AppSec… SMB Exploited 14 Mar 2019 Server Message Block (SMB) is the transport protocol used by Windows machines for a wide variety of purposes such as file sharing, printer sharing, and access to remote Windows services.…
AppSec… Ghidra – First impressions of the NSA Reverse Engineering Tool 13 Mar 201913 Mar 2019 Ghidra is a reverse engineering tool, written in Java, that was recently open-sourced by the National Security Agency (NSA). You can find the Github page here and the download link…
AppSec… Exploiting XXE Vulnerabilities in IIS/.NET 5 Mar 20195 Mar 2019 By Chris Davis XXE (XML External Entity) attacks happen when an XML parser improperly processes input from a user that contains an external entity declaration in the doctype of an…
AppSec… CSRF Code Examples and Defense 3 Mar 20193 Mar 2019 CSRF is an attack that tricks the victim into submitting a malicious request. It inherits the identity and privileges of the victim to perform an undesired function on the victim's…
#career… Exploiting Poor SMB Configuration 1 Mar 20191 Mar 2019 What’s an SMB? SMB, which stands for Server Message Block, is a protocol for sharing files, printers, serial ports and communications abstractions such as named pipes and mail slots between…
#Metasploit… Binary Linux Trojan 28 Feb 2019 In order to demonstrate that client side attacks and trojans are not exclusive to the Windows world, we will package a Metasploit payload in with an Ubuntu deb package to…
#career… Web Application Security 21 Feb 201925 Feb 2019 WHAT IS WEB APPLICATION SECURITY Web application security is the process of protecting websites and online services against different security threats that exploit vulnerabilities in an application’s code. Common targets…
AppSec… VFEmail Suffers ‘Catastrophic’ Hack 13 Feb 2019 Email company VFEmail suffered what they call a "catastrophic" hack that destroyed their primary and backup data for the U.S. The firm’s founder says he now fears some 18 years’…
Android Security… It’s Time To take back Our Internet 20 Jan 201920 Jan 2019 Tim Berners Lee was recently awarded the Turing Award (The ACM A.M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to "an individual selected…
AppSec… Create a Backdoor with Cryptcat 23 Dec 2018 In this tutorial, I'll introduce you to netcat's popular cousin, cryptcat (she's actually much cuter and more exotic than the plain netcat). Cryptcat enables us to communicate between two systems and encrypts…
#career… Pivoting the Network 18 Dec 201815 Mar 2019 What is Pivoting? Pivoting is the unique technique of using an instance (also referred to as a ‘plant’ or ‘foothold’) to be able to move around inside a network. Basically…
#career… Pwned 10 Dec 201823 Jan 2019 Let[s] talk a little about this box. In this HTB machine we will see only one port is open and that will be the http one , we will fireup the dirbuster…
#career… Cyber Monday Sale Starts NOW!(FOR A WEEK!!) 26 Nov 201830 Nov 2018 Yikes, yes, we are rolling out Cyber Monday deals for a week. This will hopefully make up for the lack of Black Friday deals, but maybe Black Friday has died.…
AppSec… SQL Injection Attacks 20 Nov 2018 A customer asked that we check out his intranet site, which was used by the company's employees and customers. This was part of a larger security review, and though we'd…
AppSec… IPtables – the Linux Firewall 13 Nov 201813 Nov 2018 KORBIN BROWN FEBRUARY 6, 2014, 12:34PM EDT Iptables is an extremely flexible firewall utility built for Linux operating systems. Whether you’re a novice Linux geek or a system administrator, there’s…
#Metasploit… Payload in PDF 12 Nov 2018 Infected PDFs have always been a privileged way to infect users because this document format is very common and used by almost everyone. Moreover, it exists many ways to exploit Acrobat Reader…
#career… Now Is The Time, Linux is the Direction 11 Nov 201824 Jan 2019 Your future matters to us @ LSB, so get into Linux and see the new world it will open for you. Created by QuBits 2018-11-11
Android… Best Ad Blocker Apps For Android 11 Nov 201811 Nov 2018 By Khaled Shariar - LAST UPDATED: August 10, 2018 Want to get rid of annoying ads? Check out the following ad blocker for android to stop seeing ads on Android.…
#career… Linux Foundation Deals For LSB Followers 25 Oct 2018 We are delighted to be able to team up with The Linux Foundation to bring you some great deals on amazing Linux courses and materials. All courses, on completion is…
