Hacker Typer Neo Save Codes
Melany Odeh
Welcome to this interactive hacker simulator. Click the icons on the right to open the programs or press the numbers on your keyboard. Drag the windows with your mouse to organize them on your desktop.
Maybe you ignore those popups on your computer or phone telling you there is a new update available. Keep in mind that those updates are often security enhancements. When software developers learn that hackers have learned how to get into their software, they issue a more secure update. Be sure you are using the latest by accepting those invitations to update or turn on the auto-update feature when available.
Reputable companies will never ask you for a password via email. Family members will rarely ask for money to be wired to an unknown location. If an email sounds strange, there is a good chance it is malicious. Go ahead and delete it. If you are not sure, contact the sender directly via phone to check it out.
Many people dislike the inconvenience of needing to enter a pin-code or password to use their smartphone. But it is worth it. If you were to lose your phone, without a pin-code or password, the person who finds it could have access to your accounts, passwords, and even payment information.
Press the number buttons on your keyboard (0-9) to open the passive windows. These programs show a static or animated window on the center of your screen. You can drag them around with your mouse. Close them pressing the Space key.
Display "Access Denied" or "Permission Granted" warnings, start a self destruction countdown, play an animated neural network tracing or a Matrix code rain. Install a virus, download confidential data, trace a computer's location with satellites, and more!
Minimize or close all windows and start pressing random buttons on your keyboard to simulate that you're writing program. The hacker typer will add more than one character at once to the screen to make your writing look faster.
Open the "Remote Connection" program to simulating that you're hacking a top secret governmet server. This automated hacker typer will trigger server responses and will show various programs and warnings on the screen.
If you are unfamiliar with hacker typer, see hackertyper.net. In short, it is a program that outputs one chunk of a code base per keystroke for comedic effect. BUT, the hackertyper.net version is far too easy to implement. It simply outputs three characters at a time from an arbitrary piece of code. For this challenge, a program must output its own source code, and print one space delimited chunk of code per keystroke.
Also note that, like ThisSuitIsBlackNot's submission, this program requires the Term::ReadKey module from CPAN. On Debian / Ubuntu Linux, this module, if not already present, can be easily installed with the command sudo apt-get install libterm-readkey-perl.
Also, to save a few characters, this program does not restore the input mode to normal on exit, so you may find yourself unable to see what you're typing afterwards. Executing the shell command stty sane or reset should fix that. This issue could be fixed, at the cost of 10 extra bytes, with:
The nice thing about this quine is that it can easily carry an arbitrary "payload" within the q block, without having to repeat it. While it can't quite beat in shortness, it does get pretty close.
Note: This program uses the Perl 5.10+ say feature, and thus needs to be invoked with the -M5.010 (or -E) command line switch. Per established consensus on meta, such switches used to enable modern language features do not count as extra characters. The shortest solution I can find without say is 83 bytes:
I can't guarantee this program will work on a single computer other than my own as it is awesomely hacky. Things would have been a lot simpler back when everyone only had 32-bit machines. Then I would not need to worry about sizeof(int*) being 8 (which it definitely is; I printed it out to make sure) while sizeof(int) is 4.
Happily, the name of the executable is stored in the first string in argv. However, putting a pointer as an argument to a function means that I have to explicitly specify the type of ALL the arguments to the function--meaning I would have to type int twice--a huge waste of characters. Fortunately I found a workaround. I had the second argument to main, q, be just another int. Then assigning q to a variable of type int** somehow managed to grab all the necessary bytes from the stack.
It's very easy to get a specific LINE of a program in SmileBASIC, so I just put the spaces before each line break. I thought I was so clever, putting the spaces before each line break, but apparently we're allowed to use line breaks instead of spaces...
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The problem is, at the bottom of each email he says he "expects a bounty to be paid". Is this black mail? Is this his way of saying you'd better pay me or I'm going to wreak havoc? Or is this a typical and legitimate method for people to make a living without any nefarious intentions?
EDIT: For more clarification: He gave me two examples of vulnerabilities with screenshots and clear instructions on how to fix those vulnerabilities. One was to change the "?all" part of my SPF record to "-all" to block all other domains from sending emails for my domain. In the other email he explained how my site was able to be shown inside an iframe (enabling a technique called "clickjacking") and he also included an example of the code and instructions on how to prevent it.
A true "ethical hacker" would tell you what issue (s)he found in your system, not ask money for that; (s)he could offer to fix it as a contractor, but that would be after telling you what the actual problem is; and in any case, it's a completely different thing from just trying to scare you into paying.
While this might be blackmail, there are many possibilities for genuine good intents, too. Therefore, here's some more comprehensive thoughts on how one might handle unsolicited vulnerability reports. In short: you have every reason to be cautious, but you do not have to be rude.
Ethical hackers perform their analysis based on a contract typically with predefined targets and limitations. These might be ordered assignments or more loosely defined bug bounty programs, either directly or through a platform like HackerOne. In any case, an ethical hacker (or a white hat hacker) always has an explicit permission.
I have found several vulnerabilities by accident, without an intention to poke the system in any way. These cases are usually rather harsh, and I do hesitate whether not to report it at all, report it anonymously, or report it with my name, which would give me the possibility to help them with further questions. The reality is that because I did not have a permission, the receiver may interpret or handle my report with unexpected ways, possibly causing me legal charges or other problems. So far, they have been sympathetic towards me.
You are asked to pay for the findings, but without knowing the details you cannot be sure whether they are worth paying at all. Vulnerabilities comes in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are critical, and some are minor. Some may also seem problematic from outside, but are completely irrelevant to you, or within your accepted risk. One simply cannot sell vulnerabilities in pieces, bundles, kilograms, or liters.
A message suggested a reward for finding a web page protected by HTTP basic authentication, which indeed is not a secure authentication method. However, as it was only an extra layer of security before an actual login page, and not protecting any critical system anyway, it was not really a vulnerability at all. Therefore, the finding had zero value for the company.
A report of a missing SPF record. The explanation was correct and all, but the record was not missing! Instead of querying from DNS, the "bug bounty hunter" had used a web-based SPF lookup tool but used instead of example.com. Due to this syntax error it did not show the record.
Therefore, in order to judge the value, some details of the vulnerability must be disclosed. If someone who has found the vulnerability thinks giving out these details may result in losing the reward, the vulnerability may actually be worthless: known, easy to spot with automated tools, within accepted risk, too minor, or otherwise irrelevant. On the other hand, if the vulnerability is severe, it is often also so complex that giving some proof of concept will not completely help fixing it. The additional work required to describe and address the vulnerability is valuable and will be paid.
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