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Read more about the article Security – Tackling the hard problems

Security – Tackling the hard problems

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:August 28, 2019
  • Post category:Turing Fest 2019
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This is a quick chat from David Irvine, CEO of MadeSafe The world forces us to change. Private and public info is everywhere now. It was fine, till the companies…

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Read more about the article Building a PWA vuejs app with wordpress API – Part 1

Building a PWA vuejs app with wordpress API – Part 1

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  • Post published:August 4, 2019
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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

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:July 14, 2019
  • Post category:jonathansblog/Methodology/Pentest
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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…

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Read more about the article Kioptrix Walkthrough Guide

Kioptrix Walkthrough Guide

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:April 19, 2019
  • Post category:Kali Linux/OSCP/Pentest
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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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Website crawler software kali linux

Website crawler software kali linux

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:April 13, 2019
  • Post category:jonathansblog/Kali Linux/Metasploit/Pentest/SEO
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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

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:March 20, 2019
  • Post category:jonathansblog/Pentest/Wordpress
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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…

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Read more about the article Mod Security Web Application Firewall

Mod Security Web Application Firewall

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:March 13, 2019
  • Post category:Apache
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What is a WAF A WAF is a web application firewall. A Web Application Firewall protects HTTP applications (eg websites) using a set of rules to protect against various common…

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Metasploit for website pentest

Metasploit for website pentest

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:February 13, 2019
  • Post category:jonathansblog/Kali Linux/Metasploit/Pentest
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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…

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Read more about the article xdebug in brackets editor

xdebug in brackets editor

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:December 15, 2018
  • Post category:Development/Editors/Php
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Remote Debugging PHP in Brackets with XDebug prereqs: This post assumes you already have: a working xdebug installBrackets How to get Xdebug working with Brackets? Open BracketsGoto the extensions tab…

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Read more about the article Remote Debugging PHP in Eclipse with XDebug

Remote Debugging PHP in Eclipse with XDebug

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:October 14, 2018
  • Post category:Editors/Php
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Remote Debugging PHP in Eclipse with XDebug prereqs: 1) This post assumes you already have a working xdebug install2) Eclipse Configuring Eclipse and Xdebug Open Eclipse Inside Eclipse, goto preferences…

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Read more about the article service-oriented architecture and frameworks – SOA frameworks

service-oriented architecture and frameworks – SOA frameworks

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:September 22, 2018
  • Post category:Methodology

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…

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Read more about the article How to use metasploit to scan for vulnerabilities

How to use metasploit to scan for vulnerabilities

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:August 28, 2018
  • Post category:Commandline/jonathansblog/Kali Linux/Linux/Metasploit/Networking/Pentest
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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…

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Read more about the article Coding in php on android

Coding in php on android

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:August 12, 2018
  • Post category:Android/Development/Editors/jonathansblog/Php/SQL/Wordpress
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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…

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Read more about the article Ad blocking on android using dns666

Ad blocking on android using dns666

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:July 31, 2018
  • Post category:Android/Networking
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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…

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Read more about the article Laravel quickstart gist using craftable and existing database schema

Laravel quickstart gist using craftable and existing database schema

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  • Post published:July 24, 2018
  • Post category:Php
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Laravel quickstart gist using craftable and existing database schema to generate models, etc from existing database schema. cd ~/git brew install nmp brew install nodejs curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php…

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Read more about the article Php fpm with apache on centos7

Php fpm with apache on centos7

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:June 17, 2018
  • Post category:Apache/Commandline/Php
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This is a short post detailing how to manually setup php fpm with apache on centos7. php fpm is a great solution (especially when used with nginx, but you may…

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Read more about the article Burpsuite beginners tutorial – how to use burp suite

Burpsuite beginners tutorial – how to use burp suite

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:April 11, 2018
  • Post category:jonathansblog/Kali Linux/Pentest
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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…

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Read more about the article Installing mariadb 10.2 mysql 5.7 in centos

Installing mariadb 10.2 mysql 5.7 in centos

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:March 28, 2018
  • Post category:Development/Linux/SQL
  • Post comments:1 Comment

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…

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Read more about the article Mining monero in osx using xmring

Mining monero in osx using xmring

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:November 20, 2017
  • Post category:Alt coins/Commandline/Mining
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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…

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Read more about the article Kali on the Chuwi Hi10 Pro – updated for Kali 2020

Kali on the Chuwi Hi10 Pro – updated for Kali 2020

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:March 18, 2017
  • Post category:Hardware hacking/Kali Linux
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This post is now updated with install information for using 2020 versions of Kali on the Chuwi Hi10 Pro. When I first wrote this post I seriously wouldn't have recommended…