AppSec… OWASP Security Shepherd- Session Management Challenge One – Solution – LSB 12 Oct 201812 Oct 2018 We have another solution in the OWASP Security Shepherd challenges and we enjoyed completing this one. You can find out about Session Management from OWASP here. So let's get on…
AppSec… Penetration Testing – Complete Guide 10 Oct 201810 Dec 2018 What is Penetration Testing? It’s the process to identify security vulnerabilities in an application by evaluating the system or network with various malicious techniques. The weak points of a system…
AppSec… OWASP Security Shepherd – Failure To Restrict Access Solution – LSB 27 Sep 201827 Sep 2018 Am I Vulnerable To 'Failure to Restrict URL Access'? The best way to find out if an application has failed to properly restrict URL access is to verify every page. Consider for…
AppSec… OWASP Security Shepherd – Insecure Cryptographic Storage Challenge 1 Solution – LSB 21 Sep 2018 Thanks for visiting and today we have another OWASP Security Shepherd Solution for you. This time it's the Insecure Cryptographic Storage Challenge. Cryptography is usually the safest way to communicate…
AppSec… OWASP Security Shepherd – SQL Injection Solution – LSB 15 Sep 2018 A SQL injection attack consists of insertion or "injection" of a SQL query via the input data from the client to the application. A successful SQL injection exploit can read sensitive data…
AppSec… Create a Back Door with Kali, Netcat and Weevely – LSB 13 Sep 20188 Dec 2018 Welcome back my budding hackers. We hope you enjoy this security tutorial by our ethical hacker QuBits. Our network is below. We will be creating a backdoor in DVWA Command…
AppSec… OWASP Security Shepherd – Cross Site Scripting One Solution – LSB 12 Sep 201812 Sep 2018 Welcome back to LSB my budding hackers. Today's lesson is about Cross Site Scripting (Or XSS). Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks are a type of injection, in which malicious scripts are injected…
AppSec… OWASP Security Shepherd – Insecure Direct Object Reference Solution – LSB 10 Sep 2018 Welcome back to the Security Shepherd solutions from LSB. This was quite an interesting puzzle and it took a few tries to get the key. Insecure Direct Object Reference (called IDOR from here) occurs when…
AppSec… OWASP Security Shepherd – Failure To Restrict Access Solution – LSB 7 Sep 20187 Sep 2018 What is Failure to Restrict URL Access Vulnerability/Threat? Failure to restrict URL access occurs in applications hide functionality from non-privileged users. In an application that fails to restrict URL access, administration…
AppSec… AV evading with Veil 29 Aug 201822 Sep 2018 One of the most important issues any hacker must address is how to get past security devices and remain undetected. These can include antivirus software, intrusion detection systems, firewalls, web…
Android Security… How To Find And Delete Where Google Knows You’ve Been 14 Aug 201814 Aug 2018 Even if “Location History” is off on your phone, Google often still stores your precise location Here are some things you can do to delete those markers and keep your location…
AppSec… W3af walkthrough and tutorial 9 Aug 20189 Aug 2018 w3af (Web Application audit and attack framework) is a framework for auditing and exploitation of web applications. In this series of articles we will be looking at almost all the…
#career… National SysAdmin Appreciation Day! 25 Jul 2018 Reward yourself with discounted training & certifications! 2 courses and 1 certification in each bundle: $325 each! We'll even give you a free T-shirt with every purchase! We are an independent…
AppSec… The Best Hacking Books 2018 25 Jul 201825 Jul 2018 BY HACKING TUTORIALS ON FEBRUARY 2, 2018 One of the most popular and most asked questions since I’ve started this blog is if I can recommend some good hacking books to read…
AppSec… Honeyd Tutorial Part 1, Getting Started 25 Jun 201825 Jun 2018 This series of articles will focus on honeypots using an application called honeyd. There are a number of honeypot solutions out there but I personally feel like honeyd is a great…
AppSec… Python Scripting For The Ethical Hacker 21 Jun 2018 Welcome back, my greenhorn hackers! I began this series on scripting awhile back to teach all aspiring hackers how to write some basic scripts for hacking and reconnaissance. Without developing some basic scripting…
