Bug Bounty – Page 2 – Hackers-Arise

Bug Bounty Hunting, Part 1: Getting Started

December 11, 2023January 3, 2024Occupy The Web

Welcome back my aspiring bounty hunters! In recent years, bug bounty hunting has become a lucrative and legitimate career for those with hacking skills! In this series, we will introduce you to the field of bug bounty hunting and train you to find those bugs for the lucrative bounties! Before we get into the technical […]

SCADA Hacking: Attacking SCADA/ICS Systems through the Human Machine Interface (HMI)

December 10, 2023January 3, 2024Occupy The Web

Welcome back, my aspiring SCADA/ICS cyberwarriors! Let’s begin by congratulating you on your foresight in committing to study SCADA/ICS hacking and security. This is certainly THE most important security issue this decade! In general, SCADA/ICS hacks have been of two types; Hack the protocols (modbus, DNP3, Profitnet, etc); Hack the Human Machine Interface (HMI) In […]

Metasploit Basics, Part 15: Post- Exploitation Fun (Web Cam, Microphone, Passwords and more)

December 2, 2023January 1, 2024Occupy The Web

Welcome back, my fledgling hackers! As we have progressed through this series on Metasploit Basics, we have used numerous techniques to exploit your target system including; 1. SMB Exploits (EternalBlue and MS08_067, for instance); 2. File Format (ms14-0440_sandworm, office_word_hta); 3. Browser Exploits (autopwn, Abobe Flash and numerous others); 4. Social Engineering Toolkit(SET); Custom Payloads with […]

Metasploit Basics, Part 14: Updating the msfconsole

December 1, 2023January 1, 2024Occupy The Web

Welcome back my novice hackers! Recently, I have received numerous questions regarding how to update the msfconsole built into Kali. Until recently that was an easy question to answer. You simply enter “msfupdate” at the command line. Now, Rapid7–the developers of Metasploit– have changed how we update Metasploit when it is built into an operating […]

Why YOU Should Study Software Defined Radio (SDR) for Hackers!

August 15, 2023September 20, 2024Occupy The Web

Hacking radio signals (RF) IS the leading edge of cybersecurity! So many applications in our modern life use radio frequency elements that it is hard to list them all. For instance, consider the following list: Automobile and vehicle access and monitoring Mouse and keyboards Cellphone Signals Remote control Telemetry Satellite transmissions Police and military […]

Radio Basics for Hackers, Part 2: Amplitude, Modulation, decibels and gain

August 8, 2023September 20, 2024Occupy The Web

Welcome back, my aspiring radio hackers! As you know, radio hacking is the leading-edge of cybersecurity! Nearly everything digital around us emits, radiates or receives radio waves. These include our cellphones, computers, automobiles, remote controls, key fobs, GPS, and this list could go on and on. This is a little understood field of cybersecurity by […]

Privilege Escalation: The Dirty Pipe Exploit to Escalate Privileges on Linux Systems

May 22, 2023December 22, 2023Occupy The Web

Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! Often, after successfully compromising a system, we are limited to the privilege’s of the compromised user. Regular users on systems usually have very limited privileges and can not access many of the resources or make changes to their systems and resources (databases, etc.). This is one of the many ways […]

Bug Bounty Hunting, Part 2: Stealthy Parameter Detection with ParamSpider

May 3, 2023December 31, 2023Occupy The Web

Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! When attempting to hack/pentest a website, it can be extremely useful to get the parameters of various pages. These might include php, woff, css, js, png,svg, php, jpg and others. Each of these parameters might indicate a particular vulnerability such as SQL injection, XSS, LFI, and others. When we have […]

Wi-Fi Hacking: Creating a Wi-Fi Scanner with Python and Scapy

February 18, 2023December 30, 2023Occupy The Web

Welcome back, my aspiring cyber warriors! Although there are numerous tools to hack Wi-Fi (802.11), to create your own tools you will need to understand the Wi-Fi protocol. In a previous tutorial, I explained the various types of frames in Wi-Fi. Now we will use that information to crate our own Wi-Fi scanner very similar […]

Bluetooth Hacking, Part 1: Getting Started with Bluetooth

February 15, 2023December 30, 2023Occupy The Web

Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! Today, Bluetooth is built into nearly all our devices and gadgets. These include our computers, smartphones, iPods, tablets, speakers, game controllers, keyboards, and many other devices. In this series, we will be focused on hacking mobile devices, tablets, and phones as they are the most fertile ground for hackers. The […]