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Read more about the article Chuwi Hi10 Pro ultrabook tablet convertable surface

Chuwi Hi10 Pro ultrabook tablet convertable surface

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:March 10, 2017
  • Post category:Android/Hardware hacking/Iphone and ipad
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Chuwi Hi10 Pro ultrabook tablet convertable surface - That's some title, but I'm not sure how to describe my new machine. Its a tablet, but its also a laptop -…

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Read more about the article Linux commands for networking with command line

Linux commands for networking with command line

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:November 19, 2016
  • Post category:Commandline/jonathansblog/Networking/Pentest
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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…

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Read more about the article Mining altcoins in centos with minergate

Mining altcoins in centos with minergate

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:November 6, 2016
  • Post category:Alt coins/Commandline/Mining
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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…

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Read more about the article How to install birdwatcher in kali linux

How to install birdwatcher in kali linux

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:October 20, 2016
  • Post category:Kali Linux/Pentest
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How to install birdwatcher in kali linux Birdwatcher is an OSINT data analysis and data gathering tool for twitter. Birdwatcher has been designed to feel like metasploit or recon-ng, so…

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Read more about the article Install php7 on centos7

Install php7 on centos7

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:June 25, 2016
  • Post category:Apache/Commandline/Development/Linux/Php
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There are a couple of different ways to install php7 on centos7 - Installing yum-plugin-replace and inline-replaceing the whole php subsystem seems to be the easiest way: You need to…

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Read more about the article Configuring free SSL certs with Letsencrypt in centos

Configuring free SSL certs with Letsencrypt in centos

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:June 11, 2016
  • Post category:Apache/Internet/Networking/Wordpress
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Configuring free ssl certs with letsencrypt in centos Using letsencrypt in centos requires a few modifications to your centos before you can run the letsencrypt client. The setup for vhosts…

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Read more about the article Pihole on a raspberry pi

Pihole on a raspberry pi

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:May 22, 2016
  • Post category:Hardware hacking/Networking/raspberry pi
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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…

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Read more about the article Hardening ssl ciphers

Hardening ssl ciphers

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:November 28, 2015
  • Post category:Apache/Commandline/Development
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Hardening ssl ciphers. I wrote a post previously about disabling sslv2 and enabling sslv3 and tlsv1. Times have changed since then, its been best-practice for a long time now to…

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Read more about the article Ddwrt dnsmasq caching dns server

Ddwrt dnsmasq caching dns server

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:September 20, 2015
  • Post category:Hardware hacking/Networking
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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…

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Read more about the article Wapiti tutorial

Wapiti tutorial

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:August 16, 2015
  • Post category:jonathansblog/Kali Linux/Metasploit/Pentest
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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…

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Read more about the article Using dnsmasq as an internal DNS server to block online adverts

Using dnsmasq as an internal DNS server to block online adverts

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:June 6, 2015
  • Post category:Networking
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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…

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Read more about the article Importing nessus6 scan results into metasploit

Importing nessus6 scan results into metasploit

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:June 2, 2015
  • Post category:Kali Linux/Metasploit/Pentest
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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…

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Read more about the article Multiple ip addresses on one physical NIC using virtual NICs in centos

Multiple ip addresses on one physical NIC using virtual NICs in centos

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:May 25, 2015
  • Post category:Networking
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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…

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Read more about the article Installing mongodb on centos7

Installing mongodb on centos7

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:May 17, 2015
  • Post category:Development/Linux/SQL
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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/…

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Read more about the article What is an sql injection attack

What is an sql injection attack

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:May 5, 2015
  • Post category:Development/Kali Linux/Methodology/Pentest/SQL
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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…

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Read more about the article SSHFS mount remote drive in finder

SSHFS mount remote drive in finder

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:September 13, 2014
  • Post category:Finder/Osx
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This post will show you how to mount a remote ssh filesystem as a 'drive' in osx using a bash script, osxfuse and brew. There are a few ways to…

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Read more about the article Nikto tutorial for kali linux

Nikto tutorial for kali linux

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:September 9, 2014
  • Post category:jonathansblog/Kali Linux/Pentest
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This is a basic nikto tutorial for kali linux. It will get you started with nikto. For advanced usage, see 'man nikto' or the cirt website Nikto is a web…

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Read more about the article Portfolio – Jonathan Mitchell MSc BSc MBCS

Portfolio – Jonathan Mitchell MSc BSc MBCS

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  • Post published:June 8, 2014
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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…

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Oracle process overview

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  • Post published:May 11, 2014
  • Post category:Development/Methodology/SQL
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Oracle process overview. There are 3 types of oracle processes: USER processes SERVER processes BACKGROUND processes User connected to a user application (eg sql*plus) controls the application associated with an…

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