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How to get some OPSEC with Kali?

There are major questions that must be answered here!

  1. How do we change the hostname in KALI Linux?
  2. How do we change the default TTL to look like a Windows Machine?
  3. How do we pretend to be a SAMSUNG device/How do we change our MAC address?
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Office 365/Azure Pentest Tools

I’m not going to talk about these… yet… and there’s duplicates because I think it’s useful to see where they can be used in different scenarios. Expect this list to grow!

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Practical Security Assurance

Penetration testing, adversary simulation, red teaming, purple teaming, rainbow teaming, call if what you like, the security outcome we are working towards is:

  • Improved Security Posture
  • Assurance of security investments and controls
  • Enablement of information sharing
  • Collaboration and Understanding
  • Identification of strengths and weaknesses
  • Optimization and Improvement Opportunities

This is to support the organisations mission, vision, goals, and objectives. Cyber security is to support and enable the organisation’s capability to execute digital services in a safe manner.

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Cyber Security Testing Myths vs Realities

Everything is 1337! Everyone hacks everything with no sweat, all networks are taken down by cyber magic… or maybe not….

Let’s look at some business realities, shall we? Read more “Cyber Security Testing Myths vs Realities” →

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Infrastructure Penetration Testing Realities

Penetration testing is just like being a cybercriminal, right?

Honestly, it feels weird writing this, however I feel there’s a real issue with penetration testing and some myths that (for understandable and obvious reasons) exist in some people’s minds. So I’ve taken to trying to explain to people what an external penetration test actually entails in the real world of business. So here goes!

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Nmap & CrackMapExec (CME)

The swiss army knife of the cyber world, it can port scan, fingerprint, produce reports and run scripts using the nmap scripting engine (NSE).

Why do we care about NMAP, surely everyone knows how to NMAP?

Well, that’s simply not true, it’s always important to tech new people, to revise and hone existing skills and the world of nmap scripting is constantly evolving.

Port scanning and fingerprinting let alone leaking sensitive data and conducting “attacks” is all possible. You can do a basic vulnerability scan with nmap alone!

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Guides

I AM BRUTE

How long should you test brute force password attempts for?

Well, a recent Microsoft report showed the average RDP brute force attack over the internet lasted about 3 days. Now let’s take a look at what a single attacker machine (IP) can send to a single target server over a well-connected network (1GBE low latency):

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Linux Privilege Escalation

When you gain access to a target node you will want to explore, the exact method you use to do this will depend upon operational security considerations, time constraints and style. You will be looking for a range of elements to support progressing an objective.

It should be noted that the objective may NOT require elevation. You may be trying to obtain data and access might already be possible using the context you have assumed.

You also may need to move from a www-data user to a named user account or get to root level of access. If so there’s a range of questions we should be asking ourselves:

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Education

Installing Nessus Pro on Kali Linux

You can deploy Nessus in a range of ways, from direct install through to using a cloud-based deployment or virtual appliance.

A common reason for deploying on Kali or other distro rather than using the virtual appliance is for mobility, ease of use but also you might want to VPN or proxy traffic.

The install process is simple, log into your account on tenable community portal and download the relevant installation package.

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How to Crack NTHASH (commonly referred to as NTLM)…

Ok imagine this, you have got access to a file server and behold you find an unsecured, unencrypted backup of a domain controller (this isn’t made up I find these in networks sometimes!) and you yoink the NTDS.dit (or maybe it’s just a workstation SAM/SYSTEM file), you extract the hashes but now what, you need to crack those bad boys!

Check out the MS docs on how NT or LM Hashes are computed(hashed)! – (thanks @ANeilan for spotting my mistake!)

[MS-SAMR]: Encrypting an NT or LM Hash | Microsoft Docs

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