MetaSploit tutorial for beginners
MetaSploit tutorial for beginners This (updated for 2021) MetaSploit tutorial for beginners is meant to be a starting guide on how to use MetaSploit if you have never used it…
Culture
Im listening to a great talk about culture inside a company - aira.net defining culture: you have to address the culture and define what you want it to be, it…
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OS Detection Techniques
Os Detection Techniques and OS fingerprinting Os Detection Techniques - Background information This is a list of Os Detection Techniques, with explanations for all the active and passive Os Detection…
Kioptrix Walkthrough Guide
I have decided to start studying towards a CISSP and / or an OSCP, as part of that I saw an excellent blog post recommending to go through a lot…
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WordPress Security
This is a WordPress Security mega-post containing a lot of best-practice information on securing, hardening, updating and maintaining a Wordpress site.Used by more than 60 million websites, including 30% of…
Malware detection on Plesk systems
Malware detection on Plesk systems using maldet and clamav Linux Malware Detect (LMD) is a malware scanner for Linux released under the GNU GPLv2 license, that is designed around the…
Metasploit for website pentest
Metasploit for website pentest using wmap. This is a short tutorial on using the wmap module inside metasploit. Wmap is a web application scanner that runs within metasploit. We can…
service-oriented architecture and frameworks – SOA frameworks
service-oriented architecture and frameworks IntroductionPapazoglou, (2003) organised SOA in four architectural layers: Service Foundations, Service Composition, Service Management and Service Engineering and outlined a host of technologies that could be…
How to use metasploit to scan for vulnerabilities
Continuing on from my original metasploit beginners tutorial, here is a slightly more advanced Metasploit tutorial on how to use metasploit to scan for vulnerabilities. The outcome of this tutorial…
Privacy settings
This post is a combination of previous posts about privacy settings in mac and ios. Safari do not track: Safari gives users the option to enable the 'do not track'…
Burpsuite beginners tutorial – how to use burp suite
This is a burp suite beginners tutorial. Burpsuite is a collection of tools, written in Java used to perform various network security related tasks. Burpsuite can be used as a…
Mining monero in osx using xmring
There are a couple of things you need for mining monero in osx using xmring: 1) A monero wallet (get one from mymonero.com) 2) Homebrew (brew.sh) mining monero in osx…
Kali linux wpa_supplicant cli config
Kali linux wpa_supplicant cli config. To setup a wifi connection using wpa_supplicant on the cli in kali, first you have to bring up your network interface ifconfig wlan0 up Next,…
Linux commands for networking with command line
This post has a collection of Linux commands for networking. There are basic linux network commands, advanced linux network commands and some centos network configuration commands, but I've tried to…
Pihole on a raspberry pi
Pihole on a raspberry pi - making a network wide advert blocker with a raspberry pi. I have a router using dnsmasq with adblocking setup on my router. I also…
Ddwrt dnsmasq caching dns server
This post will explain ddwrt dnsmasq caching dns server configuration Using a ddwrt dnsmasq caching dns server lets machines in your LAN resolve DNS from a machine inside your local…
Using dnsmasq as an internal DNS server to block online adverts
This post will show you how to setup dnsmasq in order to serve dns requests for (multiple) internal domains - using dnsmasq as an internal DNS server. Using this setup…
Multiple ip addresses on one physical NIC using virtual NICs in centos
Multiple ip addresses on one physical NIC. I have a gigabyte brix running esxi to host a few virtualised servers. I have one server for my web development. I have…
What is an sql injection attack
What is an sql injection attack? All websites process data entered by users. An input-validation attack is when unexpected user input is processed by a web server or database and…
4 types of service in an SOA system
4 types of service in an SOA system. Business services Domain services Integration services Foundation / Utility services Business Services Provide high-level functionality Provides abstraction of the interface Provides integration of…
WordPress and cloudflare flexible ssl configuration
This is a short tutorial showing how to setup wordpress and cloudflare flexible ssl. Cloudflare offer a service called 'flexible ssl' this means that cloudflare encrypts your content between the…
OpenVas tutorial for beginners using web and metasploit
This is a basic openvas tutorial for beginners. I will explain a little of how to use openvas web ui to perform a test of your systems. It will give…
2013 Advent Calendar Day 8
RCA 6226 Aeropessure Type microphone The âAeropressureâ was a rugged radio announcing and public address microphone designed for on-location use, featuring exceptional wind noise suppression. During its some five decades…
Ios7 fix iMessage not sending to your cell number
I had an issue with people trying to send iMessages to my phone number. for some reason ios7 had set iMessages to only send to my email address and not…
Subnetting class C networks
Subnetting class C networks Benefits of Subnetting: Reduced Network Traffic Optimised Network Performance - as a result of reduced traffic Simplified management Facilitated spanning of large geographical distances How…
Ubuntuforums.org hacked – all usernames and passwords stolen
Ubuntuforums.org has been hacked and all of the email addresses, usernames and passwords have been taken. there are 1.8 million users on that forum :| from the announcement: There has…
Ipv6 – check if you are ready..
this site from google will tell you if your dns servers are ready for ipv6. if they arent then you could add googles public dns [8.8.8.8] or the opendns ip…
Adding pdf ebooks to your ipad / ipad mini
This post will list the various ways to get pdf ebooks (or anything in a pdf) on to your iphone / ipad / ipad mini there are a few ways…
How to fix cannot verify login with facetime
When trying to login you get a message similar to cannot verify login with facetime or messages on osx. warning: this is quite a complex set of instructions. In the…
How to sync imessages between iphone ipad and mac osx
How to sync imessages between iphone ipad and mac osx Once you have setup your mac and iOS device to use the same method to send and receive iMessages then…
How to sync your LinkedIn contacts with your iPhone addressbook
This post will show you how to sync your LinkedIn contacts with your iPhone addressbook. Goto the LinkedIn app Goto the 'you' section Click the gear Click on 'download connections'…
How to sync Facebook contacts with iphone
This post will show you how to sync all of your Facebook contacts details with the contacts in your iPhones addressbook. It will only add the information that your Facebook…
Lookup any address from chrome or safari on google maps
This one is pretty cool :) in chrome or safari on osx simply highlight the address you want to find a map for right click the highlighted address click on…
Make your AFP NAS more responsive
I have a western digital mybook word NAS. Using the afp protocol file transfers were very slow. I knew there had to be a way to make your AFP NAS…
Quickly add any url from any app to safari reading list
This one is cool: Quickly add any url from any app to safari reading list! highlight a url (in the address-bar in chrome or firefox) goto the services menu (appname…
Change default email account address in iphone and ipad
In ios5 and above you can change the default email account - allowing you to send emails from a specified account. To do this goto: settings > mail, calendars and…
How to change the from address in iphone mail.app
This will show you how to change the from: address when you send an email in iphone mail.app compose a new mail click on the address in the from: field…
Safari omnibar – search by typing in safari addressbar
This will show you how to remove the search box from safari and perform your searches from the addressbar, like you do in google chrome its really easy, just go…
Make snow leopard more like lion
Make snow leopard more like lion: you can use most of the features of osx lion / icloud right now. using google. mail: to sync all your mail on all…