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Helping out Hope Smiles in Uganda alongside Goal Zero!: From Hope Smiles Uganda: Thanks to the generator donated by Goal Zero and Hackers For Charity, Ugandans are able to have teeth restored — not extracted — in the Hope Smiles Uganda mobile clinics! The generosity of these organizations are transforming the smiles of Ugandans every day! #goalzero #hackersforcharity #hopesmiles #uganda
HFC LittleBits training at Jinja Uganda Senior Secondary: We’re big fans of maker skills and robotics, and of course we’re bit fans of LittleBits as well. It offers such an easy way to get into making and inventing, and it’s accessible for kids of any age in any culture. Here are a few photos of our staff teaching the students of Jinja SS […]
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Working in our local communities: Louisville: One of the primary goals of Hackers for Charity is to get folks in our community doing work to better the world we live in. Another goal is to change the negative connotations associated with the term “hacker”. This year, alongside DErbycon, a bunch of us got together and nailed both. I’m so proud of […]
Derbycon 6.0 “Recharge”.. the evolution of our community?: What an amazing week at Derbycon 6.0 “Recharge”! I wasn’t jet lagged. This was a first. I went from a thirty-hours plus travel time from Uganda, down to two hours from Arkansas! Trippy. Recharge, indeed. But this Derby wasn’t just a recharge. I witnessed something I’d been waiting a long time for. I felt the […]
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ATTENTION - DEFCON Attendees
Hackers for Charity is hosting a DEFCON pre-release of the new Katana v4.0. Katana: Multi-Boot Security Suite is a framework for keeping all your favorite security tools with you at all times. It combines multiple live boot distributions and portable application on a single flash drive. Katana includes tools designed for Penetration Testing, Password Cracking, Forensics, Network Monitoring, Auditing, Malware Analysis, System Security, and more. Each of these has a unique focus relating to computer security.
Download: here
Installation Instructions: here
Stop by our vendor booth and meet the developer.
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