Python Basics for Hackers, Part 5: Creating a Web Site Scraper to Find Potential Passwords

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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Open Source Intelligence (OSINT): Finding Vulnerable Systems Across the Internet with Netlas.io

Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! Oftentimes, as cyberwarriors, we need to check to see whether our systems or others’ are vulnerable to various known vulnerabilities and attacks. Whether a penetration tester, security engineer or other malicious actors, such information can be critical to the success of your mission. There are number of other websites that […]

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Round 2 of the Great Cyberwar of 2022: Attacking Russia’s Schneider Electric SCADA/ICS Sites

Welcome back, my cyber warriors! Round 1 of the Great Cyberwar of 2022 went to Ukraine and its allies from around the world. Among the many successful attacks were the brief takeover of Russia Today TV, the defacement of multiple websites, and probably most importantly, the massive DDoS of Russia’s Internet architecture. We successfully made […]

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