • October 23, 2014
    • Revision3

    Join us as we say goodbye to the Hak5 Firehouse with answers to your latest questions on Kali, speed tests, cellphone bars, Android SSH apps and WiFi Mapping. All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S17E11 HackRF + Android + Open Source Spectrum Analyzer!

    • October 29, 2014
    • Revision3

    Analyzing the RF Spectrum with HackRF and an Open Source Android app - Shannon Morse reports. Plus, we moved! Darren tours the still-under-construction Hak5 warehouse. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S17E12 Hak5 Warehouse Tour and Feedback

    • November 9, 2014
    • Revision3

    Projects, Connectivity, Warehouse build-out progress and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S17E13 US Cat Census and SMS Hacking

    • November 12, 2014
    • Revision3

    How many cats live in San Francisco? Darren attempts to answer that question with Google Voice, python, textbelt and hacks. All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S17E14 FREE Dropbox Alternatives

    • November 19, 2014
    • Revision3

    Open Source Cloud Sharing with Pulse (previously SyncThing). Why pay for Dropbox when you could sync it yourself? Shannon Morse checks out this awesome cross-platform cloud sharing app. All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S17E15 Social Encryption with Keybase.io

    • November 26, 2014
    • Revision3

    This time on the show, Shannon and Darren explore Keybase.io – a cross between a social network and a crypto keyserver. All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S17E16 Open Source 2-Factor Auth and Duck Encoders

    • December 4, 2014
    • Revision3

    This time on Hak5, Shannon checks out Authy – the Open Source Cross Platform 2-Factor Authentication system. Then, Darren shows off a fan-submitted Open Source Online USB Rubber Ducky encoder using Ruby on Rails. Thanks Trey! All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S17E17 Packet Sniffing Tunnels and Microcontrollers!

    • December 10, 2014
    • Revision3

    Today on Hak5, Remote packet analysis through SSH tunnels with Wireshark. Then, Microcontrollers! Shannon Morse reports. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S17E18 Free Virtualization Clusters and Breadboards

    • December 17, 2014
    • Revision3

    Free Open Source Virtualization cluster platforms that rival our old favorite, Proxmox VE – Darren reports. Plus, Shannon’s breadboarding with Arduino. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S17E19 Resistance is Futile, Unless Using Ohm’s Law

    • December 24, 2014
    • Revision3

    This week on Hak5, Shannon is calculating resistance with Ohm’s Law, and explaining how resistors work in small electronic circuitry.

  • S17E20 New Years Barbeque

    • December 31, 2014
    • Revision3

    This week on Hak5, Darren and Shannon take time to sit back and relax on the Hak5 couch and talk about some of there favorite tech, tech books, and some good achievements as well as future plans.

  • S17E21 Linux on Chromebooks and Light Emitting Diodes

    • January 7, 2015
    • Revision3

    Can a $200 Chromebook run linux? Darren finds out with a Crouton! Plus – The ins and outs on LED – Shannon explains. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S17E22 WiFi Deauth Attacks, Downloading YouTube, Quadcopters and Capacitors

    • January 14, 2015
    • Revision3

    WiFi Deauth attacks using the new WiFi Pineapple firmwares Recon Mode, downloading YouTube videos from the command line, quadcopters on a boat, and capacitors. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S17E23 Rootless Android SSH Tunneling and Arduino Sketches

    • January 21, 2015
    • Revision3

    We love SSH Tunnels for their versatility and ease of use. They’re great for protecting Internet traffic and a breeze to setup on Windows, Mac or Linux. So how about Android? Darren looks into SSH Tunneling from an un-rooted Android phone. Plus, Android Sketches! Shannon demonstrates some nifty code! All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S17E24 Rooted Android SSH Tunneling and Arduino Cylons!

    • January 28, 2015
    • Revision3

    Following up on last weeks rootless Android SSH Tunneling tutorial, Darren Kitchen explores a much simpler way to secure all of the Internet traffic on your rooted Android device with the open source SSH Tunnel app. Plus, Cylons invade the Arduino! Shannon Morse reports.

  • S17E25 Ultimate Travel Drones and Pulse Width Modulation!

