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…
Unmasking Imposter Syndrome
people though 'only girls have this' and lots of people though it wasnt even a thing. everyone stood up when asked of they had experienced what was on screen Don't…
You got served: How deliveroo improved the ranking of restaurants
Jonny Brooks-Bartlett - Data Scientist at deliveroo They use predictive modelling and machine learning. Their hypothesis is "if they can show you more relevant places you will spend money" given…
Building a PWA vuejs app with wordpress API – Part 3
In part 3 we will be looking at categories (or archives in wordpress terminology) At this point, its good to look into the wordpress API – fortunately there is excellent…
Building a PWA vuejs app with wordpress API – Part 1
Building a PWA vuejs app with wordpress API - Part 1 The aim in this is to make an offline-first PWA with vuejs / axios / bootstrap using wordpress as…
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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…
NCSC SME intro to cyber
As part of CYBERUK19 I'm attending a day of talks and workshops aimed towards the SME community The first is from the NCSC giving an overview of the threats to…
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…
Website crawler software kali linux
Spidering a web application using website crawler software in kali linux There are lots of tools to spider a web application (an companies which are based on this tech, eg…
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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…
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…
Ad blocking on android using dns666
Ad blocking on android using dns666. There are a ton of ad blocking apps on android, but dns666 is the best I've found after trying a number of them out…
Laravel quickstart gist migrating existing tables
This follows on from the previous laravel gist. it covers generating mdels, views and bootstrapping for controllers for pre-existing database tables.Useful if you have a few hundred tables and relationships…
Making a new wordpress theme from scratch
Making a WordPress Theme. From Scratch. Research + Information Architecture Introduction Making a new WordPress theme from scratch can seem daunting, but it's pretty easy if you know the steps.…
Public DNS services
I joined a few older posts together (and redirected those old posts here) to create a single place for my public dns services list and instructions. Short list of IP…
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…
Installing mariadb 10.2 mysql 5.7 in centos
Installing mariadb 10.2 mysql 5.7 in centos If you use the following method to install the latest mariadb, updates will be installed with the regular yum update commands! The first…
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…
Blackarch pacman package groups for tools
Blackarch pacman package groups Install with pacman -S groupname to quickly install a bunch of tools in one command: This info is available in the blackarch developers guide here: https://blackarch.org/blackarch-guide-en.pdf…
Chuwi hi10 pro kali linux wifi fixes
I wrote a previous post about kali on the hi10, and promised a followup on Chuwi hi10 pro kali linux wifi fixes; here it is. The on-board wifi works out…
Mining altcoins in centos with minergate
Altcoins exploded in 2015. Minergate is a nice little site that offers various GUI clients for cpu and gpu mining. This is a short little post about mining altcoins in…
Install xdebug in centos7 with php7
I just realised I dont have a post on how to install xdebug in centos7 with php7 and setting up xdebug and eclipse. Its a feature that I use every…
Jonathans Blog Gameboy hack
Gameboy Advance custom buttons mod
When I ordered transparent buttons for my Gameboy Pocket, I alos picked up a set of transparent buttons for my Gameboy Advance. The set of buttons included shoulder buttons (L+R)…
BBC Micro:bit
My brother got me a BBC micro:bit for my birthday. I decided to have a play around with it to see what it can do - its a pretty good…
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…
Iptables on centos7
This post will show you how to use iptables on centos7. Centos7 has moved its firewall service to firewalld, away from iptables, but if you have been running centos for…
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…
Importing nessus6 scan results into metasploit
This is a quick post about importing nessus6 scan results into metasploit. This can be very useful for adding a ton of information into a new Metsploit database, or adding…
Installing vagrant on centos 7 with virtualbox provider
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="section" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_row admin_label="row" _builder_version="3.0.48" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47" parallax="off" parallax_method="on"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" _builder_version="3.0.74" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"] This is a short post on Installing vagrant on centos 7. First,…
Installing mongodb on centos7
Installing mongodb on centos7: To install the mongodb server in centos7 first you have to add the mongodb repo: vim /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb.repo Paste this into the file: [mongodb] name=MongoDB Repository baseurl=http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/redhat/os/x86_64/…
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…
Kali linux arachni tutorial
This tutorial is a basic Kali linux arachni tutorial: to get arachni up and running on your kali linux system and perform a basic scan. Arahni is a vulnerability scanner…
Phpcs and phpmd in sublime text 3 on osx
This post will show you how to install phpcs and phpmd in sublime text on your mac: Following on from my post about using git and phpcs in brackets, I…
Plecost tutorial
This is a basic plecost tutorial. Plecost is a commandline utility that will scan your wordpress host and identify lots of information leaks that could potentially help crackers breaking in…
Brackets editor with git and phpcs for wordpress development
Setting up brackets editor with git and phpcs with wordpress coding standard etc Brackets editor (brackets.io) is an editor that I've wanted to try out for a while now, but…