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    CyberScream - Hacking Like a Ghost(face)
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    It’s that most hauntingly wonderful time of year again! Halloween is upon us, along with the dread of Q4. Are compliance horrors putting you in a ‘SAW’ like predicament, compelling you to navigate through agonizing trials just to make it to the end of the year alive? Secure Ideas’ resident Horror ...
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    Introducing SamuraiWTF 5.3: A Powerhouse for Web App Pen Testing
    Introducing SamuraiWTF 5.3: A Powerhouse for Web App Pen Testing
    Testing  |  Training  |  samuraiWTF  |  web penetration testing  |  application security  |  professionally evil  |  Secure Ideas  |  hacking  |  OWASP  |  Project
    We are thrilled to announce the release of SamuraiWTF (Web Training Framework) version 5.3! This ...
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    How to iterate through advfirewall rules
    How to iterate through advfirewall rules
    Training  |  professionally evil  |  Secure Ideas  |  Windows 10  |  Windows 11  |  sysadmin  |  system administration  |  cmd  |  powershell  |  firewall rules
    There are several ways to pull firewall information from a Windows system. Today we will leverage ...
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    Working With Data: IP and Port Filtering
    Working With Data: IP and Port Filtering
    Training  |  professionally evil  |  Secure Ideas  |  technology tips and tricks  |  sysadmin  |  data  |  data manipulation  |  excel  |  spreadsheet  |  filtering
    During our day-to-day work, there’s a lot of data that we interact with. In order to make good use ...
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    View Wireless Profile Password Information Using PowerShell or CMD
    View Wireless Profile Password Information Using PowerShell or CMD
    Training  |  professionally evil  |  Secure Ideas  |  hacking  |  Windows  |  Windows 10  |  Windows 11  |  sysadmin  |  system administration  |  cmd  |  wireless  |  wifi  |  wifi password  |  powershell  |  wireless profile
    There are a couple different ways for you to access your Windows wireless password information. If ...
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    Application Security 202: Vulnerabilities Accepted
    Application Security 202: Vulnerabilities Accepted
    vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty The quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or ...
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    Privilege Escalation via File Descriptors in Privileged Binaries
    Privilege Escalation via File Descriptors in Privileged Binaries
    Today I wanted to cover an application security topic that applies to SetUID binaries. As we all ...
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    How to Update the Nmap OUI Database
    How to Update the Nmap OUI Database
    network  |  professionally evil  |  Secure Ideas  |  NMAP  |  Linux  |  IEEE  |  OUI  |  nmap-mac-prefixes
    Overview In a previous blog post, I covered what an OUI is, how to extract them from a MAC address, ...
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    Of MAC Addresses and OUI: A Subtle, but Useful, Recon Resource
    Of MAC Addresses and OUI: A Subtle, but Useful, Recon Resource
    network  |  professionally evil  |  Secure Ideas  |  MAC Address  |  IEEE  |  OUI  |  PENT
    When it comes to reconnaissance, every little bit of information can be helpful. Today, we will ...
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    Secure Copy with SSH
    Secure Copy with SSH
    Training  |  encryption  |  information security  |  penetration testing  |  professionally evil  |  Secure Ideas  |  home lab  |  secure copy  |  windows scp  |  ssh  |  scp  |  linux scp  |  secure shell  |  secure file transfer  |  protocol
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    LD_PRELOAD: Making a Backdoor by Hijacking accept()
    LD_PRELOAD: Making a Backdoor by Hijacking accept()
    application security  |  professionally evil  |  Secure Ideas  |  LD_PRELOAD  |  accept  |  dup2  |  make  |  Linux  |  programming  |  Shared Objects  |  dlsym  |  shell  |  backdoor  |  rootkit  |  userland  |  ELF  |  inject  |  injection
    Today I want to continue the series on using LD_PRELOAD. In previous posts, we covered how to ...
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    PowerShell Tips: How do I Mount a VHD or Lock a BitLocker Drive?
    PowerShell Tips: How do I Mount a VHD or Lock a BitLocker Drive?
    encryption  |  security  |  professionally evil  |  Secure Ideas  |  getting started  |  BitLocker  |  VHD  |  rtfm  |  manage-bde  |  mount-vhd  |  manage bitlocker  |  technology  |  technology tips and tricks  |  Windows 10  |  VHDX  |  encrypted drive  |  technology tips  |  how-to  |  btfm  |  Windows 11
    PowerShell Tips How do I Mount a VHD or Lock a BitLocker Encrypted Drive?
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