Taking the OSWP exam in 2019
I assume that if your Google-Fu has brought you to my humble little blog you are in the same position or at least a very similar one to the one that I was in just a few months ago. I… Continue Reading
Changing Windows AM/PM Prank with a USB Rubber Ducky
Despite working in I.T. for many years, it was not until a few days ago that I learned you can modify the AM and PM symbols (text) displayed after the time in the Windows taskbar. Instantly I started thinking about… Continue Reading
Are Secured Hotspots Safe?
Virtually any somewhat tech savvy person is now aware of the dangers when using free open (no password required) wireless hotspots, like the ones found at your local green and white logoed coffee shop that was founded in Seattle. Since… Continue Reading
Using NMAP and Slack for Notification of Network Changes
Slack is becoming a more common collaboration in the workplace, not to mention it’s pretty much the “gold standard” for various tech-based community chat rooms. Because Slack has a built-in notification system I though that it would be interesting to… Continue Reading
End User Training – Reminder
It has become common knowledge (or I at least I hope that it has), that we need to take the time from our overflowing work day to train the end user entrusted to our care about the danger of phishing… Continue Reading
Brute Forcing a Car Door with Math
I have a vehicle that has a keypad on the door to unlock it. When the correct five numbers (ranging from 0-9) are entered, the doors unlock. In a perfect world I would be pretty comfortable with this feature given… Continue Reading
Are you covering your assets?
Does your company have internal assets exposed to the internet? There is a very good chance that you do. Many companies have exposed some of their internal assets to the world both intentionally and unintentionally. For instance, if you run… Continue Reading
Have you been pwned?
In this digital age data breaches have sadly become and everyday occurrence. Well, technically they have become a multiple time a day occurrence. In fact, by September of 2017 there were over 1000 publicly disclosed data breaches (http://breachlevelindex.com/data-breach-database) alone in… Continue Reading
Proper WHOIS Use
I’m fairly confident that most of you reading this post are familiar with what WHOIS is, but just in case you are not, it is defined on Wikipedia as follows: “WHOIS (pronounced as the phrase who is) is a query and response protocol that… Continue Reading
Wireless Insecurity – Reasons for Security
Ok, so I kind of jump the gun on this series and went straight into both red team (attacking) and blue team (defenses) without even mentioning why we need wireless security in the first place. Sure, for most of us… Continue Reading