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228 articles from the new era

dnscat2 – DNS Reverse Tunneling thru Secure Networks

Most networks, no matter how highly secured, have vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers. This article will explore the DNS protocol and tunneling. It is common to see the DNS protocol used to establish outbound sessions from a restricted network, then tunnel other protocols through the

Aamir Lakhani5 min read

Hiding secret messages in images with steganography and metadata

Steganography is the practice of concealing a file, message, image, or video within another file, message, image, or video. The word steganography combines the Greek words steganos, meaning ‘covered, concealed, or protected’, and graphein, meaning ‘writing’. The first recorded use of the term was in

Aamir Lakhani5 min read

The art of creating backdoors and exploits with Metasploit

msfvenom malicious DLL DLL injection on Metasploit is a technique which allows an attacker to run arbitrary code in in the memory of another process. If this process is running with escalated privileges then it could be abused by an attacker in order to execute malicious code in the form of a DLL fi

Aamir Lakhani5 min read

Dracnmap Scanning Tool

GitHub is a great source of software. It is based on a library or version control system, providing developers an outlet for open source software and related updates. I recently took a look at Dracnmap, which can be found at: https://github.com/Screetsec/Dracnmap Dracnmap is an open source program p

Aamir Lakhani3 min read

Morpheus – Man-in-the-Middle Security tool

Introducing MorpheusMorpheus is a new tool that provides you with the ability to simulate automated Man-in-the-Middle attacks. Morpheus can be found at https://github.com/r00t-3xp10it/morpheus.The Morpheus application consists of a suite allowing users to manipulate TCP and UDP data packets using a

Aamir Lakhani4 min read

The Ultimate Guide to the Deep Dark Invisible Web – DarkNet Unleashed

The Web as an Iceberg The Deep Web, DarkNet, The Hidden Net, The Invisible Net: It has many different names.Many experts believe that approximately 30% of the Internet is indexed by searched engines such as Google. If this is true then we can infer that 70% of the content available online is not sea

Aamir Lakhani17 min read

Expanding Cybersecurity Skills with Hack The Box

There are several ways to either assess your current hacking skills or increase your prowess. Capture the Flag (CTF) programs are a way of gamifying cybersecurity skills within a fun, interactive, and challenging delivery platform. One of my favorite free, public cybersecurity sites is Hack The Box:

Aamir Lakhani4 min read

League of Legends Champ Loses $200k to Sim-Swap Hack

There's been a growing trend in the world of cybercrime recently; that of sim-swapping, a new and subversive type of identity theft. Pro League of Legends gamer and multiple time NA LCS champion Yiliang 'Doublelift' Peng recently took to Youtube to describe his own experience of the process."Your Ac

Aamir Lakhani3 min read

Running Kali Linux on Docker

Docker is a great way of running an isolated environment for testing. A few people have been asking me is it possible to run Kali Linux in Docker. Kali is a great use case for Docker under the right circumstances. In all honesty, I have not used it often, but in general, I find Docker is well suite

Aamir Lakhani2 min read

Breaking WPA2-PSK with Kali Linux

WPA2-PSK may not be as safe as you think. There are a few attacks against WAP2-PSK. One of the most common attacks is against WPA2 is exploiting a weak passphrase.Below you will find a few easy steps on how to break WPA2 with a weak passphrase.Breaking the Wireless Lab Home Network:I set up a test

Aamir Lakhani4 min read

EggShell – iOS and Mac OS X RAT (Remote Access Toolkit)

The Simplicity of EggShell Eggshell is an Apple iOS and Macintosh OS post-exploitation surveillance penetration testing tool written in Python. It is a menu-based system that reminds me quite a bit of SET (Social Engineering Toolkit) or a simpler version of Metasploit. Basically you can play around

Aamir Lakhani5 min read

VPN for Hacking: Which one is the Best?

VPN for Hacking: Which one is the Best?If you’re not using a VPN in 2018, you might as well stop using public WiFi. In the age of hackers and government censorships, your Internet connection is not safe. Your ISP provider wants to track your data. Some countries won’t allow you to access social med

Aamir Lakhani4 min read