Howto: Access Web Based email through Thunderbird
Here is a solution for the web-based email services that do not have pop3/smtp, and the ones that charge for it, this extention acts like a browser and converts the mail to pop3/smtp/imap for thunderbird.
Below is a list of supported web-based email services that this extension supports, following that is an easy install guide to get started, I used yahoo as an example.
Here is the supported web based services:
Ok now lets get to the good stuff and set this up! 
Hotmail.com Hotmail.fr Hotmail.it Hotmail.de Hotmail.co.uk MSN.com MSN.co.uk 
Yahoo.com Yahoo.com.cn Yahoo.com.hk Yahoo.com.au Yahoo.com.sg Yahoo.com.ar Yahoo.co.uk Yahoo.co.jp Yahoo.it Yahoo.ie Yahoo.es Yahoo.se Yahoo.fr Yahoo.de Yahoo.ca Talk21.com BTinternet.com BTopenworld.com 
Lycos.co.uk Lycos.it Lycos.es Lycos.de Lycos.at Lycos.nl Caramail.com 
Mail.com Email.com Journalism.com Iname.com scientist.com earthling.net techie.com usa.com post.com witty.com whoever.com writeme.com unforgettable.com teacher.com 
gmail.com 
libero.it iol.it blu.it 
aol.com aim.com netscape.com netscape.net
First lets grab thunderbird email client, click here to have apt install it in firefox or simply do:
sudo apt-get install thunderbird
Now once that is installed lets grab a few extentions for thunderbird.
Right click and save Webmail Extention to your desktop:
WebMail Extention
Open up thunderbird and click on tools->Addons->Install and select the extention you saved to the desktop.
Now once installed restart Thunderbird and grab the addon's addon from this page.
Here is the yahoo extention, right click save as:
Open up thunderbird and click on tools->Addons->Install and select the optional extention you saved to the desktop.
Restart Thunderbird
Now go to the first extension which is the webmail extention, and click on preferences: there you should see the servers
running.
Change the port numbers so they are above 1024 (be sure to change the ports also in your server settings when you create an account.) and then start the services pop and smtp.
Now go add an account and select “Webmail”. Your username is your full yahoo email address. (Probably the port settings are already correct.
Don't download your mail yet!
Go to Extra, Addons, Webmail, Preferences, Domains
There you should see a list of some hotmail domains. If you don't probably the servers are not running (or your firewall is blocking something.)
If the servers are running in the Webmail extension, but you still can't see the domain, then your WebmailData directory has incorrect permissions. Give read, write and execute permissions for your user to the WebmailData directory:
chmod 700 ~
If you have still this problem, try to disable your firewall. As root do:
iptables -F
If you don't have this list: then you will get an error “undefined is a unsupported domain” when you try to download your email. (check your domains and servers as described before)
Otherwhise go to the next step
Click on the preferences button for the Webmail-yahoo extension now. Your account will
normally already be selected. For yahoo mail select “Yahoo (BETA)”
Download your mail, it will ask for a password, type it in and your mail should be
downloaded.
If you get "negative vibes from xxx@yahoo.com": this mostly means that the extension can't understand the website. Make sure you select yahoo beta and if that still doesnt solve the issue, contact the developer
Developer's Site
Securely Wipe/Erase Files in Ubuntu via Right Click menu in Nautilus
Adding wipe to your Nautilus context menu is useful in making it so that you can securely delete any number of files and/or folders at one time simply by selecting them, right clicking, and clicking wipe. Before you can add wipe to the context menu you must have nautilus-actions and wipe installed. To install them on a Debian based system, at the terminal, simply type:sudo apt-get install wipe
sudo apt-get install nautilus-actions
When you install nautilus-actions a GUI based tool will be installed to allow you configure context menu additions. Access it by, at the terminal, typing:
nautilus-actions-config
Adding the wipe command to the context menu is now very straight forward. The following instructions were written for nautilus-actions 1.4.1:
1. Click the +Add button.
2. For the label enter: Wipe.
3. For the tooltip enter: Use the wipe utility to securely delete the file(s)/folder(s).
4. For the path enter: wipe
5. For the parameters enter: -rf %M
6. Go to the Conditions tab and select the radio button labeled "Both" for when the command should appear and check "Appears if select has multiple files or folders"
7. I left everything else at their defaults. If you don't want to do any further customization just hit OK and close the configuration tool.
8. You can select an icon, I prefer the gtk-dialog-warning icon.
The parameters to wipe, -rf %M, causes files and folders to be deleted without prompting. Due to the -r command, if there are files or subfolders in a selected folder they will also be wiped. If you would like for files to be wiped even when write permission is not set change the parameters to: -rcf %M.
The final step is to reset nautilus. At the terminal type:
nautilus -q
nautilus
You will now have a command for wipe in your Nautilus context menu that allows you to securely delete any number of files and/or folders in two clicks.
