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DNS Tools

DNS Enumeration Searching for DNS records and DNS related information is an important part of reconnaissance for a penetration tester. Obtaining information regarding DNS servers and DNS records provides the Pen Tester/Red Team/Attacker with a deeper understanding of the organisations network. With DNS it is not a 'one tool fits all' situation. You will need […]
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2 months ago
Security Research

Fortune 1000 Technology Insights

By using common Internet Security reconnaissance techniques, it is possible to develop insights into technologies used by the Fortune 1000 companies. A look at the technology stack of the companies main website, the Internet email gateway services, and the external name servers used by the companies primary domains provides a glimpse into the IT infrastructure. […]
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4 months ago
Security Breaches, Security News, Security Research

Attacking and Enumerating Joomla

Discover the tips and techniques used to attack and break into Joomla based websites. An understanding of these hacker techniques will enable you to be prepared to keep your sites secure. Additionally, penetration testers or red teams needing to exploit Joomla targets will also find practical hints in this guide. Enumeration | Recon 1. Joomla […]
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6 months ago
Security News

Download Top 1 Million Sites

Data sets of the top 1 million Internet sites are simply compiled lists of web sites (or domains) that are found to have the most traffic. What follows are some of the most popular and well known data sets of the Top 1 Million Sites. Depending on the methodology used; the results can have significant […]
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6 months ago
Security Research, Tools

Install Suricata on Ubuntu 18.04 in 5 minutes

Building a network-based intrusion detection capability can be done in just 5 minutes. Install Suricata to monitor network traffic and look for security events that can indicate an attack or compromise. Suricata is based around the Snort IDS system, with a number of improvements. Suricata performs multi-threaded analysis, natively decode network streams, and assemble files […]
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1 year ago
Security Research, Tools

WordPress User Enumeration

These three enumeration techniques are a very fast way to identify users of a WordPress installation. With valid usernames effective brute force attacks can be attempted to guess the password of the user accounts. WordPress User Enumeration via Author Archives Finding users by iterating through the author archives is a common technique that works in […]
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1 year ago
Security News

PHP End of Life (a reminder)

As of December 2018 PHP 5 and 7.0 became End of Life. It is now July 2019 and up to 74% of PHP powered sites in the top 1 million are running software that is End of Life. This means there is no support and more importantly if new vulnerabilities are discovered, there will be […]
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2 years ago
Security Research, Tools

Brief History of Internet Wide Scanning

In the beginning there were Google Dorks, as far back as 2002 security researchers discovered specific Google queries revealed Internet-connected devices. Seventeen years later, it is still possible to find thousands of unsecured remotely accessible security cameras and printers via simple Google searches. Now, using search engines such as Shodan.io and Censys.io, it has become […]
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2 years ago
Security Research

Analysis of Top 100K WordPress Sites

CMS Detection Methodology The methodology used to determine the underlying technology of web sites is to search for specific strings within the HTML or the HTTP Headers provided by the web server. For WordPress our process is a simple matter of downloading the headers and page source from all sites in the Alexa top 1 […]
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2 years ago
Security News

Install OpenVAS (GVM) on Kali 2019

In this setup guide, we step through the process of getting OpenVAS (GVM) running on Kali 2019. Installing OpenVAS into a Kali based system is made much easier by the inclusion of a quick setup script. When using Kali Linux for OpenVAS scanning, resource usage should always be taken into account. Whether you are running […]
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2 years ago