AppSec… XSS in Canopy login page 21 Jun 201821 Jun 2018 [Description] CheckSec Canopy 3.x before 3.0.7 has stored XSS via the Login Page Disclaimer, allowing attacks by low-privileged users against higher-privileged users.This instance of stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability could…
AppSec… Stealing Signal Conversations from a MacBook 27 May 2018 Developed by Open Whisper Systems, Signal is a free, open-source encrypted communications app for both mobile and desktop devices that allows users to make voice calls, send instant messages, and even make…
AppSec… Setting Up A Snort IDS on Debian Linux 24 May 2018 Malicious network traffic (such as worms, hacking attempts, etc.) has certain patterns to it. You could monitor your network traffic with a sniffer and look for this malicious traffic manually…
AppSec… Password cracking with John the Ripper 24 May 201810 Feb 2019 Introduction For those of you who haven't yet heard about John the Ripper (hereby called John for brevity), it is a free password cracking tool written mostly in C. Before…
AppSec… Spamming Facebook Messages 3 Jan 201811 Apr 2018 We have reported this bug to Facebook and they replied asking "How is this different than hitting the message button?" If you want to spam everyone in the World that…
#career… Security and Linux 30 Nov 201730 Nov 2017 As Linux users we have some inherent advantages over our fellow Windows users when it comes to security (or lack there of). Hackers, rather like gamblers, use the laws of…
AppSec… OWASP – A2 – Broken Authentication and Session Management – LSB 24 Nov 201729 Jun 2018 Threat Agents Consider anonymous external attackers, as well as users with their own accounts, who may attempt to steal accounts from others. Also consider insiders wanting to disguise their actions.…
AppSec… Exploiting CSRF under NoScript Conditions 22 Nov 201716 Mar 2019 CSRFs -- or Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerabilities -- occur when a server accepts requests that can be “spoofed” from a site running on a different domain. The attack goes something like this:…
AppSec… A Guide to Not Getting Hacked 20 Nov 20175 Mar 2019 Hackers steal hundreds of millions of passwords in one swoop and occasionally cause large-scale blackouts. The future is probably not going to get better, with real-life disasters caused by internet-connected knick-knacks, smart home robots that could kill…
AppSec… On Web Extensions shortcomings and their impact on add-on security 12 Nov 201712 Nov 2017 Recently, I reported a security issue in the new Firefox Screenshots feature (fixed in Firefox 56). This issue is remarkable for a number of reasons. First of all, the vulnerable code was…
AppSec… OWASP Security Shepherd – Security Misconfiguration – Solution – LSB 2 Nov 20173 Nov 2017 Welcome back to another OWASP Security Shepherd solution. This challenge is called Security Misconfiguration. So we are given a Username and Password field and we can get the result key…
AppSec… you.dj Unlock The Sampler 30 Oct 201710 Aug 2018 If you've ever used the DJ application you.dj as a normal user you will have used the sampler to add various sounds to your mixes. But as a normal user…
AppSec… Owasp Security Shepherd – Poor Data Validation – Solution – LSB 8 Sep 20171 Aug 2018 Welcome hackers to a new OWASP Security Shepherd solution. The challenge in question is the Poor Data Validation and this happens when data is only checked on the client side.…
AppSec… How to Hijack Web Browsers Using BeEF 28 Aug 20177 Nov 2017 Welcome back my fellow hackers! Today we’re going to be introducing a new tool for hacking web browsers. Often times, we will need to exploit a variety of vulnerabilities associated…
AppSec… Installing Security Shepherd on VMWare Workstation 12 Player 21 Aug 201726 Jul 2018 In this post we will install Security Shepherd. A vulnerable web app for us to hack. You can download the ISO image here. Once you download the software, depackage it,…
AppSec… Security Shepherd Solutions 20 Aug 201715 Oct 2018 The OWASP Security Shepherd project is a web and mobile application security training platform. Security Shepherd has been designed to foster and improve security awareness among a varied skill-set demographic.…
