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… New Year Linux Foundation Deals 23 Dec 20184 Jan 2019 As usual we have amazing new deals on Linux Foundation certificates and courses. Sign on and use your own pace to finish the course. Perfect for a boring January and…
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…
Cyber Security… Veil – AV Evasion – Set Up and Tutorial 17 Dec 2018 Veil-Evasion is a tool designed to generate metasploit payloads that bypass common anti-virus solutions. NOTE: ./setup/setup.sh should be re-run on every major version update. If you receive any major errors on running…
#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…
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…
#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
#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…
Attacks… The Evil Twin Attack 8 Oct 2018 By Matthew Cranford I searched through many guides, and none of them really gave good description of how to do this. There’s a lot of software out there (such as…
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…
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…
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… 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… 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…
#Metasploit… Metasploit for the Aspiring Hacker | (Msfvenom) 24 Mar 2018 BY OCCUPYTHEWEB 01/12/2015 10:13 PM METASPLOIT BASICS Welcome back, my hacker novitiates! Eluding and evading antivirus software and intrusion detection systems is one of the most critical tasks of the hacker. As soon…
#career… Enterprise IT & Linux System Administration Training 2 Feb 20186 Feb 2018 Introduction to Linux Linux powers 94% of the world’s supercomputers, most of the servers powering the Internet, the majority of financial trades worldwide and a billion Android devices. In short,…
#Metasploit… Metasploit for the Aspiring Hacker, Part 4 (Armitage) 13 Jan 201814 Jan 2018 Welcome back, my hacker novitiates! As you know by now, the Metasploit Framework is one of my favorite hacking tools. It is capable of embedding code into a remote system and controlling it, scanning…
#Metasploit… Metasploit for the Aspiring Ethical Hacker, Part 3 (Payloads) – LSB 5 Dec 20176 Dec 2017 As you know, Metasploit is an exploitation framework that every hacker should be knowledgeable of and skilled at. It is one of my favorite hacking tools available. Let's take a closer look…
Attacks… Metasploit for the Aspiring Ethical Hacker, Part 2 1 Dec 201729 Jan 2019 Part 1 is here: https://linuxsecurityblog.com/2016/03/01/metasploit-for-the-aspiring-ethical-hacker-part-1/ In this second tutorial, we will look at some of the basic commands we can use in Metasploit. Although the Metasploit framework can appear daunting to…
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… 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…
Entertainment… KRACKing WPA2 19 Oct 201719 Oct 2017 Our main attack is against the 4-way handshake of the WPA2 protocol. This handshake is executed when a client wants to join a protected Wi-Fi network, and is used to…
Exploits… nmap to Map Your Network 28 Aug 201728 Aug 2017 It is certainly well known that "hacker tools" can be used for many legitimate purposes. Nmap, the Network Mapper and security scanner is no exception. These days, it is used…
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.…
Penetration Testing AuthMatrix for Burp Suite 4 Mar 20164 Mar 2016 AuthMatrix a web authorisation testing tool built as an extension to Burp Suite that provides a simple way to test authorisation in web applications and web services. With AuthMatrix, testers…
Cyber Security… Turning Firefox Into a Pen Testing Tool 15 Feb 201618 Mar 2019 In this brief post, we are listing a few popular and interesting Firefox add-ons that are useful for penetration testers. These add-ons vary from information gathering tools to attacking tools.…
Attacks… Examination of the vulnerabilities of the Cisco IOS 3 Oct 201512 Mar 2019 Cisco's IOS is multiplatform, so, runs on many different devices. It is compatible with file servers, routers, LAN and WAN switches, ATM switches, personal computers and hubs and any device that is…
