Metasploit Framework is a tool for developing and executing exploit code against a remote target machine. Metasploit can be used to test the vulnerability of computer systems in order to protect them, and it can be used to break into … Continue reading
Snort is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system that operates as a network sniffer. It logs activities of the network that is matched with the predefined signatures. Signatures can be designed for a wide range of traffic, … Continue reading
I find netcat the best tool for banner grabbing. If you have messed around with method than you must be aware that you can read and write data across a network very easily and you can also connect to servers … Continue reading
Wireshark is a free packet sniffer computer application. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, and education. Wireshark is very similar to tcpdump, but it has a graphical front-end, and many more information sorting and … Continue reading
Nessus is a proprietary comprehensive vulnerability scanning program. It is free of charge for personal use in a non-enterprise environment. Its goal is to detect potential vulnerabilities on the tested systems. For example: Vulnerabilities that allow a remote cracker to … Continue reading
May be this title seems little foggy and vague but what I am going to give is thrilling wave. Out of no where uCertify did it again, I don’t know what are they thinking but I really like their attitude. … Continue reading
I was wondering from last couple of months with the tools and techniques used to perform penetration testing. So I thought my fellow readers also might be wondering with this tiedious task too. Finally I have decided to post about … Continue reading
Cryptography is a technique of encrypting and decrypting messages. When the text is encrypted, it is unreadable by humans. When the text is decrypted, it is readable by the humans. The terms used in cryptography are as follows: Plain text: … Continue reading
Cryptographic attacks are methods of evading the security of a cryptographic system by finding weaknesses in such areas as the code, cipher, cryptographic protocol or key management scheme in the cryptographic algorithm. The following are the cryptographic attacks usually performed … Continue reading
The new requirements include the following components: * The minimum professional experience requirement for CISSP certification will be 5 years of work experience in two or more of the 10 domains of the CISSP CBK, or four years of work … Continue reading