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OS Detection Techniques

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:July 14, 2019
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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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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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Malware detection on Plesk systems

Malware detection on Plesk systems

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:March 10, 2019
  • Post category:Apache/Commandline/Linux/Wordpress
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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…

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Read more about the article Umidigi One Max

Umidigi One Max

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:February 5, 2019
  • Post category:Android/Hardware hacking
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I finally swapped my iPhone for an android phone. I've been an iPhone user since the iPhone 3gs, right through till the 6plus. I was spoiled a little in the…

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Read more about the article Xdebug in sublime text

Xdebug in sublime text

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:December 16, 2018
  • Post category:Development/Editors/Php/Technology
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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…

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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 Build your own blockchain application in less than an hour

Build your own blockchain application in less than an hour

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:June 28, 2018
  • Post category:Amsterdam Blockchain/Crypto currency
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build your own blockchain application in less than an hour Edward Ciggaar developer advocate IBM I've been looking forward to this one for a while now :D starting with an…

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Read more about the article Cyber security and id management using blockchain

Cyber security and id management using blockchain

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  • Post published:June 27, 2018
  • Post category:Amsterdam Blockchain
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This is a very interesting panel on cyber security and id management / user verification using blockchain technologies its a lot of high level topics, and a few of the…

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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 Blackarch pacman package groups for tools

Blackarch pacman package groups for tools

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:September 3, 2017
  • Post category:Kali Linux
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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…

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Read more about the article Automatic updates in kali

Automatic updates in kali

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:January 15, 2017
  • Post category:Kali Linux
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Automatic updates in kali (and other apt based distros). There are a ton of ways to do automatic updates in kali linux (though this will work on debian, ubuntu, proxmox…

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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 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 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 What is an sql injection attack

What is an sql injection attack

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  • 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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wordpress and cloudflare

WordPress and cloudflare flexible ssl configuration

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:October 31, 2014
  • Post category:Wordpress
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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…

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Read more about the article Brabham Digital

Brabham Digital

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  • Post published:October 31, 2014
  • Post category:Formula 1
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This is a sponsored post. I dont usually do sponsored posts, but this one is different (I’m getting a hat for drawing attention to this, and I think its worthwhile).…

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Read more about the article OpenVas tutorial for beginners using web and metasploit

OpenVas tutorial for beginners using web and metasploit

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:September 20, 2014
  • Post category:jonathansblog/Kali Linux/Metasploit/Pentest
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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…

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Read more about the article Phpcs and phpmd in sublime text 3 on osx

Phpcs and phpmd in sublime text 3 on osx

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:September 16, 2014
  • Post category:Development/Editors/Php
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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…

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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 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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Oracle logical structures

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  • Post published:May 8, 2014
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Oracle logical structures Oracle logical structures can be summarised by the following: Schema. Tablespace. Datablock. Redo log. Schema collection of objects (table, view, etc) owned by db user name is…

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Read more about the article Multiloquent 6 1 01 changelog

Multiloquent 6 1 01 changelog

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  • Post published:March 29, 2014
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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…

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Read more about the article How to change the number of icons in launchpad

How to change the number of icons in launchpad

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  • Post published:February 21, 2014
  • Post category:Osx
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How to change the number of icons in launchpad - this is a great tip: change the number of icons in launchpad! if you use launchpad a lot (I don't,…

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Read more about the article Best practice for mac security

Best practice for mac security

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:August 25, 2013
  • Post category:Security
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This post is a collection of things to form a best practice for mac security. 1) enable password after sleep or screensaver. settings > security > require a password immediately…

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Read more about the article An easy way to change your wordpress admin username

An easy way to change your wordpress admin username

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:April 22, 2013
  • Post category:Wordpress
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This is an easy way to change the username of your wordpress admin account: login as your current admin user navigate to users > all users add a new user…

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Read more about the article How to fix cannot verify login with facetime

How to fix cannot verify login with facetime

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:November 2, 2012
  • Post category:Ichat / messages
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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…

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Read more about the article Enable camera on iphone or ipad lockscreen

Enable camera on iphone or ipad lockscreen

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:October 12, 2011
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad/jonathansblog
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Enable camera on iphone or ipad lockscreen instructions for ios11 instructions for ios10 instructions for ios7 instructions for ios5.1 and ios6 instructions for pre ios5 How to enable camera on…

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Read more about the article Enable firmware password on osx

Enable firmware password on osx

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  • Post published:May 19, 2011
  • Post category:Osx
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Enable firmware password on osx: This post will show you how to enable the firmware password on osx firmware passwords will protect your mac from: booting from a cd or…

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Read more about the article Ssh with keys for authentication

Ssh with keys for authentication

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:May 2, 2011
  • Post category:Commandline/Terminal
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This will show you how to use ssh with keys for authentication. this has a couple of advantages over using passwords: 1) you can enable key only logins. 2) you…

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Read more about the article WordPress recaptcha and spam user remover plugins

WordPress recaptcha and spam user remover plugins

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  • Post published:February 26, 2011
  • Post category:Development/Wordpress
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I get a lot of spam bots visiting my site and trying to post comments. akismet stops them being in my approve queue (i have to approve all of the…

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Read more about the article Mac osx maintenance – make your mac boot faster

Mac osx maintenance – make your mac boot faster

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  • Post published:February 13, 2011
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Here are some tips to make your mac boot faster: Rotate your logs open terminal > type: sudo periodic daily weekly monthly this command runs the log rotate scripts, etc…

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Read more about the article The best firefox addons for web development

The best firefox addons for web development

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  • Post published:February 5, 2011
  • Post category:Development/SEO
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There are lots of firefox addons for web development; here are the best firefox addons for web development I use on a daily basis. firebug Firebug integrates with Firefox to…

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Read more about the article Nessus tutorial – Vulnerability scanning with Nessus

Nessus tutorial – Vulnerability scanning with Nessus

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  • Post published:July 24, 2010
  • Post category:jonathansblog/Kali Linux/Pentest
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This is a short nessus tutorial to help you get to grips with nessus. Nessus is a vulnerability scanner. Nessus can scan your assets for network security vulnerabilities. Nessus allows…

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