    • February 4, 2015
    • Revision3

    What happens when a $100 quadcopter a complete carbon fiber and t-motor upgrade? Darren unveils The Ultimate FPV Travel Drone! Plus, how does LED dimming work? Shannon investigates Pulse Width Modulation. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S17E26 Analog vs. Digital Inputs on an Arduino

    • February 10, 2015
    • Revision3

    Today on Hak5, Shannon explains the difference between Analog and Digital pins, and demonstrates a few examples.

Season 18

  • S18E01 Arduino Serial Connection ASCII Art, and Darren Visits Tempelhof!

    • February 18, 2015
    • Revision3

    Today on Hak5, Shannon has some fun with the serial connection on an Arduino, and Darren joins from Tempelhof.

  • S18E02 Drone Racing In Amsterdam and Arduino Liquid Crystal Displays

    • February 25, 2015
    • Revision3

    Today on Hak5, Darren meets up with a local Hacker space in Amsterdam and Shannon sets up her LCD on a Arduino.

  • S18E03 Experimental Quadcopters and RSS-Reading Arduinos

    • March 3, 2015
    • Revision3

    Experimental FPV Quadcopters at the London Hackspace. Darren meets with London Aerospace to check out V-Tail and Nano Class multirotors. Plus, how to set up your Arduino to visually represent words from an RSS – all that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S18E04 Build an Arduino powered Rainbow LED Board

    • March 11, 2015
    • Revision3

    Building an Arduino powered “RainBoard” is easy, fun and rewarding. Shannon shares her lessons learned in this project. Plus, Darren returns from Hack Across Europe with insights on Hackerspaces, the HackADay Prize, FPV Quadcopter Racing, Club Mate and more!

  • S18E05 Raspberry Pi Google Cloud Print Server

    • March 25, 2015
    • Revision3

    Making a Raspberry Pi Google Cloud Print Server

  • S18E06 WiFi Auditing with SQL and Pollution Monitoring with Arduino

    • March 25, 2015
    • Revision3

    Analyzing WiFi Packet Captures with the power of SQL using a new free tool from Security Tube! Plus, pollution monitoring using an Arduino? Shannon reports. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S18E07 Backstage with Buzz Out Loud – 10 Years Later

    • April 1, 2015
    • Revision3

    Backstage with Buzz Out Loud as Tom, Molly, Veronica, Jason & more celebrate with a 10 year reunion at the Hak5 warehouse. Plus, special report on Spectaclefest (word is next year for sure! Or the one after!). All that and more, this time on Hak5

  • S18E08 Free Network Monitoring tools and Surviving with Low Bandwidth

    • April 8, 2015
    • Revision3

    Have you ever had that dream where you show up to school in your underwear with nothing but a 56k modem? Shannon and Darren share their low bandwidth survival stories. Plus, network monitoring with our top 4 free Linux utilities may be a life saver in a dialup disaster. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S18E09 Low Bandwidth Email and Universal 2nd Factor

    • April 15, 2015
    • Revision3

    Low bandwidth got you down? Want a leeter way to check your email? Shannon checks out the command line based Alpine email client with Gmail. Plus, Darren talks to Yubico about the latest in Universal 2nd Factor and their virtual hackathon for strong, simple authentication. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S18E10 Setting Up Your Own Video Hangout Server With Jitsi

    • April 22, 2015
    • Revision3

    This week on Hak5 Darren and Shannon setup a Jitsi Meet install. Plus Darren checks out how to find Pineapples across the world. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S18E11 Open Source Distributed Decentralized Social Networks

    • April 29, 2015
    • Revision3

    Open Source Distributed Decentralized Social Networks, aka the Facebook alternative. Plus, the future of authentication, identity and encryption with our friends from Yubico. All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S18E12 Building a Friendica Server

    • May 6, 2015
    • Revision3

    Rolling your own Friendica node! From setting up the LAMP stack to configuring Postfix and MySQL. Time time on Hak5, Darren and Shannon take the scenic route setting up their very own Distributed Decentralized Open Source Social Network! All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S18E13 SSL Hack Workarounds and WebRTC Flaws?

    • May 12, 2015
    • Revision3

    SSLv3 and the POODLE attack, the Mozilla SSL Config Generator, and WebRTC shows public IPs and internal LAN IPs.

  • S18E14 NASA LEAPTech and Maker Faire!

