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 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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As all of us know, Google operates the most widely used Internet search engine on the planet. Google crawls nearly every web page, of every website, and builds a massive database of all the information it gathers. Most people then use Google’s database to search by keywords for articles relevant to the subject of their […]
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Welcome back, my aspiring OSINT experts! There is SO much data on the Internet that just about anything can be found, if you know how and where to look. One issue that comes up often is reverse-image searching. The issue is, “can you find where an image originated or was used elsewhere on the Internet?”. […]
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Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! In this series on password cracking, I have been attempting to develop your skills in the age-old art of password cracking. Although it might seem like a simple and straightforward exercise, those of you who have attempted password cracking know that there are many subtleties to this art. In many […]
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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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