Fuzzing – CTF primer

Fuzz testing or fuzzing is a technique commonly used in software testing to find how software responds to invalid, unexpected or random data. The targeted software may fail, give unexpected output or misbehave processing the randomized input data. Input that leads to such situations is then addressed and rectified. The term fuzz testing originates from a

MR. Robot 1 – CTF Walk-through

Today I am taking a look at Vulnhub VM based on the show Mr. Robot. Coincidentally the name of the VM is MR. Robot 1. The goal is to find three keys hidden in different locations. Throughout the game things are getting progressively more difficult as you hunt down the keys. This game is considered

TAILS OS – privacy for anyone

Keeping your privacy is hard in our world of technology. Luckily there’s a solution available for free for you to stay undercover. Today I’ll be presenting Tails OS – maybe you’ve heard about it, maybe you haven’t. Tag along and maybe it’ll peak your interest! What is it? Tails is a live Linux system aiming

Breaches gone wild

Halfway past 2016 and news on breached data from social media sites has been hitting us constantly. Massive data dumps has been released into the wild, and they come with a hefty price tag for those willing to pay. Data from anything between small to big fat juicy players have been disclosed – and guess what? Most

These documentaries will melt your heart into a happy puddle

It’s Easter holiday and time to relax. The telly is mostly  full of boring shows and there’s no new episodes of the series I follow. Sigh. Thank God for YouTube and Chromecast. Here’s a few documentaries I’ve seen this week. People & Power – Syria’s Electronic Armies By happenstance I managed to catch this excellent

Hacker documentaries – the great popcorn massacre

Some evenings I just feel to sit down and watch documentaries together with my cats colleagues. Today I bring you a small selection of my favorites. So, hook up your Chromecast and enjoy! Defcon 20 documentary Defcon is one of the world’s largest annual hacker conventions, held every year in Las Vegas. I haven’t attended it,

Web hacking: Essential Firefox extensions

My heart beats for web hacking. This is the direction I have chosen for my professional life. Today I’ll let you in on a secret. A small secret. Today I’ll talk about Firefox extensions I love the most. The extensions There are tons of extensions out there – both discovered and undiscovered ones. Some are

Henry Fords dreams of cars and telesurgery

Back in the day an ingenious man strolled about with huge important plans. He wanted to make life easier by offering technology, but the road wasn’t paved with gold. After some struggle he stated something incredible smart: “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with

If You Read One Article About Cheat Sheets Read this One – then some others

Security is powered by knowledge and your brain is your hard drive. Too bad that storage is temporary and the file system isn’t optimized for searching. Let’s face it, it’s nearly impossible to remember everything. Sure, the brain can store tremendous amount of data. The problem is finding that useful piece of data when you need it. Remember back

Anonymous Operations and interventions

Based on the recent terrorist attack on Paris – France – Anonymous has set out a new operation fighting ISIS by knocking out their online communications lines. They launched the operation on YouTube – like any other operations they’ve launched. Just to name a few operations from current year: Operation Charlie Hebdo: shutting down Islāmic terrorism online. Operation