Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Spyse, Part 1: Finding Critical Information about a Domain

Welcome back, my open source intelligence (OSINT) investigators. In previous tutorials, we have examined numerous web services that compile key information that is useful to pentesters, hackers and bug hunters. These include; Google Hacking Shodan Censys BuiltWith Netcraft and others These are all great tools but I’m going to show you a new kid on […]

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Software Defined Radio (SDR) for Hackers, Part 4: Intercepting International Space Station Signals

Welcome back, my aspiring RF hackers! In this series, we are exploring how we can use a simple and inexpensive rtl-sdr dongle, in conjunction with our computer and software, to listen, intercept, decode and decrypt various radio frequency signals. These include such things as cellphones, pagers, garage door openers, remotes, automobile remote door openers, police […]

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Confessions of a Professional Hacker: How Russian Hackers Compromised the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

On July 13, 2018, the U.S. Justice Department handed down a 29-page indictment against 12 intelligence officers of the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency. In this indictment, the U.S. Justice Department investigators (Robert Mueller’s team) provide granular detail of the step-by-step activity of these Russian hackers. Russia’s Internet Research Agency In this article, I would […]

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