• Windows Error: “The specified network password is not correct.” Can’t connect to SMB shares on Apple OS X

     Posted by at 14:56  Internet, Stuff & Junk, Technology  1 Response »
    Aug 182012
     

    So this week I had a client having massive problems connecting to SMB shares on their Mac Mini Server running Lion Server 10.7.4 using their Windows 7 workstation. This has happened several times to various clients running multiple versions of Windows and Mac OS X. This happens when attempting to connect to SMB shares on the OS X device from the Windows device. The error displayed on Windows is generally “The specified network password is not correct”. Of course you’ve checked the passwords, permissions, and verified that all other settings appear to be correct.

    I was able to get the Windows workstation to connect to the Mac SMB share by altering the following settings on the Windows side:

    If running the Pro versions of Windows 7 or Vista:

    1. Click Start ---> Run --> secpol.msc
    2. Browse to the following path: Local Policies --> Security Options --> Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication
    3. Change NTLM2 responses only to LM and NTLM - use NTLMV2 session security if negotiated

    If running the home version of Windows, there is no secpol.msc, so you must edit the registry instead using the following procedure:

    1. Start --> Run --> regedit
    2. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlLsa
    3. Find the Key "LMCompatibilityLevel" and change the 3 to 1
    4. Reboot your machine

    The reason this is necessary is because of the way Vista, Windows 7, and newer versions of Windows handle NTLMv2 authentication. Other/older implementations of SMB/SAMBA don’t support this method of authentication and will return a password failure.

    These instructions may also work when attempting to connect Windows systems to shares hosted by other NAS devices or Linux SMB shares.

    Video: How the Protect IP Act Will Destroy the Internet

     Posted by at 13:21  Economy, Internet, News, Politics, Technology, Video  Comments Off
    Oct 292011
     

    When I found out Fight for the Future needed help with their campaign against a new bill called PROTECT-IP, I had to take a little time away from Everything is a Remix Part 4 and produce the video above. PROTECT-IP is the latest piece of legislation aiming to chip away at your online rights in the name of protecting the entertainment industry’s business model. It’s legislation that won’t work, will give us yet more lawsuits, and will make the net worse.

    Whether you lean right and hate business regulation, lean left and hate censorship, or lean neither way but hate useless legislation, PROTECT-IP is a bill everyone should oppose. I encourage you to head over to Fight For the Future and contact congress.

    http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa

    VIDEO: Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus

     Posted by at 11:29  Hacking, Internet, Technology, Video  Comments Off
    Jul 132011
     

    Below you will find a very well made and interesting video giving some background on the Stuxnet virus that infected some of Iran’s nuclear facilities.

    Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus from Patrick Clair on Vimeo.

    An infographic dissecting the nature and ramifications of Stuxnet, the first weapon made entirely out of code. This was produced for Australian TV program HungryBeast on Australia’s ABC1

    Direction and Motion Graphics: Patrick Clair www.patrickclair.com
    Written by: Scott Mitchell

    Production Company: Zapruder’s Other Films.

    VIDEO: SHODAN a Search Engine for Penetration Testers (The Next HOPE)

     Posted by at 21:14  Events, Hacking, Internet, Technology, Video  Comments Off
    Jul 192010
     

    This weekend at The Next HOPE conference Michael “theprez98” Schearer, a security researcher, gave a very interesting talk about SHODAN. SHODAN is a search engine which searches “banners” of systems. This means it’s basically a search engine of services on the internet. For example, with SHODAN you can find all servers running a specific version of Apache in a specific country. You also have the ability to export results in XML for a nominal fee. Check out the video of theprez98′s talk below. You can also find the slide-deck for theprez’s talk here. Please check your ethics before misusing SHODAN.

    SHODAN for Penetration Testers (The Next Hope) from theprez98 on Vimeo.

    56k Dial-up Modem Ringtone For iPhone and Android

     Posted by at 22:45  Internet, Mobile, Stuff & Junk, Technology, the w0rd  9 Responses »
    Jul 132010
     

    I was searching all over for a decent dial-up modem ringtone for my iPhone for the longest time, but just couldn’t find one that I liked. So I decided to make my own. It was a major pain in the ass. Seeing as how I haven’t used a dialup modem since around the year 2000, and I only had one system that still has a dial-up modem. Then I had to find a dialup service to test with. Then record. Then edit. Then convert. But after much doing and a little geeking out, the result is 10 seconds of retro goodness that will make your friends jealous. I settled on this 10 second slice as my favorite in the modem handshake sequence. I think it makes the best ringtone and is the perfect length too.

    So go ahead and download my freshly made 56k Dialup Modem Handshake Ringtone for your iPhone. Once you’ve downloaded the ringtone simply double click and it will be imported into iTunes as a ringtone. Enjoy!

    UPDATE: as requested in the comments below, here is a 56k Modem Ringtone in .mp3 format for Android users as well. Go nuts.

    The Next HOPE schedule: Selected talks

     Posted by at 18:25  Events, Hacking, Internet, Technology  1 Response »
    Jul 052010
     

    “The Next H.O.P.E.” is the next installment in the biennial H.O.P.E. (Hackers on Planet Earth) series of conferences. H.O.P.E. takes place every 2 years at the Hotel Pennsylvania in the heart of New York City. HOPE is sponsored by the magazine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. There have been seven conferences to date: HOPE, Beyond HOPE, H2K, H2K2, The Fifth HOPE, HOPE Number Six, and The Last HOPE. This year’s event takes place from July 16th – 18th, 2010.

    I tried to find a Google Calendar format of the schedule for this year’s talks. However I was unable to find such a format. I’ve painstakingly created the following calendar based on my interests and talks that I would like to attend. This is not a complete schedule of the conference. I’m too lazy to turn the whole schedule in to a Google Calendar, however I may do so before the actual conference… we shall see. Use as you will if you wish.

    You can view the full schedule by visiting: The Next Hope schedule

    How to Fix Some WordPress Memory Exhausted Errors

     Posted by at 23:17  Hacking, Internet, Technology  Comments Off
    May 022010
     

    After updating WordPress and redesigning thew0rd.com this weekend I started to get an error message similar to the one below on the WordPress Admin Dashboard:

    Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 1966080 bytes) in /home/user/public_html/wp-includes/class-simplepie.php on line 5353

    I was able to solve this error by editing the wp-config.php file and adding the following line:

    define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M');

    What this effectively does is increase the amount of memory that WordPress can use on your web server. You can alternately modify the php.ini file to increase the memory limit, but many web hosts do not allow users to change these parameters. I hope this tip helps people having the same or similar errors on their WordPress 2.9.2 sites.

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