Category Archives: Hacking

All about interesting unintended “features”

Crypto-Virus decrypted

A friend received the following mail from (supposedly) FedEx International: The attached zip file contained a file 000794681.doc.js. Since .js is a known file type in Windows, it would show up as 000794681.doc and you’d think it’s a Word file. But clicking on it will run the JavaScript using the Windows Scripting Host. The entry… Read More »

Display density on Android

Methods Android supports changing the display resolution in 2 different ways. wm density This method works without root and changes the density of the window manager. You can call this command only from the adb shell. The syntax is: E.g. the Nexus 9 has a real display density of 288ppi, so you would run: To… Read More »

TASSIMO Barcodes 🇩🇪

Im Gegensatz zu anderen Kapselmaschinen, bringen die Kapseln bei Tassimo ihre Zubereitungsanleitung gleich mit: In Form eines Barcodes auf der Kapsel. Kapsel-Codes Kapsel G Menge dezimal binär (ohne Prüfziffer) binär (mit Prüfziffer) Costa Espresso for Capp. & Latte 02209-5 0000 1000 1010 0001 0101 0110 0100 1111 TWINING’s English Breakfast S 195 ml 03287-2 0000… Read More »

SPAZ – Space Pirates and Zombies

Get decompiled savegame Savegames are actually written to disk in a plaintext form and then compiled by the engine. The source file is deleted afterwards. To obtain it under Linux: Compile after modifications To make SPAZ load the modified file, you have to compile it first. SPAZ won’t compile it on its own. But we… Read More »

Tango Messenger

If you text with someone over Tango, you might not know his/her phone number, because he got yours first and started the conversation. But if you are on a rooted Android, that’s no problem. Head to /data/data/com.sgiggle.production/files and find the file call_log.dat. Take a look at it – it should look similar to this: The… Read More »