I recently got an interesting question via email: Hi Abraham, I was just wondering if you’ve ever used a tool called Angry IP scanner? Is it safe to use? Is there any risk of it crashing a host you are scanning? Regards, Short answer: Q: I was just wondering if you’ve ever used a tool …
Introduction When you setup the VNC server you can connect remotely with GUI access to Backtrack, for this reason, it is best to start the VNC server BEFORE you enter the GUI, that will save a little bit on resources such as RAM. The VNC server service will provide no encryption, so make sure you …
First Check recognised HW: # dmesg|grep eth jme: JMicron JMC2XX ethernet driver version 1.0.4 eth0: registered as PCnet/PCI II 79C970A eth1: registered as PCnet/PCI II 79C970A eth2: registered as PCnet/PCI II 79C970A Option 1 – The manual way: Static IP assignment and nework configuration: a) Sets your IP address # ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.123 b) Set …
NOTE: For this to work you obviously need network connectivity first! this is explained here Ok guys, finally this is the definitive guide from the Backtrack guys themselves (source): Update Back|Track Linux: apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade Update Metasploit: cd /pentest/exploits/framework3 && svn update Update the Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET): cd /pentest/exploits/SET && …
This blog post will explain how to configure stunnel to allow non-SSL speaking tools (like for example netcat) to communicate with SSL protocols, in our example we will use HTTPS. Before stunnel, direct attempt of using a non-SSL tool: # nc www.example.com 443 HEAD / HTTP/1.0 .. 400 Bad Request Bad Request Your browser sent …
This is not strictly security related but I thought I would post it anyway … So this is really weird, in Skype under windows sometimes the call button is disabled, I have plenty of resources, etc but for some reason Skype just does not let me ring any contact because the button is disabled. The …
The problem There was an unexpected challenge to put together the security weekly news last night: My ISP mistakenly thought I had not paid my bills last month and decided to disrupt my web browsing experience by displaying a web page that said something like “information page … you have not paid x,y,z .. to …
