Author: Nathan Sweaney

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We’re Just Like the NSA, and Nothing Like Them

During penetration tests, and especially scoping calls, we often get quizzed about what secret, proprietary techniques we’ll use......
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Introduction to Metasploit Webcast

Whether you’re goal is to become a commercial penetration tester, to demonstrate the risk of a vulnerability, or just need to identify certain weaknesses.....
Intercepting DNS

Intercepting DNS

Recently during a penetration test, I discovered a Linksys WRT54G wireless router that had been installed on a customer’s network....
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Why Target’s Breach Included PIN Data

Last Friday Target issued an update acknowledging that encrypted PIN data were included in the data stolen in their recent breach....
Professionally Evil Toolkit Recon ng

Professionally Evil Toolkit – Recon-ng

The first stage of almost every successful penetration test is the reconnaissance phase. During this phase of an engagement we scour publicly accessible......
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Security Tubthumping

I have a friend who is an alcoholic. A few weeks ago after 5 years of sobriety, she stumbled and had a relapse....
Comparing Authorization Levels with Burp's Compare Site Map feature

Comparing Authorization Levels with Burp’s Compare Site Map feature

Burp Suite from Portswigger.net is a fantastic web app testing tool that we use regularly at Secure Ideas....
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Defending Against Pass-the-Hash (PtH) Attacks

Pass-the-Hash (PtH) attacks have become probably the most common form of credential attacks used in the hacking community....
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Kismet Log Viewer v2 Tool Released

Secure Ideas actively supports open source and giving back to the community. In that light, we’re announcing the release of an updated tool......
Getting Started with BeEF: The Browser Exploitation Framework

Getting Started with BeEF: The Browser Exploitation Framework

This post is the first in a series on Getting Started with information security tools....

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