Due to overwhelming demand from our students and readers, Python Basics for Hackers is now available for preorder. We estimate a publication date of September 2025. This book designed for those who want to enter cybersecurity but have little or no coding experience. To truly reach the pinnacles of cybersecurity, you really need python. […]
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Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! A firewall is a critical component of network security that acts as a barrier between trusted internal networks and untrusted external networks, such as the Internet. It monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules. Firewalls can be implemented as hardware devices, software applications, or […]
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Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! To ascend to the status of cyberwarrior, you must have some basic programming capabilities. In the field of hacking and cybersecurity, this usually means BASH and Python scripting. Python scripting is the most popular among cybersecurity professionals due to its extensive libraries and modules that are useful in cybersecurity (you […]
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Welcome back, my hacker novitiates! I began this series on scripting a while back to teach all aspiring hackers how to write some basic scripts for hacking and reconnaissance. Without developing some basic scripting skills, the aspiring hacker will be condemned to the realm of the script kiddie. This means that you will be limited […]
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Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! Creating password lists is a key element of a successful password cracking strategy. In nearly every case, we need to provide a list of potential passwords to the password cracking tool whether it be hashcat, John the Ripper, BurpSuite, cameradar or others (the exception being a true brute force attack […]
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Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! We have explored a number of packet manipulation tools here on Hackers-Arise that can be very effective for network scanning, such as nmap and hping. As you know, almost any packet crafting/manipulation tool can also be used for DoSing (denial-of-service attacks). Given the power of creating just about any type […]
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Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! As hackers, we instinctively want to know as much as possible. Among this desired information may be the Geo-Location of an IP address. Thankfully for us, our friends over at MaxMind have built a database that’ll do just that! Thing is, if we want to use it, we have to […]
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This is the third installment of my Python scripting series. If you haven’t read the previous two articles, take some time now to go back and read Part 1 (Introduction) and Part 2 (Building a Banner Grabbing Tool) before you proceed here. As I mentioned in previous tutorials, Python is probably the most widely used […]
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Welcome back my rookie hackers! Every so often, I run across a new hacking tool that really gets me excited. Autosploit is one of those! Autosploit combines the power of two of my favorite tools, Shodan and Metasploit! AutoSploit uses Shodan to find specific targets based upon their banners and then Metasploit to automate the […]
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In an earlier tutorial, I introduced you to probably the most popular scripting language for hackers, Python. To become a professional hacker, you need to have some scripting skills and Python is a good choice if you want to master just one. In this latest guide, I will expand your background in Python and offer […]
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