This is a writeup for Hackthebox Lame, this is my first HTB writeup. Started with an nmap scan against the target: 10.10.10.3 The nmap scan results are below A exploit was found for Samba 3.0.20-Debian in the nmap Host script results Running the exploit in Metasploit opened a shell with Read more
This post is being presented to let you know that hard drives, the devices that your data is stored on, they go bad! They can stop working all of a sudden and cause you to lose your data. This is also true for portable USB flash drives and newer solid-state Read more
Free tool alert!!! VirusTotal is a great web application that can be used to analyze URLs, Files, Search hashes for known malware, and more. I use this tool a ton in my career and personally, to check URLs, Files, and Hashes. You can access the tool here: https://www.virustotal.com/ You can Read more
In December 2019, the FTC put out an article on the “Car Wrap Scam“. This scam is popular with college students who are often looking for ways to make money. We have witnessed this scam at multiple local colleges. The scam works by a communication, usually an email, with an Read more
In the workplace, we face a constant threat from cyber attackers trying to trick us to further their malicious operations. Now that many users are working from home, the remote worker needs to keep their guard up. Most of us are off of our normal routine and performing remote work Read more
Around 200,000 Comcast/Xfinity customers paid extra to keep their information private, Graham Cluley reports that the “private” data was leaked. The data was posted to ecolisting.com, a site used to replace old paper based telephone directories and make them digital. The customers were paying extra to keep their names, phone Read more
Kids are growing up with technology all around them, in some cases, the kids are better at using the devices than the adults. This leads to children having full access to the uncensored internet. The internet is a great tool for learning when you find quality content that has reasonable Read more
Below is a prompt I received from Facebook about Face Recognition. I declined, did you accept these terms? Please Review the Face Recognition SettingYour face recognition setting is off. We want to let you know what face recognition is and how we use it, and then you can decide whether Read more
TCP Wrappers is a host-based ACL system, they are used to limit network access to specific IP addresses. They work on Unix based operating systems like Linux and BSD. The original code was written by Wietse Venema in 1990 to monitor an unauthorized users activities on a Unix operating system Read more
Mobile malware is used to access private data on smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Nathan Collier at Malwarebytes reports that they have found malware preinstalled on US government-funded phones. Malware is usually installed unknowingly by a person after they have been using their device, it can come from malicious Read more