    • May 20, 2015
    • Revision3

    The future of electric air travel is upon us – Darren reports on LEAPTech from the NASA Armstrong Research Center. Plus, tracking the International Space Station from a Raspberry Pi! Maker Faire is all Iabout Arduino and Raspberry Pi this year! All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S18E15 Drone 3D Mapping and MakerFaire!

    • May 28, 2015
    • Revision3

    Aerial 3D Mapping the high seas! Darren does ‘drones’ Photogrammetry! Plus Shannon checks out the ProtoPalette and Zatar at Maker Fair 2015.

  • S18E16 Free Yourself From Google, Arduino Art, Open Source Friendica Plugins

    • June 3, 2015
    • Revision3

    Freeing yourself from Google, installing open source friendica plugins, getting the most from your 4 tb hard drive, and building art with arduinos. All that and more this time on Hak5.

  • S18E17 Open Source Hardware Geiger Counters and Linux Tools for the Forgetful

    • June 10, 2015
    • Revision3

    Detecting radiation with open source hardware geiger counters, and a little bit of Linux command line-fu to fix your sudo worries. Today, on Hak5!

  • S18E18 Building a $600 VM Server

    • June 17, 2015
    • Revision3

    A $600 Server Build! Or, Building a Virtualization Server Nodes with the Next Unit of Computing. All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S18E19 Building a Home Lab Virtual Server Quick and Dirty

    • June 23, 2015
    • Revision3

    Today on Hak5, we’re building a home lab virtual server with open source Xenserver and an Intel NUC.

  • S18E20 Proxmox VE vs. XenServer, Plus OpenXenManager for Linux

    • July 1, 2015
    • Revision3

    Today on Hak5, we’re continuing our experiments with the home lab virtual server with open source OpenXenManager for Linux.

  • S18E21 Android Packet Sniffing and Free Alternatives to XenCenter

    • July 8, 2015
    • Revision3

    Sniffing Packets on Android with tPacketCapture and Xen Orchestra, a free open source web-based management system for XenServers.

  • S18E22 10 Minute Free VPN Server Build

    • July 15, 2015
    • Revision3

    VPNs are great for protecting your Internet traffic when on untrusted networks – like Public WiFi. So many times it’s thrown around as advice “just get a VPN” – but where should you get a VPN? When you sign up for a $10/month VPN service in “the cloud” you’re basically handing over both money *and* the very same information you’re wanting to protect — your packets!

  • S18E23 Finalizing the OpenVPN-AS Home Server Build

    • July 24, 2015
    • Revision3

    Follow up on our quick and dirty OpenVPN guide from last week with the final setup to getting it online and accessible from outside your LAN.

  • S18E24 Introducing the LAN Turtle

    • July 27, 2015
    • Revision3

    Introducing the Hak5 LAN Turtle, and a site to site VPN with OpenVPN Access Server. All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S18E25 The 10 Year Anniversary Episode

    • August 4, 2015
    • Revision3

    We’re celebrating our 10 year anniversary episode with some of our favorite bloopers! Get your beverages ready.

  • S18E26 Defcon 2015

    • August 18, 2015
    • Revision3

    This week Darren has a conversation with Chad Rikansrud about Mainframe vulnerabilities and Shannon gets to details on an amazing talk about using the USB Rubber Ducky while bypassing Enterprise Security.

Season 19

  • S19E01 Kali 2 Review And Challenge Coins

    • August 20, 2015
    • Revision3

    Checking out Kali Linux 2.0 and cracking the Hack Across America challenge coin, this time on Hak5!

  • S19E02 Your Passwords are Predictable

    • August 26, 2015
    • Revision3

    This week on Hak5 Darren discusses the issue with keyless entry in out enterprise locations with Terry Gold, and Shannon find out more about how Predictable our passcodes are with Marte Løge.

  • S19E03 Encrypted File Sharing and Drone Battles!

    • September 3, 2015
    • Revision3

    Encrypted File Sharing? We speak with the Demonsaw founder. Plus, building a cubed acrylic drone battle arena. All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S19E04 Easy File Encryption with Keybase

    • September 14, 2015
    • Revision3

    What could be easier than file encryption with GPG? File encryption with keybase.io! Darren Kitchen and Shannon Morse demo the basics of the Keybase command-line app on this episode of Hak5.

