Who Were They The Cult of the Dead Cow (often known as the cDc) is a computer hacker and media organization dating back to 1984. The group maintains a blog on their website titled “Cult of the dead cow”, which features thoughts and opinions of it’s group members. The Bulletin Board Era In the late 80s and…

Pebbles is a vulnerable machine on Offensive Securities Proving Grounds. It’s catagorized as a machine of level “Warm Up” with a community rating of hard. Here we will be walking you through the solution of the VM. Enumeration As with every pen test we will first start by running a basic…

And How To Perform Them — About Web Application Testing Web application testing generally refers to suite of tools and techniques used to test the security of applications hosted on the web. Whether we are doing a Whitebox or Blackbox test will depend on our a priori knowledge of the system at hand and may determine a lot of the…

Introduction Bratarina is an OSCP Proving Grounds Linux Box. Alhtough it is rated as easy, the OSCP Community rates it as intermediate and it is on TJ Null’s list of OSCP like machines. Let’s get started on solving this box. Service Enumeration Every penetration test begins with basic enumeration. We can start this…

A simple tutorial on the inner workings of modern password crackers. Password Cracking Password cracking is an integral part to many penetration tests. After gaining an initial foothold ethical hackers will usually look to laterally move within the internal network in order to gain an account with higher privileges. …

Penetration Tests Every single offensive security engagement starts with enumerations. Hackers, ethical and unethical alike, start by creating a high-definition view of the attack surface they are looking to exploit. Although some aspects can be done manually, automated vulnerability scanning significantly reduce the amount of time taken to create a granular vision…

Creating your cyber security tool kit with python3 — What is a Proxy? A proxy, in the context of computer networks, is an intermediary server that acts as a gateway between clients and other servers. It sits between the client and the destination server, forwarding client requests and receiving server responses on behalf of the client. When a client sends a request to…

An Introduction to TCP/IP Programing in Python3 — Why Learn Networking with Python Understanding the basic concepts of computer networking is critical for the modern-day programmer. With almost every application being integrated with the web in some way, knowing the basics of socket programing and the main photocalls that allow the internet to function can make a big difference for a software developer…

A step-by-step guide to creating a memory-efficient game — Conway’s Game of Life Conway’s game of life is a cellular automation game simply known as Life. It was designed by Mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970 and is a Zero Player Game, meaning its outcome depends on its initial state. It has four basic rules, which are as follows: Any live cell with…