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Up to ten different router models, including some by popular manufacturer D-Link, are now vulnerable to hackers. It appears the code that runs the devices contains a master password that anyone could find and use. The problem was discovered by ... security researcher Craig Heffner, who admitted he had nothing more exciting to do on a Saturday than nose through code accompanying a recent firmware update for his D-Link DIR-100 router. Like most routers, the settings menu for the D-100 router is accessible through a web browser -- the idea being that the user can access the router through one of ... (view more)

The null character (also referred to as a null terminator) is a character with the value zero, and is used in nearly all mainstream computer programming languages. Use as String Terminator The character has special significance in C programming ... language and its derivatives, where it serves as a reserved character used to signify the end of strings, such as a sentence. The null character is often represented as the escape sequence '\0' in source code. Strings ending in a null character are said to be null-terminated. Security Exploit: Poison Null Byte The "poison null byte" was originally used ... (view more)

alphacml alphaCML is a simple command line that sits quietly on your desktop; you can type commands into it to open applications or files. You can customize the position and the color of the text (prompt and command) and the background. Files are ... opened with their default associated application. alphaCML can open applications also with "aliases". It uses the system default aliases, and it supports, via AppPaths, custom ones. http://alphasoft.sourceforge.net/ String Theory In Two Minutes Videos explain this difficult and complicated theory on the cutting edge of physics in just two minutes. ... (view more)