Welcome back, my aspiring cyber warriors! Although there is a multitude of different hacker types and hacking techniques, the one target they all share is the database. I often refer to the database as the hacker’s Holy Grail, or the ultimate prize for an effective hack. That’s because the database—almost by definition—is the repository of […]
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Welcome back my aspiring cyber warriors! As most of you know, I am the author of the best-selling book, Linux Basics for Hackers from No Starch Press. I was inspired to write it from experience teaching hacking to US military and intelligence personnel. Over and over again, I found very talented students who were stymied […]
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Welcome back my aspiring cyberwarriors! Before beginning on the journey to learn to how to evade AV, it is critical to first understand how AV works. In this brief post, we will examine the primary methods that antivirus developers use to detect malware Most antivirus products today use one of just a few engines. Each […]
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Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarrior! The Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) from ISC2 is the world’s most respected and sought-after cloud security certification. Now, you can take your career to the next level by becoming CCSP certified. Certification Magazine lists the top 75 certifications in its 2021 Annual Salary Survey. According to their survey, the […]
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Welcome back my aspiring hackers! Although this article may have been better placed first in this series, I doubt that anyone would have read it when just starting out studying Linux. Now, that you are well into your Linux studies and have some familiarity with how it operates, I’d like to take this moment to […]
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Many of you have been asking me, “How can I study for the CWA certification exam, and what material is covered on the exam?” Here is the answer you have been waiting for! The White Hat Hacker Associate (CWA) covers 14 domains or subject areas. Everything you need to know is here on Hackers-Arise. There […]
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Welcome back my aspiring cyber warriors! Most of you are aware of the power of nmap and nmap scripts for reconnaissance on a target and target networks. These tools can be used for numerous tasks such as simple port scanning to service and version detection. Despite the power and simplicity of nmap, it can be […]
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Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! In light of the recent revelations regarding Israel’s NSO group and their cellphone malware known as Pegasus, I thought it would be good time to catalog some of the better-known Remote Access Trojans (RATs) available for the Android OS. This is not meant as an exhaustive list, but simply a […]
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Welcome back, my aspiring cyber warriors! As you know, the key to hacking the WPA2-PSK is to capture the PSK (pre-shared key or password) as it passes through the air in the 4-way handshake between the client and the AP (you must be in monitor mode to do so). This requires that we either wait […]
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Welcome back, my aspiring OSINT investigators! Very often in an investigation, we have a picture and we are trying to identify the subject. This might be a picture from a scammer on a dating site, a picture from a Facebook page, a picture sent via SMS, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok or other chat medium or a […]
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