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Quick Tutorial: Installing Backtrack 4 Pre-Final (BT4) to a Dvd or USB key

This tutorial is a quick break down on how to install a bootable version of Backtrack 4 Pre-Final (BT4) to a USB key or DVD. It’s part of the Tutorial Series for Myfriendjosh.com. I plan on using Backtrack 4 for quite a few articles in the future. Instead of writing the installation procedures into every [ READ MORE ]

Quick Tutorial: Installing Backtrack 4 Beta (BT4) to a Dvd or USB key

This tutorial is a quick break down on how to install a bootable version of Backtrack 4 Beta (BT4) to a USB key or DVD. It’s part of the Tutorial Series for Myfriendjosh.com. I plan on using Backtrack 4 for quite a few articles in the future. Instead of writing the installation procedures into every [ READ MORE ]

Quick Tutorial: Configuring your computer to boot from a DVD, CD or USB key.

This article is a part of the tutorial series for Myfriendjosh.com. Instead of writing the configuration procedures into every article, I will instead refer to the tutorial series in the future to cut down on redundancy. This tutorial is a quick break down of how to configure your computer to boot from DVD, CD or USB [ READ MORE ]

Secura Obscura: Two clever ways to securely & secretly hide your data in plain sight.

Data security is something most people take for granted even though our computers and the Internet are inherently insecure. This insecurity is heightened even further if other people have physical access to our computers. With enough time, anyone can break into our windows/linux/Mac accounts, copy our internet history, our saved passwords and much  more. I [ READ MORE ]

The Holy Grail of Pirated Software: Microsoft COFEE leaked online. *UPDATED*

What is COFEE? “Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) Easily captures important “live” computer evidence at the scene in cybercrime investigations, without special forensics expertise.” That basically means COFEE extracts all important passwords, network connections, internet history, documents, photos and whatever else  it thinks is important from any computer with a USB port. It’s a pretty [ READ MORE ]