Rkhunter is an easy to use tool that keeps an eye on your systems files for rootkits and a few other oddities that may indicate an attacker has taken over your system. It can be also used if your system has been hacked and you wish to inspect the damage – keep in mind that [...]
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OSSEC Introduction and Installation Guide
OSSEC is a Host Based Intrusion Detection and Prevention system. Best practice security management calls for a layered approach to security, security vulnerability scanning, a firewall, strong passwords, patch management and intrusion detection are all important layers. Using a HIDS is a great way to understand what security events are taking place on a server. [...]
Sqlmap 0.7 released and added to HackerTarget.com sqli scan option
Bernardo Damele A. G. has released the latest update to sqlmap 0.7 and it is fast become the leading SQL injection tool for penetration testing. A python based script that can give you full shell access amongst other things on an sql injection exploitable host. This is a must have on a web application pentest. [...]
Nmap 5.00 added to HackerTarget.com Scanning Suite
Hot off the forges of Fyodor comes the latest release of the worlds leading port scanner. Nmap 5.00 has been released, and we have immediately implemented it here at HackerTarget.com. Keep an eye out as we explore some of the new features, we will be sure to implement them here, keeping HackerTarget.com the number one [...]
Open Source Technology
Our scanning platform here at HackerTarget.com is comprised of a number of geographically diverse hosts at world class Data Centers in Europe and the USA. Depending on our current load and scanner requirements we have the capability of using our high end Dell Poweredge Dedicated server or one of a handful of VPS servers. The [...]
rkhunter & chkrootkit: wise crackers only
A good summary of the two top root kit hunters for linux hosts. Rkhunter and chkrootkit are tools to check for signs of a rootkit. They will inspect the system they’re running on and report anomalies either through the shell or via email. Although an attacker able to install a rootkit is likely also able [...]
Automated Web Application Scanners
I stumbled across some interesting reading around open source vs commercial and the future of web application scanning. From the Watchfire blog there is a good discussion with an interesting post and some good comments. A near perfect web application security site testing tool is a difficult thing to achieve, I liken it to the [...]
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Port scanning is one of the most common reconnaissance techniques used by testers to discover the vulnerabilities in the services listening at well-known ports.
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