Powershell is the Windows Scripting Language and shell environment that is built using the .NET framework. Most Powershell commands, called cmdlets, are written in .NET. The normal format of a cmdlet is represented using Verb-Noun. For example the cmdlet to list commands is called Get-Command and the command to get help is Get-Help. E.g.; Get-Help Command-Name Somewhat Object-oriented – which makes it convenient … Read more
A netcat reverse shell is pretty useless and can be easily broken by simple mistakes. These shells are very unstable by default. Pressing Ctrl + C kills the whole thing. They are non-interactive, and often have strange formatting errors. This is due to netcat “shells” really being processes running inside a terminal, rather than being bonafide terminals … Read more
Authentication and session management constitute core components of modern web applications. Authentication allows users to gain access to web applications by verifying their identities. The most common form of authentication is using a username and password mechanism. A user would enter these credentials, the server would verify them. If they are correct, the server would … Read more
Command Injection occurs when server-side code (like PHP) in a web application makes a system call on the hosting machine. It is a web vulnerability that allows an attacker to take advantage of that made system call to execute operating system commands on the server. Sometimes this won’t always end in something malicious, like a whoami or just … Read more
Burp Suite is a framework written in Java that aims to provide a one-stop-shop for web application penetration testing. Burp Suite is also very commonly used when assessing mobile applications, as the same features which make it so attractive for web app testing translate almost perfectly into testing the APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) powering most mobile apps. … Read more
Using a fast directory discovery tool called GoBuster you will locate a directory that you can use to upload a shell to. To install, sudo apt-get install gobuster GoBuster is a tool used to brute-force URIs (directories and files), DNS subdomains and virtual host names. For this machine, we will focus on using it to brute-force directories. … Read more
Enumerating SAMBA for shares Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix. It allows end users to access and use files, printers and other commonly shared resources on a companies intranet or internet. Its often referred to as a network file system. Samba is based on the common client/server protocol of Server … Read more
Hydra is a brute force online password cracking program; a quick system login password ‘hacking’ tool. Hydra has the ability to bruteforce the following protocols: Asterisk, AFP, Cisco AAA, Cisco auth, Cisco enable, CVS, Firebird, FTP, HTTP-FORM-GET, HTTP-FORM-POST, HTTP-GET, HTTP-HEAD, HTTP-POST, HTTP-PROXY, HTTPS-FORM-GET, HTTPS-FORM-POST, HTTPS-GET, HTTPS-HEAD, HTTPS-POST, HTTP-Proxy, ICQ, IMAP, IRC, LDAP, MS-SQL, MYSQL, NCP, NNTP, … Read more
Access control enforces policy such that users cannot act outside of their intended permissions. Failures typically lead to unauthorized information disclosure, modification, or destruction of all data or performing a business function outside the user’s limits. Broken access control means that an attacker can access information or perform actions not intended for them. Common access … Read more
