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 before. It assumes that you already have MetaSploit installed and that it works, or that you are running Kali / Read more…
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 Techniques I can find for remote operating system identification – there is a massive list of sources at the end. Read more…
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 of CTF challenges from vulnhub.com. These are my Kioptrix walkthrough guides / findings and observations for each of the first Read more…
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 the top 10 million websites as of April 2018, WordPress is the most popular website management system in use. Read more…
Remote Debugging PHP in SublimeText with XDebug prereqs: This post assumes you already have a working xdebug install SublimeText How to get Xdebug working with Sublime Text? Open SublimeText Open the package install dialog (cmd+shift+p then type “pack inst”) Search for ‘xdebug’ Select Xdebug Client and Press enter Setting Up Read more…
Remote Debugging PHP in Brackets with XDebug prereqs: This post assumes you already have: a working xdebug install Brackets How to get Xdebug working with Brackets? Open Brackets Goto the extensions tab (the second icon on the right pane) Search for ‘xdebug’ Click install Click close, click close again Click Read more…
We recently got a ‘smarter coffee’ coffee machine – it has wifi, an app, and also an ifttt integration. We also have a google home in the office – that makes the perfect pairing for some automated coffee making! The setup was quite easy – after the coffee machine was Read more…
Remote Debugging PHP in Visual Studio Code with XDebug prereqs: 1) This post assumes you already have a working xdebug install2) vscode How to get Xdebug working with Visual Studio Code? Open vscode Goto the extensions tab (the last icon on the left pane) Search for ‘PHP Debug’ Click install Read more…
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 will be to gather information on a host and its running services and their versions and vulnerabilities, rather than to Read more…
It turns out that coding in php on android is possible (even if its not as good as on a mac, linux or even windows). In this blog post I’ll go into some editors, IDE’s and other options for editing php code (and running a development LAMP stack) on your Read more…
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. This series will explore the techniques you need to employ to build a WordPress theme from scratch. In the series Read more…
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’ feature. It’s easy to enable: safari > preferences > privacy > Ask websites not to track me Safari prevent cross-site Read more…
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 basic http proxy to intercept traffic for analysis and playback, a web application security scanner, a tool to perform automated Read more…
Keyword research for organic SEO used to be easy. You didn’t need any keyword research tools. Put up some content, let google index the content and watch in analytics as the search terms people used piled in. Then make sure you optimised for the keywords that provided the most results. Read more…
This post is a wapiti tutorial. You’ll find various wapiti options, how to import wapiti scan results into metasploit and how you can disable wapiti modules to speed up your scans. A basic one-liner command to get you started would be: More about the command line arguments: These basics will Read more…
multiloquent 9 1 0 changelog 01f86a2 – minor fixes for internationalisation 63c7275 – Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/localhost8080/multiloquent.git 98ddc7a – small bug fixes 6c03ee2 – update to all bootstrap and bootswatch themes 74b2e9f – Code formatting / validation befaea0 – Initial i18n 64d760f – initial i18n ba8236d – wordpress search Read more…
Multiloquent 9 0 0 Changelog 3015a81 – Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/localhost8080/multiloquent a79d3a3 – Update to version number as this removes backward compatibility with the old amelia theme df0d6df – Update to bootstrap code 9bd8d60 – update to all bootstrap and bootswatch themes b39a9f3 – update to all bootstrap and Read more…
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 an error occurs. What is an sql injection attack? “An SQL Injection Attack (SQLIA) occurs when an attacker attempts to Read more…
4 Layers in an SOA There are 4 layers in an SOA: Business Processes Business Services Integration Services Enterprise Resources Enterprise Resources existing applications COTS systems (consumer, off the shelf) Object Oriented systems Legacy systems (eg CRM + ERP) Data at this layer resides in existing applications and databases Operations have Read more…
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 the layers below Breaks the direct dependance between business processes and existing systems Provides a virtual implementation Provides business processes Read more…
