Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I wrote an article about the state of the YouTube Hacker Scene for Phrack. I hope you enjoy this reading.

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The article can be read here: phrack.org/issues/70/15.html#article

--=[ Missing parts:
1. Remember the hacking videos without audio using notepad to communicate? That's definitely a part of the history that should have been included in this article.

--=[ References:
How SUDO on Linux was HACKED! // CVE-2021-3156
youtu.be/TLa2VqcGGEQ?list=PLhixgUqwRTjy0gMuT4C3bmjeZjuNQyqdx
XSS on Google Search - Sanitizing HTML in The Client?
youtube.com/watch?v=lG7U3fuNw3A
Identify Bootloader main() and find Button Press Handler
youtu.be/yJbnsMKkRUs?list=PLhixgUqwRTjyLgF4x-ZLVFL-CRTCrUo03

[0] Lenas Reversing for Newbies (2006) web.archive.org/web/20070524043123/http://www.tuts4you.com/download.php?list.17
[1] thebroken by Kevin Rose archive.org/details/thebroken_xvid
[2] Hak5 - Episode #1 youtube.com/watch?v=SUEXCCWMfXg
[3] Notacon 2007 Part 1 youtube.com/watch?v=HXSZ4PRLUDU
[4] CSAW CTF challenge 2.exe, 3.exe and 4.exe flag retrieval youtube.com/watch?v=_Ld1cD9d7tI
[5] Beginner Challenge #1... youtube.com/watch?v=tdqJ8NEcJUM
[6] Phrack issue #69 - International scenes
[7] reddit.com/r/WatchPeopleCode
[8] livectf REDEMPTION by geohot 7/27/2014 youtube.com/watch?v=td1KEUhlSuk
[9] Let's Hack Livestream - exploit-exercises.com (2015) youtube.com/watch?v=HBnPY77JtqY
[10] The Heap: dlmalloc unlink() exploit - bin 0x18 youtube.com/watch?v=HWhzH--89UQ
[11] Hacking Livestream #1: ReRe and EZPZP youtube.com/watch?v=XWozhb1ZOyM
[12] Life of an Exploit: Fuzzing PDFCrack with AFL for 0days youtube.com/watch?v=8VLNPIIgKbQ
[13] HackTheBox - Popcorn youtube.com/watch?v=NMGsnPSm8iw
[14] Live CTF v2: ... youtube.com/watch?v=D7uXE_lEzxI
[15] SMT in reverse engineering, for dummies youtu.be/b92CW-NZ3l0
[16] GoogleCTF - XSS "Pasteurize" youtu.be/voO6wu_58Ew
[17] Hacking into Google's Network for $133337 youtu.be/g-JgA1hvJzA
[18] support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801964?hl=en
[19] Data breaches, phishing, or malware? Understanding the risks of stolen credentials dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3133956.3134067
[20] Zero to Hero Pentesting youtu.be/qlK174d_uu8?list=PLLKT__MCUeiwBa7d7F_vN1GUwz_2TmVQj
[21] How the Apple AirTags were hacked youtu.be/_E0PWQvW-14
[22] FuzzOS: Day 1, starting the OS youtu.be/2YAgDJTs9So
[23] How We Hacked a TP-Link Router and Took Home $55,000 in Pwn2Own youtube.com/watch?v=zjafMP7EgEA
[24] tiktok.com/@malwaretech

--=[ Chapters:

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:21 - 0. About the Author
00:50 - 1. Preamble
02:00 - 2. Before 2014
04:40 - 3. My Start in 2015
08:50 - 4. Today's Scene
15:50 - 5. Final Words
16:39 - Some Thoughts
20:06 - Outro

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