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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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6 months 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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8 months 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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11 months 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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11 months 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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11 months 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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1 year ago
Tools

SSH Examples, Tips & Tunnels

Practical SSH examples to take your remote system admin game to the next level. Commands and tips to not only use SSH but master ways to move around the network. Knowing a few ssh tricks will benefit any system administrator, network engineer or security professional.
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1 year ago
Tools

Two factor (2FA) SSH with Google Authenticator

Configuring two factor authentication on SSH is actually quite straightforward. Using Google Authenticator we can get setup and running in about 8 minutes. If we were to use another method such as a hardware based token we would have to wait for delivery of the token (for example YubiKey) - that would take way longer. […]
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1 year ago
Tools

Tcpdump Examples

Practical tcpdump examples to lift your network troubleshooting and security testing game. Commands and tips to not only use tcpdump but master ways to know your network. Knowing tcpdump is an essential skill that will come in handy for any system administrator, network engineer or security professional.
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2 years ago
Security News

Using Nmap on Windows

Running Nmap on Windows is not as difficult or problematic as it was in the past. Nmap is supported on Windows 7 and higher with performance close to if not quite as good as Linux based operating systems. The majority of users still do use *nix based systems however a good number of people use […]
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2 years ago