  • S19E05 Refuse to decrypt? Prison for you!

    • September 16, 2015
    • Revision3

    GPG Encryption for Windows, what happens if Keybase disappears, Free SSL certificates and how you could end up in prison for withholding your decryption keys. All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S19E06 SPECIAL: Hackers 20 Year Anniversary

    • September 25, 2015
    • Revision3

    As Hackers reaches its 20th anniversary, we're celebrating the film that pays tribute to the hacker culture itself. You see, behind the cyberpunk neon pagers and rollerblades, insanely great 28.8 bps modems and the far out network visualizations is a treasure trove of hacker history and lore baked in by the real hackers and technical directors behind the scenes. There are many homages to various notable people and elements of the scene, and these are a few of our favorites.

  • S19E07 Have I Been Pwned?

    • October 5, 2015
    • Revision3

    This week on Hak5, we’re interviewing Troy Hunt of “Have I Been Pwned”

  • S19E08 How to begin hacking with the YARD Stick One

    • October 7, 2015
    • Revision3

    Getting Started with the YARD Stick One for Sub 1 GHz hacking! All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S19E09 Hacking wireless remotes using RF Replay Attacks using the YARD Stick One!

    • October 16, 2015
    • Revision3

    In this episode we cover: How to gather intel on the device you want to hack How to sniff its wireless signals Determining modulation Decode OOK signals Transmitting a Replay Attack with RfCat and the YARD Stick One

  • S19E10 Hacking Wireless Doorbells and Software Defined Radio tips

    • October 29, 2015
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak5 we're taking on more hacking sub 1 GHz gadget hacking and viewer questions about GQRX, the RTL-SDR and the new YARD Stick One.

  • S19E11 Hacking Keyless Entry Remotes

    • November 10, 2015
    • Revision3

    This episode of Hak5 covers Keyless Entry Systems, RF Replay attacks, Rolling Codes and their Vulnerabilities, How the DMCA may or may not apply, and our progress so far on hacking key fobs.

  • S19E12 How to Hack Radio with Brute Force Attacks

    • November 13, 2015
    • Revision3

    Radio Brute Force Attacks and a little Binary Phase-shift Keying theory. All that and more, this time on Hak5. In this episode we’re going to: – check out a python script for RF Brute Force attacks with RfCat and a compatible dongle like the YARD Stick One – Do some maths regarding these types of online brute force attacks – Get a tiny bit (but not too much) into clock signals and binary phase shift keying

  • S19E13 Radio Hacking: Reverse Engineering Protocols Part 1

    • November 23, 2015
    • Revision3

    Today on Hak5, Mike Ossmann joins us in studio to talk reverse engineering protocols for radio hacking.

  • S19E14 Radio Hacking: Reverse Engineering Protocols Part 2

    • November 27, 2015
    • Revision3

  • S19E15 Demodulating On / Off Keying… and Cats

    • December 4, 2015
    • Revision3

    Analyzing and systematically deciphering on/off keying in Linux! All that and more this time on Hak5!

  • S19E16 FREE SDR receivers all around the world with OpenWebRX

    • December 14, 2015
    • Revision3

    Access Software Defined Radios from all over the world, and sharing your own! All that and more this time on Hak5

  • S19E17 3D Projections from the Holovect Volumetric Display

    • December 21, 2015
    • Revision3

    Drawing with light in mid air! Jaime Ruiz-Avila joins us to show off the Holovect! Plus, special appearance from Kevin Mitnick and, is there a new WiFi Pineapple? All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S19E18 Episode 18

    • Revision3

  • S19E19 Behind the Scenes 2015

    • December 31, 2015
    • Revision3

    A behind the scenes tour of the Hak5 warehouse and studio space.

  • S19E20 The Hacker Manifesto turns 30 - Hak5 1920

    • January 7, 2016
    • Revision3

    This episode celebrates 30 years of the Hacker Manifesto. Full text from the Phrack article: http://phrack.org/issues/7/3.html

  • S19E21 Access Internal Networks with Reverse VPN Connections

    • January 14, 2016
    • Revision3

    Accessing internal networks without an internal VPN server. Learn how to setup a reverse VPN gateway on this episode of Hak5!

