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Homelab: Intro to building a pfSense router/firewall & VMWare ESXi server
A few months back A1ph4byte, hellor00t, and I had a discussion about a project that would be both educational and useful. Despite being employed in the Network Security world, none of us had tinkered with pfSense in-depth prior to this venture. We mostly relied on...
Hacking is Hard – Solutions to Excuses
Many of the questions I see in r/howtohack or any computer security forum often are flooded with questions from beginners wondering how to get started in hacking. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but its going to be a lot of work. Lets discuss some of the major...
Personal Computer Security Basics
Overview This topic may be a bit basic for many regular visitors but I feel that it is important enough to be discussed. Many people often forget the simple things, this discussion is by no means all inclusive nor guarantees that you will be protected. What I hope to...
Wireless Hacking Tutorial
Overview Today we're going to go over the principals of wireless hacking, an example of a WPA2 hacking and then we will wrap it up with a few troubleshooting tips. Disclaimer: Before we begin let me preface this. Intrusion into anyone's network without express...
OvertheWire – Bandit 24
Recap of Level 23: Variable creation, shell scripts and a little on hash functions. Bandit Level 24 Objective: Find the password to the next level Intel Given: A program is running automatically at regular intervals from cron, the time-based job scheduler. Look...
OvertheWire – Bandit 23
Recap of Level 22: Learned about cron and reading scripts. Bandit Level 23 Objective: Find the password to the next level Intel Given: A program is running automatically at regular intervals from cron, the time-based job scheduler. Look in /etc/cron.d/ for the...