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Smashing the Stack
Hi everyone, in this blog post I’ll be talking about how to perform a stack buffer overflow exploit, also practically demonstrating the exploit. But first, we’re going to talk about what a buffer overflow attack is and why it works the way it is. \x01 – Introduction I’ve spent quite the time studying this topic…
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Breaking Down Nmap – Part 3
Welcome to the third & final installation of the series Breaking Down Nmap. In this post, we’re going to talk about basics of Timing & Performance as well as Firewall / IDS Evasion. Note: Some of the options are going to be left unexplained, take this opportunity to experiment with it 😀 –data, –data-string, –data-length, –proxies, –ip-options,…
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Breaking Down Nmap – Part 2
Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed the first part. This is going to be a continuation to the series and in this post we’ll be covering some port scanning basics & techniques. SPOILER ALERT: ITS GONNA BE A LENGTHY ONE. Port Scanning 101 Nmap has grown in its functionality over the years, however at its core; it…
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Breaking Down Nmap – Part 1
Introduction Network Mapper or Nmap for short, is a network reconnaissance tool developed by Fyodor in the late 90s, and it is till date, one of the most preferred and popular network mapper today. It is actively maintained & developed and started shipping with a GUI based scanner some time ago. Scanning with Nmap We’ll cover Nmap…
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Road to OSCP – Part 3
Welcome back, glad you stuck around. This is the final part of my Road to OSCP series. I will try to write a lot more and be more active. Try to give back what I’ve learnt so far, and learn more 🙂 root@acc3ssp0int:~# service oscp_labs stop If you’ve reached this point, your lab time is…
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Road to OSCP – Part 2
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell Hi, I’m glad you’re back. This post continues to part 2 of a journey to OSCP. In this post, we’ll explore everything technical, and I’ll give you some study tips too! root@acc3ssp0int:~# nano take-notes…
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Road to OSCP – Part 1
Doesn’t matter if you’re just getting into cyber security or you have already been here a while, you must’ve heard about offensive-security and their well known Offensive Security Certified Professional or OSCP for short. root@acc3ssp0int:~# cat OSCPguide/newb.txt I’ve never written a blog before, this is an attempt at one. This post is going to be…