  • S19E22 Advanced Netcat and TCP Fun

    • January 21, 2016
    • Revision3

    Advanced Netcat and other fun TCP utilities in Linux .

  • S19E23 Text to Speech in Linux and Fun BASH Scripts

    • February 4, 2016
    • Revision3

    Text to Speech in Linux! Building bash one-liners for keyboard shortcuts and other fun scripting tips, this time on Hak5!

  • S19E24 WINE, X11 Tools, and BASH: Having Fun in Linux!

    • February 4, 2016
    • Revision3

    On this episode of Hak5 we’re using WINE, X11 tools and a quick BASH script to use Darren’s favorite TTS program in Linux.

  • S19E25 Linux BASH Tips and Silly Commands

    • February 11, 2016
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak5, we break into some linux BASH commands that we favor, plus some hilarious easter eggs.

  • S19E26 MOAR Linux BASH Tips and Silly Commands

    • February 16, 2016
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak5, Darren and Shannon check out a few more fun linux commands and offer some BASH tips!

Season 20

Season 21

  • S21E01 15 Second Password Hack, Mr. Robot Style

    • August 31, 2016
    • Revision3

    Pilfering Passwords with the USB Rubber Ducky. Can you social engineer your target into plugging in a USB drive? How about distracting 'em for the briefest of moments? 15 seconds of physical access and a USB Rubber Ducky is all it takes to swipe passwords from an unattended PC. In honor of the USB Rubber Ducky appearance on a recent episode of Mr Robot, we're recreating this Hollywood hack and showing how easy it is to deploy malware and exfiltrate data using this Hak5 tool.

  • S21E02 2 Second Password Hash Hack

    • September 7, 2016
    • Revision3

    Previously on Hak5, we showed off an USB Rubber Ducky payload to steal plaintext Windows passwords in 15 seconds. So, what if we told you we could get just the logon hash in under two? A 2 second technique for stealing Windows password hashes and otherwise auditing corporate USB drive policies! Learn more on today's episode of Hak5.

  • S21E03 MOSH: High Latency Alternative to SSH

    • September 14, 2016
    • Revision3

    Today we review MOSH an alternative to SSH that's better at high latency and intermittent Internet connections. Plus, your USB Rubber Ducky questions and tips!

  • S21E04 Snagging Creds From A Locked Machine With a LAN Turtle

    • September 21, 2016
    • Revision3

    Stealing creds from a locked PC using a Hak5 LAN Turtle, plus Mubix joins us! This time on Hak5!

  • S21E05 DerbyCon 6.0 2016: Hack My Derby Contest

    • September 28, 2016
    • Revision3

    Hak5 heads to Louisville, KY for DerbyCon 6.0, to chat with the Dave Kennedy, founder of DerbyCon. Plus the winners of the Hack My Derby Contest, AgentSixty6 and Gangrif chat about their mods!

  • S21E06 DerbyCon 6.0 2016: Hacking Sex Toys

    • October 5, 2016
    • Revision3

    Hak5 heads to DerbyCon in Louisville, KY to chat with Tim MalcomVetter about breaking tokenization in the credit card industry. Plus, RenderMan joins us to discuss the security and privacy flaws in internet of things connected adult toys.

  • S21E07 DerbyCon 6.0 2016: Hacking Games and WiFi Sniping with the Dope Scope

    • October 12, 2016
    • Revision3

    On this episode of Hak5 we chat with Nick Cano about hacking video games for fun! Plus, Gene Bransfield joins us to chat War Collar Industries and their new Dope Scope, a directional WiFi Sniffing device that fits in the palm of your hand.

  • S21E08 Decrypt Morse Code via PC Sound Cards

    • October 19, 2016
    • Revision3

    Decrypting Morse code with a simple terminal command and a PC sound card, this time on Hak5!

  • S21E09 Hardware Hacking with Samy Kamkar

    • October 27, 2016
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak5 we're joined by Samy Kamkar, the maker of many portable hacker devices like the MagSpoof and KeySweeper just to name a couple. Read about his developments at samy.pl

  • S21E10 How to Get a Reverse Shell in 3 Seconds with the USB Rubber Ducky

    • November 2, 2016
    • Revision3

    In this episode of Hak5, we're creating a reverse shell with the USB Rubber Ducky that exploits a target computer in less than 3 seconds!

