Turing Fest 2019
What happens when everybody’s website is fixed
by jonoalderson Everything is changing, except peoples businesses.
Turing Fest 2019
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 wont happen organically. you have to have a strong feedback culture to have a good culture you need to make Read more…
jonathansblog
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 Techniques I can find for remote operating system identification – there is a massive list of sources at the end. Read more…
CYBERUK19
NCSC Excercise in a box launch
Online tool to help you judge your cyber resilience and provide training The tool is available on the NCSC website. It’s available for free and helps an organisation practice in a safe environment. It’s taken a year to build, can be used by technical and non technical staff. The system Read more…
Kali Linux
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 of CTF challenges from vulnhub.com. These are my Kioptrix walkthrough guides / findings and observations for each of the first Read more…
jonathansblog
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 google) short list of tools to help you spider a site (eg for creating a sitemap for SEO, or recon Read more…
jonathansblog
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 the top 10 million websites as of April 2018, WordPress is the most popular website management system in use. Read more…
jonathansblog
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 use wmap to get an outline of the application we are probing. Start dvwa inside vagrant In this tutorial I’ll Read more…
Commandline
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 will be to gather information on a host and its running services and their versions and vulnerabilities, rather than to Read more…
Osx
Osx mojave beta
osx mojave beta is available to the public. To get it you have to sign up at apples btea program website. Once signed up, you can click the link for the osx mojave beta, sign in and then can download the beta from the app store. It takes a while Read more…
Php
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. This series will explore the techniques you need to employ to build a WordPress theme from scratch. In the series Read more…
jonathansblog
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 basic http proxy to intercept traffic for analysis and playback, a web application security scanner, a tool to perform automated Read more…
Technology
Google Partners Mobile Sites Certification
Google recently announced the google partners mobile sites certification program. The Mobile Sites certification is a professional accreditation that Google offers to individuals who demonstrate proficiency in basic and advanced aspects of mobile website design and development. A Mobile Sites certification allows individuals to demonstrate that Google recognises them as Read more…
Beer
Beavertown Neck Oil Session IPA
Beavertown Neck Oil Session IPA I really liked this one! Check their website
Beer
Tempest Brewing Co Red Eye Flight
Tempest Brewing Co Red Eye Flight – Mocha Porter Website: tempestbrewco.com
Beer
Blind Pig Whisky Honey and Apple Cider
Blind Pig Whisky Honey and Apple Cider. Om nom nom. Website: blindpigcider.co.uk
Kali Linux
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 to information you already have (eg importing results from a weekly or monthly scan of a website / web server) Read more…
jonathansblog
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 you the basic options for using metasploit msfconsole to run an openvas vulnerability scan. You will also learn how to Read more…
Development
Portfolio – Jonathan Mitchell MSc BSc MBCS
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…
SEO
How to submit your site to google using a sitemap
If you have a website, then you most probably want google to index your sites content. the easiest way to do this is to submit a sitemap to google, using webmastertools. 1) Make sure you have a sitemap If you run wordpress then there are plenty of plugins that will Read more…
Iphone and ipad
Everything that I can get siri to understand
This is my list of everything that I can get Siri to understand in iOS. I wrote this post entirely using the dictation feature. dictation I’m writing this blog post by dictating to Siri it’s pretty good. but you have to do it in small chunks. you also have to Read more…
News
I’ve moved my site to a new host
I’ve moved my website to a new hosting provider. I have used go-daddy for a few years now, but I had a lot of trouble with them. Eventually it sorted itself out, but by that time I had already decided to change once it came time for renewal. So, I’ve Read more…
Development
Php development on an ipad
While probably not the best platform to do web development on, an ipad can be used to create code for your website. I use my ipad mini (in emergencies) to fix code if needs be. there are lots of apps out there, but the ones I choose to help me Read more…
Ableton
Ableton live 9 released