Howto: Spy and Sniff Wifi in Ubuntu Gutsy
Ok hacking wifi is as simple as compiling a linux application or simple ./exploit, if you intend to hack your neighbors wifi it is good to get to know who they are, where they are, what they do and know just how smart they are. There is a ton of things you can do with ettercap, the plugins are great. I personally use it to spy on open networks and my own network to find out exactly what my family/friends are doing and to make sure they arent into anything bad. You can use this to spy on your Girlfriend, Children and other good things other than break the law spying on someones wifi you just cracked :) Basically grab aircrack-ng and crack away, once owned you should grab ettercap and configure it:
Install:sudo apt-get install ettercap-gtk
Lets configure ettercap:sudo gedit /etc/etter.conf
Lets change the gid, uid:
ec_uid = 0
ec_gid = 0
Now edit the [dissectors] to configure what to sniff out, the default is fine.
We need to uncomment 2 lines for iptables to forward packets:redir_command_on = "iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i %iface -p tcp --dport %port -j REDIRECT --to-port %rport"
redir_command_off = "iptables -t nat -D PREROUTING -i %iface -p tcp --dport %port -j REDIRECT --to-port %rport"
Save the file ctrl-s
Start up Ettercap-NG
Once done all we do is sudo ettercap -i wlan0 -G
Now lets set this baby up, simply click on sniff, and then unified sniffing
Press Ctrl-W to start sniffing then ctrl-S to scan for hosts on the lan.
Click on Hosts and bring up the host list, select the box you want to see all communications of as Target 1 and slect the router as Target 2.
Click on MITM->Arp Poisoning, check Sniff Remote connections.
Now click on Plugins->Manage the Plugins and double click on chk_poison to see if poisoning was successful.
Ok im taking it as it is successful, now lets do a little bit of spying:
Click on View->Connections to actively see what ports the target is using and double click on any connection in the list to see what data is being transferred. Ettercap will automatically sniff for passwords as configured in the etter.conf file after [dissectors]
Now basically we can just sit and wait for passwords or we can actively listen in on http/chat sessions.
Howto: Install Picasa within Ubuntu Gutsy and Hardy Heron!
1. Open Software Sources
Press ALT-F2 and enter:
gksu software-properties-gtkDownload GPG key from here and Click on Authentication Tab and then click import key file, now import the key file.
Now lets add the Repository:
Click Third Party Software and then click "Add" now enter:
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ testing non-free
Once added click ok and refresh Repositories.
Now just click here to install Picasa 2.7 Beta within Firefox
Here is a rundown of the new Features:
- Upload to Picasa Web Albums
Use the new "Web Album" button to post your best photos online to share with friends and family. - Save edits to disk
Save edits, undo saves, and revert to the original file with ease. We've got batch saving too! Picasa will even match the jpeg quality of the original. Right-click on your saved files to try the new "locate original" feature. - Folder hierarchy views
Browse through folders Explorer-style. Use the button at the top of your Albums List to try them out. - Improvements to Import
Import into an existing folder- we know you've wanted this feature for a long time! We've made importing photos from your camera faster too. - Better RAW support
Now you can work with RAW files from the Canon 30D, the Nikon D200, Adobe DNG files, and more. - Many other enhancements
Larger thumbnails, better caption editing, ability to configure the row of buttons, special "Starred Photos" album, search by ISO and focal length.
1. Open your /etc/apt/sources.list file with gedit:
$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
2. Add the following line and save file:
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ testing non-free
3. Download GPG key from here and run this command:
$ sudo apt-key add linux_signing_key.pub
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install picasaHowto: Install Ubuntu Studio theme in Gutsy and Hardy Heron with 1 click in Firefox!
Howto: Install Innotek VirtualBox in Ubuntu Gutsy with 1 click!
I was bored, Here is a little example of what VirtualBox can do in Ubuntu Running Windows And Linux Mint Side by side.
I only have a 3.0 ghz with 1 Gig of ram running XP/Mint on Ubuntu Gutsy and I can switch through Os's without any slow down at all, I dont have any reason to run XP or Linux Mint, to me Ubuntu is far better than both.
1-Click Install Innotek VirtualBox:
Add this apt repository to your Software Sources:
deb http://www.virtualbox.org/debian gutsy non-free
The innotek public key for apt-secure can be downloaded here. You can add this key with
apt-key add innotek.asc
Then update repo's:
Click Here to install
Howto: Create ISO File From CD/DVD in Ubuntu Linux !
Have a CD or DVD lying around that you are sick of putting in the drive every time you need something on the disc?
How about just making an .iso file that you can mount as you need? Or maybe you just want a “master” copy of the media so you can create another copy at a future date.
At any rate it is rather easy to accomplish in Ubuntu:
sudo umount /dev/cdrom
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=file.iso bs=1024
You can also do the same with folders:
mkisofs -r -o file.iso /location_of_folder/
Don’t forget to make a checksum:
md5sum file.iso > file.iso.md5