multiloquent 8 0 0 changelog c41bf6f – update to all bootstrap and bootswatch themes c070b3e – Documentation e64a96c – update to all bootstrap and bootswatch themes 94772c5 – Docs df12467 – Documentation 75fb109 – Documentation 4bb1676 – Documentation 7623c10 – comments ab69833 – documentation b93798f – Some documentation cc0a96f – Read more…
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 to your site. There is some information at iniqua labs, but its a little difficult to get to grips with. Read more…
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 for it to be viable for me to use, I had to configure a few things: git in brackets editor Read more…
Multiloquent 7 Changelog 3412cf9 – updating readme f0905c2 – updating readme files f498de6 – version bump [major release] updating readme files eae969b – search form css fix 7602671 – search label 3dbab3c – search form mods 764ca66 – markup for label button dacb048 – nicer label and button 2d524fd – Read more…
Jonathan Mitchell Portfolio About Me I have a BSc in Electronic Engineering, and an MSc in Advanced Computer Systems Development with Distinction. I was awarded the University Court Medal for excellence twice – in my PGDIP year, and in my MSc year. I am also a professional member of the Read more…
Multiloquent 6 2 01 Changelog development c33c95d – fix for mce content body development 8a1cbaf – fix for background colour inside tinymce development 864c9c8 – code cleanup development 37cc370 – aligning things development d8c91b7 – alinging things development dca23c7 – aligning elements development d112d09 – code tidy development afc6101 – Read more…
Multiloquent 6 2 0 changelog development 646e320 – fix for readme file adding multiloquent url at jonathansblog.co.uk development 90f0277 – revert – its easier to read development 708ca0f – fix development afdad58 – small fix for readme development 0a54442 – version bump and changes to the readme development 5f08e9b – Read more…
This is the change log for multiloquent 6 1 01 11a7be0 psr2 fixes abe3129 psr2 changes 80cbc30 misc tidy ups 00d17a1 tag link 5ea34c5 pagination dd3582f pagination still 9443ffa pagination b44f9be pagination 2a7d85b pagination 74f362f pagination 694c07f pagination 283bc75 pagination 8329440 pagination 59ed693 pagination 313d6f5 mb class in css 02ff70a Read more…
I have released multiloquent – the theme I use for jonathansblog to the public: you can get it here: http://wordpress.org/themes/multiloquent I have a github if you want a cutting-edge version (but it will be broken frequently) https://github.com/localhost8080/multiloquent This is the readme.txt for multiloquent theme v9 Multiloquent html5 / bootstrap theme Read more…
Games console emulation android – I recently got a jxd s5110b android game tablet thing. My first driod. It is basically a small android tablet, but with hardware controls for gaming :) It comes with a few emulators pre-installed, but they aren’t that great, so Ive collected a list of Read more…
First: why should you link audit competitors? Second: who are your competitors and how to find them. Third: doing the link audit. Fourth: use the link audit to build links to your own site. why should you link audit competitors There are a few good reasons to do a link Read more…
WordPress and buffer for automatic google plus posts This is a short post about setting up WordPress and buffer for automatic google plus posts. Buffer is an excellent service that allows posting to multiple social media sites (twitter, Facebook, google+, linkedin) If you run a wordpress site then there are Read more…
I needed to find all the files symlinked in linux that were linked to a certain file. I had a quick search all over the internet, and eventually came up with a thread on stack exchange. there were a few suggested answers, and the answer marked as suggested did work, but Read more…
How to show list view in calendar ios. I love the list view in the ios6 calendar. It shows me everything that Ive got upcoming over the next few days in one screen. in the new calendar in ios7 and above its not immediately apparent that this list view exists. Read more…
This is cool: go to images.google.com search for ‘Atari Breakout’ try not to waste too much time!
This has to be the second best jailbreak app, coming in a close second behind ‘accelerate’ its called ‘splitmail’ and enables the landscape split mode with the sidebar and the message both visible at the same time in the ipad mail app! just search cydia for splitmail and install it! Read more…
This post will show you how to turbo charge your jailbroken iphone or ipad: 1) search cydia for ‘accelerator’ and install it 2) head to settings > accellerator 3) enable it! now watch as everything you do is fast! it works by changing the animation speed for everything :) I Read more…
Teamviewer 8 ubuntu linux tvwine.dll.so failed to load: I just installed teamviewer 8 beta in my linux machine. On first run it complained of a missing file – tvwine.dll.so failed to load. A search through the ubuntu forums revealed this handy little answer: in a commandline, type: sudo apt-get install Read more…
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 end I ended up creating a new user account on my mac and transferring my documents to the new user Read more…