  • S21E11 How to Tether Without The Fees

    • November 9, 2016
    • Revision3

    Turning a Burner Phone into a OpenWRT or WiFi Pineapple LTE modem, this time on Hak5!

  • S21E12 Stealing Files with the USB Rubber Ducky

    • November 16, 2016
    • Revision3

    Exfiltrate documents from a target computer within seconds with this USB Rubber Ducky attack!

  • S21E13 Stealing Files with the USB Rubber Ducky Pt 2

    • November 23, 2016
    • Revision3

    Today we're continuing on our series on exfiltrating documents with a USB Rubber Ducky. In the last part we tackled the stager payload which enumerated the drive letter of our USB flash drive and executed the staged payload. Today we're looking at those stages and how they work. Then finally we'll be wrapping this up by combining the USB Rubber Ducky's HID attack with Mass Storage firmware and encoding the ducky script.

  • S21E14 Stealing Files with the USB Rubber Ducky Pt 3

    • December 8, 2016
    • Revision3

    Exfiltrating documents with the USB Rubber Ducky, part 3! This time on Hak5.

  • S21E15 Building 3D Topographic Maps with the DJI Mavic Pro

    • December 14, 2016
    • Revision3

    Photogrammetry and building 3D topographic maps with drones! All that and more, this time on Hak5!

  • S21E16 Hack Your Holidays!

    • December 21, 2016
    • Revision3

    Happy holidays from the team of Hak5! We are celebrating by decorating our con badge Christmas Tree, and sharing our favorite bloopers from 2016. We hope you enjoy this silly episode of Hak5, and we'll see ya next week with another tech segment!

  • S21E17 Escalating Privileges in Windows & Staged Reverse Shells

    • December 28, 2016
    • Revision3

    Privilege escalation on Windows, Meterpreter Reverse Shells and Staged Payloads with the USB Rubber Ducky. All that and more, this time on Hak5.

  • S21E18 Life Hacks! Hacking Your Way To Better Habits

    • January 4, 2017
    • Revision3

    How do we hack our way to better habits and goals? This time on Hak5!

  • S21E19 VM Packet Sniffing and Lasers

    • January 11, 2017
    • Revision3

    Sandboxes, packet sniffing and malware analysis - this time on Hak5!

  • S21E20 Shmoocon 2017: Sniffing IR Signals and More!

    • January 18, 2017
    • Revision3

    Today on Hak5 we head to Washington DC for Shmoocon 2017! We chat sniffing IR signals, how to get into SDR, Dog Collar Radio Roulette, and advertising malware detection!

  • S21E21 Tracking Phones with Infrared and IRis

    • January 25, 2017
    • Revision3

    Woody joins us on Hak5 to chat about his journey in discovering proximity sensor fingerprinting of smartphones and developing the IRis board for infrared hacks.

  • S21E22 Advanced Password Recovery with Hashcat

    • February 1, 2017
    • Revision3

    Darren chats with EvilMog (Team Hashcat) about Hashcat, the world's fastest and most advanced password recovery tool.

  • S21E23 The Best Wikipedia Reader EVER!

    • February 8, 2017
    • Revision3

    The Best Wikipedia Reader EVER, this time on Hak5!

  • S21E24 USB Hacks for Windows, Linux, and Macs

    • February 22, 2017
    • Revision3

    Building a unified cross platform USB Rubber Ducky hack payload for Windows, Linux, and Macs OSX.

  • S21E25 Introducing the Bash Bunny

    • March 1, 2017
    • Revision3

    Hop on over to bashbunny.com to grab your Bash Bunny! RSVP to our launch event: goo.gl/forms/3d7mkK6eGFJi6eB43 Hit up hackacrosstheplanet.com to find out where we're heading next! Find out more about the Bash Bunny at bashbunny.com

  • S21E26 How to Write Bash Bunny Payloads & Contribute on GitHub

    • March 8, 2017
    • Revision3

    Writing Payloads for the Bash Bunny and contributing to the library on Github, this time on Hak5!

Season 22

Season 23

Season 24

Season 25

Season 26

Season 27

Season 28

Additional Specials