Ableton released live 9 :) there are loads of cool new features – things like ‘automation as part of a clip’ which is nice :) they also have ‘drums to midi’, ‘harmony to midi’ and ‘melody to midi’ which basically means that you can play, or sample anything and convert Read more…
SEO
Google author tag
Google have released an ‘author’ tag. the author tag is what enables sites to have a ‘byline’ in the google search results. this post will show you how to setup and test the new author tag so that google can (at their discretion) show a picture of you next to Read more…
Albums
100 places to get free legal music downloads online
This is my list of 100 places to get free legal music downloads online www.largeheartedboy.com have a list with lots on it itunes is good for free music itsfreedownloads.com have a list of the latest free tracks on iTunes Amazon mp3 store has a lot of free stuff too last.fm Read more…
Osx
Create standalone apps from websites with fluid app
This will show you how to create standalone desktop applications from a website using fluid.app 1) goto fluidapp.com 2) download and install fluid 3) open fluid once fluid is open then simply type the url and a name for your app. it will magically appear in the dock and you Read more…
Ableton
Blue microphones snowflake
I did a post recently on the snowball mic from blue microphones, I also got a snowflake mic at the same time, so here is a post about that too :D the snowflake is the baby brother of the snowball a cardiod USB microphone with a built-in soundcard, so you Read more…
Ableton
Blue microphones snowball
I recently got a blue microphones snowball mic. the snowball is an omnidirectional USB microphone with a built-in soundcard, so you only need a usb port for it to work. its an excellent mic for podcasting and the like, so I thought that id put up a review of it. Read more…
Itunes
Fix missing or incorrect itunes song data with songgenie
Songgenie is an application by equinux that finds metadata for your music collection. Songgenie can find song names, album names, genre, track number, lyrics and can help fix missing or incorrect itunes song data. 1) Download and install You can download the app from the equinux website, there is a Read more…
Itunes
Fix missing album and song covers in itunes with coverscout
coverscout is an application by equinux that finds covers for your music collection. It can fix missing album and song covers in itunes. it embeds the artwork in the mp3 files, and will make your itunes look perfect :D 1) download and install you can download the app from the Read more…
Wordpress
WordPress security – xss csrf base64 and sql injection protection
Bulletproof security is an excellent wordpress security plugin for your wordpress installationit provides a lot of cool features: XSS protectionSQL injection protectionhtaccess protectionwp-config protection, One-Click Setup WizardSetup Wizard AutoFix (AutoWhitelist|AutoSetup|AutoCleanup)MScan Malware Scanner.htaccess Website Security Protection (Firewalls)Hidden Plugin Folders|Files Cron (HPF)Login Security & MonitoringJTC-Lite (Limited version of BPS Pro JTC Anti-Spam|Anti-Hacker)Idle Read more…
Finder
Mount sftp folder with finder
This will show you how to mount a remote directory in finder using sftp. (Mount sftp folder with finder). There is a link at the bottom to a post to mount any remote system you have ssh access to using homebrew. check that out if you like working with the Read more…
Iphone and ipad
Ipad side switch screen rotating lock
iPad side switch screen rotating lock. One of the things that I find frustrating when reading on my iPad is the screen orientation reacting to the orientation of the iPad. When you rotate your iPad the screen tries to change to keep the screen content vertical. It can be frustrating Read more…
Development
Identify and remove unused css across entire site
This post will show you a range of ways to detect and remove unused css from your site. removing unused css will help your stylesheets load faster which, in turn will help your site load faster. there are several ways to do this. one way is to use a firefox Read more…
Iphone and ipad
Free carrier unlock for uk o2 iphone without jailbreak
Free carrier unlock for uk o2 iphone without jailbreak. this will show you how to unlock your iphone by going to the O2 website and filling in a form. its free for contract users and it costs £15 for pay as you go users. I got an email the other Read more…
Development
The best firefox addons for web development
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 put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, Read more…
News
My experiment for 2011: a year in social media
This year I have a plan. i am undertaking ‘a year in social media’ i have some aims. 1) get more friends i need to get more real friends. the more people I have that are interested in my website the more exposure I can get from it. 2) document Read more…
jonathansblog
Nessus tutorial – Vulnerability scanning with Nessus
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 you to be proactive in securing your base so that all your base belongs to you :D Nessus tutorial quick Read more…